翘鼻子喊道:“牢骚祖爷爷?——祖爷爷?
没有图看着好累啊,为啥所有兔子都叫棉尾巴呢?
诚惶诚恐地献上翻译的第一部分,觉得有很多待完善的地方,自己想只有一、两个思路,大家来参谋,来指教就有无限的思路。都已经翻译完,但离完成还有一段距离,大家多提宝贵意见哦。先贴两章吧。有颜色的是拿不准的或者想不到的,而带括号的彩色字是我写的注释。我修改的时候还发现自己丢三落四的毛病继续升华,看英文的时候看到了某句话,翻译出来之后就把它忘到爪哇国去,不见踪影了。
还有每次翻译东西感觉后面的要顺很多,这次也不例外。
将如火如荼的翻译事业进行到底。
SNUBBY NOSE AND TIPPY TOES翘鼻子和歪脚趾
BY LAURA ROUNTREE SMITH(1876~1924)
劳拉.朗特瑞.史密斯
CHAPTER I
Bunny and Susan Cotton-Tail sat by the fire one winter evening warming their paws.
这是一个冬天的晚上/一个冬夜里,巴尼和苏珊.棉尾巴(注释:棉尾巴是兔子家族的姓氏。)坐在炉火旁暖爪子。
"What's that?" asked Bunny.
“外面什么声音?”巴尼问。
"What's that?" asked Susan.
“什么声音?”苏珊也问。
They went to the window and saw a very little Bunny stuck fast in a snowdrift.
他们来到窗前一看,看见一只小小兔结结实实陷在了雪堆里。
"Help, help," cried Bunny, "I will get the snow-shovel."
“啊呀,啊呀!”巴尼喊道,“我去拿雪铲。”
"Help, help," cried Susan, "I will get the wheelbarrow."
苏姗喊道:“啊呀,啊呀!我去推小车。”
Bunny and Susan went out to shovel the little Bunny out of the snowdrift. Bunny said, "You dear little fellow, how did you get stuck fast in the snowdrift?"
巴尼和苏珊拿了雪铲,推着小车,要把小小兔儿铲出雪堆。巴尼说:“你这可爱的小家伙 ,怎么跑雪堆里去了?!”
Susan looked hard over her spectacles and said, "Why, it is our own dear grandchild, Snubby Nose."
苏姗透过眼镜使劲儿地瞧:“哎呀,这是咱们的乖孙子——翘鼻子呀!”/哎呀,这不是咱们的乖孙子——翘鼻子吗?!
Then Snubby Nose cried and he screamed and he howled! Bunny Cotton-Tail shoveled as fast as he could, and in sixteen minutes he had Snubby Nose out of the snowdrift. Susan put him in the wheelbarrow and wheeled him to the house. All the time Snubby Nose cried and he screamed and he howled!
这下可好,翘鼻子放声大哭、大叫、大嚎!巴尼.棉尾巴能铲多快就铲多快,16分钟以后,终于成功把他铲了出来。苏珊用小推车把翘鼻子推进屋。而翘鼻子呢,哭呀叫呀嚎呀地一刻也没消停。
Susan said, "Go and get the big tub and we will give Snubby Nose a hot bath."
苏姗说:“去把大木盆儿拿来,咱们得给翘鼻子洗个热水澡。”
Bunny got the tub and some warm water and he and Susan gave Snubby Nose a hot bath. They rubbed him dry with a soft towel, and all the time Snubby Nose cried and he screamed and he howled!
巴尼拿来了木盆跟温水,和苏姗一起给翘鼻子洗了个热水澡,又用柔软的毛巾把他擦擦干。翘鼻子还是一直哭呀叫呀嚎呀不肯停。
Just at this very minute Grandpa Grumbles came in shaking the snow off his fur and whiskers. He shook his green cotton umbrella. He came in grumbling,
就在这个时候,牢骚爷爷进来了。他抖掉皮毛和胡须上的雪花,又抖抖他的绿布伞,一边走一边抱怨/咕哝:
“我说,我刚出门把歩散,
这里却吵闹翻了天!”/我只出去透了口气,屋里就吵得震天地。
"It's noisy here, I do declare,
I just came out to take the air."
