小书房典藏系列丛书翻译：翘鼻子和歪脚趾（四至七章）

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CHAPTER IV
What do you suppose Snubby Nose was doing all this time? He woke early one morning and danced before the mirror and asked,
"Who is so ugly? Nobody knows."
The mirror answered, "Tippy Toes."
你猜翘鼻子现在在干嘛？他起了个大早，对着镜子边跳边问：
“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。”Snubby Nose cried, "That settles it, broken nose, or no broken nose, I will go out and find Tippy Toes to-day. Perhaps he will be a fine playmate for me."
翘鼻子大声说：“这下定啦，不管鼻子破没破，我今天都要去把歪脚趾找到。说不定他会成为我的好伙伴呢。”
Snubby Nose crept down stairs. He ran down the road and was soon out of sight.
翘鼻子悄悄爬下楼梯，顺着小路一溜烟跑没影儿了。
Bunny and Susan woke up and they looked in Snubby Nose's little bed, but he was not there. They expected to hear him cry and scream and howl any minute. They looked in the big chair. There was the pink flannel wrapper but Snubby Nose was gone.
等巴尼和苏珊一觉醒来一瞧，翘鼻子没睡在他的小床上。他们本以为随时能听见他的哭叫声呢。他们再往大椅子上一看，粉红色的法兰绒晨衣在那儿，可是翘鼻子不见了。
Bunny cried, "My fur and whiskers, he has gone out with his broken nose."
巴尼叫道：“我的皮毛啊，我的胡须哟！他出门儿了，他的鼻子还没好呀。/他鼻子的伤还没好就出门儿了。”
Susan cried, "Bless my buttons, I expect to see him back any minute."
苏珊叫道：“我的老天爷呀，我想他随时可能回来。”
At that very minute Tippy Toes came tripping along, swinging his basket to and fro and singing a nonsense song.
就在这时候，歪脚趾正朝这边走过来。他来回地晃悠着手里的篮子，还唱着歌谣。
"My fur and whiskers, here he comes," cried Bunny, "and he is not crying, but he is singing a song."
“我的皮毛，我的胡须哟，他回来了！”巴尼叫着，“他不但没哭，还唱着歌呢。”
"Bless my buttons," said Susan, "he is not crying this time."
苏珊说：“我的老天爷呀！这次他居然没哭。”
Tippy Toes came in and said, "Good morning Bunny and Susan, I have brought you a present this fine winter morning."
歪脚趾走进来说：“早上好啊，巴尼，苏珊，多么美好的冬日早晨啊，我给你们带来了礼物。”
Bunny and Susan could scarcely believe their ears, but Tippy Toes opened his basket and took out the lamp and spectacles, and Bunny and Susan were pleased, you may be sure.
巴尼和苏珊简直不敢相信自己的耳朵，但是当歪脚趾打开篮子，取出灯和眼镜，巴尼和苏珊就甭提多高兴啦。
Bunny lighted the lamp, saying, "How can I ever thank you, Snubby Nose?Now I shall not burn my paw, as I read by candle-light."
巴尼边点灯边说：“我该怎么感谢你呢，翘鼻子？现在我再也不会像用蜡烛时那样看书烧到爪子了。”
Tippy Toes tried not to laugh when he was called "Snubby Nose." He said, "Please tell me how you burned your paw, I am never tired hearing about it."
当他说“翘鼻子”三个字的时候，歪脚趾忍住笑说：“请告诉我你是怎么烧了爪子的，这段故事我从来都听不腻。”
Bunny Cotton-Tail began, "Once when I was young--"
巴尼棉尾巴开始讲：“我年轻的时候……”
"Rap-a-tap" was heard on the door, and Tippy Toes was so polite he went to the door and brought the milk in.
“当当”的敲门声传来，歪脚趾那么有礼貌，他到门口（一看，原来是送牛奶的人来了，就）把牛奶拿了进来。
Tippy Toes curled up then at Bunny Cotton-Tail's feet and begged, "Do tell me now why you liked to read by candlelight."
歪脚趾蜷坐在巴尼棉尾巴脚边央求着：“现在告诉我你为什么喜欢借着烛光看书吧。”
Bunny Cotton-Tail began again, "Once when I was young--"
巴尼棉尾巴又开始讲：“我还年轻的时候……”
"Rap-a-tap" sounded on the door.
“咚咚”，敲门声又响了起来。
Tippy Toes went and let in the Grocer boy. He curled up again at Bunny Cotton-Tail's feet and said, "Now Bunny, please tell me the story."
歪脚趾开门让杂货店的男孩儿进来，他再一次蜷坐在巴尼脚边说：“巴尼，现在请讲吧。”
Bunny Cotton-Tail began again, "Once, when I was young--"
巴尼棉尾巴又开始讲：“从前我还很年轻……”
_Then the most surprising thing happened!_
然后，最最令人吃惊的事情发生了！
Soot began to pour down the chimney. It flew all over the room. It covered the carpet and furniture and pictures.
