一
Said the Table to the Chair,
"You can hardly be aware
How I suffer from the heat
And from chilblains on my feet.
If we took a little walk,
We might have a little talk;
Pray let us take the air,"
Said the Table to the Chair.
桌子对椅子说道：
“你怎么都无法明了，
我遭受着怎样的滚烫，
我脚上长满了冻疮。
我们若出去走走，
就能谈谈各自的感受；
呼吸下空气多好。”
桌子对椅子说道。
二
Said the Chair unto the Table,
"Now, you know we are not able:
How foolishly you talk,
When you know we cannot walk!"
Said the Table with a sigh,
"It can do no harm to try.
I've as many legs as you:
Why can't we walk on two?"
椅子对桌子说道：
“唉，你明知做不了，
还说这样的傻话，
你明知咱迈不开步伐！”
桌子听后叹了口气：
“咱们试试又没关系。
你四条腿我也有，
迈开两条就能走。”
三
So they both went slowly down,
And walked about the town
With a cheerful bumpy sound
As they toddled round and round;
And everybody cried,
As they hastened to their side,
"See! the Table and the Chair
Have come out to take the air!"
于是他们慢慢下了楼，
走到镇子上去溜一溜，
呯呯嘭嘭一路多高兴，
跌跌撞撞向前行；
他们冲进人群中，
大伙儿见了闹哄哄：
“看哪！瞧那桌和椅，
蹦了出来透口气！”
四
But in going down an alley,
To a castle in a valley,
They completely lost their way,
And wandered all the day;
Till, to see them safely back,
They paid a Ducky-quack,
And a Beetle, and a Mouse,
Who took them to their house.