Snubby Nose stopped his noise and stared at Grandpa Grumbles. Bunny and Susan said, "Sit down by the fire, Grandpa, and warm your paws."
翘鼻子停止了哭闹,/翘鼻子不哭了,只是盯着牢骚爷爷看个不停。巴尼和苏珊说:“爷爷,靠着炉火坐下来,暖暖您的爪子吧。”
Grandpa Grumbles sat down.
牢骚爷爷就坐了下来。
Snubby Nose cried, "Grandpa Grumbles, tell us a story, please tell us a story."
翘鼻子喊道:“牢骚祖爷爷,讲个故事嘛,请给我们讲个故事吧!”
Bunny Cotton-Tail said, in a whisper, "Please don't mention _noses_."
巴尼棉尾巴小声说:“请不要提到鼻子哦。”
Susan Cotton-Tail said, "Please don't mention _snowdrifts_."
苏姗棉尾巴说:“也别提雪堆啊。”
Grandpa Grumbles was wet and cold, so he grumbled right out loud, "I will tell about as many _noses_ and _snowdrifts_ as I please in this story!" Then Snubby Nose cried and he screamed and he howled!
牢骚爷爷又湿又冷,可不就大声发起牢骚来了:“我偏要讲,我高兴讲多少鼻子和雪堆就讲多少!”翘鼻子一听,又开始哭呀、叫呀、嚎呀!
Susan took him up in her arms. She carried him to bed and sang him a nonsense song. By and by Snubby Nose fell asleep. Susan went back downstairs and found Grandpa Grumbles asleep by the fire.
苏姗把翘鼻子抱上床,唱童谣给他听。只一会儿工夫,他就睡着啦。苏姗下楼来,发现牢骚爷爷也在炉火边睡着了。
Bunny said, "I wonder what makes him grumble so much?"
巴尼说: “我可真纳闷,他那么多的牢骚是从哪儿来的呢?”
Susan said, "T wonder what happened to Snubby Nose. He has such a funny little nose!"
苏姗说:“我也挺纳闷,翘鼻子究竟怎么搞的。看他的鼻子多滑稽!”
_Then the most surprising thing happened!_
接着,最最惊人的事情发生了!
As they sat talking, "thump, bump" was heard, and Snubby Nose fell down stairs! He fell right on his ugly little nose and broke it!
就在他们坐着说话的当儿,一阵“乒乒乓乓”的声音传来——原来是翘鼻子从楼梯上滚下来,还偏巧磕破了他丑丑的小鼻子!
"Get the camphor! Get the smelling salts! Help, help!" cried Bunny and Susan.
“拿樟脑来!拿红花油(嗅盐可放在注释里)来!啊呀,啊呀!”巴尼和苏姗叫着。
Grandpa Grumbles woke, up and cried,
牢骚爷爷被吵醒了,他站起来高声说:
“正当我要打瞌睡,
偏偏有人哭歪嘴。”
"Someone has a sad mishap,
Just when I try to take a nap."
I do not know what in the world they would have done if Doctor Cotton-Tail had not come in that very minute. He came in to dry his fur and whiskers!
要不是棉尾巴大夫及时出现的话,真不知道他们究竟该怎么办。棉尾巴大夫进屋来原本是为了把皮毛和胡须烤烤干。
He set Snubby Nose's little ugly nose and said, "It will not look very pretty, but perhaps it did not look pretty before. You must wear a pink wrapper, and drink tea out of a pink cup, and eat pink wintergreen candy!"