煤灰从烟囱里倾泻下来，覆盖了整个儿房间，盖满了地毯、家具，还有画儿。
Bunny shouted, "My fur and whiskers, what can be the matter?"
巴尼喊道：“我的皮毛，我的胡须呀！究竟发生了什么事？”
Susan said, "Bless my buttons, there is soot all over the room." Tippy Toes danced on this foot, and danced on that foot, and said,
"Let me go up the chimney because,
I think it may be Santa Claus."
苏珊说：“我的老天爷呀，屋里全是煤灰啦。”歪脚趾一边这脚跳跳、那脚跳跳，一边说：
“让我到烟囱上面去瞧瞧，
可能是圣诞老人想往里跳。”
Then Bunny and Susan laughed, but soon Bunny Cotton-Tail coughed, and Susan sneezed, so Tippy Toes knew something must be done at once. He ran outdoors and looked up at the chimney.
巴尼和苏珊哈哈大笑，但是很快巴尼就咳嗽起来，苏珊也开始打喷嚏，所以歪脚趾觉得该赶紧行动了。他跑出去抬头朝烟囱的方向看去。
There was Bushy-Tail, the sly old Fox acting as a chimney-sweep. He was sweeping the chimney with his long, beautiful tail.原来是毛尾巴这狡猾的老狐狸，正冒充扫烟囱的，用他美美的大尾巴扫烟囱呢。图释：用他美美的大尾巴扫烟囱呢。歪脚趾喊道：“请下来吧，我跳舞给你看。”Tippy Toes cried, "Please come down and I will show you how to dance."Bushy-Tail was surprised you may be sure. He thought it was Snubby Nose, and Snubby Nose never said, "Please."毛尾巴别提多惊讶啦！因为他以为说话的那个是翘鼻子，而翘鼻子——从来不说“请”字。He jumped off the roof with a bound and howled, "Oh, ho! So you will show me how to dance, will you?"“噢，吼！”他嚎叫一声跳下屋顶，“你要跳舞给我看是吗？”Then Bushy-Tail chased Tippy Toes away and away and away in the woods.然后就追着歪脚趾往森林里跑，跑啊、跑啊、跑啊……Tippy Toes said to himself,"I'm in a corner without a doubt,But if I keep cheerful I will get out."歪脚趾边跑边自言自语：“毫无疑问我陷入了麻烦，但要是乐观定能逃出生天。”At that very minute they met old Grandpa Grumbles. He said,"It is getting cold I've heard it said,Bushy-Tail where are your mittens, red?"就在这个时候，他们碰到牢骚爷爷。牢骚爷爷说：“天要冷了这谁都知道，毛尾巴，找找你的手套，红色的连指手套。”_Then the most surprising thing happened!_然后，最最惊人的事情发生了！Bushy-Tail gave a howl and ran away as fast as his legs could carry him.毛尾巴嚎叫一声逃走了，能跑多快就跑多快。"What does it all mean?" asked Tippy Toes.歪脚趾问：“这是怎么回事儿啊？”Grandpa Grumbles replied, "Why, Snubby Nose, you have a poor memory if you have forgotten about the red mittens. Don't you remember that Santa Claus gave Bushy-Tail a pair of magic mittens?"牢骚爷爷回答说：“怎么？翘鼻子，你记性真差呀，竟然忘了红色连指手套的事儿/如果你连红色连指手套的事情都忘了的话，那你的记性可真够差的。你真不记得吗？圣诞老人给过毛尾巴一双施了魔法的手套啊。”Tippy Toes said, politely, "Please tell me about it."歪脚趾礼貌地说：“请给我讲讲吧。”Grandpa Grumbles said, "Bushy-Tail put on the red magic mittens and they pinched his paws."牢骚爷爷说：“毛尾巴戴上红色的魔力连指手套，爪子就被挤痛（却又摘不下来）。”"Ha, ha, ha!" laughed Tippy Toes, "How long did he have to wear those mittens?" Grandpa Grumbles answered,"Really, now, I cannot say,But I guess it was a year and a day."“哈哈哈！”歪脚趾大笑着，“那他被迫戴了多长时间？”牢骚爷爷回答：“唔，实在不好说，但我猜是一年零一天这么多。”Then Tippy Toes laughed so hard that he doubled right up in a little ball and rolled over and over.歪脚趾听完腰都笑弯了，整整好蜷成个小球滚啊滚地。"Come, come," said Grandpa Grumbles, "You had better go back to see Bunny and Susan, they may think Bushy-Tail has eaten you up."“来。来，”牢骚爷爷说，“你最好回去见巴尼和苏珊，他们大概以为毛尾巴把你给吃掉了。”So they traveled back together to see Bunny and Susan. When they came to the house there was soot on everything. There was soot on the carpet and furniture and pictures. There was soot on the new lamp, and on Susan's spectacles.于是，他们一起回去见巴尼和苏珊。他们进屋一看，到处都是煤灰：地毯、家具，还有挂画、新灯和苏珊的眼镜，所有东西上都盖满煤灰。Grandpa Grumbles shouted,"You are careless folks, I do declare,To let the soot blow everywhere."牢骚爷爷嚷着：“我说你们真大意，煤灰吹得一满地。”