The myth of the stolen eyeballs - Nathan D. Horowitz

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譯者: Lilian Chiu 審譯者: Helen Chang
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Deep in the Amazon rainforest in the river Nea’ocoyá,
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在亞馬遜雨林深處, 尼歐冠亞河附近,
00:11
lived, according to Siekopai legend,
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根據賽科派傳說,住著
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a school of particularly big and tasty fish.
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一群特別美味的大型魚類。
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When the rains came and the water rose, the fish appeared,
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下雨時,水位上升,
這些魚類就會出現;
00:23
swimming away as the waters fell again.
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當水位再次下降時,牠們就會游走。
00:27
The villagers along the river reveled in this occasional bounty—
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沿岸的村民很享受 這種偶爾的大豐收——
00:31
and wanted more.
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且還想要更多。
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They followed them upriver deep into the jungle
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他們溯溪追蹤這些魚,深入叢林,
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to a lagoon that thundered with the sound of flapping fish.
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到了一個潟湖, 魚鳍拍打的聲音震耳欲聾。
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The whole village set up camp by the lagoon,
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全村的人在潟湖邊搭起營地,
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bringing barbasco, a poison they would put in the water to stun the fish.
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並帶來了巴巴斯可,一種毒素,
投入水中會讓魚類昏迷。
00:51
Meanwhile, their young shaman took a walk.
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同時,他們的年輕巫師到附近走走。
00:54
He sensed he might not be completely alone.
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他感受到他可能並不孤單。
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Then, he came to a monse tree humming so loudly
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接著,他碰見了一棵大樹,
發出很大的聲響,
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he could hear it even above the thunder of the fish.
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大到魚類如雷的聲音也無法蓋過它。
01:06
With that, he was sure: spirits lived here.
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因此,他很確定,
有精靈住在這裡。
01:12
Back at camp, he warned his people these fish had an owner.
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回到營地之後,他警告 他的族人這些魚類是有主人的。
01:16
He would find the owner.
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他會找到這位主人。
01:18
Until he returned, no one should fish.
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在他回來之前,大家都不可以捕魚。
01:22
He went to the humming tree.
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他前往那棵發出聲響的樹木。
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Inside was a hollow as big as a house, full of busy weavers.
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樹木內部是中空的, 空間和房子一樣大,
裡面滿是忙碌的編織工人。
01:30
Their chief invited him in,
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他們的首領邀請他進入,
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explaining that the juicy little siripia fruits were ripening,
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解釋說多汁的西瑞皮亞 小果實就要成熟了,
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and they were weaving baskets to collect them.
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他們在編織籃子,用來採集果實。
01:40
Though they looked and acted like people,
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雖然他們的外觀和行為都像是人,
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the shaman knew they were juri, or air goblins,
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巫師知道他們是飛妖精,
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who could fly and control the winds.
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他們會飛且能控制風。
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They taught him how to weave.
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他們教他如何編織。
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Before the shaman left,
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在巫師離開前,
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the goblin chief whispered some cryptic instructions in his ear.
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妖精首領在他耳邊低聲 說了一些難懂的指示。
02:00
Finally, he told him to tie a pineapple shoot outside a hollow log
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最後,首領告訴他, 找一根中空的圓木,
在外面綁上一根鳳梨芽, 當晚要睡在那圓木中。
02:05
and sleep inside that night.
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02:16
Back at camp, the villagers were fishing with barbasco poison, cooking, and eating.
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在營地那一頭,村民已經
在用巴巴斯可捕魚煮來吃。
02:24
Only the shaman’s little sister refrained.
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只有巫師的妹妹忍住沒有破戒。
02:28
Then, everyone else fell into a deep sleep.
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接著,其他人通通陷入沉睡。
02:33
The shaman and his sister yelled and shook them,
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巫師和他的妹妹邊喊邊搖他們,
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but they wouldn’t wake.
