Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban哈利·波特与阿兹卡班的囚徒

Chapter 6

TALONS AND TEA LEAVES利爪和茶叶

When Harry, Ron, and Hermione entered the Great Hall for breakfast the next day, the first thing they saw was Draco Malfoy, who seemed to be entertaining a large group of Slytherins with a very funny story. As they passed, Malfoy did a ridiculous impression of a swooning fit and there was a roar of laughter.
哈利、罗恩和赫敏第二天早晨走进礼堂吃早饭的时候，他们首先看见的是德拉科·马尔福，他似乎正在给斯莱特林院的一大批人讲着一个很有趣的故事。在他们走过的时候。马尔福做出可笑的要昏倒的样子，引得大家一阵大笑。
“Ignore him,” said Hermione, who was right behind Harry. “Just ignore him, it’s not worth it. . . .”
“别理他，”赫敏说，她正走在哈利后面，“就是别理他，不值得的……”
“Hey, Potter!” shrieked Pansy Parkinson, a Slytherin girl with a face like a pug. “Potter! The dementors are coming, Potter! Woooooooo!”
“嘿，波特!”斯莱特林的一个女孩子、脸长得像狮子狗的潘西·帕金森尖叫道。“波特!摄瑰怪来了，波特!嗬嗬，嗬嗬嗬!”
Harry dropped into a seat at the Gryffindor table, next to George Weasley.
哈利坐到格兰芬多院桌旁的一个座位上，正在乔治·韦斯莱的旁边。
“New third-year course schedules,” said George, passing them over. “What’s up with you, Harry?”
“新的三年级课程表。”乔治说，向大家分发着，“你怎么啦，哈利?”
“Malfoy,” said Ron, sitting down on George’s other side and glaring over at the Slytherin table.
“马尔福。”罗恩说，坐在乔治的另外一边。回头看斯莱特林院那张桌子。
George looked up in time to see Malfoy pretending to faint with terror again.
乔治及时抬头，正好看见马尔福又在假装吓得昏过去。
“That little git,” he said calmly. “He wasn’t so cocky last night when the dementors were down at our end of the train. Came running into our compartment, didn’t he, Fred?”
“那小蠢货，”他镇静地说，“昨晚摄魂怪搜列车厢的时候，他可没有这样趾高气扬。吓得跑到我们车厢来了，是不是，弗雷德?”
“Nearly wet himself,” said Fred, with a contemptuous glance at Malfoy.
“差点儿没把自己尿湿。”弗雷德说，轻蔑地看了马尔福一眼。
“I wasn’t too happy myself,” said George. “They’re horrible things, those dementors. . . .”
“我自己也不特别高兴，”乔治说，“那些摄魂怪是可怕的东西……”
“Sort of freeze your insides, don’t they?” said Fred.
“好像让你五脏六腑都冻结住了，是不是?”弗雷德说。
“You didn’t pass out, though, did you?” said Harry in a low voice.
“不过你没有昏过去呀，是不是?”哈利低声说。
“Forget it, Harry,” said George bracingly. “Dad had to go out to Azkaban one time, remember, Fred? And he said it was the worst place he’d ever been, he came back all weak and shaking. . . . They suck the happiness out of a place, dementors. Most of the prisoners go mad in there.”
“忘掉这件事，哈利。”乔治振奋精神说，“我爸曾经去过一次阿兹卡班，记得吗，弗雷德?他说那是他所去过的最坏的地方。他回来的时候浑身软弱还发着抖……它们把一个地方的欢乐都吸走了，这些摄魂怪。多数犯人在那里都发疯了。”
“Anyway, we’ll see how happy Malfoy looks after our first Quidditch match,” said Fred. “Gryffindor versus Slytherin, first game of the season, remember?”
“不管怎么说，我们将看见第一次魁地奇比赛以后马尔福会是什么样子。”弗雷德说，“格兰芬多对斯莱特林，季度第一次比赛，记得吗?”
The only time Harry and Malfoy had faced each other in a Quidditch match, Malfoy had definitely come off worse. Feeling slightly more cheerful, Harry helped himself to sausages and fried tomatoes.
哈利和马尔福在魁地奇比赛中只有一次面对面，这次比赛马尔福肯定比哈利糟得多。哈利高兴了一点儿，拿了些香肠和炸西红柿。
Hermione was examining her new schedule.
赫敏正在看她的新课程表。
“Ooh, good, we’re starting some new subjects today,” she said happily.
“哇，好，今天有几门新课要上。”她快乐地说。
“Hermione,” said Ron, frowning as he looked over her shoulder, “they’ve messed up your schedule. Look — they’ve got you down for about ten subjects a day. There isn’t enough time.”
“赫敏，”罗恩说，从她肩上看课程表，皱起了眉头，“他们把你的课程表搞乱了。你看——他们给你一天排了足有十门课。时间不够啊。”
“I’ll manage. I’ve fixed it all with Professor McGonagall.”
“我会想办法的。我已经和麦格教授谈好了。”
“But look,” said Ron, laughing, “see this morning? Nine o’clock, Divination. And underneath, nine o’clock, Muggle Studies. And” — Ron leaned closer to the schedule, disbelieving — “look — underneath that, Arithmancy, nine o’clock. I mean, I know you’re good, Hermione, but no one’s that good. How’re you supposed to be in three classes at once?”
“但是看呀，”罗恩大笑着说，“看见今天上午的了吗?九点钟，占卜。下面，九点钟，麻瓜研究，还有——”罗恩更靠近那张课程表，无法相信，“看哪——在这下面是算术占卜，九点钟。我意思是说，我知道你棒，赫敏，不过没有人棒到这种程度，你怎么能同时上三门课呢?”
“Don’t be silly,” said Hermione shortly. “Of course I won’t be in three classes at once.”
“别犯傻，”赫敏暴躁地说，“我当然不能同时上三门课了。”
“Well, then —”
“唔，那么——”
“Pass the marmalade,” said Hermione.
“把果酱递给我。”赫敏说。
“But —”
“但是——”
“Oh, Ron, what’s it to you if my schedule’s a bit full?” Hermione snapped. “I told you, I’ve fixed it all with Professor McGonagall.”
“哦，罗恩，我的课程表有一点满，那跟你有什么关系?”赫敏厉声说。“我告诉你，我已经和麦格教授完全谈好了。”
Just then, Hagrid entered the Great Hall. He was wearing his long moleskin overcoat and was absentmindedly swinging a dead polecat from one enormous hand.
就在这时，海格走进了大厅。他身穿鼹鼠皮大衣，一只大手心不在焉地挥动着一只死鸡貂。
“All righ’?” he said eagerly, pausing on the way to the staff table. “Yer in my firs’ ever lesson! Right after lunch! Bin up since five gettin’ everythin’ ready. . . . Hope it’s okay. . . . Me, a teacher . . . hones’ly. . . .”
“都好吗?”他急切地说，在走向教师桌的半路停了下来。“你们要上我的第一堂课!午饭以后就是!五点钟就起床了，什么都弄妥了……希望太太平平的……我……当教师了……说实在的……”
He grinned broadly at them and headed off to the staff table, still swinging the polecat.
他对他们咧着大嘴笑起来，然后向教师的桌子走去了，仍然挥动着那只死鸡貂。
“Wonder what he’s been getting ready?” said Ron, a note of anxiety in his voice.
“不知道他在准备什么?”罗恩说，声音里有一丝焦急。
The hall was starting to empty as people headed off toward their first lesson. Ron checked his course schedule.
人们去上第一节课了，礼堂开始空下来。罗恩检查自己的课程表。
“We’d better go, look, Divination’s at the top of North Tower. It’ll take us ten minutes to get there. . . .”
“我们快走吧，看，占卜在北塔楼顶。我们要走十分钟才能到……”
They finished their breakfasts hastily, said good-bye to Fred and George, and walked back through the hall. As they passed the Slytherin table, Malfoy did yet another impression of a fainting fit. The shouts of laughter followed Harry into the entrance hall.
他们匆忙吃完早饭，对弗雷德和乔治说了再见，就从礼堂走回去了。他们经过斯莱特林院的桌子时，马尔福又假装了一次昏厥。哄笑声跟着哈利走进了前厅。
The journey through the castle to North Tower was a long one. Two years at Hogwarts hadn’t taught them everything about the castle, and they had never been inside North Tower before.
从城堡到北塔楼很远。他们虽然已经在霍格沃茨待了两年，却仍然没有熟悉城堡的一切，他们以前从来没有到北塔楼里面去过。
“There’s — got — to — be — a — shortcut,” Ron panted as they climbed their seventh long staircase and emerged on an unfamiliar landing, where there was nothing but a large painting of a bare stretch of grass hanging on the stone wall.
“肯定——会——有——近路的。”罗恩喘息着说，此时他们正在爬第八层楼梯，来到一处陌生的平台，那里什么也没有，只在石墙上挂有一幅大画，画面上是一片草原。
“I think it’s this way,” said Hermione, peering down the empty passage to the right.
“我想应该往这边走。”赫敏边说边往右边的那条通道张望着。
“Can’t be,” said Ron. “That’s south, look, you can see a bit of the lake out of the window . . .”
“不可能，”罗恩说，“这是南。看，从窗子外边可以看到湖的一角……”
Harry was watching the painting. A fat, dapple-gray pony had just ambled onto the grass and was grazing nonchalantly. Harry was used to the subjects of Hogwarts paintings moving around and leaving their frames to visit one another, but he always enjoyed watching it. A moment later, a short, squat knight in a suit of armor clanked into the picture after his pony. By the look of the grass stains on his metal knees, he had just fallen off.