Bunny Cotton-Tail coughed, and Susan sneezed, and Grandpa Grumbles said,"Into the kitchen, one, seven, three,You are as careless as can be."巴尼棉尾巴咳嗽，苏珊打喷嚏，牢骚爷爷说：“快进厨房，1、3、7/一二一（这个我不懂是什么意思，还是只是随便胡诌的呢。），你们粗心又大意”He made Bunny and Susan go into the kitchen; then he said to Tippy Toes,"Come, get a broom and an apron or two,We'll clean this room, that's what we'll do."他让巴尼和苏珊都进厨房去，然后对歪脚趾说：“来吧孩子，拿来围裙和扫帚，我们一起来扫屋，只有这样才靠谱。”Soon Grandpa Grumbles and Tippy Toes had everything out of the room. It did not take long to make it as clean as a pin.牢骚爷爷和歪脚趾很快把屋里的东西搬光光，没过一会儿就把屋子打扫得干干净净/像大头针一样干净。Grandpa Grumbles looked hard at Tippy Toes."How does your nose feel?" he asked. "Come, sir, why don't you cry any more?"牢骚爷爷严厉地盯着歪脚趾看。他问：“你的鼻子感觉怎么样？过来，先生，你怎么都不哭呢？”Tippy Toes danced this way, and danced that way, and sang to the big mirror that hung on the wall,"Who is so ugly? Nobody knows."The mirror answered, "Snubby Nose."歪脚趾左跳跳，右跳跳，对着墙上的大镜子唱道：“谁像我这幅丑模样？没人知来没人讲。”镜子回答说：“翘鼻子就像你这个样。”CHAPTER V"My fur and whiskers, the room is all clean!" Bunny Cotton-Tail cried.“我的皮毛，我的胡须呀，屋子里都干净啦！” 巴尼棉尾巴叫道。Susan Cotton-Tail cried, "Bless my buttons, everything is in order."苏珊棉尾巴叫道：“我的老天爷呀，一切又规规整整了。”Grandpa Grumbles said,"There is a mystery in the air,There is something strange, I do declare."牢骚爷爷说：“我感觉到神神秘秘的气氛，我敢肯定，有什么事不对劲。”Tippy Toes cried, "Good night Bunny and Susan, good night dear Grandpa Grumbles," and he danced this way, and danced that way, and he danced himself right up to bed.歪脚趾大声说：“晚安啦，巴尼、苏珊，晚安，亲爱的牢骚祖爷爷。”他这边跳跳，那边跳跳/舞来又跳去，一直跳到床上去了。"How polite he is," said Bunny Cotton-Tail. Susan said, "He does not seem to mind when we speak of noses!"巴尼棉尾巴说：“他多有礼貌啊。”苏珊说：“我们提到鼻子的时候他好像也没在意！”Grandpa Grumbles said, "He does not cry any more."牢骚爷爷说：“他也没再哭了。”They all sat by the fire warming their paws. Grandpa Grumbles was thinking. At last he said to Bunny and Susan, "One day I heard Snubby Nose talking as he stood before a mirror, and he said,""Who is so ugly? Nobody knows."The mirror answered, "Tippy Toes."他们都坐在炉火旁暖爪子。牢骚爷爷想啊想啊，想到最后，他对巴尼和苏珊说：“有一天，我听翘鼻子站在镜子前说话，他说：‘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。’”Now this Little Cotton-Tail dances before the mirror, and he says,"Who is so ugly? Nobody knows."The mirror answers, "Snubby Nose."刚才这个小棉尾巴对着镜子跳舞，还说：‘谁像我这幅丑模样？没人知来没人讲。’镜子的回答是：‘翘鼻子就像你这个样。’"Snubby Nose, Tippy Toes," repeated Bunny and Susan over and over as they warmed their paws by the fire.“翘鼻子，歪脚趾……”巴尼和苏珊在炉火旁边暖爪子边反反复复说着这两个名字。By and by Grandpa Grumbles said, talking very fast, "Suppose there were two little Cotton-Tails, one named Snubby Nose, and one named Tippy Toes, suppose--just suppose they looked as much alike as two peas."过了一会儿，牢骚爷爷急匆匆地说：“想想吧，如果有两个小棉尾巴，一个叫翘鼻子，一个叫歪脚趾，想象一下，只是想象，他们相似得如同一个豆荚里的两颗豌豆。”Bunny Cotton-Tail said, "My fur and whiskers, it seems like a fairy tale, but Snubby Nose always cried, and this little Cotton-Tail is so polite."巴尼棉尾巴说：“我的皮毛我的胡须哟，这听起来像童话故事，不过也可能是真的，因为翘鼻子总是哭叫，而这个小棉尾巴却那么有教养。”Susan cried, "Hark! I hear a rap-a-tap, who can be coming at this hour of the night?"苏珊叫道：“听啊！我听见咚咚的敲门声。都这么晚了，谁还会来呢？”The door opened; in fell Snubby Nose in a heap, and he cried and he screamed and he howled!门一开，翘鼻子就整个儿跌了进来。他哭啊、叫啊、嚎啊！Bunny and Susan and Grandpa Grumbles cried, "Hush, be still, stop crying, and tell us what is the matter."巴尼、苏珊，还有牢骚爷爷大声说：“嘘，别哭了，安静些，告诉我们你怎么啦。”