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'There's no earthly way of knowing Which direction they are going!
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chapter18
Down the Chocolate River
2
Charlie put the mug to his lips, and as the rich warm creamy chocolate ran down his throat into his empty tummy, his whole body from head to toe began to tingle with pleasure, and a feeling of intense happiness spread over him.
'You like it?' asked Mr Wonka.
'Oh, it's wonderful!' Charlie said.
'The creamiest loveliest chocolate I've ever tasted!' said Grandpa Joe, smacking his lips.
'That's because it's been mixed by waterfall,' Mr Wonka told him.
The boat sped on down the river. The river was getting narrower. There was some kind of a dark tunnel ahead — a great round tunnel that looked like an enormous pipe — and the river was running right into the tunnel. And so was the boat! 'Row on!' shouted Mr Wonka, jumping up and waving his stick in the air. 'Full speed ahead!' And with the Oompa-Loompas rowing faster than ever, the boat shot into the pitch-dark tunnel, and all the passengers screamed with excitement.
'How can they see where they're going?' shrieked Violet Beauregarde in the darkness.
'There's no knowing where they're going!' cried Mr Wonka, hooting with laughter.
'There's no earthly way of knowing Which direction they are going! There's no knowing where they're rowing, Or which way the river's flowing! Not a speck of light is showing, So the danger must be growing, For the rowers keep on rowing, And they're certainly not showing Any signs that they are slowing . . .'
'He's gone off his rocker!' shouted one of the fathers, aghast, and the other parents joined in the chorus of frightened shouting. 'He's crazy!' they shouted.
'He's balmy!'
'He's nutty!'
'He's screwy!'
'He's batty!' 'He's dippy!'
'He's dotty!'
'He's daffy!'
'He's goofy!'
'He's beany!'
'He's buggy!'
'He's wacky!'
'He's loony!'
'No, he is not!' said Grandpa Joe.
'Switch on the lights!' shouted Mr Wonka. And suddenly, on came the lights and the whole tunnel was brilliantly lit up, and Charlie could see that they were indeed inside a gigantic pipe, and the great upward-curving walls of the pipe were pure white and spotlessly clean. The river of chocolate was flowing very fast inside the pipe, and the Oompa-Loompas were all rowing like mad, and the boat was rocketing along at a furious pace. Mr Wonka was jumping up and down in the back of the boat and calling to the rowers to row faster and faster still. He seemed to love the sensation of whizzing through a white tunnel in a pink boat on a chocolate river, and he clapped his hands and laughed and kept glancing at his passengers to see if they were enjoying it as much as he.
'Look, Grandpa!' cried Charlie. 'There's a door in the wall!' It was a green door and it was set into the wall of the tunnel just above the level of the river. As they flashed past it there was just enough time to read the writing on the door: STOREROOM NUMBER 54, it said. ALL THE CREAMS — DAIRY CREAM, WHIPPED CREAM, VIOLET CREAM, COFFEE CREAM, PINEAPPLE CREAM, VANILLA CREAM, AND HAIR CREAM.
'Hair cream?' cried Mike Teavee. 'You don't use hair cream?'
'Row on!' shouted Mr Wonka. 'There's no time to answer silly questions!'
They streaked past a black door. STOREROOM NUMBER 71, it said on it. WHIPS — ALL SHAPES AND SIZES.
'Whips!' cried Veruca Salt. 'What on earth do you use whips for?'
'For whipping cream, of course,' said Mr Wonka. 'How can you whip cream without whips? Whipped cream isn't whipped cream at all unless it's been whipped with whips. Just as a poached egg isn't a poached egg unless it's been stolen from the woods in the dead of night! Row on, please!'
They passed a yellow door on which it said: STOREROOM NUMBER 77 — ALL THE BEANS, CACAO BEANS, COFFEE BEANS, JELLY BEANS, AND HAS BEANS.
'Has beans?' cried Violet Beauregarde.
'You're one yourself!' said Mr Wonka. 'There's no time for arguing! Press on, press on!' But five seconds later, when a bright red door came into sight ahead, he suddenly waved his gold-topped cane in the air and shouted, 'Stop the boat!'