哈利在看那幅画。一头肥肥胖胖、有深灰色斑纹的矮种马刚从容轻松地跳到草上，正在若无其事地吃草。哈利对霍格沃茨图画中的东西到处乱逛并且离开画框彼此串门的事早已司空见惯，不过他总是愿意观察它们。过了一会儿，一个身穿甲胄的矮胖骑士就发着当啷当啷的声音进入了画面寻找他的矮种马。从他金属膝盖上所沾染的青草污渍来看，他刚才从马上摔下来着。
“Aha!” he yelled, seeing Harry, Ron, and Hermione. “What villains are these, that trespass upon my private lands! Come to scorn at my fall, perchance? Draw, you knaves, you dogs!”
“啊哈!”他大叫，看到了哈利、罗恩和赫敏，“胆敢闯到我的私人领地上来的恶棍是谁?竟然讥笑我的偶然捧跤吗?拔剑，你们这些无赖、狗东西!”
They watched in astonishment as the little knight tugged his sword out of its scabbard and began brandishing it violently, hopping up and down in rage. But the sword was too long for him; a particularly wild swing made him overbalance, and he landed facedown in the grass.
他们惊讶地看到这位小骑士从鞘中拔出剑，开始猛烈地挥舞起来，并因狂怒而上下跳跃。但那把剑对他来说是太长了，幅度特别大的一招使他失去平衡，于是他脸朝下跌在草地上。
“Are you all right?” said Harry, moving closer to the picture.
“你没事吧?”哈利问道，一面更走近了那幅画一些。
“Get back, you scurvy braggart! Back, you rogue!”
“回去，你这下流的吹牛者!去，你这流氓!”
The knight seized his sword again and used it to push himself back up, but the blade sank deeply into the grass and, though he pulled with all his might, he couldn’t get it out again. Finally, he had to flop back down onto the grass and push up his visor to mop his sweating face.
那骑士又抓住了剑，用剑支撑自己爬起来，但那把剑深深地插进草里去了，尽管他用全力去拔，却拔不出来。最后他不得不噗的一声又坐到草地上，把面甲推上去，擦他那满是汗水的脸。
“Listen,” said Harry, taking advantage of the knight’s exhaustion, “we’re looking for the North Tower. You don’t know the way, do you?”
“听着，”哈利趁这骑士疲惫不堪时说，“我们在找北塔楼。你不知道怎么走吧，是不是?”
“A quest!” The knight’s rage seemed to vanish instantly. He clanked to his feet and shouted, “Come follow me, dear friends, and we shall find our goal, or else shall perish bravely in the charge!”
“寻找!”骑士的怒气似乎立即踪影全无。他当啷当啷地站起身来大叫道：“来吧，跟着我，亲爱的朋友们，我们会找到我们的目标的，要不然我们就在冲锋中勇敢地死去!”
He gave the sword another fruitless tug, tried and failed to mount the fat pony, gave up, and cried, “On foot then, good sirs and gentle lady! On! On!”
他又去拔那把剑，仍然没有成功，想跨上那匹肥胖的矮马，也没有如愿，只好叫道：“那么就徒步吧，两位先生和这位女士，前进!前进!”
And he ran, clanking loudly, into the left side of the frame and out of sight.
于是他当啷当啷地响着跑到画框的左边，然后看不见了。
They hurried after him along the corridor, following the sound of his armor. Every now and then they spotted him running through a picture ahead.
他们沿着走廊匆忙地跟着他，跟着他的当啷声。他们时不时地看到他跑过前面的一幅画。
“Be of stout heart, the worst is yet to come!” yelled the knight, and they saw him reappear in front of an alarmed group of women in crinolines, whose picture hung on the wall of a narrow spiral staircase.
“勇敢起来吧，前面还有更糟的事呢!”骑士大声叫着，他们看见他又出现在一群穿着有衬架的裙子的受惊妇女前面，她们的肖像是挂在一道狭窄的螺旋形楼梯的墙壁上的。
Puffing loudly, Harry, Ron, and Hermione climbed the tightly spiraling steps, getting dizzier and dizzier, until at last they heard the murmur of voices above them and knew they had reached the classroom.
哈利、罗恩和赫敏大口喘着气，爬上这旋转得厉害的搂梯。越来越感到眩晕，最后他们听到了头顶上嗡嗡的说话声，知道他们已经到教室了。
“Farewell!” cried the knight, popping his head into a painting of some sinister-looking monks. “Farewell, my comrades-in-arms! If ever you have need of noble heart and steely sinew, call upon Sir Cadogan!”
“再见!”骑士叫道，把脑袋伸进一幅画面里，这幅画上有几个看上去阴险邪恶的和尚。“再见，我的战友们!如果你们需要高尚的心灵和钢铁般的肌肉，别忘了叫我卡多根爵士!”
“Yeah, we’ll call you,” muttered Ron as the knight disappeared, “if we ever need someone mental.”
“是啊，我们会叫你的，”罗恩咕哝着说，这时骑士消失了，“如果我们需要什么疯子的话。”
They climbed the last few steps and emerged onto a tiny landing, where most of the class was already assembled. There were no doors off this landing, but Ron nudged Harry and pointed at the ceiling, where there was a circular trapdoor with a brass plaque on it.
他们爬上最后几级楼梯，登上一处小小的平台，这个班级的人多数在这里了。楼梯平台上没有门；罗恩推推哈利，指指天花板，那里有一个圆形的活板门，门上有一块铜牌。
“‘Sybill Trelawney, Divination teacher,’” Harry read. “How’re we supposed to get up there?”
“西比尔·特里劳妮，占卜教师。”哈利读道。“我们怎么样才能上去呢?”
As though in answer to his question, the trapdoor suddenly opened, and a silvery ladder descended right at Harry’s feet. Everyone got quiet.
好像是回答他的问题似的，那扇活板门突然打开了，一道银色的梯子正放在哈利脚前。大家都安静下来了。
“After you,” said Ron, grinning, so Harry climbed the ladder first.
“你先上。”罗恩说，露齿而笑，于是哈利就第一个上去了。
He emerged into the strangest-looking classroom he had ever seen. In fact, it didn’t look like a classroom at all, more like a cross between someone’s attic and an old-fashioned tea shop. At least twenty small, circular tables were crammed inside it, all surrounded by chintz armchairs and fat little poufs. Everything was lit with a dim, crimson light; the curtains at the windows were all closed, and the many lamps were draped with dark red scarves. It was stiflingly warm, and the fire that was burning under the crowded mantelpiece was giving off a heavy, sickly sort of perfume as it heated a large copper kettle. The shelves running around the circular walls were crammed with dusty-looking feathers, stubs of candles, many packs of tattered playing cards, countless silvery crystal balls, and a huge array of teacups.
他来到一间从来没有见过的最古怪的教室。实际上，这根本不是教室，倒更像是阁楼和老式茶馆的混合物。至少有二十张圆形的小桌子挤在这间教室里。每张桌子周围都有印度印花布的扶手椅和鼓鼓囊囊的小坐垫。每样东西都由一道暗淡的猩红色光线照亮着；窗帘都拉拢了，许多灯都披有深红的灯罩。教室里暖和得令人感到郁闷，壁炉里塞得满满的，火上烧着一个大铜壶，于是火焰就发出一种沉闷、发腻的香味。圆形墙壁周边都是架子，架子上放满了灰尘满布的羽饰、蜡烛头、破旧扑克牌、无数银色的水晶球和一大堆茶具。
Ron appeared at Harry’s shoulder as the class assembled around them, all talking in whispers.
罗恩紧跟着哈利上来了，全班同学都围着他们站着，在悄声说话。
“Where is she?” Ron said.
“她在哪里?”罗恩说。
A voice came suddenly out of the shadows, a soft, misty sort of voice.
阴影里突然传来一个声音，是那种轻柔模糊的嗓音。
“Welcome,” it said. “How nice to see you in the physical world at last.”
“欢迎，”那声音说道，“最后能在有形世界看到你们，真好。”
Harry’s immediate impression was of a large, glittering insect. Professor Trelawney moved into the firelight, and they saw that she was very thin; her large glasses magnified her eyes to several times their natural size, and she was draped in a gauzy spangled shawl. Innumerable chains and beads hung around her spindly neck, and her arms and hands were encrusted with bangles and rings.
给哈利的第一印象是来了个发光的大昆虫。特里劳妮教授走进火光照耀的地方，他们看到她非常瘦；她的大眼镜把她的眼睛放大了好几倍，她披着一条轻薄透明纱罗似的闪闪发光的披巾，细长的脖子上挂有无数项链和珠子，双臂和双手都戴有手镯和指环。
“Sit, my children, sit,” she said, and they all climbed awkwardly into armchairs or sank onto poufs. Harry, Ron, and Hermione sat themselves around the same round table.
“坐，我的孩子，坐。”她说，于是他们都笨拙地爬到扶手椅上或者陷到鼓鼓囊囊的坐垫里去了。哈利、罗恩和赫敏坐在同一张圆桌旁边。
“Welcome to Divination,” said Professor Trelawney, who had seated herself in a winged armchair in front of the fire. “My name is Professor Trelawney. You may not have seen me before. I find that descending too often into the hustle and bustle of the main school clouds my Inner Eye.”