Grandpa Grumbles asked, "Did you hurt your ugly little nose?"牢骚爷爷问：“你又把你丑丑的小鼻子伤着了？”Then Snubby Nose cried and he screamed and he howled louder than ever.翘鼻子哭啊叫啊嚎啊，声音越来越大。Bunny asked, "Did you get stuck fast in another snowdrift?"巴尼问：“你又陷进雪堆里去了？”Snubby Nose cried so loudly that they did not hear the "patter, patter, patter" of little feet. They did not know that Tippy Toes was coming down the staircase. Tippy Toes came dancing into the room, singing at the top of his lungs,翘鼻子哭得那么大声，使得大家都没有听见“啪哒啪哒”的小小脚步声。他们还不知道歪脚趾正往楼下走呢。歪脚趾轻快地跳进屋里，扯开嗓子唱着：“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。”"Who is so ugly? Nobody knows."The mirror answers, "Snubby Nose?"Then for one single minute Snubby Nose was still. He looked at Tippy Toes. He looked him up and down.接下来翘鼻子总算安静了有一分钟光景，只是一分钟。他看着歪脚趾，把他从上到下打量了一番。Tippy Toes kissed him on both cheeks and nearly hugged the life out of him.歪脚趾亲吻过他左右脸颊，又给了他一个大大的拥抱，抱得他连气都喘不过来了。Bunny and Susan and Grandpa Grumbles said, "They are as much alike as two peas. They both have ugly noses!"巴尼和苏珊，还有牢骚爷爷说：“他们真像一个豆荚里的豌豆。他们都长着个丑鼻子呢！”When Snubby Nose heard them speak of _noses_ he cried and he screamed and he howled!翘鼻子听到他们说“鼻子”两个字，又开始哭啊叫啊嚎啊！Tippy Toes said, "Don't care about your nose. People know you wherever you go."歪脚趾说：“别在意你的鼻子。（有了这鼻子）无论你走到哪儿，大家都认识你。”Snubby Nose pricked up his ears and asked, "Don't you mind about your ugly nose at all."翘鼻子竖起耳朵问：“难道你一点儿也不在意自己鼻子长得丑吗？”Tippy Toes danced this way and he danced that way and answered,"I don't mind noses, for you see,I am polite as I can be."歪脚趾这边跳跳，那边跳跳/舞来又跳去，回答说：“我不介意鼻子什么样，只要表现有教养。”Then Snubby Nose stopped crying and hugged Tippy Toes and said, "I am so glad to find you, Tippy Toes. How do you make up those funny little rhymes. They tickle my eardrums."翘鼻子不哭了，他抱抱歪脚趾说：“很高兴找到你，歪脚趾。你是怎么编出那些好玩儿的短诗的？听着真舒服呀。”All this time Grandpa Grumbles was thumping on the floor with his umbrella. He made such a noise that Bunny said, "Hush, listen, Grandpa Grumbles has something to say."与此同时，牢骚爷爷用他的伞在地板上敲。他制造的噪音可真够大的，巴尼说：“嘘，听呀，牢骚爷爷有话要说。”Susan said, "Hush, be still, Grandpa Grumbles wants to speak."苏珊说：“嘘，安静啦，牢骚爷爷要说话。”At last Snubby Nose and Tippy Toes stopped talking and dancing, and they all listened to Grandpa Grumbles. He said,"I want you both to come and stay,With Grandpa Grumbles a year and a day."终于，翘鼻子和歪脚趾不再聊天，也不再跳舞了，大家全静下来听牢骚爷爷说话。他说：“我想让你俩儿来我家玩，和牢骚祖爷爷我待上一年零一天。”Tippy Toes answered, "Thank you, Grandpa Grumbles, I will come and visit you for a year and a day," but Snubby Nose cried and he screamed and he howled.歪脚趾回答说：“谢谢您，牢骚祖爷爷，我愿意和你一起住上一年零一天。”可是翘鼻子哭啊叫啊嚎啊。I don't know what would have happened next, but Grandpa Grumbles went outside, and opened wide his green cotton umbrella, and invited Snubby Nose and Tippy Toes to step inside.我可不知道接下去原本会发生些什么，可牢骚爷爷出了门儿，撑开绿布伞，让翘鼻子和歪脚趾走进去。They did so, and in less time than it takes to tell it they were sailing away with Grandpa Grumbles in his green cotton umbrella!说的没有做得快，他们刚照着做了，就立刻被牢骚爷爷带着乘绿布伞飞走了。图释：他们和牢骚爷爷一起坐着棉布伞飞走了。Bunny and Susan said, "How will he ever get along with Snubby Nose for a year and a day? We wish Tippy Toes was back. He was such a good little fellow."巴尼和苏珊说：“和翘鼻子待上一年零一天他怎么受得了呢？我们希望歪脚趾还回来，他是那么好的一个小家伙。”Susan picked up the pink wrapper and Bunny picked up the pink cup and saucer. Bunny Cotton-Tail said, "We will have a long quiet evening alone."