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.
桌子對椅子說道：
“你怎麽都無法明了，
我遭受著怎樣的滾燙，
我腳上長滿了凍瘡。
我們若出去走走，
就能談談各自的感受；
呼吸下空氣多好。”
桌子對椅子說道。
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?"
椅子對桌子說道：
“唉，你明知做不了，
還說這樣的傻話，
你明知咱邁不開步伐！”
桌子聽後歎了口氣：
“咱們試試又沒關係。
你四條腿我也有，
邁開兩條就能走。”
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!"
於是他們慢慢下了樓，
走到鎮子上去溜一溜，
呯呯嘭嘭一路多高興，
跌跌撞撞向前行；
他們衝進人群中，
大夥兒見了鬧哄哄：
“看哪！瞧那桌和椅，
蹦了出來透口氣！”
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.