“欢迎来上占卜课，”特里劳妮教授说，自己坐在壁炉前面一张有翼的扶手椅上，“我是特里劳妮教授，你们以前可能没有见过我。我发现过于频繁地下临熙攘忙碌的学校生活使我的天目模糊。”
Nobody said anything to this extraordinary pronouncement. Professor Trelawney delicately rearranged her shawl and continued, “So you have chosen to study Divination, the most difficult of all magical arts. I must warn you at the outset that if you do not have the Sight, there is very little I will be able to teach you. Books can take you only so far in this field. . . .”
对于这样不寻常的宣言，谁也没有说什么话。特里劳妮教授细致地重新整理了一下披巾，继续说：“你们选了占卜课，这是所有魔法艺术中最难的课程。我必须一开始就警告你们：如果你们不具备‘视域’，那我能教你们的东西就很少了，在这方面，书本只能带你们走这么远……”
At these words, both Harry and Ron glanced, grinning, at Hermione, who looked startled at the news that books wouldn’t be much help in this subject.
听完这番话，哈利和罗恩都笑着看赫敏，赫敏听到这门课的书本没有多大用，显得很吃惊。
“Many witches and wizards, talented though they are in the area of loud bangs and smells and sudden disappearings, are yet unable to penetrate the veiled mysteries of the future,” Professor Trelawney went on, her enormous, gleaming eyes moving from face to nervous face. “It is a Gift granted to few. You, boy,” she said suddenly to Neville, who almost toppled off his pouf. “Is your grandmother well?”
“许多女巫和男巫，尽管他们在发出猛烈的撞击声、气味和突然隐形等方面很有天才，却不能拨开迷雾看透未来。”特里劳妮教授继续说下去，她那巨大发光的眼睛从这张脸转到那张脸上。“这种天赋的才能只有少数人才有。你，男孩，”她突然对纳威说，纳威差点儿从他的坐垫上掉下来，“你奶奶好吗?”
“I think so,” said Neville tremulously.
“我想是好的。”纳威颤抖着说。
“I wouldn’t be so sure if I were you, dear,” said Professor Trelawney, the firelight glinting on her long emerald earrings. Neville gulped. Professor Trelawney continued placidly. “We will be covering the basic methods of Divination this year. The first term will be devoted to reading the tea leaves. Next term we shall progress to palmistry. By the way, my dear,” she shot suddenly at Parvati Patil, “beware a red-haired man.”
“我要是你，我可不这么肯定，亲爱的。”特里劳妮教授说，火光在她的长长的祖母绿耳环上闪烁。纳威喘不过气来。特里劳妮教授平静地继续说：“今年我们学习各种基本的占卜方法。第一学期都用在解读茶叶上。下学期我们应该学习手相术。顺便提一句，我亲爱的，”她突然对帕瓦蒂·帕蒂尔说，“提防红头发的男子。”
Parvati gave a startled look at Ron, who was right behind her, and edged her chair away from him.
帕瓦蒂害怕地看了一眼罗恩，罗恩正好坐在她后面。帕瓦蒂把自己的椅子移得离开了罗恩一些。
“In the second term,” Professor Trelawney went on, “we shall progress to the crystal ball — if we have finished with fire omens, that is. Unfortunately, classes will be disrupted in February by a nasty bout of flu. I myself will lose my voice. And around Easter, one of our number will leave us forever.”
“在夏季学期，”特里劳妮教授继续说，“我们将学习看水晶球——如果我们已经学完了火焰预兆的话。不幸的是，二月份，一场恶性流感会迫使班级停课。我自己会失音。在复活节前后，我们之中会有一个人永远离开大家。”
A very tense silence followed this pronouncement, but Professor Trelawney seemed unaware of it.
她说完这番话之后，教室里一片紧张的沉默，但特里劳妮教授似乎对此一无感觉。
“I wonder, dear,” she said to Lavender Brown, who was nearest and shrank back in her chair, “if you could pass me the largest silver teapot?”
“我想，亲爱的，”她对拉文德·布朗说，她坐得最近，吓得缩在椅子里，“你能不能把那个最大的茶壶递给我?”
Lavender, looking relieved, stood up, took an enormous teapot from the shelf, and put it down on the table in front of Professor Trelawney.
拉文德看上去松了一口气，站起来，从架子上拿了一把巨大的茶壶放在特里劳妮教授面前的桌子上。
“Thank you, my dear. Incidentally, that thing you are dreading — it will happen on Friday the sixteenth of October.”
“谢谢你，亲爱的。顺便说一下，你害怕的那件事情——会在十月十六日星期五发生。”
Lavender trembled.
拉文德抖起来了。
“Now, I want you all to divide into pairs. Collect a teacup from the shelf, come to me, and I will fill it. Then sit down and drink, drink until only the dregs remain. Swill these around the cup three times with the left hand, then turn the cup upside down on its saucer, wait for the last of the tea to drain away, then give your cup to your partner to read. You will interpret the patterns using pages five and six of Unfogging the Future. I shall move among you, helping and instructing. Oh, and dear” — she caught Neville by the arm as he made to stand up — “after you’ve broken your first cup, would you be so kind as to select one of the blue-patterned ones? I’m rather attached to the pink.”
“现在，我要你们每两人成一组。从架子上拿一个茶杯，到我这里来，我会往杯子里倒茶。然后坐下来，喝茶，喝到杯子里只剩下茶叶。用左手将茶叶渣晃荡三次，然后将茶杯翻转，扣在茶杯托上；等到最后一点茶水流光，然后把你的茶杯给你的伙伴解读。你们可以利用《拨开迷雾看未来》这本书的第五页和第六页的内容解读茶叶渣的形状。我将在你们中间行走，帮助你们，指示你们。哦，还有亲爱的——”她抓住纳威的手臂，把他拉了起来，“在你打碎第一个茶杯以后，你能不能从蓝色花样的茶杯中挑选一个呢?我很喜欢那种粉红的。”
Sure enough, Neville had no sooner reached the shelf of teacups when there was a tinkle of breaking china. Professor Trelawney swept over to him holding a dustpan and brush and said, “One of the blue ones, then, dear, if you wouldn’t mind . . . thank you. . . .”
没错，纳威刚走到放茶杯的架子面前，就传来瓷器破裂的声音。特里劳妮教授拿着簸箕扫帚急忙走过去并且说：“那么，如果你不介意的话，拿一个蓝色的……谢谢你……”
When Harry and Ron had had their teacups filled, they went back to their table and tried to drink the scalding tea quickly. They swilled the dregs around as Professor Trelawney had instructed, then drained the cups and swapped them.
哈利和罗恩的茶杯都注满了茶水以后，他们回到自己的桌子旁边，设法把滚烫的茶迅速喝完。他们如特里劳妮教授教导的那样晃荡了茶叶渣，然后把茶杯弄干，再互相交换茶杯。
“Right,” said Ron as they both opened their books at pages five and six. “What can you see in mine?”
“好啦，”罗恩说，两人同时把书翻到第五和第六页，“你在我的茶杯里看到了什么?”
“A load of soggy brown stuff,” said Harry. The heavily perfumed smoke in the room was making him feel sleepy and stupid.
“许多泡开了的棕色东西。”哈利说。教室里浓重的带香味的烟雾弄得他糊里糊涂地想睡觉。
“Broaden your minds, my dears, and allow your eyes to see past the mundane!” Professor Trelawney cried through the gloom.
“开阔思路，亲爱的，让你们的眼睛越过世俗的东西!”特里劳妮教授在黑暗处叫道。
Harry tried to pull himself together.
哈利极力想振作起来。
“Right, you’ve got a crooked sort of cross . . .” He consulted Unfogging the Future. “That means you’re going to have ‘trials and suffering’ — sorry about that — but there’s a thing that could be the sun . . . hang on . . . that means ‘great happiness’ . . . so you’re going to suffer but be very happy. . . .”
“好，你现在有了一种摇摇晃晃的十字架……”他说，一面查阅《拨开迷雾看未来》，“这意味着你就要遇到考验和苦难——对此我感到遗憾——但是这里有个东西，好像是太阳。等一等……这意味着大快乐……所以你要倒霉，但是又会很快乐……”
“You need your Inner Eye tested, if you ask me,” said Ron, and they both had to stifle their laughs as Professor Trelawney gazed in their direction.
“要是你问我，我就要说你需要测试一下你的天目。”罗恩说，两人都不得不使劲忍住笑，因为特里劳妮教授正往他们这里看。
“My turn . . .” Ron peered into Harry’s teacup, his forehead wrinkled with effort. “There’s a blob a bit like a bowler hat,” he said. “Maybe you’re going to work for the Ministry of Magic. . . .”
“轮到我了……”罗恩向哈利的茶杯里看，他的前额因为努力而皱了起来。“这儿有一团东西，像是一顶圆顶硬礼帽，”他说，“也许你要为魔法部工作了……”
He turned the teacup the other way up.
他把茶杯向另外一边侧过去。
“But this way it looks more like an acorn. . . . What’s that?” He scanned his copy of Unfogging the Future. “‘A windfall, unexpected gold.’ Excellent, you can lend me some . . . and there’s a thing here,” he turned the cup again, “that looks like an animal . . . yeah, if that was its head . . . it looks like a hippo . . . no, a sheep . . .”
“但这么看就更像是一颗橡子……那是什么?”他猛翻自己那本《拨开迷雾看未来》。“意外之财，意料不到的黄金。棒极了，你可以借给我一些。这里还有个东西，”他又把茶杯转了一下，“这看上去像是一头动物。对，如果说那是脑袋的话……它看起来像河马……不，像羊……”
Professor Trelawney whirled around as Harry let out a snort of laughter.