苏珊捡起粉红色晨衣，巴尼收好粉红色茶杯和杯托。巴尼棉尾巴说：“我们俩要单独度过一个漫长安静的夜晚了。”"Don't be too sure of that," sang the wind as it whistled down the chimney.“别太肯定了吧。”风唱着，呼呼穿过烟囱。Susan said, "I will put on my new spectacles and we will read by the new lamp."苏珊说：“我去戴上我的新眼镜，咱俩在新灯底下看书吧。”_Then the most surprising thing happened!_接着，最最惊人的事情发生啦！The Seventeen Little Bears came tumbling in the doors and windows!They came in laughing and shouting,"The Circus Cotton-Tails you seeAre just as funny as can be."“17只小熊”纷纷从每扇门和窗户口翻进来。他们笑着、叫着：“马戏团的棉尾巴，滑稽让你笑哈哈。”They got out their seventeen little stools and sat by the fire.他们拿出17只小凳子，在炉火旁坐下来。Bunny and Susan said, "What do you know about the Circus Cotton-Tails?"巴尼和苏珊说道：“说到马戏团棉尾巴，你们都知道些什么？”The Seventeen Little Bears said,"You only see them now at Fairs,But we've become the Circus Bears."“17只小熊”说：“看他们表演得去巴黎才成，不过还有我们这些马戏熊。”"Have you got a Circus tent? Have you got a merry-go-round?" asked Bunny and Susan. "Do tell us how long you have been Circus Bears."“你们有马戏帐篷么？你们有旋转木马吗？” 巴尼和苏珊说，“你们当马戏熊多久了？告诉我们吧”The Seventeen Little Bears got on top of their seventeen little stools and shouted, "We have just become Circus Bears today, that is the reason we came tumbling in the door and windows."“17只小熊”站在小凳子上，叫喊着：“我们今天刚刚当的马戏熊，这就是我们为啥要从门窗翻进来的原因。”CHAPTER VIThe Seventeen Little Bears woke up early next morning. They all whispered together so they would not wake Bunny and Susan.第二天，“17只小熊”起了个大早。他们轻声耳语，免得吵醒巴尼和苏珊。The Seventeen Little Bears tiptoed very softly out of bed, and "pitter-patter, pitter-patter" went their little feet down the stairs."We can stew, we can bake,If we make no mistake."“17只小熊”轻手轻脚地爬下床，“啪哒啪哒”，用他们的小脚丫儿走下楼去。“我们会煮，我们会烧，如果我们没搞糟。”They made the fire and began to stew and bake. They made coffee and fried sausages and cakes. By and by Bunny and Susan woke up.他们生好火，炖呀烤呀。他们泡了咖啡，煎了香肠和饼子。过了一会儿，巴尼和苏珊才醒。"My fur and whiskers, I smell something cooking," said Bunny.“我的皮毛、我的胡须呀！我闻到饭味儿了。”Susan said, "Bless my buttons, I smell something cooking, too."苏珊说：“我的老天爷呀，我也闻到了。”The Seventeen Little Bears said, "Ha, ha, ha! Bunny is talking about his fur and whiskers. Ha, ha, ha! Susan is talking about her buttons.We will give old Bunny and Susan something new to talk about!"“17只小熊”说：“哈哈哈！巴尼在说他的皮毛和胡须呢。哈哈哈！苏珊在说她的老天呢。咱们得让他们有点儿新东西可说。”The Seventeen Little Bears shouted at the top of their lungs, "We are Circus Bears, as all can see,The merry-go-round waits you and me."“17只小熊”扯开嗓子喊： “众所周知我们是马戏熊，旋转木马把你我等。”Susan called, "Hurry, hurry, hurry! Bunny do get dressed! Let us see what the Seventeen Little Bears mean. How I do love to ride in a merry-go-round!"苏珊叫道：“快、快、快！巴尼快把衣服穿好！咱们去弄清楚“17只小熊”说的啥意思吧。我可喜欢坐旋转木马啦！”When Bunny and Susan got downstairs they were surprised to see a fine breakfast ready for them all on the table. They all sat down and had a very merry time.巴尼和苏珊下楼来一看，吃了一惊，他们发现一顿美味的早餐正在桌上等着他们享用。大家都坐下吃饭，度过了一段非常美好的时光。After breakfast the Seventeen Little Bears began to practice their tricks. They slid on the banister and came downstairs head first.早餐过后，“17只小熊”开始练习戏法。他们头冲下顺着楼梯栏杆往下滑。Soon they were all crying, "Oh," and "Ah, how I hurt my head;" and "Oh," and "Ah, how I hurt my toes!"很快，他们就都喊起来：“噢！”，“啊！头好疼！”，“噢!”，“啊，我的脚趾头！”Bunny cried, "Bring the camphor! Bring the smelling salts, while they are practicing their tricks!"