他把翘鼻子丑丑的小鼻子处置好,说:“你的鼻子以后可好看不了啦,不过恐怕以前也没好看到哪去吧。你得穿粉红色的晨衣,从粉红色的茶杯里喝茶,还要吃粉红色的薄荷糖!(这样你的鼻子才能好哟。)”
(原文中是冬青糖 : Wintergreen Candy½ pint (1 cup) golden syrup二分之一品脱的金黄糖浆1 lb. (2 cups) brown sugar一磅红糖½ pint (1 cup) water二分之一品脱水Pinch cream of tartar少许塔塔粉(酒石酸钾)½ teaspoonful wintergreen extract二分之一茶匙冬青提取物Few drops red color几滴红色素Put the syrup, water, and sugar into a saucepan, and stir until the sugar is dissolved; then add the cream of tartar; allow to boil until it forms a hard ball when tried in cold water, or until it registers 250° by the thermometer; then add the wintergreen extract and the red color.把糖浆、水和红糖放入平底锅,搅拌至糖融化,然后加入塔塔粉。煮至浸入冷水可形成硬球的程度,或温度达到250度以上时,再加入冬青提取物和红色素。Pour it on to a greased slab or a greased platter.When cool enough to handle, pull it over a candyhook until it is a rich yellow color. Roll it out and cut it into suitable sticks, and wrap each up in waxed paper.将以上内容倒在刷了油脂的板子或浅盘上,冷却到可以用手动,再用糖钩搅至金黄。把它擀平,切成合适大小的棒状,分别包入蜡纸。” )Snubby Nose liked the idea of wintergreen candy. He hugged Doctor Cotton-Tail and stopped crying at once.
翘鼻子很喜欢吃薄荷糖的主意。他马上止住哭声,给了棉尾巴大夫一个拥抱。
Susan got a pink wrapper and got a pink china cup for his tea. Grandpa Grumbles felt in his overcoat pocket and took out sixteen pieces of Wintergreen candy. It was pink wintergreen candy of course!
苏姗取来粉红色的晨衣,用粉红色的瓷杯给他泡茶。牢骚爷爷在外衣口袋里摸索,摸出16块儿薄荷糖给他,当然啦,是粉红色的薄荷糖!
Susan said to Doctor Cotton-Tail, "How did you happen to come out in this big snowstorm?"
苏姗对棉尾巴大夫说:“你怎么在这么大的暴风雪天里还出门呢?”
Doctor Cotton-Tail said, "I had a call to make, I was going to visit--"
棉尾巴大夫说:“我是去给别人看病的。我要去……”
Just then Susan began to sneeze. She sneezed so hard she nearly sneezed her head off!
就在这个时候,苏姗打起喷嚏来。她的喷嚏打得那么厉害,简直快要把她的脑袋都给打掉了!
Doctor Cotton-Tail said,
"Susan that is quite absurd,
Such sneezing I have never heard."
棉尾巴大夫就说:
苏珊的喷嚏真可笑,打得地动山也摇。/ “苏姗呀苏姗真荒唐,喷嚏打成这个样”Susan said by and by, "I beg your pardon, what were you saying when I started to sneeze?"
过了一会儿,苏姗说:“我刚刚打喷嚏的时候您说什么来着?请再说一遍好吗?”
Doctor Cotton-Tail said, "I had a call, I was going to visit--"
棉尾巴大夫说:“我是去出诊的,要去的是……”
At this very minute Snubby Nose set up a shout, for dear Bunny Cotton-Tail leaned too near the candle and burned one of his whiskers!
就在这个时候,翘鼻子大叫一声,原来是亲爱的巴尼棉尾巴离蜡烛太近,把一根胡须烧着了。
Then Grandpa Grumbles shook his green cotton umbrella fiercely and said,
"Such a noise I never heard,
I cannot hear a single word."
牢骚爷爷使劲儿挥着他的绿布伞说:
“噪音简直震天响,
听不见你在把啥讲。”
图画注释1:牢骚爷爷有206年没有见到过棉尾巴大夫了。Grandpa Grumbles had been sitting very still in a corner and Doctor Cotton-Tail had not seen him up to this minute. He got up and shook hands with him and said, "How do you do, sir, How do you do, sir!"
