英语听书《白鲸记》第833期

then Gemini, or the Twins— that is, Virtue and Vice; we try to reach Virtue, when lo! comes Cancer the Crab, and drags us back; and here, going from Virtue, Leo, a roaring Lion, lies in the path— he gives a few fierce bites and surly dabs with his paw; we escape, and hail Virgo, the Virgin! that's our first love; we marry and think to be happy for aye, when pop comes Libra, or the Scales—happiness weighed and found wanting; and while we are very sad about that, Lord! how we suddenly jump, as Scorpio, or the Scorpion, stings us in the rear; we are curing the wound, when whang comes the arrows all round; Sagittarius, or the Archer, is amusing himself. As we pluck out the shafts, stand aside! here's the battering-ram, Capricornus, or the Goat; full tilt, he comes rushing, and headlong we are tossed; when Aquarius, or the Waterbearer, pours out his whole deluge and drowns us; and to wind up with Pisces, or the Fishes, we sleep. There's a sermon now, writ in high heaven, and the sun goes through it every year, and yet comes out of it all alive and hearty. Jollily he, aloft there, wheels through toil and trouble; and so, alow here, does jolly Stubb. Oh, jolly's the word for aye! Adieu, Doubloon! But stop; here comes little King-Post; dodge round the try-works, now, and let's hear what he'll have to say. There; he's before it; he'll out with something presently. So, so; he's beginning."

还有，双子宫或者叫做双子星座——那就是善和恶；我们正要走到善星的时候，可是，哎哟！却来了那只大蟹星，巨蟹宫，把我们拉回去了；而这里，一离开了善星，那个狮子座，那只怒吼的大狮子呀，却挡在道上——它使起它的爪子险恶地拍了几拍，又凶狠狠地咬了几咬；我们只有逃命，叫起处女座，叫起这个善良的童贞女了！这就是我们的第一个爱人；我们结了婚。想快活无疆的时候，砰的一声，却来了天平座或者叫做天平星——幸福一放上天平去衡量，就发现少了分量；正当我们为此而满心愁伤的时候，天呀！我们不禁突然吓了一跳，原来天蝎座，或者叫做天蝎星，在我们后边叮起我们来了；我们正在疗治创伤，叮叮当当的飞箭却从四面八方射过来；原来是人马宫或者叫做射手座在射箭消遣。正当我们把箭拔出，站在一旁的时候，又轰隆轰隆地来了摩羯座，或者叫做摩羯宫；它开足马力地直冲过来，把我们栽了一个大筋斗；等到宝瓶宫，或者叫做水瓶座把它所有的洪水都倒了出来，把我们淹溺了的时候；南鱼座，或者叫做双鱼宫却又蜿蜒而来了，我们这才睡着了。于是，在高高的天堂里就写下了一道训谕，太阳就得每年走遍十二宫，而且还是照样生气勃勃。开开心心地走了出来。他喜气洋洋地高高在上，历尽千辛万难；而低处在这里的斯塔布，也是如此这般快快活活。但愿永远快快活活！再会吧，杜柏仑！可是，且慢，那个小中柱也来了；他正在炼油间四周躲躲闪闪的，让我们听一听他要说些什么。瞧，他也站在那金币前面了；他嘴巴里立刻就要说些什么。唔，唔，他在说开了。"

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