vertumnus

vertumnus

1. Vertumnus used this ability in his avid pursuit of the goddess Pomona.

他爱上了果树女神普玛娜。

2. P >Vertumnus, (as the matron), talked to the goddess, attempting to convince her of the rewards of relationship and the dangers of rejecting love.

化成老奶奶的威耳廷努斯与普玛娜聊天，努力让她认识到爱情的价值，和拒绝爱的种种危险。

3. Pomona's shyest suitor was the wood-god Vertumnus.

在波蒙娜的爱慕者中，最显腼腆的一位是树神维特姆诺斯。

4. Pomona's only answer was to bend double over her work, slapping tar on the trunks till Vertumnus went away.

对此波蒙娜仅有的反应是，把腰弯得更低，使劲拍打树干上的沥青直到维特姆诺斯离开。

5. After all, we never know when Vertumnus might enter our garden in the guise of someone else, offering an unexpected turn of fate!

总之，我们不知道什么时候威耳廷努斯会假借谁来到我们的花园，告诉我们命运的逆转。

6. Finally in exasperation, Vertumnus dropped his disguise and stood naked before Pomona in his true form.

最后恼怒的威耳廷努斯，脱去伪装，显现出他的真面目，太阳见到威耳廷努斯的光芒都躲进云彩！

7. Vertumnus persisted and one day he altered his form to that of an old woman, greeted her with a passionate kiss, and proceeded to enter her gardens.

直到有一天，威耳廷努斯不在躲在一旁，变化成一个老奶奶，走进了她的花园，并用一个热情的吻问候了普玛娜。

8. Vertumnus spent the rest of the day in a corner of the orchard, practising transformations.

维特姆诺斯听了这番话，当天就回到果园，在一个角落里练习“转变”。

9. That evening Vertumnus disguised himself as a fisherman, with a rod in his hand, hooks in his hat and six trout in a basket.

那天晚上他又把自己装扮成一个渔夫，手上拿着渔杆，帽子上放着鱼钩，篮子里有六条鳟鱼。

10. Has Anyone Seen Vertumnus?

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