Don Quixote classic fragments

The following is the part where our ridiculous, respectable, and pathetic knight Don Quixote fights with the huge windmill:

At this time they discovered the thirty-four windmills in the field. windmill.

As soon as Don Quixote saw the windmill, he said to his attendant:

“The arrangement of fate is better than we hoped. Look there, friend Sancho Panza, there is Thirty or so unruly giants. I want to fight them all, and with the spoils we can make a fortune. It is a great service to God to purge these bad species from the face of the earth. Contribution."

"What giant?" asked Sancho Panza.

"It's those long-armed guys you see, some of them are as long as two miles." Don Quixote said.

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①This is the Spanish mileage unit, referred to as a sili, and one sili is 5572.7 meters.

"Look," said Sancho, "those are not giants, they are windmills. Those long-armed things are windmill wings, which are turned by the wind and can push the stone mill."

Don Quixote said: "You are still an amateur when it comes to expeditions. They are giants. If you are afraid, stand aside and I will fight them to the death."

After that, he Urging the horse forward. Sancho, the squire, shouted to him that he must be attacking windmills, not giants. But he ignored it at all, and could no longer hear the shouts of his attendant Sancho, so he decided that it was the giant. When he got to the windmill, he didn't see what it was, and just shouted: "Don't run away, you guys These cowardly scoundrels! It is only the knight who attacks you." Then there was a slight wind, and the wings of the windmill began to turn. When Don Quixote saw this, he said: "Even if your hands Even those who have more hands than Briareus cannot escape my punishment."

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Briareus is a Greek myth. The figure, also called Egeon, is said to have fifty heads and a hundred hands.

He devoutly asked his Lady Dulcinea to bless him and help him at this critical moment. After saying that, he put on his chest protector, gripped his spear tightly, and galloped forward, rushing towards the first windmill ahead. The spear hit the windmill wing, but the strong wind blew the windmill wing, broke the spear into several pieces, and threw the horse and rider heavily to the field. Sancho urged his donkey to gallop to his rescue, but he saw that Don Quixote was unable to move. It was the horse that threw him like this.

"God bless you!" Sancho said, "Didn't I tell you, look what you are doing? That is a windmill. Unless someone also has a windmill in his head, how can he not admit that it is a windmill? ”

“Stop, friend Sancho!” said Don Quixote, “battles are more fickle than other things. Freestone, the wise man of his study and books, turned these giants into windmills to deprive me of the honor I had won by defeating him. But in the end, his vicious tactics were no match for my justice. Sword."

"Let God do his best," said Sancho Panza.

Sancho helped Don Quixote to his feet and mounted his horse again. The horse was already reeling. They talked about the adventure they had just encountered and continued on their way towards Lapise Pass. Don Quixote said that there were many travelers there and that they might encounter all kinds of dangers. What saddens him most is that the spear is gone. He said to the attendant:

"I remember reading in a novel that a Spanish knight named Diego Pérez de Vargas broke his sword in a battle. He came from A large branch was cut from the holm oak tree. He did many things with this branch and defeated many Moors. From that day on, he and his descendants were called Barga. Si and Machuca. I say this because if I came across a holm oak tree or an oak tree, I would like to break a big branch as good as the one I imagined. I would do something with it. You are so lucky to see and prove these things that are almost unbelievable.”

“By God’s grace,” said Sancho, “but please sit up straight. "Yes," Don Quixote said, "I didn't hum because a knight errant cannot be injured." Moan, even if the intestines come out, you can't scream."

"In this case, I have nothing to say.

"But God only knows," said Sancho, "but I hope you won't bear it since it hurts." Anyway, I have to hum when I feel a little pain, unless it is stipulated that even the squire of the knight errant cannot scream. "

Don Quixote couldn't help but laugh when he saw how innocent the attendant was. Don Quixote told him that whether he wanted to or not, he could hum at any time, anyway, until now, He had not read that it was against the rules of chivalry. Sancho said it was time to eat, but his master said it was not necessary, and Sancho could eat if he wanted. After sitting on the donkey's back, he took out the food from his sack and followed his master at a distance while eating. From time to time he picked up the wine bag and took a sip with relish. That look made him the luckiest hotel owner in Malaga. He would be jealous if he saw him. Sancho sipped his wine and had forgotten all about the promise made to him. He felt that traveling around in this way was not very tiring and quite relaxing.