巴尼大声说：“拿樟脑来，拿红花油！他们练习戏法的时候用得上。”Susan Cotton-Tail sat down in the corner. She wiped her eyes.苏珊棉尾巴坐在角落里擦着眼睛。Bunny said, "Have you lost your spectacles?"巴尼说：“你是不是找不着眼镜了。”Susan Cotton-Tail said, "Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear!"苏珊棉尾巴说：“哦，天呐，哦，天呐，哦，天呐！”The Seventeen Little Bears all came crowding around Susan to see what was the matter.“17只小熊”都围过来看苏珊出了什么事。Susan still rocked to and fro and said, "Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear!"苏珊摇来晃去地说：“哦，天呐，哦，天呐，哦，天呐！”Bunny said, "Will you never tell us what is the matter?" Susan said finally,"I have some pride, but thought to ride,In the merry-go-round, above the ground."巴尼说：“你不想告诉我们怎么一回事吗？”苏珊最后总算说了： “我有自己的尊严，可一想到旋转木马，坐着它飞旋，我就激动得眼泪涟涟。”Then the Seventeen Little Bears all turned somersaults at once, and Susan cried, "Stop them, stop them, or they will break their little bones."“17只小熊”立刻翻起跟头来。苏珊大声说：“快让他们停下，停下！可别跌坏了他们的小骨头。”_Then the most surprising thing happened!_接着最最惊人的事情发生了！The Seventeen Little Bears made a low bow and said,"In the merry-go-round we'll go,Laughing gayly, ha, ha, ho, ho!"“17小熊”深鞠一躬，说道：“我们这就去坐旋转木马，开心地笑吧，吼吼，哈哈！”They ran out the back door and Bunny and Susan went after them. There stood a neat little merry-go-round, as fine as you please.巴尼和苏珊跟着他们从后门跑出去。门外立着一架小巧的旋转木马，要多漂亮它就有多漂亮。"Where?" and "How?" and "Why?" and "Please tell us about it," said Bunny and Susan.“哪儿……”“怎么……”“为什么……”“快告诉我们。”巴尼和苏珊一人一句地说。The Seventeen Little Bears replied,"Get inside, and have a ride,Bunny and Susan, side by side."“17只小熊”回答说： “巴尼苏珊肩并肩，坐到上面转一转。”They all jumped into the merry-go-round and rode in seats side by side. Round and round and round they went.他们统统跳进去，坐着旋转木马转呀转。一圈儿、一圈儿，又一圈儿。Bunny waved his hat and Susan waved her red sunbonnet! The Seventeen Little Bears shouted, "Hurrah, hurrah!"巴尼挥动着他的大沿儿帽，苏珊挥动着她的红色太阳帽！“17只小熊”叫着：“好哇！好哇！”They went faster and faster. Bunny said, "I am afraid the wind will blow off my fur and whiskers."他们越转越快。巴尼说：“风怕是快把我的毛儿和胡须吹掉啦。”Susan said, "The wind will blow off my spectacles."苏珊说：“风要把我的眼镜儿吹掉了。”Faster, faster, faster they went! Would they never stop?他们越转越快，越转越快，越转越快！他们还停得下来吗？The Seventeen Little Bears said,"This is a very funny business,It gives us all a little dizziness."“17只小熊”说： “这种状况古怪稀奇，我们头昏眼花分不清东西。”Faster, faster, faster they went! It began to rain. First the rain fell with a few drops, then it came down in sheets. My! how wet they were!他们越转越快，越转越快，越转越快！天开始下雨了。刚开始就掉了几滴雨点儿，然后就成了瓢泼大雨。哎哟！他们都湿成什么样儿啦！Faster, faster, faster went the merry-go-round.旋转木马越转越快，越转越快，越转越快！Suddenly Bushy-Tail ran and jumped right into the merry-go-round and said, "What will you give me if I stop the merry-go-round?"突然间，毛尾巴跑来跳上了旋转木马，对他们说：“要是我帮你们停下木马，你们能给我点儿啥好处？”Bunny said, "I will give you a warm seat by the fire, sir."巴尼说：“我给你一个炉火边暖和的位子。”Susan said, "I will give you a basket of cookies."苏珊说：“我给你一篮子饼干。”The Seventeen Little Bears said, "We will give you seventeen pieces of peppermint candy."“17只小熊”说：“我们给你17块儿胡椒薄荷糖。”"Help, help, help!" they all cried, "Do stop the merry-go-round!"“救命，救命，救命！”他们全都喊，“快让旋转木马停下！”Bushy-Tail looked as saucy as you please.毛尾巴要多无礼就多无礼。"I can ride faster than this," he said, "I was brought up in amerry-go-round. I want Snubby Nose and Tippy Toes to come and pay me　a visit."