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但他們就是不會醒來。
02:40
It was getting dark, so the shaman and his sister
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天色漸暗,巫師和他的妹妹
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tied the pineapple sprout outside the hollow log and crawled inside.
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在中空的圓木外面綁上 鳳梨的芽之後便爬進去。
02:48
A strong wind rose— the mark of the air goblins.
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一陣強風吹來—— 這是飛妖精的標誌。
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It broke branches and brought down trees.
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強風吹斷樹枝,吹倒樹木。
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Caymans, boas and jaguars roared.
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鱷魚、蟒蛇、豹通通都在吼叫。
02:59
The water began to rise.
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水位開始上升。
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The fish flopped off the drying racks and swam away.
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魚翻下晾乾架後立刻游走。
03:06
The pineapple sprout turned into a dog.
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鳳梨的芽變成了一隻狗。
03:08
All night it barked, keeping the jungle creatures away from the fallen tree.
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狗吠了整夜,
確保叢林的生物不會靠近 這棵倒下的樹木。
03:14
When dawn broke, the flood receded.
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黎明時,潮水退去。
03:17
The fish were gone, and most of the people were, too:
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魚都不見了,大部分的人也不見了:
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the jungle animals had devoured them.
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叢林的動物把他們吃了。
03:25
Only the shaman’s relatives survived.
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只有巫師的親戚存活下來。
03:28
When his family turned toward him,
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當他的家人轉身面向他時,
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the shaman realized what the goblins meant when they said the fruits were ripening:
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他終於了解了妖精說 果實成熟是什麼意思:
03:36
they weren’t really collecting siripia fruits at all,
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他們要採收的不是西瑞皮亞果實,
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but human eyes.
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而是人類的眼睛。
03:42
The shaman’s older sister called him over,
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巫師的姐姐叫他過去,
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trying to touch his face with her long, sharp nails.
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試圖用她又長又尖的 指甲觸碰他的臉。
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He backed away and, remembering the goblin chief’s instructions,
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他退開了,他還記得 妖精首領的指示,
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threw palm seeds at her face.
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把棕櫚種子朝她的臉丟過去。
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The seeds became eyes.
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種子變成了眼睛。
03:59
But then she transformed into a white-lipped peccary and ran away—
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但接著,她變身成了白色嘴脣的野豬
並且跑走了——
04:05
still alive, but no longer human.
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她還活著,卻不再是人。
04:08
The shaman and his little sister’s whole community was gone.
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巫師和他的妹妹失去了全族的人。
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They went to live with another village,
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他們到另一個村落去住,
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where he taught everyone to weave baskets, as the air goblins had taught him.
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他在那裡教大家編籃子, 把飛妖精教他的再傳授出去。
04:20
But he couldn’t forget the last of the goblin chief’s words,
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但他仍然忘不了妖精首領最後的話,
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which told him how to get revenge.
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首領告訴他要如何復仇。
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He returned to the air goblins’ home carrying chili peppers wrapped in leaves.
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他回到飛妖精的家,
帶著用樹葉包起來的辣椒。
04:32
As the goblins watched through their peepholes,
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當妖精透過窺視孔看出去時,
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the shaman made a fire and put the chili peppers on it.
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巫師生了火,將辣椒放在火上。
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The fire began to smoke the tree out.
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火產生的煙充滿了那棵樹。
04:41
The goblins who had eaten people’s eyes died.
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吃了人眼的妖精死了。
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Those who hadn’t were light enough to fly away.
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沒有吃的妖精還夠輕,得以飛走。
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So the goblins, like the humans, paid a steep price.
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所以,那些妖精和人類一樣,
付出了很大的代價。
04:53
But they also lived to tell the tale, like the shaman.
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但他們也存活下來, 和巫師一樣將故事傳下去。
04:57
In Siekopai legend, where the spirit and human worlds meet,
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在賽科派傳說中, 當精靈和人類的世界交會時,
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there are no clear victors,
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不會有明確的贏家,
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and even death is an opportunity for renewal.
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就連死亡也是更新的機會。
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