哈利一阵大笑，特里劳妮教授飞快地转过身来。
“Let me see that, my dear,” she said reprovingly to Ron, sweeping over and snatching Harry’s cup from him. Everyone went quiet to watch.
“让我看看，亲爱的。”她不高兴地对罗恩说，迅速走过来，一把夺过罗恩手里的茶杯。大家都安静下来，看着。
Professor Trelawney was staring into the teacup, rotating it counterclockwise.
特里劳妮教授瞪着那茶杯，一面把茶杯向逆时针方向转动着。
“The falcon . . . my dear, you have a deadly enemy.”
“利爪……亲爱的，你有死敌。”
“But everyone knows that,” said Hermione in a loud whisper. Professor Trelawney stared at her.
“但是谁都知道这件事啊。”赫敏大声嘀咕道。特里劳妮教授瞪着她。
“Well, they do,” said Hermione. “Everybody knows about Harry and You-Know-Who.”
“唔，是这样的，”赫敏说，“大家都知道哈利和神秘人。”
Harry and Ron stared at her with a mixture of amazement and admiration. They had never heard Hermione speak to a teacher like that before. Professor Trelawney chose not to reply. She lowered her huge eyes to Harry’s cup again and continued to turn it.
哈利和罗恩瞪着她，又惊讶又佩服。他们还从来没有听到赫敏这样对老师说话。特里劳妮教授故意不予回答。她那双大眼睛又往哈利的茶杯里看，而且继续转动茶杯。
“The club . . . an attack. Dear, dear, this is not a happy cup. . . .”
“大棒……一次袭击。亲爱的，亲爱的，这可不是个幸运的茶杯……”
“I thought that was a bowler hat,” said Ron sheepishly.
“我还以为那是一顶圆顶硬礼帽呢。”罗恩局促不安地说。
“The skull . . . danger in your path, my dear. . . .”
“头盖骨……前途有危险，亲爱的……”
Everyone was staring, transfixed, at Professor Trelawney, who gave the cup a final turn, gasped, and then screamed.
大家都目瞪口呆地看着特里劳妮教授，她最后又将茶杯转动了一次，喘气，然后尖叫起来。
There was another tinkle of breaking china; Neville had smashed his second cup. Professor Trelawney sank into a vacant armchair, her glittering hand at her heart and her eyes closed.
又响起一声瓷器破碎的声音：纳威打碎了第二个杯子。特里劳妮教授一下子就坐进了一张空扶手椅里，她那发亮的手抚着她的心脏，双眼紧闭。
“My dear boy . . . my poor, dear boy . . . no . . . it is kinder not to say . . . no . . . don’t ask me. . . .”
“我亲爱的孩子——我可怜的、亲爱的孩子——不——不如不说出来的好——不——别问我……”
“What is it, Professor?” said Dean Thomas at once. Everyone had got to their feet, and slowly they crowded around Harry and Ron’s table, pressing close to Professor Trelawney’s chair to get a good look at Harry’s cup.
“怎么啦，教授?”迪安·托马斯立即说。大家都站了起来，都慢慢地围在哈利和罗恩那张桌子旁边，更靠近特里劳妮教授的扶手椅，以便把哈利的茶杯看得清楚些。
“My dear,” Professor Trelawney’s huge eyes opened dramatically, “you have the Grim.”
“我亲爱的，”特里劳妮教授的大眼睛戏剧性地睁开了，“你有不祥。”
“The what?” said Harry.
“我有什么?”哈利说。
He could tell that he wasn’t the only one who didn’t understand; Dean Thomas shrugged at him and Lavender Brown looked puzzled, but nearly everybody else clapped their hands to their mouths in horror.
他明白他不是惟一听不懂这个词儿的人：迪安·托马斯对他耸耸肩，拉文德·布朗一脸迷惑，但其他人几乎都用手捂住嘴，因为他们感到恐怖。
“The Grim, my dear, the Grim!” cried Professor Trelawney, who looked shocked that Harry hadn’t understood. “The giant, spectral dog that haunts churchyards! My dear boy, it is an omen — the worst omen — of death!”
“‘不祥’，我亲爱的，‘不祥’!”特里劳妮教授叫道，哈利竟然不懂，她感到震惊。“在墓地游荡的那条鬼怪似的大狗!我亲爱的孩子，这是凶兆——最坏的凶兆——死亡的预兆!”
Harry’s stomach lurched. That dog on the cover of Death Omens in Flourish and Blotts — the dog in the shadows of Magnolia Crescent . . . Lavender Brown clapped her hands to her mouth too. Everyone was looking at Harry, everyone except Hermione, who had gotten up and moved around to the back of Professor Trelawney’s chair.
哈利的胃痉挛起来。书店里那本《死亡预兆》封面上的那条狗——在木兰花新月街阴影里的那条狗。拉文德·布朗也把手捂到了嘴上。大家都看着哈利。只有赫敏除外，她站了起来，绕到特里劳妮教授的椅子背后。
“I don’t think it looks like a Grim,” she said flatly.
“我看这不像是不祥。”她直截了当地说。
Professor Trelawney surveyed Hermione with mounting dislike.
特里劳妮教授打量着赫敏，越发不喜欢她了。
“You’ll forgive me for saying so, my dear, but I perceive very little aura around you. Very little receptivity to the resonances of the future.”
“我说你别不高兴，亲爱的，我发觉环绕你的光环很小。对于未来共鸣的接受力很差。”
Seamus Finnigan was tilting his head from side to side.
西莫·斐尼甘不断摇头。
“It looks like a Grim if you do this,” he said, with his eyes almost shut, “but it looks more like a donkey from here,” he said, leaning to the left.
“如果你这么着，看起来就像不祥了，”他说，眼睛几乎是闭上的，“但是从这边看……又像是头驴子。”他说……边向左靠去。
“When you’ve all finished deciding whether I’m going to die or not!” said Harry, taking even himself by surprise. Now nobody seemed to want to look at him.
“你们什么时候才能全体决定我到底会不会死!”哈利说，自己不觉也吃了一惊。现在似乎谁也不想看着他了。
“I think we will leave the lesson here for today,” said Professor Trelawney in her mistiest voice. “Yes . . . please pack away your things. . . .”
“我想今天的课就上到这里吧，”特里劳妮教授说，用的是她最模糊的嗓音，“请收拾好你们的东西……”
Silently the class took their teacups back to Professor Trelawney, packed away their books, and closed their bags. Even Ron was avoiding Harry’s eyes.
整个班级默默地把茶杯还给了特里劳妮教授，合上书，收拾起书包。就连罗恩也不敢正视哈利。
“Until we meet again,” said Professor Trelawney faintly, “fair fortune be yours. Oh, and dear” — she pointed at Neville — “you’ll be late next time, so mind you work extra-hard to catch up.”
“在我们再见面以前，”特里劳妮教授虚弱地说，“祝大家好运。哦，亲爱的——”她指指纳威，“下堂课你会迟到，所以，记着要额外努力才能赶上大家。”
Harry, Ron, and Hermione descended Professor Trelawney’s ladder and the winding stair in silence, then set off for Professor McGonagall’s Transfiguration lesson. It took them so long to find her classroom that, early as they had left Divination, they were only just in time.
哈利、罗恩和赫敏一言不发地走下特里劳妮教授的楼梯和螺旋形楼梯，然后去上麦格教授的变形课。他们花了很长时间才找到了教室，所以，尽管早就离开了占卜课教室，他们也不过刚刚赶上点。
Harry chose a seat right at the back of the room, feeling as though he were sitting in a very bright spotlight; the rest of the class kept shooting furtive glances at him, as though he were about to drop dead at any moment. He hardly heard what Professor McGonagall was telling them about Animagi (wizards who could transform at will into animals), and wasn’t even watching when she transformed herself in front of their eyes into a tabby cat with spectacle markings around her eyes.
哈利挑了个后排座位，觉得自己好像是坐在特别显眼的地方一样；班上其他人不断向他投来鬼鬼祟祟的目光，好像他随时都会倒地而死。麦格教授在对他们讲授有关阿尼马吉(能够使人随心所欲地变成各种动物的魔法)的知识。他几乎全没听进去，她在众目睽睽之下变成了一只斑猫，眼睛周围有眼镜的痕迹，哈利甚至看都没看。
“Really, what has got into you all today?” said Professor McGonagall, turning back into herself with a faint pop, and staring around at them all. “Not that it matters, but that’s the first time my transformation’s not got applause from a class.”
“说真的，你们今天都怎么了?”麦格教授说，这时，伴随着轻微的噗的一声。她已经变回原形，并且环视着这些学生。“这倒不要紧，不过我的变形没有博得全班的掌声，这还是第一次。”
Everybody’s heads turned toward Harry again, but nobody spoke. Then Hermione raised her hand.
大家的脑袋都再次转向哈利，但没人说话。这时赫敏举起了手。
“Please, Professor, we’ve just had our first Divination class, and we were reading the tea leaves, and —”
“教授，我们刚刚上了占卜课，我们读解茶叶，而且——”
“Ah, of course,” said Professor McGonagall, suddenly frowning. “There is no need to say any more, Miss Granger. Tell me, which of you will be dying this year?”
“啊，当然，”麦格教授说，突然皱起了眉头，“没有必要再说下去了，格兰杰小姐。告诉我，今年你们之中谁会死啊?”
Everyone stared at her.
大家都瞪眼看着她。
“Me,” said Harry, finally.
