英语绘本 ▏每日一读之《武松打虎 Wusong Beats A Tiger》

Time：August 11, 2024

武松回家探望哥哥，正是中午时候，武松走的肚中饥饿，望见前面有一家酒家。

Wu Song went home to visit his brother. It was noon. Wu Song was hungry. He saw a hotel in front of him.

门前竖着一面旗，上头写着五个字：三碗不过冈。

There was a flag in front of the door with five words written on it: Three bowls and you won’t cross the Ridge.

武松一点儿都不放在心上，前后共喝了十八碗。喝完了提着木棍，踉踉跄跄地就想去景阳冈。

Wu Song didn’t care at all. He drank 18 bowls in total. After drinking, he picked up a wooden stick and staggered to Jingyang Ridge.

店家慌忙叫道：“客官，景阳冈上有老虎，你这么晚过冈岂不白白送了性命，不如就在我家休息，等明天凑了三二十人，一齐过岗。”

The store owner hurriedly shouted: "Sir, there is a tiger on Jingyang Ridge. If you cross the hill so late, you will lose your life in vain. Why don’t you rest at my house and wait until tomorrow when you gather 30 or 20 people to cross the hill together."

武松听了笑道：“我是清河县人，这条景阳冈，我经常走，怎么没听说有老虎，你别说这样的话来吓我。就算是有老虎，我也不怕。”

Wu Song laughed and said: "I am from Qinghe County. I often walk on Jingyang Ridge. How come there is no tiger? Don’t say such words to scare me. Even if there is a tiger, I am not afraid."

说完便转身朝景阳冈走去。

After that, he turned and walked towards Jingyang Ridge.

走了一会儿就看见一棵大树，树干上刮去了皮一片白。

After walking for a while, he saw a big tree with a white bark scraped off the trunk.

上面写着两行字：“近因景阳冈老虎伤人，但有过往客商，可趁午间结伙过冈，请勿自误。”

There were two lines of words written on it: "Recently, tigers have injured people on Jingyang Ridge. If you are a passing merchant, you can take advantage of the noon to cross the ridge in a group. Please do not make mistakes."

武松认为，这是酒家写来吓人的。

Wu Song thought that this was written by the innkeeper to scare people.

太阳快落山时，武松来到一座破庙前，见庙门上贴了一张官府告示，内容跟树上写的一模一样。

When the sun was about to set, Wu Song came to a dilapidated temple and saw a government notice posted on the temple door. The content was exactly the same as what was written on the tree.

武松读后才知道，山上真是有老虎。由于酒劲儿发作，武松便找了一块大青石，仰身躺下。

After reading it, Wu Song realized that there was really a tiger on the mountain. Because of the alcohol, Wu Song found a large bluestone and lay on his back.

刚要入睡，忽然听到一阵狂风呼啸，一只斑斓的猛虎朝他扑了过来。武松急忙一闪身，躲在老虎背后。

Just as he was about to fall asleep, he suddenly heard a gust of wind whistling, and a colorful tiger pounced on him. Wu Song quickly dodged and hid behind the tiger.

老虎一纵身，武松又躲了过去。老虎一看抓不到就急了，大吼一声，用尾巴朝武松打来。

The tiger jumped, and Wu Song dodged again. The tiger got anxious when he saw that he couldn't catch it. He roared and hit Wu Song with his tail.

武松又急忙跳开，武松趁猛虎转身的那一刹那，举起木棍，运足力气，朝虎头猛的打下去，只听“咔嚓”一声，一下子把那树枝连枝带叶的打了下来。

Wu Song jumped away again in a hurry. When the tiger turned around, Wu Song raised the stick, exerted all his strength, and hit the tiger's head fiercely. With a "crack", the branch was knocked down with leaves.

武松定睛一看，一棒没打着老虎，却打在了树上。原来是打急了，把手里的木棍也打成了两截，只剩一半在手里了。

Wu Song looked carefully and found that he didn't hit the tiger with the stick, but hit the tree. It turned out that he was too anxious to hit the tiger, and the stick in his hand was broken into two pieces, leaving only half in his hand.

老虎急了，又向武松扑过来，武松扔掉半截木棍，顺势骑在老虎背上。

The tiger was anxious and rushed towards Wu Song again. Wu Song threw away the half stick and rode on the tiger's back.

左手揪住老虎头上的皮，右手猛击打虎头，没多久就把老虎打得眼睛、鼻子、嘴巴、耳朵到处流血，趴着地上不能动弹。

He grabbed the skin on the tiger's head with his left hand and hit the tiger's head with his right hand. Soon, the tiger's eyes, nose, mouth, and ears were bleeding everywhere, and it lay on the ground unable to move.

武松怕老虎装死，举起半截木棍又打了一阵，见那老虎确实没气了才住手。

Wu Song was afraid that the tiger was pretending to be dead, so he raised the half stick and hit it for a while. He stopped when he saw that the tiger was really dead.

武松心里想道：“我就把这只死老虎脱下冈去。”于是就在血泊里用双手来拖动老虎，可是哪里拖的动。

Wu Song thought to himself: "I will take this dead tiger off the ridge." So he used his hands to drag the tiger in the pool of blood, but he couldn't drag it.

原来武松用尽了力气，手脚都酥软了。

It turned out that Wu Song had used up all his strength and his hands and feet were limp.

武松回到青石上坐着休息，想到天马上就黑了，如果再跳出来一只老虎就麻烦了，已经完全没有力气再打了。

Wu Song returned to the bluestone and sat down to rest. He thought that it would be dark soon. If another tiger jumped out, it would be troublesome. He had no strength to fight it anymore.

想到这，武松决定还是先下冈去，明早再来处理。

Thinking of this, Wu Song decided to go down the ridge first and deal with it tomorrow morning.

第二天，乡亲们跟着武松一起来到景阳冈上，见到平日作威作福的老虎一动不动，都非常高兴。

The next day, the villagers followed Wu Song to Jingyang Ridge. They were very happy to see that the tiger that usually acted arrogantly was motionless.