大夫来了以后,牢骚爷爷一直坐在角落里没出声,棉尾巴大夫也一直没有看见他。现在,大夫站起来和他握手,边握边说:“你好吗,先生,你好吗?!”
Grandpa Grumbles was pleased as pleased could be. He had not seen Doctor Cotton-Tail for two hundred and six years! He cried out, "How do you do, sir! How do you do, sir!"
牢骚爷爷要多高兴就有多高兴。他已经有206年没和棉尾巴大夫见过面了。他大声说:“你好吗,先生,你好吗?!”
All this time Snubby Nose sat up in his pink wrapper drinking tea out of a pink cup and eating pink wintergreen candy. By and by Susan said,
"Doctor Cotton-Tail you were going to tell us where you were going to call when you came here!"
在这一切发生的时候,翘鼻子穿着他的粉红色晨衣坐起来,从粉红色茶杯里喝着茶,吃着粉红色的薄荷糖。过了一会儿,苏姗说道:“棉尾巴大夫,你刚刚来的时候,不是要告诉我们你要到哪儿去看病的么?”
Doctor Cotton-Tail said, "I was on my way to call on little Tippy Toes!"
棉尾巴大夫答道:“我正要去给小歪脚趾看病呢!”
"My fur and whiskers," said Bunny, "I never had a grandchild named Tippy Toes!"
“我的毛皮哟,我的胡须呀!”巴尼说,“我还从没有哪个孙子叫歪脚趾的嘞。”
"Bless my buttons," said Susan, "What a cute little name."
“我的老天爷呀,”苏姗说,“多可爱的小名字呀。”
Then Grandpa Grumbles got up waving his green cotton umbrella and shouted,
"Though the stormy north wind blows,
I'll go with you to Tippy Toes."
牢骚爷爷站起来,挥着他的绿布伞叫嚷开了:
“哪怕风狂雪又大,和你同去歪脚趾家。”Then he and Doctor Cotton-Tailmade a low bow and went out into the snowstorm.
然后,他和棉尾巴大夫深鞠一躬,走进了风雪中。
Doctor Cotton-Tail called back, "Don't forget to eat wintergreen candy."
棉尾巴大夫扭头叫道:“别忘了吃粉红色的薄荷糖哦。”
By this time Bunny and Susan and Snubby Nose were tired and sleepy, and they all went to bed. Bunny began to snore and Susan began to snore, but Snubby Nose was still wide awake.
这之后,巴尼、苏姗还有翘鼻子又累又困,就都上床睡觉去了。巴尼开始打呼噜,苏姗也开始打呼噜,只有翘鼻子还清醒着呢。
What do you suppose Snubby Nose did? You can give three guesses and you will not guess what he did!
你猜翘鼻子要干嘛呢?让你猜三次,你也猜不出来!
He got out of bed and lit a candle. He said, "I believe I am the ugliest little Bunny with the ugliest little nose of any Bunny alive."
他爬下床来点亮了蜡烛,自言自语着:“我相信我是所有活着的兔子里长着最丑小鼻子的最丑的小兔。”
He began to dance before the mirror. He danced this way and that way before the mirror. He danced very prettily on the tips of his toes.
他对着镜子跳起舞来啦。他对着镜子跳过来又跳过去。他可是非常优美地立起脚尖儿跳的哟。
Then he made a low bow and said,
"Who is so ugly? Nobody knows."
The mirror answered, "Tippy Toes."
跳完舞,他深鞠一躬说:
“谁像我这幅丑模样?没人知来没人讲。”
镜子回答:“歪脚趾就像你这个样。”
翘鼻子爬回床上的时候对自己说:“明天我要找歪脚趾去。”
Then Snubby Nose went back to bed. He said, "To-morrow I will go and find Tippy Toes."
