None dared cross the old crone for fear that their cows would go dry , their food - stores rot away before winter , their children take sick of fever , or any number of terrible things that an angry witch could do to her neighbors 没人敢惹这个干瘪的老太婆，深怕自己家的牛挤不出奶，储藏的粮食在冬季来临前腐烂，孩子会发烧，以及其他种种愤怒的女巫有可能对她的邻居做出的可怕的事情发生。
Instead of the clusters of black , sleek bees , clinging on each others legs , hanging to the lower side of the partition , and with an unbroken hum of toil building at the wax , drowsy , withered bees wander listlessly about over the roof and walls of the hive 再不见从前一直悬垂至底部的一溜溜乌黑发亮辛勤劳作的蜜蜂，它们彼此抱住腿，不间断地哼着劳动的歌，抽取着蜂蜡，相反，只见些昏昏欲睡的干瘪的蜜蜂，茫然地在底部和巢壁上爬来爬去。
The second was the man s conventional abode , or rather sleeping - place ; it contained a few poor articles of household furniture - a bed , a table , two chairs , a stone pitcher - and some dry herbs , hung up to the ceiling , which the count recognized as sweet pease , and of which the good man was preserving the seeds ; he had labelled them with as much care as if he had been master botanist in the jardin des plantes 第二层是普通房间。说得更确切些，就是那人睡觉的地方房间里有几件可怜的家具一张床，一个桌子，两把椅子，一只陶瓷水壶天花板上挂着一些干瘪的草本植物，伯爵认出那是干胡豆，其中有不知是哪位好人保留下来的种子，上面贴着标签，贴得非常认真仔细，好象他曾在植物研究所里当过植物学大师似的。