“我。”最后哈利说。
“I see,” said Professor McGonagall, fixing Harry with her beady eyes. “Then you should know, Potter, that Sybill Trelawney has predicted the death of one student a year since she arrived at this school. None of them has died yet. Seeing death omens is her favorite way of greeting a new class. If it were not for the fact that I never speak ill of my colleagues —”
“明白了。”麦格教授说，她那双小圆眼睛盯着哈利看，“那么，波特，你应该知道，西比尔·特里劳妮自从到这所学校以来，每年都预言一名学生死亡。到现在……他们还没有一个死的。预见死亡征兆是她喜爱的欢迎新班学生的方式。如果我不是从来不说同事坏话的人——”
Professor McGonagall broke off, and they saw that her nostrils had gone white. She went on, more calmly, “Divination is one of the most imprecise branches of magic. I shall not conceal from you that I have very little patience with it. True Seers are very rare, and Professor Trelawney —”
麦格教授停了下来，他们看见她的鼻孔发白了。她继续说，比较平静了些，“占卜学是魔法学中最不准确的科目之一。不瞒你们说，我对占卜最没耐心。真正能预见未来的人非常少，而且特里劳妮教授……”
She stopped again, and then said, in a very matter-of-fact tone, “You look in excellent health to me, Potter, so you will excuse me if I don’t let you off homework today. I assure you that if you die, you need not hand it in.”
她又停了下来，然后说，腔调是非常实事求是的，“我看你身体极其健康，波特，所以，如果我今天在家庭作业方面不轻轻放过你的话，你别怪我。我保证，如果你死了，就不用交这份作业了。”
Hermione laughed. Harry felt a bit better. It was harder to feel scared of a lump of tea leaves away from the dim red light and befuddling perfume of Professor Trelawney’s classroom. Not everyone was convinced, however. Ron still looked worried, and Lavender whispered, “But what about Neville’s cup?”
赫敏大笑起来。哈利觉得好一点儿了。现在，没有了特里劳妮教授教室里模糊的红色光线和那种令人迷惑的香气的影响，一团茶叶似乎不那么容易让人害怕了。然而，不是所有人都信服这番话的。罗恩似乎仍旧担心，拉文德悄声说道：“那纳威的茶杯是怎么回事呢?”
When the Transfiguration class had finished, they joined the crowd thundering toward the Great Hall for lunch.
变形课下课以后，他们和大家一起闹哄哄地走向礼堂去吃午饭。
“Ron, cheer up,” said Hermione, pushing a dish of stew toward him. “You heard what Professor McGonagall said.”
“罗恩，高兴起来，”赫敏说着把一碟调料向他推过去，“你听到麦格教授是怎么说的了。”
Ron spooned stew onto his plate and picked up his fork but didn’t start.
罗恩往自己的盘子里舀了一勺调料，拿起了叉子，但并没有开吃。
“Harry,” he said, in a low, serious voice, “you haven’t seen a great black dog anywhere, have you?”
“哈利，”他说，声音低而严肃，“你没有在任何地方看到过一条黑色的大狗，是不是?”
“Yeah, I have,” said Harry. “I saw one the night I left the Dursleys’.”
“不，我看到过，”哈利说，“我离开德思礼家的那天晚上。”
Ron let his fork fall with a clatter.
罗恩的叉子咔哒一声掉在了桌上。
“Probably a stray,” said Hermione calmly.
“可能是条迷路的狗吧。”赫敏镇静地说。
Ron looked at Hermione as though she had gone mad.
罗恩看着赫敏，好像她已经发疯了似的。
“Hermione, if Harry’s seen a Grim, that’s — that’s bad,” he said. “My — my uncle Bilius saw one and — and he died twenty-four hours later!”
“赫敏，如果哈利看见了不祥，那就——那就糟了。”他说，“我的——我的叔叔比利尔斯就见过一条，然后——然后，二十四小时之后他就死了!”
“Coincidence,” said Hermione airily, pouring herself some pumpkin juice.
“巧合罢了。”赫敏轻描淡写地说，给自己倒了些南瓜汁。
“You don’t know what you’re talking about!” said Ron, starting to get angry. “Grims scare the living daylights out of most wizards!”
“你不知道你在说些什么!”罗恩说，开始生气了。“不祥让多数巫师吓得魂不附体!”
“There you are, then,” said Hermione in a superior tone. “They see the Grim and die of fright. The Grim’s not an omen, it’s the cause of death! And Harry’s still with us because he’s not stupid enough to see one and think, right, well, I’d better kick the bucket then!”
“那你算说对了，”赫敏带有优越感地说，“他们看到了不祥然后就吓死了。不祥不是凶兆，而是死亡的原因!哈利仍旧和我们在一起，因为他没有笨到看见它以后就想：好吧，我不如突然死去吧!”
Ron mouthed wordlessly at Hermione, who opened her bag, took out her new Arithmancy book, and propped it open against the juice jug.
罗恩对着赫敏，张口结舌；赫敏打开书包拿出她的新算术占卜课本，打开，再把这本书靠在果汁罐上。
“I think Divination seems very woolly,” she said, searching for her page. “A lot of guesswork, if you ask me.”
“我认为占卜课好像糊里糊涂的，”她说，翻着书页，“有许多地方是靠猜的，要是你问我的话。”
“There was nothing woolly about the Grim in that cup!” said Ron hotly.
“那个茶杯里的不祥可是清清楚楚的!”罗恩激烈地说，
“You didn’t seem quite so confident when you were telling Harry it was a sheep,” said Hermione coolly.
“特里劳妮教授说你的光环不对头!你就是不喜欢自己在哪件事上不行。”
He had touched a nerve. Hermione slammed her Arithmancy book down on the table so hard that bits of meat and carrot flew everywhere.
他触到痛处了。赫敏把算术占卜书啪的一下摔到桌上，动作如此之重，以至肉末和胡萝卜末飞得到处都是。
“If being good at Divination means I have to pretend to see death omens in a lump of tea leaves, I’m not sure I’ll be studying it much longer! That lesson was absolute rubbish compared with my Arithmancy class!”
“如果说占卜学成绩好就意味着我必须假装在一团茶叶渣里看到了死亡的凶兆，那我还没准不学这门课了呢!同我的算术占卜课相比，这门课完全是垃圾!”
She snatched up her bag and stalked away.
她一把抓起书包，走了。
Ron frowned after her.
罗恩双眉紧皱目送着她。
“What’s she talking about?” he said to Harry. “She hasn’t been to an Arithmancy class yet.”
“她在说什么呀?”他对哈利说，“她的算术占卜课还没有开始呢。”
Harry was pleased to get out of the castle after lunch. Yesterday’s rain had cleared; the sky was a clear, pale gray, and the grass was springy and damp underfoot as they set off for their first-ever Care of Magical Creatures class.
午饭后离开城堡的时候，哈利很高兴。昨天的雨已经停了，天空晴朗，呈浅灰色，脚下的草地松软而潮湿，这时他们去上第一堂保护神奇生物课。
Ron and Hermione weren’t speaking to each other. Harry walked beside them in silence as they went down the sloping lawns to Hagrid’s hut on the edge of the Forbidden Forest. It was only when he spotted three only-too-familiar backs ahead of them that he realized they must be having these lessons with the Slytherins. Malfoy was talking animatedly to Crabbe and Goyle, who were chortling. Harry was quite sure he knew what they were talking about.
罗恩和赫敏彼此不说话。哈利沉默着走在他们旁边，他们正走下斜坡到禁林边上海格的小屋里去。他看到前面走着三个非常熟悉的背影，这才明白他们必须和斯莱特林学院的学生一起上这门课。马尔福正活泼地和克拉布、高尔说话，这两人在咯咯地笑。哈利知道他们在笑什么。
Hagrid was waiting for his class at the door of his hut. He stood in his moleskin overcoat, with Fang the boarhound at his heels, looking impatient to start.
海格在小屋门旁等待他的学生。他身穿鼹鼠皮大衣，猎狗牙牙在他脚下，似乎急于出发。
“C’mon, now, get a move on!” he called as the class approached. “Got a real treat for yeh today! Great lesson comin’ up! Everyone here? Right, follow me!”
“来吧，快点快点!”他叫道，这时学生们已经走近了。“今天可有好东西款待你们!马上就要上精彩的一课!大家都到了吗?好，跟我来!”
For one nasty moment, Harry thought that Hagrid was going to lead them into the forest; Harry had had enough unpleasant experiences in there to last him a lifetime. However, Hagrid strolled off around the edge of the trees, and five minutes later, they found themselves outside a kind of paddock. There was nothing in there.
有那么一会儿令人难受的时刻，哈利以为海格要把他们领到林子里面去；哈利在那林子里有过不愉快的经历，足使他终生难忘。然而，海格只领着沿着林子边缘走，五分钟以后，他们已经置身于一片围场似的地方外面了。那里什么也没有。
“Everyone gather ’round the fence here!” he called. “That’s it — make sure yeh can see — now, firs’ thing yeh’ll want ter do is open yer books —”
“大家都到这道篱笆边上来!”他叫道，“这就对了——站到你看得见的地方。现在，你们要做的第一件事就是打开书本——”
“How?” said the cold, drawling voice of Draco Malfoy.
“怎么打开?”德拉科·马尔福用他那冷淡、拖长的声调说。
“Eh?” said Hagrid.
