But the gingerbread man ran faster.

但是姜饼男也越跑越快。

The gingerbread man laughed at the cow.

姜饼男向奶牛笑了笑。

“Gingerbread man! ” called the fox. “You are too heavy for my back. Sit on my nose.”

狐狸叫到，姜饼男，你太重了，坐在我的鼻子上。

But the gingerbread man laughed at them.

但是姜饼男冲他们笑了起来。

The gingerbread man laughed at the horse.

姜饼男向马笑了笑。

“Gingerbread man! ” called the fox. “You are too heavy for my tail. Sit on my back.”

狐狸叫到，姜饼男，你太重了，坐在我的后背上来。

It appears to be two bottom halves of a gingerbread man melded together.

似乎是两个姜饼小人的下半身被融合在一起了。

So the gingerbread man climbed onto the fox’s tail.

姜饼男爬上了他的尾巴。

So the gingerbread man climbed onto the fox’s back.

姜饼男爬上了狐狸的后背。

But when the gingerbread man sat on the fox’s nose, the fox tossed him up into the air.

姜饼男爬上了狐狸的鼻子，狐狸将他在空中翻了个个。

And that's why it moves us strangely, the little gingerbread man in his oversize housecoat, mantled in the trappings of painting.

因而这也是我们为什么会感到莫名的感动，这个单纯而又勇往直前的小家伙，穿着肥大的家居服，披着作画的服饰。

Soon the little old man said, “I can smell gingerbread cooking. I will see if the gingerbread man is ready to eat.”

老妇人说，我能够闻见姜饼的香味，我来看看姜饼是否能够食用了。

You can catch me, I'm the gingerbread man.

你可以抓住我，我是姜饼人。

He'll ask each gingerbread man whether he'd opt to Spare or Sacrifice the other.

他会问每个姜饼人他会选择饶恕还是牺牲对方。

That's because the gingerbread men can now use their future decisions as bargaining chips for the present ones.

那是因为姜饼人现在可以将他们未来的决定作为当前决定的讨价还价筹码。

I only acted with him and he did such a great job as the gingerbread man that he became the voice of the gingerbread man.

我只和他一起演戏，他演姜饼人的工作非常出色，以至于他成了姜饼人的配音员。

To figure that out, we have to factor in another consideration: the gingerbread men probably care about the future less than they care about the present.

为了弄清楚这一点，我们必须考虑另一个因素：姜饼人可能更关心未来而不是现在。

As for the gingerbread men, their eternity may be pretty crumby, but so long as they go out on a limb, their friendship will never again be half-baked.

至于姜饼人，他们的永恒可能很脆弱，但只要他们勇敢地走出去，他们的友谊就不会再半生不熟。

In game theory, this scenario is called the " Prisoner's Dilemma." To figure out how these gingerbread men will act in their perfect rationality, we can map the outcomes of each decision.

在博弈论中，这种情况被称为“囚徒困境”。为了弄清楚这些姜饼人将如何以完美的理性行事，我们可以绘制出每个决定的结果。