CHAPTER II
Where do you suppose Tippy Toes was, and what do you suppose he was doing? He woke up in his warm little bed at home and said, "Oh, Ma! Oh, Pa! I want to go and visit Bunny and Susan Cotton-Tail."
你们猜歪脚趾他在哪儿,在做什么呢?他从温暖的被窝里醒来说:“噢,妈妈!噢,爸爸!我要去巴尼和苏姗棉尾巴家玩。”
Mother Cotton-Tail laughed and said, "You have read about Bunny Cotton-Tail burning his paw by candle-light."
棉尾巴妈妈放声大笑,她说道:“你在书上读到过巴尼棉尾巴被蜡烛烧了爪子的事儿吧。”
Papa Cotton-Tail said, "You have read about Susan's cookies!"
棉尾巴爸爸说:“你也看过关于苏珊的小饼干的事儿吧!”
Tippy Toes said, "Please, may I go and visit Bunny and Susan?"
歪脚趾说:“求你们了,我可以去吗?”
Tippy Toes was a homely little Bunny. He had a very ugly little nose,but he was polite. He always said, "Thank you," and, "If you please."
歪脚趾是只长得不怎么好看的小兔。他长着一只丑陋的小鼻子,但是他很有礼貌,总是说:“谢谢”和“假如你愿意的话”。
Mother Cotton-Tail said, "You may go and pay a visit to Bunny and Susan. Go and pack your traveling bag at once."棉尾巴妈妈说:“你可以去拜访巴尼和苏珊。去把行李收拾好吧。”
Tippy Toes was so pleased he hugged Mother Cotton-Tail and said, "Thank you, Mother Cotton-Tail, I will go and pack my traveling bag."
歪脚趾高兴得一把抱住棉尾巴妈妈说:“谢谢您,棉尾巴妈妈。我这就去收拾我的行李。”
Papa Cotton-Tail said, "I will go with you to the turn of the road."
棉尾巴爸爸说:“我送你到小路拐弯儿的地方吧。”
Soon they started merrily down the road and Mother Cotton-Tail called,
"Good-bye, good-bye."
很快,他们就高高兴兴地沿着小路出发了。棉尾巴妈妈在后面喊着:“再见,再见。”
They had only gone a few steps when Mother Cotton-Tail called, "Come back, come back, you have forgotten your umbrella. What if it should rain?"
他们才走了几步,棉尾巴妈妈就叫起来:“回来,快回来,你忘了拿伞,要是下起雨来可怎么办呢?”
Tippy Toes went dancing merrily back and Papa Cotton-Tail waited for him. They started on again and this time Mother Cotton-Tail called,"Come back, come back, you have forgotten your overshoes. What if there
should be a thunder storm?"
歪脚趾欢蹦乱跳地回家去,棉尾巴爸爸在路上等他。等他拿伞回来,两人又上路了。可这一回棉尾巴妈妈又喊道:“回来,快回来,你忘了拿你的套鞋啦!要是碰上雷雨可怎么办哟?!”
So Tippy Toes went dancing merrily back and Papa Cotton-Tail waited for him again. When they started the third time Tippy Toes said, "We have nothing to go back for this time," but the wind whistled in his ears.
歪脚趾又欢蹦乱跳地回家去了。棉尾巴爸爸继续等他回来。他们第三次出发的时候,歪脚趾说:“咱们这回没啥东西要回去拿了吧。”可是,说什么就来什么。
Mother Cotton-Tail called again, "Come back, come back, Tippy Toes, you have forgotten your red silk pocket handkerchief."
棉尾巴妈妈又在喊他回去呢:“回来,快回来,歪脚趾啊,你忘了带你的红丝手帕!”
This time Papa Cotton-Tail went back with Tippy Toes and he said, "Dear Mother Cotton-Tail, do put on your thinking-cap动动你的脑子and see if we have forgotten anything else, or we shall never get off."
