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Chapter27
Mike Teavee is Sent by Television
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'Oh, Mr Wonka,' wailed Mrs Teavee, 'how can we make him grow?'
'Well,' said Mr Wonka, stroking his beard and gazing thoughtfully at the ceiling, 'I must say that's a wee bit tricky. But small boys are extremely springy and elastic. They stretch like mad. So what we'll do, we'll put him in a special machine I have for testing the stretchiness of chewing-gum! Maybe that will bring him back to what he was.'
'Oh, thank you!' said Mrs Teavee.
'Don't mention it, dear lady.'
'How far d'you think he'll stretch?' asked Mr Teavee.
'Maybe miles,' said Mr Wonka. 'Who knows? But he's going to be awfully thin. Everything gets thinner when you stretch it.'
'You mean like chewing-gum?' asked Mr Teavee.
'Exactly.'
'How thin will he be?' asked Mrs Teavee anxiously.
'I haven't the foggiest idea,' said Mr Wonka. 'And it doesn't really matter, anyway, because we'll soon fatten him up again. All we'll have to do is give him a triple overdose of my wonderful Supervitamin Chocolate. Supervitamin Chocolate contains huge amounts of vitamin A and vitamin B. It also contains vitamin C, vitamin D, vitamin E, vitamin F, vitamin G, vitamin I, vitamin J, vitamin K, vitamin L, vitamin M, vitamin N, vitamin O, vitamin P, vitamin Q, vitamin R, vitamin T, vitamin U, vitamin V, vitamin W, vitamin X, vitamin Y, and, believe it or not, vitamin Z! The only two vitamins it doesn't have in it are vitamin S, because it makes you sick, and vitamin H, because it makes you grow horns on the top of your head, like a bull. But it does have in it a very small amount of the rarest and most magical vitamin of them all — vitamin Wonka.' 'And what will that do to him?' asked Mr Teavee anxiously.
'It'll make his toes grow out until they're as long as his fingers . . .'
'Oh, no!' cried Mrs Teavee.
'Don't be silly,' said Mr Wonka. 'It's most useful. He'll be able to play the piano with his feet.'
'But Mr Wonka . . .'
'No arguments, please!' said Mr Wonka. He turned away and clicked his fingers three times in the air. An Oompa-Loompa appeared immediately and stood beside him. 'Follow these orders,' said Mr Wonka, handing the Oompa-Loompa a piece of paper on which he had written full instructions. 'And you'll find the boy in his father's pocket. Off you go! Good-bye, Mr Teavee! Good-bye, Mrs Teavee! And please don't look so worried! They all come out in the wash, you know; every one of them . . .'
At the end of the room, the Oompa-Loompas around the giant camera were already beating their tiny drums and beginning to jog up and down to the rhythm.
'There they go again!' said Mr Wonka. 'I'm afraid you can't stop them singing.'
Little Charlie caught Grandpa Joe's hand, and the two of them stood beside Mr Wonka in the middle of the long bright room, listening to the Oompa-Loompas. And this is what they sang:
中文翻译
‘哦，旺卡先生，”蒂韦太太伤心地哭泣着，问道，“我们怎样才能使他长大呢？”
“唔，”旺卡先生扯着胡须，盯着天花板，若有所思地说，“必须承认，这是件十分伤脑筋的事。不过小男孩都是很有弹性的，他们的伸张力十分惊人。因此我们可以这么办：把他放进一架特制的机器，那是我用来试验口香糖拉力的。或许能使他恢复原样。”
“啊，太谢谢你啦！”蒂韦太太说。
“别客气，亲爱的夫人。”
“你认为能把他拉多长？”蒂韦先生问。
“或许有几英里长，”旺卡先生说，“谁知道呢？不过那一来他会变得很细很细。随便你拉长什么，它总会变得越来越细长。”
“你是说就象口香糖？”蒂韦先生问。
“一点不错。”
“他会变得多细？”蒂韦太太焦急地问。
“我讲不清楚，”旺卡先生说，“不过这不碍什么事，因为我们能让他很快长胖。我们只要喂他吃一种高浓度的维他命巧克力，吃三倍剂量。那是我发明的一种奇妙的巧克力。这种巧克力里含有大量的维他命A和维他命B。它还含有维他命C，维他命D，维他命E，维他命F，维他命G，维他I，维他命J，维他命K，维他命L，维他命M，维他命N，维他命O，维他命P，维他命Q，维他命R，维他命T，维他命U，维它命V，维他命W，维他命X，维他命Y，信不信由你，还有维他命Z！只有两种维它命没有，那就是维他命S和维他命H，前者使你虚弱，后者会让你头上长出角来，就象一头公牛。更何况这种巧克力还含有一种极小极小量的维他命，那是最稀有最奇妙的一种维他命──维他命旺卡。”
“那会使他发生什么变化？”蒂韦太太焦急地问。
“那会使他的脚趾长得跟手指一样长……”
“噢，不要！”蒂韦太太叫起来。
“别这么傻，”旺卡先生说，“那可是极有用的。他能用脚来弹钢琴了。”
“不过，旺卡先生……”
“好了，别争了！”旺卡先生说，他转过身去，捻了一下响指。立刻出现了一个奥姆帕－洛姆帕人，站在他身边。“照这些指令去办，”旺卡先生吩咐道，他递给这个奥姆帕—洛姆人一张纸，纸上写满了指令。“你们可以在他父亲的口袋里找到那个男孩，去吧！再见！蒂韦先生！再见，蒂韦太太！别那么愁眉苦脸的！瞧着吧，那些孩子一个个都会太平无事的……”
房间尽头那架大摄像机周围的奥姆帕－洛姆帕人又开始敲起了他们的小鼓，并跟着鼓点跳起舞来。
“他们又来了！”旺卡先生说，“恐怕谁也阻止不了他们唱歌！”
小查理抓住了乔爷爷的手，旁边就是旺卡先生，三人一起站在这间明亮耀眼的长房间里，听着奥姆帕－洛姆帕人唱歌。他们这么唱着：
