Fairy Ointment

Dame Goody was a nurse that looked after sick people, and minded babies. One night she was woke up at midnight, and when she went downstairs, she saw a strange squinny-eyed, little ugly old fellow, who asked her to come to his wife who was too ill to mind her baby.

Nyonya Goody adalah seorang perawat yang merawat orang sakit dan menjaga bayi-bayi. Suatu malam ia dibangunkan pada tengah malam, dan ketika ia turun ke bawah, ia melihat seorang lelaki tua yang aneh, kecil, buruk rupa, dan bermata juling, yang memintanya datang menemui istrinya yang terlalu sakit untuk menjaga bayinya sendiri.

Dame Goody didn't like the look of the old fellow, but business is business; so she popped on her things, and went down to him. And when she got down to him, he whisked her up on to a large coal-black horse with fiery eyes, that stood at the door; and soon they were going at a rare pace, Dame Goody holding on to the old fellow like grim death.

Nyonya Goody tidak menyukai penampilan lelaki tua itu, tetapi urusan tetaplah urusan; maka ia segera mengenakan pakaiannya, dan turun menemuinya. Dan ketika ia sampai di bawah, lelaki itu langsung mengangkatnya ke atas seekor kuda besar berwarna hitam legam bermata berapi-api, yang berdiri di depan pintu; dan tak lama kemudian mereka melaju dengan kecepatan luar biasa, dengan Nyonya Goody berpegangan erat pada lelaki tua itu seolah nyawanya bergantung padanya.

They rode, and they rode, till at last they stopped before a cottage door. So they got down and went in and found the good woman abed with the children playing about; and the babe, a fine bouncing boy, beside her.

Mereka terus melaju, dan terus melaju, hingga akhirnya mereka berhenti di depan pintu sebuah pondok. Maka mereka pun turun dan masuk, dan mendapati perempuan baik itu berbaring di ranjang dengan anak-anak bermain di sekelilingnya; dan sang bayi, seorang anak laki-laki yang montok dan sehat, berada di sampingnya.

Dame Goody took the babe, which was as fine a baby boy as you'd wish to see. The mother, when she handed the baby to Dame Goody to mind, gave her a box of ointment, and told her to stroke the baby's eyes with it as soon as it opened them. After a while it began to open its eyes.

Nyonya Goody mengambil bayi itu, seorang bayi laki-laki yang tampan seperti yang bisa diharapkan siapa pun. Sang ibu, ketika menyerahkan bayi itu kepada Nyonya Goody untuk dijaga, memberinya sekotak salep, dan memintanya untuk mengusapkannya pada kelopak mata bayi itu segera setelah bayi itu membuka matanya. Setelah beberapa saat, bayi itu mulai membuka matanya.

Dame Goody saw that it had squinny eyes just like its father. So she took the box of ointment and stroked its two eyelids with it. But she couldn't help wondering what it was for, as she had never seen such a thing done before. So she looked to see if the others were looking, and, when they were not noticing she stroked her own right eyelid with the ointment.

Nyonya Goody melihat bahwa bayi itu memiliki mata juling persis seperti ayahnya. Maka ia mengambil kotak salep itu dan mengusapkannya pada kedua kelopak mata bayi itu. Namun ia tidak bisa menahan rasa penasarannya tentang apa gunanya salep itu, karena ia belum pernah melihat hal semacam itu dilakukan sebelumnya. Maka ia melihat sekeliling untuk memastikan apakah ada yang memperhatikannya, dan, ketika tidak ada yang memperhatikan, ia mengusapkan salep itu pada kelopak mata kanannya sendiri.

No sooner had she done so, than everything seemed changed about her. The cottage became elegantly furnished. The mother in the bed was a beautiful lady, dressed up in white silk. The little baby was still more beautiful than before, and its clothes were made of a sort of silvery gauze. Its little brothers and sisters around the bed were flat-nosed imps with pointed ears, who made faces at one another, and scratched their polls. Sometimes they would pull the sick lady's ears with their long and hairy paws. In fact, they were up to all kinds of mischief; and Dame Goody knew that she had got into a house of pixies.

Begitu ia melakukannya, segalanya di sekelilingnya seolah berubah. Pondok itu kini berperabotan mewah. Sang ibu di ranjang itu adalah seorang perempuan cantik, berbusana sutra putih. Sang bayi kecil tampak jauh lebih cantik dari sebelumnya, dan pakaiannya terbuat dari semacam kain kasa keperakan. Adik-adiknya yang berada di sekeliling ranjang ternyata adalah para peri kecil berhidung pesek dan bertelinga runcing, yang saling membuat wajah lucu satu sama lain, dan menggaruk-garuk kepala mereka. Kadang-kadang mereka menarik telinga sang perempuan yang sakit itu dengan cakar mereka yang panjang dan berbulu. Sesungguhnya, mereka melakukan segala macam kenakalan; dan Nyonya Goody tahu bahwa ia telah masuk ke dalam rumah para peri.

