拉迪亚德·吉卜林

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一首倒计时歌

当门口的紫丁香在春天盛开,学校散去,游戏开始,孩子们唱的是什么歌?听他们叽叽喳喳,尖厉刺耳,晚饭后,在院子里,当双方被选中时,所有人都服从抽签的机会,将使他们成为“它”。(唱)“嗨,嗨,嗨,嗨!”抓住黑鬼的脚趾!(如果他大喊大叫,就让他走!)Eenee Meenee。Mainee,莫!你是宇宙!”伊尼,米尼,迈尼和莫是很久以前的四大巨人,当地球的极点倾斜了三十度,中欧开始结冰,他们需要坚定的大使,在黑暗中稳定部落,但霜冻是凶猛的,肉体是脆弱的,所以他们施展了一个不会失败的魔法。 (Singing) "Eenee, Meenee, Mainee, Mo! Hear the wolves across the snow! Some one has to kill 'em--so Eenee, Meenee, Mainee, Mo Make--you--It!" Slowly the Glacial Epoch passed, Central Europe thawed out at last; And, under the slush of the melting snows The first dim shapes of the Nations rose. Rome, Britannia, Belgium, Gaul-- Flood and avalanche fathered them all; And the First Big Four, as they watched the mess, Pitied Man in his helplessness. (Singing) "Eenee, Meenee, Mainee, Mo! Trouble starts When Nations grow, Some one has to stop it--so Eenee, Meenee, Mainee, Mo! Make-you-It!" Thus it happened, but none can tell What was the Power behind the spell-- Fear, or Duty, or Pride, or Faith-- That sent men shuddering out to death-- To cold and watching, and, worse than these, Work, more work, when they looked for ease-- To the days discomfort, the nights despair, In the hope of a prize that they never could share, (Singing) "Eenee, Meenee, Mainee, Mo! Man is born to Toil and Woe. One will cure another--so Eenee, Meenee, Mainee, Mo Make--you--It!" Once and again, as the Ice went North The grass crept up to the Firth of Forth. Once and again, as the Ice came South The glaciers ground over Lossiemouth. But, grass or glacier, cold or hot, The men went out who would rather not, And fought with the Tiger, the Pig and the Ape, To hammer the world into decent shape. (Singing) "Eenee, Meenee, Mainee, Mo! What's the use of doing so? Ask the Gods, for we don't know; But Eenee, Meenee, Mainee, Mo Make-us-It!" Nothing is left of that terrible rune But a tag of gibberish tacked to a tune That ends the waiting and settles the claims Of children arguing over their games; For never yet has a boy been found To shirk his turn when the turn came round; Nor even a girl has been known to say "If you laugh at me I shan't play." For-- "Eenee, Meenee, Mainee, Mo, (Don't you let the grown-ups know!) You may hate it ever so, But if you're chose you're bound to go, When Eenee, Meenee, Mainee, Mo Make-you-It!"