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Then suddenly, for some reason best known to themselves, they all burst into shrieks of laughter.

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chapter18

Down the Chocolate River

'Off we go!' cried Mr Wonka. 'Hurry up, everybody! Follow me to the next room! And please don't worry about Augustus Gloop. He's bound to come out in the wash. They always do. We shall have to make the next part of the journey by boat! Here she comes! Look!'

A steamy mist was rising up now from the great warm chocolate river, and out of the mist there appeared suddenly a most fantastic pink boat. It was a large open row boat with a tall front and a tall back (like a Viking boat of old), and it was of such a shining sparkling glistening pink colour that the whole thing looked as though it were made of bright, pink glass. There were many oars on either side of it, and as the boat came closer, the watchers on the riverbank could see that the oars were being pulled by masses of Oompa-Loompas — at least ten of them to each oar.

'This is my private yacht!' cried Mr Wonka, beaming with pleasure. 'I made her by hollowing out an enormous boiled sweet! Isn't she beautiful! See how she comes cutting through the river!'  The gleaming pink boiled-sweet boat glided up to the riverbank. One hundred Oompa-Loompas rested on their oars and stared up at the visitors. Then suddenly, for some reason best known to themselves, they all burst into shrieks of laughter.

'What's so funny?' asked Violet Beauregarde.

'Oh, don't worry about them!' cried Mr Wonka. 'They're always laughing! They think everything's a colossal joke! Jump into the boat, all of you! Come on! Hurry up!'

As soon as everyone was safely in, the Oompa-Loompas pushed the boat away from the bank and began to row swiftly downriver.

'Hey, there! Mike Teavee!' shouted Mr Wonka. 'Please do not lick the boat with your tongue! It'll only make it sticky!'

'Daddy,' said Veruca Salt, 'I want a boat like this! I want you to buy me a big pink boiled-sweet boat exactly like Mr Wonka's! And I want lots of Oompa-Loompas to row me about, and I want a chocolate river and I want . . . I want . . .'

'She wants a good kick in the pants,' whispered Grandpa Joe to Charlie. The old man was sitting in the back of the boat and little Charlie Bucket was right beside him. Charlie was holding tightly on to his grandfather's bony old hand. He was in a whirl of excitement. Everything that he had seen so far — the great chocolate river, the waterfall, the huge sucking pipes, the minty sugar meadows, the Oompa-Loompas, the beautiful pink boat, and most of all, Mr Willy Wonka himself — had been so astonishing that he began to wonder whether there could possibly be any more astonishments left. Where were they going now? What were they going to see? And what in the world was going to happen in the next room?

'Isn't it marvellous?' said Grandpa Joe, grinning at Charlie.

Charlie nodded and smiled up at the old man.

Suddenly, Mr Wonka, who was sitting on Charlie's other side, reached down into the bottom of the boat, picked up a large mug, dipped it into the river, filled it with chocolate, and handed it to Charlie. 'Drink this,' he said. 'It'll do you good! You look starved to death!'

Then Mr Wonka filled a second mug and gave it to Grandpa Joe. 'You, too,' he said. 'You look like a skeleton! What's the matter? Hasn't there been anything to eat in your house lately?'

'Not much,' said Grandpa Joe.

中文翻译

十八、顺巧克力河而下

“让我们走吧！”旺卡先生喊道，“别磨磨蹭蹭！跟我到隔壁房间去吧！不必为奥古斯塔斯·格卢普担心。他肯定会平安无事的。总会这样的。接下来我们将开始乘船游览！瞧，船来了！”

这时这条热乎乎的巧克力大河上一阵雾气缭绕顶而起，雾气中突然钻出一条最奇妙的桃红色的船！这是一条宽敞的大划船，船头翘得高高的，船尾也翘得高高的，就象一条八一十世纪的北欧海盗船，船身是粉红色的；闪出耀眼的光芒，整条船起来就象是用明亮的粉红色玻璃造成的。船两边架着许多桨；船越划越近，岸上的人可以看到每支桨由一批奥姆帕－洛姆帕人在划着──每支桨边至少十个。

“这是我的私人游艇！”旺卡先生大声说道，脸上神采奕奕，“我挖空了一块巨大的硬糖果做成了这艘船！它是多么漂亮啊！看它破浪而来有多神气！”

这条粉红色光闪闪的硬糖船徐徐靠到岸边。一百名奥姆帕－洛姆帕人搁住桨瞪大眼睛瞧着这些参观者。突然出于某种他们熟知的原因，一起哄然大笑起来。

“什么事这么好笑？”维奥勒·博勒加德十分不解地问。

“噢，别去管他们！”旺卡先生大声说，“他们老是这么爱笑！在他们眼里什么事都非常好笑！大伙儿都上船吧！快点儿！”

所有的人都安全上了船以后，奥姆帕－洛姆帕人把船划离了岸边，开始迅速地划船顺流而下。

“嗨，当心！迈克·蒂韦！”旺卡先生喊起来，“请别舔船！那样会把船弄得粘糊糊的！”

“爹爹。”韦鲁卡·索尔特说，“我要一艘这样的船！我要你给我买—艘粉红色的硬糖大船，要跟旺卡先生这条船一模一样！我还要许多奥姆帕－洛姆帕人给我划船，我要有一条巧克力大河，我还要……我要………”

“她需要好好受点教训别这么任性。”乔爷爷悄声对查理说，这位老人坐在船的后部，小查理在他身边。查理一直紧紧地抓住祖父瘦骨棱棱的手。他看得眼花缭乱，激动万分。到现在为止见到的一切──这条巧克力大河，瀑布，那些巨大的管子，绿茵茵的薄荷糖草坪，奥姆帕－洛姆帕人，这条漂亮的粉红色大船，特别是威利·旺卡先生本人──这一切真令人惊叹不已，他开始觉得世界上再不可能有比这一切更加令人惊奇的东西了。他们这又是到哪儿去呢？还会看到些什么呢？真想象不出下一个地方还会拿出现什么？

“这真太奇妙了，不是吗？”乔爷爷说，对查理咧嘴笑着。

查理点点头，也朝老人笑着。

旺卡先生坐在查理的另一边，这时他突然把手伸到船底部，拿出一只大杯子，伸进河里舀起一满杯巧克力溶液，把它递给查理。“把它喝了，”他说，“那对你十分有益！你看上去真快饿死了！”

接着旺卡先生又拿出一只杯子舀了一杯，把它递给乔爷爷。“你也喝一杯，”他说，“你看上去只剩—副骨头架子了！这是怎么回事？最近你们家一点吃的东西也没有了吗？”

“没有了。”乔爷爷说。