He stooped down and goggled at Puddleglum.

他弯下腰，瞪大眼望着普德格伦。

" And means no good to us, I'll be bound, " said Puddleglum.

“我敢说，对我们可不妙。”普德格伦说。

Scrubb and Puddleglum had to help her for the last hundred yards.

斯克罗布和普德格伦在最后几百码时只好帮她一把。

" That's it, Sir, " said Puddleglum. " Unless it should happen to be the end of the whole world."

“就是这么回事，殿下，”普德格伦说，“除非这恰好也是整个世界的末日。”

The next thing she noticed was, naturally, the anxious faces of Scrubb and Puddleglum looking down at her from the edge.

其次她注意到的，自然是斯克罗布和普德格伦那两张焦急的脸正从沟边上往下望着她。

" You're right about meeting people, " said Puddleglum.

“遇见人，你算说对了。”普德格伦说。

" Got to start by finding it, have we? " answered Puddleglum. " Not allowed to start by looking for it, I suppose? "

“我们开头就得找到它吧？”普德格伦说，”我看，不允许只是找找看了？”

" Puddleglum's my name. But it doesn't matter if you forget it. I can always tell you again."

“我叫普德格伦。不过要是你们忘记了也没关系。我可以再告诉你们。”

In spite of all his previous warnings against Harfang, it was Puddleglum who showed most courage.

不管你有多么疲倦，要走到一个巨人的大门口总是需要一点勇气的。尽管普德格伦以前多次警告他们别来哈方，结果还是它显得最勇敢。

" If you ask me -" began Puddleglum, when Scrubb interrupted.

“依我说呀… … ”普德格伦刚开口说，斯克罗布就打断了它。

Puddleglum, being far the biggest, said he would carry three blankets, with a large bit of bacon rolled up inside them.

普德格伦比起他们来算是最大的，说它将带上三条毯子，里面还包上一大块熏肉。

" It's not for me to say they aren't all right in their own way, " answered Puddleglum. " If you like their way."

“要是你们喜欢他们那一套的话，我也不能说他们按自己那一套过日子有什么不好。”普德格伦回答说。

The children huddled close together on each side of Puddleglum.

两个孩子紧紧缩在普德格伦两旁。

" Nothing wrong with me, " said Puddleglum. " Not a frog. Nothing frog with me. I'm a respectabiggle."

“我没事儿，”普德格伦说，”不是青蛙。我不是青蛙。我是个尊敬的怪。”

Puddleglum, held in the giant's fist, and vaguely kicking the air, did certainly look very like a frog.

抓在巨人手里的普德格伦神志不清地在空中蹬着腿，看上去倒确实像只青蛙了。

" If your Highness asked me, " said Puddleglum, " I'd say those fellows were meaning to cut us off in front."

“依我说呀，这些家伙是打算从正面把我们截住。”

And it did seem hard when Puddleglum chose that moment for saying: " Are you still sure of those signs, Pole? What's the one we ought to be after, now? "

令人难堪的是，普德格伦竟挑了这么个时候说：“你仍然确信那些指示吗，波尔？现在我们该照哪一条办呢？”

No one said anything. Some time later Puddleglum added: " My tinder-box has gone."

谁也不说话。过了一会儿，普德格伦又加了→句。“我的引火盒不见了。”

" They've seen us. Run, " said Puddleglum.

“他们看见我们了，跑啊。”普德格伦说。

" But don't run even now, " said Puddleglum. " Not until I give the word."

“不过即使到了这时刻也别跑，”普德格伦说，“等我下了命令再跑。”