“嗯?”海格说。
“How do we open our books?” Malfoy repeated. He took out his copy of The Monster Book of Monsters, which he had bound shut with a length of rope. Other people took theirs out too; some, like Harry, had belted their book shut; others had crammed them inside tight bags or clamped them together with binder clips.
“我们怎么打开书本呀?”马尔福又说了一遍。他拿出他的《妖怪们的妖怪书》，他已经用一根绳子把它绑上了。别的人也拿出书来；有些人，像哈利那样，也把他们的书捆好了；别的人则把这本书放在牢固的袋子里或是用大夹子夹住。
“Hasn’ — hasn’ anyone bin able ter open their books?” said Hagrid, looking crestfallen.
“没有——没有人能够打开这本书吗?”海格说，看上去垂头丧气的。
The class all shook their heads.
全班学生都摇头。
“Yeh’ve got ter stroke ’em,” said Hagrid, as though this was the most obvious thing in the world. “Look —”
“必须捋捋这些书。”海格说，好像这是世界上最明白不过的事了，“看……”
He took Hermione’s copy and ripped off the Spellotape that bound it. The book tried to bite, but Hagrid ran a giant forefinger down its spine, and the book shivered, and then fell open and lay quiet in his hand.
他拿过赫敏的书，撕掉捆住书的胶纸。这本书想要咬人，但海格的食指在书脊上从上到下一滑，这本书就发抖了，然后打开了，安安静静地躺在他手上。
“Oh, how silly we’ve all been!” Malfoy sneered. “We should have stroked them! Why didn’t we guess!”
“哦，我们多么笨啊!”马尔福冷嘲道，“我们应该捋捋这些书!我们怎么就没有想到呢!”
“I — I thought they were funny,” Hagrid said uncertainly to Hermione.
“我……我认为这些书滑稽可笑。”海格对赫敏犹犹疑疑地说。
“Oh, tremendously funny!” said Malfoy. “Really witty, giving us books that try and rip our hands off!”
“哦，滑稽可笑得不得了!”马尔福说，“真聪明，给我们想撕掉我们手的书!”
“Shut up, Malfoy,” said Harry quietly. Hagrid was looking downcast and Harry wanted Hagrid’s first lesson to be a success.
“住嘴，马尔福。”哈利安静地说。海格显得垂头丧气，而哈利希望海格的第一堂课成功。
“Righ’ then,” said Hagrid, who seemed to have lost his thread, “so — so yeh’ve got yer books an’ — an’ — now yeh need the Magical Creatures. Yeah. So I’ll go an’ get ’em. Hang on . . .”
“说得对，”海格说，他似乎思路乱了，找不到词儿，“那么……那么你们都有书了……哦……现在你们需要的只是神奇生物了。对。我这就去找它们。等等。”
He strode away from them into the forest and out of sight.
他离开学生走到林子里去了。一会儿就走得看不见了。
“God, this place is going to the dogs,” said Malfoy loudly. “That oaf teaching classes, my father’ll have a fit when I tell him —”
“上帝，这地方要完蛋了。”马尔福大声说，“这种蠢人教学，要是我告诉我爸爸，他不大发睥气才怪——”
“Shut up, Malfoy,” Harry repeated.
“住嘴，马尔福。”哈利又说。
“Careful, Potter, there’s a dementor behind you —”
“小心，波特，你后面就是个摄魂怪——”
“Oooooooh!” squealed Lavender Brown, pointing toward the opposite side of the paddock.
“哦哦哦——”拉文德·布朗尖叫起来，指着围场对面。
Trotting toward them were a dozen of the most bizarre creatures Harry had ever seen. They had the bodies, hind legs, and tails of horses, but the front legs, wings, and heads of what seemed to be giant eagles, with cruel, steel-colored beaks and large, brilliantly orange eyes. The talons on their front legs were half a foot long and deadly looking. Each of the beasts had a thick leather collar around its neck, which was attached to a long chain, and the ends of all of these were held in the vast hands of Hagrid, who came jogging into the paddock behind the creatures.
十二个哈利平生未曾见过的最希奇古怪的家伙向着他们快步走来。它们有马的身体、后腿和尾巴，但它们的前腿、双翼和脑袋似乎是鹰的，它们有钢铁样颜色的利喙和明亮的橘色大眼睛。它们前腿上的爪子有半英尺长，看上去会致人于死地。每头野兽的脖子上都围着一个浓密的羽毛领子，上面系着一根长长的链子，这些链子的末端都握在海格的那只大手里，他跟在这些动物后面慢步跑到围场上。
“Gee up, there!” he roared, shaking the chains and urging the creatures toward the fence where the class stood. Everyone drew back slightly as Hagrid reached them and tethered the creatures to the fence.
“上那边去!”他吼道，摇晃着链子，吆喝这些家伙到全班学生站立的篱笆前面来。海格走近并且把这些家伙拴在篱笆上的时候，大家都退后了一些。
“Hippogriffs!” Hagrid roared happily, waving a hand at them. “Beau’iful, aren’ they?”
“鹰头马身有翼兽!”海格快乐地吼道。向他们舞动着一只手，“它们可漂亮了，是不是?”
Harry could sort of see what Hagrid meant. Once you got over the first shock of seeing something that was half horse, half bird, you started to appreciate the hippogriffs’ gleaming coats, changing smoothly from feather to hair, each of them a different color: stormy gray, bronze, pinkish roan, gleaming chestnut, and inky black.
哈利多少能懂一些海格的意思。乍一看见这半马半鸟的家伙会感到震惊，但震惊过去之后，你就会欣赏它那发亮的皮毛，这种皮毛顺利地从羽毛过渡到皮毛，各有不同的颜色：深灰色、青铜色、带粉红的沙毛(红白相间的)色、发亮的栗色，最后是墨黑色。
“So,” said Hagrid, rubbing his hands together and beaming around, “if yeh wan’ ter come a bit nearer —”
“那么，”海格说，他两手相互擦着，对全体学生微微一笑，“如果你们想要走近一些……”
No one seemed to want to. Harry, Ron, and Hermione, however, approached the fence cautiously.
似乎没有人想这样做。然而，哈利、罗恩和赫敏小心谨慎地向篱笆走过去。
“Now, firs’ thing yeh gotta know abou’ hippogriffs is, they’re proud,” said Hagrid. “Easily offended, hippogriffs are. Don’t never insult one, ’cause it might be the last thing yeh do.”
“好，关于鹰头马身有翼兽，你们必须知道的第一件事是，它们是骄傲的，”海格说，“很容易就得罪了它们。永远不要侮辱鹰头马身有翼兽，因为这可能是你一生做的最后一件事。”
Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle weren’t listening; they were talking in an undertone and Harry had a nasty feeling they were plotting how best to disrupt the lesson.
马尔福、克拉布和高尔并没有听，他们在低声说话；哈利有一种极不愉快的感觉，那就是他们在想办法破坏这堂课。
“Yeh always wait fer the hippogriff ter make the firs’ move,” Hagrid continued. “It’s polite, see? Yeh walk toward him, and yeh bow, an’ yeh wait. If he bows back, yeh’re allowed ter touch him. If he doesn’ bow, then get away from him sharpish, ’cause those talons hurt.
“你总要等待鹰头马身有翼兽先采取行动，”海格继续说道，“这是礼貌，懂吗?你向他走过去，你鞠躬，然后你等着。如果它也向你还礼，你就可以碰碰它了。如果它不鞠躬，那就赶快离开它，因为这些爪子要伤人的。”
“Right — who wants ter go first?”
“好吧——谁第一个来?”
Most of the class backed farther away in answer. Even Harry, Ron, and Hermione had misgivings. The hippogriffs were tossing their fierce heads and flexing their powerful wings; they didn’t seem to like being tethered like this.
作为回答，全体学生大都往后退着。就连哈利、罗恩和赫敏也觉得害怕。怪兽们正在愤怒地摇晃脑袋，展开强大有力的双翼；它们似乎不乐意像这样受到束缚。
“No one?” said Hagrid, with a pleading look.
“没有人吗?”海格问，露出请求的神色。
“I’ll do it,” said Harry.
“我来。”哈利说。
There was an intake of breath from behind him, and both Lavender and Parvati whispered, “Oooh, no, Harry, remember your tea leaves!”
他身后有人深深地吸了口气，拉文德和帕瓦蒂都低声道：“哦，不，哈利，想想你的茶叶!”
Harry ignored them. He climbed over the paddock fence.
哈利不理他们。他爬过那道围场的篱笆。
“Good man, Harry!” roared Hagrid. “Right then — let’s see how yeh get on with Buckbeak.”
“好样的，哈利!”海格叫道，“好——让我们看看你和巴克比克相处得怎么样。”
He untied one of the chains, pulled the gray hippogriff away from its fellows, and slipped off its leather collar. The class on the other side of the paddock seemed to be holding its breath. Malfoy’s eyes were narrowed maliciously.
他解开了一条链子，把巴克比克从同伴身边拖开并且退下它的皮颈圈。围场那边的全体学生好像都屏住了呼吸。马尔福的眼睛恶意地眯起来。
“Easy, now, Harry,” said Hagrid quietly. “Yeh’ve got eye contact, now try not ter blink. . . . Hippogriffs don’ trust yeh if yeh blink too much. . . .”
“放松，好，哈利，”海格安静地说，“你和他必须相互注视，想办法不要眨眼——如果你眼睛眨得厉害。怪兽就不信任你……”
Harry’s eyes immediately began to water, but he didn’t shut them. Buckbeak had turned his great, sharp head and was staring at Harry with one fierce orange eye.