这次,棉尾巴爸爸和歪脚趾一起回到家,爸爸说:“亲爱的棉尾巴妈妈,还是戴上你的思考帽吧,想想看我们还忘带什么东西没,要不然我们永远也走不了了。” (put on your thinking-cap本义是“动动你的脑子”,本文里却完全具象化成真的戴上思考的帽子。)Then they looked high and low, but they could not find Mother Cotton-Tail's thinking-cap!
他们东找找西找找,可说什么也找不到棉尾巴妈妈的思考帽!
Papa Cotton-Tail said, "Never mind, I will put on _my_ thinking-cap instead." So he put on his red silk thinking-cap and said, "Oh, I know what we have forgotten; we have forgotten to send Bunny and Susan
a present!"
棉尾巴爸爸说:“别担心,我戴上我的思考帽想想就是了。”于是他戴上他的红绸思考帽想了想说:“哦,我知道我们忘了什么啦,我们忘记给巴尼和苏姗带礼物了。”
"To be sure," said Mother Cotton-Tail, "Now what shall the present be?"
“说真的,我们送些什么好呢?”棉尾巴妈妈说。
Little Tippy Toes did not get started on his journey that day, for it took four days and fourteen hours for them to decide what to send Bunny and Susan. All this time Tippy Toes was as merry as you please. He danced about on the tips of his toes and sang,
"A present, a present, if all things go well,
What shall be the present? No one can tell."
这一天,小歪脚趾没有走成,因为光是决定送什么礼物给巴尼和苏姗就花了他们四天零十四个小时时间。在等待的时间里,歪脚趾要多快乐就有多快乐。他踮起脚尖跳着,唱着:
“礼物,礼物,要是一切都还好,礼物该是啥才妙?就是没有人知道。”
Suddenly, at breakfast next morning Mother Cotton-Tail said, "I will go to town and buy Bunny and Susan a big parlor lamp."
第二天一早,吃早餐的时候,棉尾巴妈妈突然说道:“我要进城去给巴尼和苏珊买盏客厅里用的灯。”
"A lamp with a pink shade," said Tippy Toes.
“要有粉红色的灯罩。”歪脚趾说。
Papa Cotton-Tail said, "A lamp with a tall chimney."
棉尾巴爸爸说:“还要有一个高高的烟囱。”
Mother Cotton-Tail said, "I will buy a lamp with a pink shade and a tall chimney for Bunny, because he burns his paw in the candle."
棉尾巴妈妈说:“好,那我就去买一盏有粉红色灯罩和高烟囱的灯给巴尼,因为他老被蜡烛烧到爪子。”
Then Tippy Toes danced this way, and he danced that way, and said, "Oh,Ma, may I go with you to town to help buy the lamp?"
歪脚趾一边跳来又跳去,一边说着:“哦,妈,我能和你一起去买灯么?”
Mother Cotton-Tail said, "Papa Cotton-Tail has to go to work. If I go to town and you go, too, who will tend the fire? Who will wash the dishes?"
棉尾巴妈妈说:“棉尾巴爸爸得去工作/上班。要是我去城里,你也去城里,那谁来照看炉火呢?谁来洗盘子呢?”
Tippy Toes wanted to go to town, but he was a good little Bunny, so he said,
"Who will tend the fire? Whom do you suppose?
Who will wash the dishes? Little Tippy Toes."
歪脚趾很想去城里,可他是只好小兔,所以他说:
“你们说说,谁洗盘子?谁来看火,小小歪脚趾来做。”
So Mother Cotton-Tail put on her best sunbonnet and took her purse and shopping basket with her, and went off with Papa Cotton-Tail calling, "Good-bye, I will be home to supper at five o'clock sharp."
就这样,棉尾巴妈妈戴上她最好的遮阳帽,拿着钱包和购物篮出发了。棉尾巴爸爸在后面叫道:“再见,我五点整回家吃晚饭。”
Then Tippy Toes danced a little fairylike dance before the mirror and sang,
"Who is so ugly? Nobody knows."
