在樓梯上我們做了條船 We built a ship upon the stairs

"A GOOD PLAY"
-- Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894)

We built a ship upon the stairs
All made of the back-bedroom chairs,
And filled it full of sofa pillows
To go a-sailing on the billows.

We took a saw and several nails,
And water in the nursery pails;
And Tom said, "Let us also take
An apple and a slice of cake,"
Which was enough for Tom and me
To go a-sailing on, till tea,

We sailed along for days and days,
And had the very best of plays;
But Tom fell out and hurt his knee,
So there was no one left but me.

"好玩的遊戲"
作者：羅拔 路易斯 史蒂芬遜 (1850-1894)
譯者：羨魚

在樓梯上我們做了條船，
木料是後邊睡房的椅子；
船上堆滿沙發的軟墊，
以便乘風破浪，在大海航行。

我們拿了鋸子，一些鐵釘，
幼兒室裡的鋅桶和食水，
湯姆說："再拿個蘋菓和一塊蛋糕吧！"
這些補給品足夠我們二人
遠航，直到下午茶時間。

日復一日地帆船排浪前衝，
我們玩耍得特別開心！
可是，湯姆失足跌倒，傷了膝蓋，
如此一來，船上祇餘我一人了。