哈利的眼睛要流泪，但他没有闭上眼睛。巴克比克已经把它那大而尖的脑袋转过来了，正用一只狂怒的橘黄色眼睛看着哈利。
“Tha’s it,” said Hagrid. “Tha’s it, Harry . . . now, bow . . .”
“这就对了，”海格说，“这就对了，哈利……现在，鞠躬……”
Harry didn’t feel much like exposing the back of his neck to Buckbeak, but he did as he was told. He gave a short bow and then looked up.
哈利很不愿意把自己的后脖子亮给巴克比克，但是他听话地做了。他略略鞠了一躬，然后直起身来看。
The hippogriff was still staring haughtily at him. It didn’t move.
那头怪兽仍旧满怀敌意地看着他。它没有动。
“Ah,” said Hagrid, sounding worried. “Right — back away, now, Harry, easy does it —”
“啊。”海格说，听上去有些担忧的意味。“好吧——后退吧，现在。哈利，放松地后退——”
But then, to Harry’s enormous surprise, the hippogriff suddenly bent its scaly front knees and sank into what was an unmistakable bow.
但就在这时，让哈利大为惊奇的是，那怪兽突然弯下它有鳞的前膝，身子往下沉，明显不过地是在鞠躬。
“Well done, Harry!” said Hagrid, ecstatic. “Right — yeh can touch him! Pat his beak, go on!”
“干得好，哈利!”海格欣喜若狂地说，“对——你现在可以碰碰它了!拍它的喙，拍吧!”
Feeling that a better reward would have been to back away, Harry moved slowly toward the hippogriff and reached out toward it. He patted the beak several times and the hippogriff closed its eyes lazily, as though enjoying it.
哈利感到要是不去拍，一件更好的礼物就要失去。他慢慢地向那怪兽走去，并且向它伸出手来，在它的喙上拍了好几下。那怪兽懒懒地闭上眼睛，好像很喜欢他这么拍。
The class broke into applause, all except for Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle, who were looking deeply disappointed.
全体同学鼓起掌来，但马尔福、克拉布和高尔除外，他们看上去很失望。
“Righ’ then, Harry,” said Hagrid. “I reckon he might’ let yeh ride him!”
“好，哈利，”海格说，“我想它也许愿意让你骑它呢。”
This was more than Harry had bargained for. He was used to a broomstick; but he wasn’t sure a hippogriff would be quite the same.
这可是超出了哈利的愿望。他习惯骑飞天扫帚，但是他拿不准骑怪兽是不是跟骑扫帚一样。
“Yeh climb up there, jus’ behind the wing joint,” said Hagrid, “an’ mind yeh don’ pull any of his feathers out, he won’ like that. . . .”
“你从这里爬上去，正好在翅膀关节的后边，”海格说，“当心不要拉掉它的羽毛，它不喜欢你这样做……”
Harry put his foot on the top of Buckbeak’s wing and hoisted himself onto its back. Buckbeak stood up. Harry wasn’t sure where to hold on; everything in front of him was covered with feathers.
哈利把一只脚放在巴克比克的翅膀上，爬到它的背上。巴克比克站了起来。哈利不知道该抓住哪里；他面前的每一块地方都罩上了羽毛。
“Go on, then!” roared Hagrid, slapping the hippogriff’s hindquarters.
“继续下去啊!”海格叫道，拍了拍这头怪兽的臀部。
Without warning, twelve-foot wings flapped open on either side of Harry; he just had time to seize the hippogriff around the neck before he was soaring upward. It was nothing like a broomstick, and Harry knew which one he preferred; the hippogriff’s wings beat uncomfortably on either side of him, catching him under his legs and making him feel he was about to be thrown off; the glossy feathers slipped under his fingers and he didn’t dare get a stronger grip; instead of the smooth action of his Nimbus Two Thousand, he now felt himself rocking backward and forward as the hindquarters of the hippogriff rose and fell with its wings.
事先没有警告，十二英尺长的双翼在哈利的两旁展开了；哈利在向上飞时及时抓住了怪兽的脖子。这和骑扫帚一点儿也不一样，哈利知道自己宁愿骑哪一种；怪兽的双翼在他两旁鼓动着，不停地碰着他的腿，令人不舒服，让他觉得好像就要掉下来了；滑亮的羽毛在他手指下面滑动，他不敢抓得很牢；怪兽的臀部随着双翼起落，哈利觉得自己前后颠簸，真不如光轮2000那种平滑的感觉舒服。
Buckbeak flew him once around the paddock and then headed back to the ground; this was the bit Harry had been dreading; he leaned back as the smooth neck lowered, feeling he was going to slip off over the beak, then felt a heavy thud as the four ill-assorted feet hit the ground. He just managed to hold on and push himself straight again.
巴克比克载着他在围场上空飞了一圈，然后回到了地面；这一着正是哈利一直害怕的；那光滑的脖子低下去了，哈利向后靠去，觉得自己要从它的喙上滑下来了；然后，怪兽搭配不匀称的四条腿着了地，哈利感觉到一下沉重的撞击，好不容易才抓住了没掉下来。并且让自己再次直了直身子。
“Good work, Harry!” roared Hagrid as everyone except Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle cheered. “Okay, who else wants a go?”
“干得好，哈利!”海格叫道，除了马尔福、克拉布和高尔以外，大家都欢呼起来。“好啦，谁还想试一试?”
Emboldened by Harry’s success, the rest of the class climbed cautiously into the paddock. Hagrid untied the hippogriffs one by one, and soon people were bowing nervously, all over the paddock. Neville ran repeatedly backward from his, which didn’t seem to want to bend its knees. Ron and Hermione practiced on the chestnut, while Harry watched.
全体同学从哈利身上得到了鼓舞，都小心谨慎地进了围场。海格一个一个地解开链子，不久，围场上到处都有人紧张地鞠着躬。纳威几次从他的怪兽面前逃了回去，那头怪兽似乎不想弯下它的膝盖。罗恩和赫敏对着一头栗色的怪兽鞠躬，哈利在一旁看着。
Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle had taken over Buckbeak. He had bowed to Malfoy, who was now patting his beak, looking disdainful.
马尔福、克拉布和高尔要了巴克比克。它对马尔福鞠了躬，马尔福正拍它的喙，一副嫌恶的样子。
“This is very easy,” Malfoy drawled, loud enough for Harry to hear him. “I knew it must have been, if Potter could do it. . . . I bet you’re not dangerous at all, are you?” he said to the hippogriff. “Are you, you great ugly brute?”
“这很容易，”马尔福拖长声调说，声音响得足以让哈利听见，“要是波特能做到的话，我知道那一定是特别容易的……我打赌你一点也不危险。是不是?”他对那头怪兽说，“你不危险吧，你这头丑陋的大畜生?”
It happened in a flash of steely talons; Malfoy let out a high-pitched scream and next moment, Hagrid was wrestling Buckbeak back into his collar as he strained to get at Malfoy, who lay curled in the grass, blood blossoming over his robes.
钢灰色的爪子一挥。马尔福发出一声尖叫，海格马上把还在挣扎着要扑向马尔福的巴克比克努力套回它的颈圈里；马尔福在草地上蜷成一团。长袍上有块块血迹。
“I’m dying!” Malfoy yelled as the class panicked. “I’m dying, look at me! It’s killed me!”
“我要死了!”马尔福大叫，全体慌作一团。“我要死了，看呀!它杀了我!”
“Yer not dyin’!” said Hagrid, who had gone very white. “Someone help me — gotta get him outta here —”
“你不会死的!”海格说，脸色极其苍白。“谁来帮帮我——必须把他从这里抬走——”
Hermione ran to hold open the gate as Hagrid lifted Malfoy easily. As they passed, Harry saw that there was a long, deep gash on Malfoy’s arm; blood splattered the grass and Hagrid ran with him, up the slope toward the castle.
赫敏跑去打开大门，而海格轻易地举起马尔福。他们走过的时候，哈利看到马尔福臂上有一道又深又长的口子；血流到了草上，海格带着他奔上斜坡。向城堡跑去。
Very shaken, the Care of Magical Creatures class followed at a walk. The Slytherins were all shouting about Hagrid.
保护神奇生物课的学生大为震惊，都跟在后面。斯莱特林院的学生一起大声嚷嚷着关于海格的话。
“They should fire him straight away!” said Pansy Parkinson, who was in tears.
“他们应该马上开除他!”潘西·帕金森说，满脸是泪。
“It was Malfoy’s fault!” snapped Dean Thomas. Crabbe and Goyle flexed their muscles threateningly.
“是马尔福的错!”迪安·托马斯厉声说。克拉布和高尔威胁地鼓动肌肉。
They all climbed the stone steps into the deserted entrance hall.
大家爬上了石阶，来到空无一人的前厅。
“I’m going to see if he’s okay!” said Pansy, and they all watched her run up the marble staircase. The Slytherins, still muttering about Hagrid, headed away in the direction of their dungeon common room; Harry, Ron, and Hermione proceeded upstairs to Gryffindor Tower.
“我去看看他是不是没事了!”潘西说，大家都看着她奔上那道大理石楼梯。斯莱特林院的学生们仍旧在说着海格，一面走向城堡主楼他们的公共休息室去了；哈利、罗恩和赫敏上楼到格兰芬多的塔楼去了。
“D’you think he’ll be all right?” said Hermione nervously.
“你们说他不会有事吧?”赫敏紧张地说。
“’Course he will. Madam Pomfrey can mend cuts in about a second,” said Harry, who had had far worse injuries mended magically by the nurse.