中文翻译
查理把杯子放到嘴边，暖乎乎的醇厚的奶油巧克力经过喉咙滑进了他空空的肚里，这时他全身从头到脚感到那么舒坦，快活得颤抖起来。
“喜欢吗？”旺卡先生问。
“啊，真太好吃了！”查理答道。
“这是我有生以来尝到的最好吃、奶油味最足的巧克力！”乔爷爷咂着嘴说道。
“因为这种巧克力是由瀑布冲击搅和的。”旺卡先生告诉他。
船飞快地顺河而下。河道开始一点点变窄了，前面出现了一条黑黑黝黝隧道
──一条很大的圆隧道，就象一根巨大的管子──河水直通这条隧道，船也进了隧道。“划啊！”旺卡先生喊道，他跳起身，挥舞着他的手杖。“全速前进！”奥姆帕－洛姆帕人划得更快了，船如箭一般窜进了漆黑的隧道，所有的乘客都激动得尖叫起来。
“他们怎么看得见这是在划到哪儿去呢？”黑暗中维奥勒·博勒加德吃惊地问道。
“他们要去的地方无可奉告！”旺卡先生大声答道，嗬嗬嗬地笑起来，
“没人知晓
他们正朝何处去！
他们去的地方无可奉告，
也不知这条河流向何方！
眼前漆黑一片，
危险一定在渐渐增加，
河水不停地流呀流，
也不见丝毫迹象
表明河水在渐渐流慢……”
“他这是发疯了！”前头有一位父亲喊了起来，其余的父母亲们也害怕得乱成一团，喊了起来：“他疯了！”
“他真蠢！”
“他有神经病！”
“他不正常！”
“他真怪！”
“他发痴了！”
“他真疯狂！”
“他蠢极了！”
“他太狂妄了！”
“他太怪了！”
“他完全反常！”
“他是个疯子！”
“他是个白痴！”
“不，他什么也不是，他完全正常！”乔爷爷说道。
“把灯都打开！”旺卡先生喊道。突然，灯亮了，把整条隧道照得亮如白昼，查理看见他们确实置身于一根极其巨大的管子里，管壁雪白，一尘不染。巧克力河水在管子里流得极快，奥姆帕－洛姆帕人又使足劲疯狂地划着，这一来船象离弦的箭飞速前进。旺卡先生在船尾不停跳着，吆喝着要划手们加速划桨。看来，他非常喜欢坐在一条粉红色的船里，顺着一条巧克力河飞一般地穿过一条雪白的隧道，他拍着手，哈哈大笑着，不时瞅瞅他的乘客，看看他们是否同他一样从中获得极大乐趣。
“爷爷，瞧！”查理叫起来，“那儿壁上有一扇门！”那是一扇绿色的门。嵌在隧道壁上，刚好就在河平面止。他们飞快经过时正好能看清门上的字，上面写着：04号储藏室，各种奶油──纯奶油，搅奶油，紫罗兰奶油，咖啡奶油，菠萝奶油，香子兰奶油，头发奶油。
“头发奶油？”迈克·蒂韦叫起来，“你怎么能用头发奶油？”
“划啊！”旺卡先生喊道，“没时间来回答愚蠢的问题了！”
他们飞速通过了一扇黑色的门；上面写着：71号储藏室。搅打器──各种型号各种尺寸。
“鞭子！"韦鲁卡·索尔特叫起来,“天哪，你用鞭子干什么？”
“当然是搅打奶油罗，”旺卡先生答道，“没搅打器你怎么能搅奶油呢？投经过搅打器搅打的奶油根本算不上搅奶油。这就好比不是在漆黑的夜里从森林里偷出来的蛋算不上荷包蛋一样！快划啊！”
他们经过一扇黄色的门，上面写着；77号储藏室──各种豆：可可豆，咖啡豆，胶质豆，海斯豆。
“海斯豆？”维英勒·博勒加德惊叫道。
“算了吧！”旺卡先生说，“没时间讨论了！快，快！”五秒钟后，眼前出现了一扇鲜亮的红门，这时他突然挥着他的包金头手杖喊道，“把船停下！”
