It suddenly occurred to her: ‘Who knows? They are perhaps not coming at all, and have turned in somewhere.’

格蕾特突然想到：“他们或许根本不打算来了，也许到别处去了。”

Then she said: ‘Well, Gretel, enjoy yourself, one fowl has been cut into, take another drink, and eat it up entirely;

她自言自语，“好吧，格蕾特，你吃吧，反正烤鸡已经被你吃过了，再喝一杯酒，干脆把它吃个精光。

when it is eaten you will have some peace, why should God’s good gifts be spoilt?’

只有吃完你才会安心。怎么能浪费上帝的恩赐呢！”

So she ran into the cellar again, took an enormous drink and ate up the one chicken in great glee.

所以她又跑到地窖痛痛快快地喝了一通，然后快快活活地把整只鸡都吃掉了。

When one of the chickens was swallowed down, and still her master did not come, Gretel looked at the other and said:

这时主人还是没回来，格蕾特又盯上了另一只鸡，心想：

‘What one is, the other should be likewise, the two go together;

“这只鸡多孤单啊，要吃一起吃算了，

what’s right for the one is right for the other; I think if I were to take another draught it would do me no harm.’

两个应该在一起嘛！既然吃了一只，再吃一只也没什么错。我想再来一大口酒对我没什么坏处。”

So she took another hearty drink, and let the second chicken follow the first.

于是她又舒服地喝完一杯酒，接着把另一只鸡也吃掉了。