“当然不会有事啦，庞弗雷夫人大约一秒钟就能把伤口缝好。”哈利说，护士长曾经神奇地给他治好比这严重得多的创伤。
“That was a really bad thing to happen in Hagrid’s first class, though, wasn’t it?” said Ron, looking worried. “Trust Malfoy to mess things up for him. . . .”
“不过海格的第一课发生这样的事情，真是太糟了，对不对?”罗恩说，一副担心的样子。“马尔福肯定会把事情搞得一团糟……”
They were among the first to reach the Great Hall at dinnertime, hoping to see Hagrid, but he wasn’t there.
晚饭时分，他们是第一批到达礼堂的，希望在那里看到海格，但是他不在那里。
“They wouldn’t fire him, would they?” said Hermione anxiously, not touching her steak-and-kidney pudding.
“他们不会开除他吧，会吗?”赫敏焦急地问道，面前的牛排腰子布丁动也没动。
“They’d better not,” said Ron, who wasn’t eating either.
“他们最好别开除他。”罗恩说，他也没有吃。
Harry was watching the Slytherin table. A large group including Crabbe and Goyle was huddled together, deep in conversation. Harry was sure they were cooking up their own version of how Malfoy had been injured.
哈利正在看斯莱特林院的桌子，包括克拉布和高尔在内的一大群人挤在一起，谈得正起劲。哈利肯定他们在编造有关马尔福如何受伤的说法。
“Well, you can’t say it wasn’t an interesting first day back,” said Ron gloomily.
“好吧，你们总不能说这个第一天没趣吧。”罗恩阴郁地说。
They went up to the crowded Gryffindor common room after dinner and tried to do the homework Professor McGonagall had given them, but all three of them kept breaking off and glancing out of the tower window.
晚饭以后他们上楼到格兰芬多院的公共休息室去了，想做麦格教授布置的作业，但三个人都时不时地停下来，而且老是向塔楼的窗外看。
“There’s a light on in Hagrid’s window,” Harry said suddenly.
“海格的窗子有灯光。”哈利忽然说。
Ron looked at his watch.
罗恩看看他的表。
“If we hurried, we could go down and see him. It’s still quite early. . . .”
“如果我们赶快，我们可以下楼去看他，时间还早……”
“I don’t know,” Hermione said slowly, and Harry saw her glance at him.
“我不知道。”赫敏慢慢地说，哈利看到她向自己瞥了一眼。
“I’m allowed to walk across the grounds,” he said pointedly. “Sirius Black hasn’t got past the dementors here, has he?”
“我可以穿行场地，”他直截了当地说，“小天狼星·布莱克还没有越过摄魂怪吧，是不是?”
So they put their things away and headed out of the portrait hole, glad not to meet anybody on their way to the front doors, as they weren’t entirely sure they were supposed to be out.
这样他们就收拾好东西，走出肖像画上的洞，高兴的是一路上没有遇到任何人就走到了大门口，他们拿不准是不是允许他们出去。
The grass was still wet and looked almost black in the twilight. When they reached Hagrid’s hut, they knocked, and a voice growled, “C’min.”
草地还是湿的，在暮色中看上去几乎是黑色的。他们走到海格的小屋，敲了门，一个声音吼道：“进来。”
Hagrid was sitting in his shirtsleeves at his scrubbed wooden table; his boarhound, Fang, had his head in Hagrid’s lap. One look told them that Hagrid had been drinking a lot; there was a pewter tankard almost as big as a bucket in front of him, and he seemed to be having difficulty getting them into focus.
海格只穿着衬衣坐在他那擦洗干净的木桌旁边，他的猎狗牙牙，脑袋搁在海格的腿上；一眼看去他们就知道海格已经喝了很多酒，他面前放着一个大得和水桶差不多的单柄大酒杯，他似乎很难看清他们。
“’Spect it’s a record,” he said thickly, when he recognized them. “Don’ reckon they’ve ever had a teacher who lasted on’y a day before.”
“恐怕这是个新记录，”他认出了他们之后就口齿不清地说，“我想他们还从来没有过只干了一天的教师。”
“You haven’t been fired, Hagrid!” gasped Hermione.
“没有解雇你吧，海格!”赫敏喘着气说。
“Not yet,” said Hagrid miserably, taking a huge gulp of whatever was in the tankard. “But ’s only a matter o’ time, i’n’t it, after Malfoy . . .”
“还没有呢，”海格悲哀地说，从单柄大酒杯里又喝了一口不知是什么东西，“不过这只是时间问题罢了，是不是，在马尔福……”
“How is he?” said Ron as they all sat down. “It wasn’t serious, was it?”
“他现在怎么样?”罗恩说，这时他们都坐了下来，“伤得不严重吧?”
“Madam Pomfrey fixed him best she could,” said Hagrid dully, “but he’s sayin’ it’s still agony . . . covered in bandages . . . moanin’ . . .”
“庞弗雷夫人尽她所能给他治疗，”海格迟钝地说，“但是他仍旧说很痛……用绷带包扎起来了……还在呻吟……”
“He’s faking it,” said Harry at once. “Madam Pomfrey can mend anything. She regrew half my bones last year. Trust Malfoy to milk it for all it’s worth.”
“他在装假，”哈利马上说，“庞弗雷夫人什么都能治。去年她让我的一半骨头重新生长起来了。马尔福准会拼命利用这件事捞好处的。”
“School gov’nors have bin told, o’ course,” said Hagrid miserably. “They reckon I started too big. Shoulda left hippogriffs fer later . . . done flobberworms or summat. . . . Jus’ thought it’d make a good firs’ lesson. . . . ’S all my fault. . . .”
“学校主管人员当然都知道了这件事，”海格悲哀地说，“他们认为我冒进了。应该过些时候再让鹰头马身有翼兽上场……完成了弗洛伯毛虫或者别的什么以后再……本来以为能把第一课弄好的……这都怪我……”
“It’s all Malfoy’s fault, Hagrid!” said Hermione earnestly.
“这都怪马尔福，海格!”赫敏真诚地说。
“We’re witnesses,” said Harry. “You said hippogriffs attack if you insult them. It’s Malfoy’s problem that he wasn’t listening. We’ll tell Dumbledore what really happened.”
“我们都是见证。”哈利说，“你说过，如果你侮辱怪兽，它就会攻击。马尔福没听，这要怪他自己。我们会把事情真相告诉邓布利多的。”
“Yeah, don’t worry, Hagrid, we’ll back you up,” said Ron.
“对，别担心，海格。我们会支持你的。”罗恩说。
Tears leaked out of the crinkled corners of Hagrid’s beetle-black eyes. He grabbed both Harry and Ron and pulled them into a bone-breaking hug.
泪水从海格乌黑的眼睛褶皱里流了下来。他抓住了哈利和罗恩，把他们拉过去，搂得他们几乎骨头都要断了。
“I think you’ve had enough to drink, Hagrid,” said Hermione firmly. She took the tankard from the table and went outside to empty it.
“我认为你已经喝得够多的了，海格。”赫敏坚决地说。她把那单柄大酒杯从桌上拿开，走到外面把酒倒了。
“Ar, maybe she’s right,” said Hagrid, letting go of Harry and Ron, who both staggered away, rubbing their ribs. Hagrid heaved himself out of his chair and followed Hermione unsteadily outside. They heard a loud splash.
“啊，她也许说得对。”海格说，放开了哈利和罗恩，这两人都踉跄后退，一面抚摸着自己的肋骨。海格费力地从椅子上站了起来，脚步不稳地跟随赫敏走到外边去了。他们听到了响亮的泼水声。
“What’s he done?” said Harry nervously as Hermione came back in with the empty tankard.
“他做什么了?”哈利紧张地说道，这时赫敏进来了，手里拿着那个大酒杯。
“Stuck his head in the water barrel,” said Hermione, putting the tankard away.
“他把脑袋伸到水桶里去了。”赫敏说着把大酒杯放到了别处。
Hagrid came back, his long hair and beard sopping wet, wiping the water out of his eyes.
海格回来了，长发和胡子都湿透了，一面抹去眼睛那里的水。
“Tha’s better,” he said, shaking his head like a dog and drenching them all. “Listen, it was good of yeh ter come an’ see me, I really —”
“这就好多了。”他说，像狗一样地摇摇脑袋，水珠飞到了他们的身上。“听着。你们到这里来看我，这是你们对我的好意，我真——”
Hagrid stopped dead, staring at Harry as though he’d only just realized he was there.
海格忽然住嘴了，瞪眼看着哈利，好像现在才发现他在这里似的。
“WHAT D’YEH THINK YOU’RE DOIN’, EH?” he roared, so suddenly that they jumped a foot in the air. “YEH’RE NOT TO GO WANDERIN’ AROUND AFTER DARK, HARRY! AN’ YOU TWO! LETTIN’ HIM!”
“你以为你在干什么，嗯?”他吼道，那么突然，吓得他们蹦起老高。“天黑以后你是不应该到处乱逛的，哈利!还有你们两个!竟然让他这样!”
Hagrid strode over to Harry, grabbed his arm, and pulled him to the door.
海格走到哈利身边，抓住他的手臂，把他向门边拉去。
“C’mon!” Hagrid said angrily. “I’m takin’ yer all back up ter school, an’ don’ let me catch yeh walkin’ down ter see me after dark again. I’m not worth that!”
“走吧!”海格恼怒地说，“我带你们三个回学校，可别再让我看见你们天黑以后到这里来看我。我不值得你们这样做。”