The mirror answered, "Snubby Nose."
爸爸妈妈都走了以后,歪脚趾对着镜子跳起了精灵之舞,他边跳边唱着:
“谁像我这幅丑模样?没人知来没人讲。”
镜子回答:“翘鼻子就像你这个样。”
Tippy Toes said, "I have danced that dance before, and I sing that song very often, but the mirror always gives me the same answer. Who is Snubby Nose? I wonder if he has a real ugly little nose like I have?"
歪脚趾说:“我以前也跳过这个舞呀,我以前也常唱这首歌呀。镜子老是给我这样的回答。可谁是翘鼻子呢?我想知道他是不是长着和我一样丑的鼻子。”
Then Tippy Toes made up the fire and washed the dishes and began to get things ready to cook for supper. He said, "I do wish I could go and find Snubby Nose; I wonder if Bunny and Susan can tell me about him."
歪脚趾生了火,洗了盘子,开始做晚餐的准备。他对自己说:“我真希望能去找翘鼻子。不知道巴尼和苏姗能不能提供些消息呢。”
注释1:歪脚趾洗盘子。
Tippy Toes sat down in front of the clock and began to count the hours until Mother Cotton-Tail would come home.He fell asleep and dreamed that he saw a little Bunny exactly like himself stuck fast in a snowdrift. When he woke up it was five o'clock and Papa Cotton-Tail had just come home.
歪脚趾坐在时钟前,一小时一小时地数着时间,一心想要数到棉尾巴妈妈回家。不过呢,数到后来他睡着了,梦见一只长得很像自己的小兔结结实实地陷进雪堆里。等他醒过来的时候,已经五点钟了,棉尾巴爸爸刚刚进门儿。
They got supper and waited, and waited, for Mother Cotton-Tail. At exactly six o'clock she came in. She was an hour late.
他们把晚餐准备好,等着棉尾巴妈妈回家,等啊,等啊……,等到六点整,她终于回来啦,迟了整整一个小时。
She came on the stroke of the clock. She said, "I have been shopping all day."
她踏着六点的钟声走过来,说:“我逛了一整天啦。”
Mother Cotton-Tail took a wonderful lamp from her basket. It had a pink shade and a tall chimney.
棉尾巴妈妈从篮子里拿出了一盏很棒的灯,罩着粉红的灯罩和高高的烟囱。
Papa Cotton-Tail said, "If you send the lamp to Bunny I must send something to Susan. I will go to town to-morrow and get Susan a pair of spectacles."
棉尾巴爸爸说:“如果你送灯给巴尼,我也得送些什么给苏珊啊。明天我也要进城去给苏姗买一副眼镜。”
Tippy Toes said, "Oh Pa, may I go with you to town to-morrow?"
歪脚趾说:“哦,爸爸,我明天可以和你一起去么?”
Papa Cotton-Tail said, "Who will roll out the cookies for Mother Cotton-Tail? Who will run her little errands all day?"
棉尾巴爸爸说:“那谁来帮棉尾巴妈妈擀饼干呢?谁来给她跑腿呢?”
Then Tippy Toes danced this way, and he danced that way, and sang,
"Who will do errands? Whom do you suppose?
Who will roll cookies? Little Tippy Toes."
歪脚趾一边舞来又跳去,一边唱道:
“你来猜猜看:谁来跑腿?谁来擀饼干?小小歪脚趾来干。”
So, they had a merry time at supper that evening and lighted the new lamp, and Papa Cotton-Tail read fairy tales.
这个晚上,晚餐吃得很愉快。新灯点亮了,棉尾巴爸爸还读了童话。
Tippy Toes did not tell what the mirror had answered him. He kept that as a secret. He said to himself, "I do wonder _who_ Snubby Nose is!"
歪脚趾没有把镜子说的话告诉爸爸妈妈,他把这当作自己的小秘密。他自言自语说:“我好想知道翘鼻子是谁啊!”