But she said nothing to nobody, and as soon as the lady was well enough to mind the baby, she asked the old fellow to take her back home. So he came round to the door with the coal-black horse with eyes of fire, and off they went as fast as before, or perhaps a little faster, till they came to Dame Goody's cottage, where the squinny-eyed old fellow lifted her down and left her, thanking her civilly enough, and paying her more than she had ever been paid before for such service.

Namun ia tidak mengatakan apa pun kepada siapa pun, dan segera setelah sang nyonya cukup sehat untuk menjaga bayinya sendiri, ia meminta lelaki tua itu untuk mengantarnya pulang. Maka lelaki itu kembali ke pintu dengan kuda hitam legam bermata berapi-api itu, dan mereka pun berangkat secepat sebelumnya, atau bahkan mungkin lebih cepat, hingga mereka tiba di pondok Nyonya Goody, tempat lelaki tua bermata juling itu menurunkannya dan meninggalkannya, mengucapkan terima kasih dengan cukup sopan, dan membayarnya lebih banyak daripada yang pernah ia terima sebelumnya untuk jasa semacam itu.

Now next day happened to be market-day, and as Dame Goody had been away from home, she wanted many things in the house, and trudged off to get them at the market. As she was buying the things she wanted, who should she see but the squinny-eyed old fellow who had taken her on the coal-black horse. And what do you think he was doing? Why he went about from stall to stall taking up things from each, here some fruit, and there some eggs, and so on; and no one seemed to take any notice.

Kebetulan keesokan harinya adalah hari pasar, dan karena Nyonya Goody telah lama tidak berada di rumah, ia membutuhkan banyak hal di rumahnya, dan berjalan susah payah ke pasar untuk membelinya. Ketika ia sedang membeli barang-barang yang ia perlukan, siapa sangka ia melihat lelaki tua bermata juling itu, yang telah membawanya dengan kuda hitam legam itu. Dan menurutmu apa yang sedang ia lakukan? Ternyata ia berjalan dari satu kios ke kios lain, mengambil barang-barang dari setiap kios, di sini sedikit buah, di sana beberapa butir telur, dan seterusnya; dan tidak ada seorang pun yang tampak menyadarinya.

Now Dame Goody did not think it her business to interfere, but she thought she ought not to let so good a customer pass without speaking. So she ups to him and bobs a curtsey and said: “Gooden, sir, I hopes as how your good lady and the little one are as well as——”

Nyonya Goody merasa itu bukanlah urusannya untuk ikut campur, tetapi ia berpikir ia sebaiknya tidak membiarkan pelanggan sebaik itu berlalu tanpa menyapa. Maka ia menghampirinya dan membungkuk memberi hormat sambil berkata: "Selamat pagi, Tuan, saya harap istri Tuan yang baik dan si kecil dalam keadaan sebaik——"

But she couldn't finish what she was a-saying, for the funny old fellow started back in surprise, and he says to her, says he: “What! do you see me today?”

Tetapi ia tak sempat menyelesaikan ucapannya, karena lelaki tua aneh itu tersentak mundur karena terkejut, dan berkata kepadanya, katanya: "Apa! Kau bisa melihatku hari ini?"

“See you,” says she, “why, of course I do, as plain as the sun in the skies, and what's more,” says she, “I see you are busy too, into the bargain.”

"Melihatmu," katanya, "tentu saja aku bisa, sejelas matahari di langit, dan lebih dari itu," katanya, "aku lihat kau juga sedang sibuk, sebagai tambahan."

“Ah, you see too much,” said he; “now, pray, with which eye do you see all this?”

"Ah, kau melihat terlalu banyak," katanya; "nah, coba katakan, dengan mata sebelah mana kau melihat semua ini?"

“With the right eye to be sure,” said she, as proud as can be to find him out.

"Dengan mata kananku, tentu saja," katanya, dengan bangga karena telah berhasil membongkarnya.

“The ointment! The ointment!” cried the old pixy thief. “Take that for meddling with what don't concern you: you shall see me no more.” And with that he struck her on her right eye, and she couldn't see him any more; and, what was worse, she was blind on the right side from that hour till the day of her death.

"Salep itu! Salep itu!" seru si peri pencuri tua itu. "Rasakan ini karena telah ikut campur dengan apa yang bukan urusanmu: kau tidak akan pernah melihatku lagi." Dan dengan itu ia memukul mata kanannya, dan ia tidak bisa melihatnya lagi; dan, yang lebih buruk, ia menjadi buta pada mata kanannya sejak saat itu hingga akhir hayatnya.