他说：“比这更快的我都坐得了呢！我就是在旋转木马上长大的。我只想让翘鼻子和歪脚趾来我家看我。”Bushy-Tail said no more, and Bunny saw there was no use to mincematters, and the rain was coming down harder and harder.毛尾巴不再吱声。雨越下越大，巴尼也看出现在不是磨磨蹭蹭的时候了。Bunny said, "If Snubby Nose and Tippy Toes want to pay you a visit Ihave no objection."巴尼说：“只要翘鼻子和棉尾巴愿意去看你，我不会反对。”Then the merry-go-round went slower and slower, and slower, and finallystopped.然后呢，旋转木马越转越慢，最后完全停下了。Bushy-Tail said, "Go get Snubby Nose and Tippy Toes for me or _I willeat you all up!_"毛尾巴说：“去把翘鼻子和歪脚趾给我带来，要不然我就把你们全给吃了。”They all went into the house. They pretended to look for Snubby Noseand Tippy Toes, though they knew they had gone away. They looked in　every nook and corner, but knew well enough that Snubby Nose and Tippy　Toes had gone sailing away with Grandpa Grumbles.他们都进了屋。虽然知道翘鼻子和歪脚趾早走了，大家还是装着在找他们的样子。他们看遍角角落落，不过心里清楚翘鼻子、歪脚趾和牢骚爷爷飞走了。Bushy-Tail was angry. He went down the road calling, "Woo, woo, woo!"毛尾巴很生气。他沿着小路走去，高叫：“呜－呜－呜！”He would not even stop for his basket of cookies.给了他一篮子饼干还是不能平息。Bushy-Tail called back,"Where they have gone to nobody knows,I'll find Snubby Nose and Tippy Toes."毛尾巴回过头喊： “谁也不知道他们在哪里，翘鼻子、歪脚趾，我要找到你。”Bunny and Susan said, "We are glad to get out of the merry-go-round ,but we must send word to Grandpa Grumbles not to let Snubby Nose and Tippy Toes out. Who will carry the message?"巴尼和苏珊说：“很高兴能从旋转木马上脱身，但是现在得赶紧给牢骚爷爷捎个话，告诉他别让翘鼻子和歪脚趾出门儿。谁去捎信儿呢？”The First Little Bear said, "It is so far to go."大小熊说：“路太远了。”The Second Little Bear said, "I am all out of breath."二小熊说：“我都喘不过气来了。”The Third Little Bear said, "Oh wait 'till to-morrow."三小熊说：“哦，明天再说吧。”Now, will you believe it? The Seventeen Little Bears sat on their seventeen little stools as though, nothing had happened!你能相信吗？“17只小熊”就这样坐在17只小凳子上，当什么事儿也没有发生。Bunny and Susan got ready to go out in the rain. They took their raincoats and caps and umbrellas. They went to Grandpa Grumbles' house.巴尼和苏珊做好了冒雨赶路的准备。他们拿上雨衣、雨帽和雨伞，向牢骚爷爷家走去。The Seventeen Little Bears said in a sing-song way,"We really are not quite polite,We're selfish as can be,We sit on stools around the fire,Just singing merrily!"“17只小熊”用唱腔说：“我们真是没教养，我们自私不像样，我们坐在凳子上，烤火唱歌多欢畅！”CHAPTER VIIWhen Snubby Nose and Tippy Toes rode home with Grandpa Grumbles in his green cotton umbrella they sang a merry song,"Oh, ho! It is fun to go riding along,Singing and whistling a right merry song."翘鼻子、歪脚趾在跟牢骚爷爷坐绿布伞回家的路上，唱起了欢快的歌：“哦吼！乘伞飞行真奇妙，欢快唱歌吹口哨。”The umbrella came to the chimney of Grandpa Grumbles' house. It began to close up a little.伞飞到牢骚爷爷家的烟囱上空时，开始慢慢合拢来。"Help, help!" cried Snubby Nose, "we shall be squeezed to death!"“救命！救命！”翘鼻子叫道，“我们要被挤死啦！”Tippy Toes sat very still. He made himself as small as possible.歪脚趾静静地坐着，尽量把自己缩得很小很小。Grandpa Grumbles said,"Down my chimney every one goes,How we shall travel the umbrella knows!"牢骚爷爷说：“该走哪儿雨伞最清楚，谁都得从烟囱进屋。”Then whisk! Before they could wink an eyelash they were safely down the chimney.嗖地一声！他们眼睛都来不及眨一眨，就已经从烟囱口安全着陆了。Snubby Nose cried and he screamed and he howled!翘鼻子哭啊叫啊嚎啊！Tippy Toes danced this way, and he danced that way, and said, "Oh, Grandpa Grumbles, how I enjoyed the ride!"歪脚趾左跳跳、右跳跳/跳过来又跳过去地说：“哦，牢骚祖爷爷，这次旅行真愉快！”Grandpa Grumbles said,"Off to bed when the merry winds blow,So back up the chimney old Grandpa can go."牢骚爷爷说：“快乐的风儿呼呼叫，你们两个快去房里睡觉，好让老头子我从烟囱往上飘。”