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第一章 鲸鱼为什么长喉咙 Chapter 1 How the Whale Got His Throat 很久以前，大海里有一条鲸鱼，它以鱼类为食，吃掉了能找到的所有鱼。最后，大海里只剩下一条小鬼头鱼。小鬼头鱼问鲸鱼吃过人肉没有，鲸鱼说没有。小鬼头鱼告诉鲸鱼在北纬50度、西经40度的大海中央，有一个带着折刀、穿着蓝色帆布背带裤的水手坐在木筏上。鲸鱼游到那里，果然看到了小鬼头鱼说的水手，它张大嘴把水手和木筏一口吞下。聪明的水手在鲸鱼湿暖、黢黑的肚子里蹦跳打闹，鲸鱼难受极了。它请水手出来，水手说鲸鱼必须把他送回故乡英格兰的岸边，他才可能出来。鲸鱼游到了英格兰的海滩上，把嘴张大，水手走出来了，回家过上了幸福的生活。聪明的水手在鱼腹内用折刀把木筏劈开，制成篦子，用背带扎好，拖进鲸鱼的喉管，卡在那里。他说道：“通过一个篦子，制止你的贪吃。”从此以后鲸鱼只能吃很小 的鱼，再不能吃人了。小鬼头鱼怕鲸鱼生气，躲到赤道上的淤 泥里。 鲸鱼吞食水手  鲸鱼寻找小鬼头鱼 舱外海水汹涌澎湃， 舷窗昏暗泛着绿光； 船身颠簸又摇摆， 水手跌入汤盘里， 箱子纷纷滑起来； 保姆蜷缩在地上， 妈妈叫你催她入睡， 但你无法醒来， 没洗脸也没换衣， 你应该猜到了， 北纬50度，西经40度， 你就在那里， 这是一个奇迹！ N the sea, once upon a time, O my Best Beloved, there was a Whale, and he ate fishes. He ate the starfish and the garfish, and the crab and the dab, and the plaice and the dace, and the skate and his mate, and the mackereel and the pickereel, and the really truly twirly-whirly eel. All the fishes he could find in all the sea he ate with his mouth — so! Till at last there was only one small fish left in all the sea, and he was a small ‘Stute Fish, and he swam a little behind the Whale’s right ear, so as to be out of harm’s way. Then the Whale stood up on his tail and said, ‘I’m hungry.’ And the small ‘Stute Fish said in a small ‘stute voice, ‘Noble and generous Cetacean, have you ever tasted Man?’ ‘No,’ said the Whale. ‘What is it like?’ ‘Nice,’ said the small ‘Stute Fish. ‘Nice but nubbly.’ ‘Then fetch me some,’ said the Whale, and he made the sea froth up with his tail. ‘One at a time is enough,’ said the ‘Stute Fish. ‘If you swim to latitude Fifty North, longitude Forty West (that is magic), you will find, sitting on a raft, in the middle of the sea, with nothing on but a pair of blue canvas breeches, a pair of suspenders (you must not forget the suspenders, Best Beloved), and a jack-knife, one ship-wrecked Mariner, who, it is only fair to tell you, is a man of infinite-resource-and-sagacity.’ So the Whale swam and swam to latitude Fifty North, longitude Forty West, as fast as he could swim, and on a raft, i