Snubby Nose said, "You are not going to leave us alone in this house are you?" Then he cried and he screamed and he howled!翘鼻子说：“你不会把我们单独留在房子里吧！？”然后哭啊叫啊嚎啊！Tippy Toes danced this way, and danced that way, and before they could say another word, whisk! up the chimney old Grandpa Grumbles was off and away. He went off to ride in his green cotton umbrella.而歪脚趾跳过来又跳过去。还没等他们再多说一个字儿呢，嗖地一声，牢骚爷爷已经坐着绿布伞从烟囱离开了。Tippy Toes kissed Snubby Nose and led him before the mirror, singing,"Who will visit us to-day?"The mirror answered,"Bushy-Tail is on his way."歪脚趾亲了亲翘鼻子，带他走到镜子跟前，唱道：“今天谁会来？”镜子回答：“毛尾巴正往这儿来。”Snubby Nose said, "What fun it is to have the mirror talk. Come, let us bolt the doors and windows. We will not let Bushy-Tail in."翘鼻子说：“让镜子说话多有趣啊。来，咱们把门窗都拴好，别让毛尾巴进来。”They danced again before the mirror and sang,"We're locked in safely, that we know,"The mirror said,"Down the chimney he can go."他们又对着镜子跳着，唱着：“我们锁上了门和窗，我们安全不用慌。”镜子说：“他还能从烟囱往进闯。”Snubby Nose and Tippy Toes said, "Oh" and "Ah," and "Oh" and "Ah." "We never thought of the chimney! What shall we do with the chimney?"翘鼻子和歪脚趾说：“哦”、“啊”、“哦 ”、“啊”……我们忘了烟囱啦！烟囱该怎么办好呢？They built a roaring fire, and none too soon, for they could hear the "patter, patter, patter" of feet upon the roof.他们生了一堆大火，烧得呼呼直响，没一会儿功夫，他们就听见“啪哒、啪哒、啪哒”的脚步声从房顶上传来。Bushy-Tail climbed down from the roof. He looked in at the window and said, "Please let me in, please let me in."毛尾巴从房顶上爬下来，透过窗户往里看，说：“让我进去，让我进去。”Snubby Nose and Tippy Toes sat as still as they could in their little chairs by the fire and never winked an eyelash.翘鼻子和歪脚趾坐在炉边的椅子上，大气儿都不敢出，眼睛都不敢眨。Bushy-Tail said, "Let me in or I will come down the chimney, fire or no fire."毛尾巴说：“快让我进去，不然我就从烟囱下去，管你有没有生火。”ThenSnubby Nose coughed and Tippy Toes sneezed.翘鼻子咳嗽，歪脚趾打喷嚏（前面少了一个原因，我没有想明白，是烟呛的还是被吓的咳嗽、打喷嚏呢？？？）。Bushy-Tail climbed the roof once more. Out came the smoke in great puffs. He gave it up and then went away down the path growling every step of the way.毛尾巴又一次爬上房顶。烟囱里扑扑直往外冒烟，他进不去，也就只好放弃，又一步一嗥地爬下来。All this time Bunny and Susan were coming nearer every minute. They said, "What if we should meet Bushy-Tail?"与此同时，巴尼和苏珊离这儿也越来越近了。他们说：“要是碰见毛尾巴可怎么办呢？”In less time than it takes to tell it, Bushy-Tail came down the bend of the road scolding and waving his beautiful tail to and fro.正说着呢，毛尾巴骂骂咧咧地拐过了路口，还来回摇晃着他美美的尾巴。He howled, "Bring out Snubby Nose, bring out Tippy Toes or _I will eat you up_."他吼道：“把翘鼻子带出来，把歪脚趾带出来，要不我吃了你们。”I do not know what in the world would have happened if Grandpa Grumbles had not come sailing along just then. He came sailing down in his green cotton umbrella and said, looking hard at Bushy-Tail,"Jump inside and have a ride,There's room for you and me beside."要不是牢骚爷爷正巧飞来，真不知道究竟会发生什么。他乘着绿布伞落下来，冷冷地看着毛尾巴说：“跳进伞，飞上天，地方足够咱俩肩并肩。”Bushy-Tail jumped into the umbrella. He was pleased you may be sure.They rode away, and away, and away, over houses, over tree-tops, and over a big blue lake. Then they began to sail slowly down, down, down.毛尾巴跳进伞里，就甭提多高兴啦。他们越飞越远，越飞越远，飞过了房子，飞过了树顶，飞到一个蓝色的大湖上，后来就越降越低，越降越低。Bushy-Tail said, "Oh, Grandpa Grumbles, don't land us in the lake! Oh, Grandpa Grumbles, look out what you are doing!"毛尾巴说：“哦，牢骚爷爷，别落到湖里去了！哦，牢骚爷爷，小心点儿呀！”Grandpa Grumbles then said loudly,"Speak into my better ear,I am so deaf I cannot hear."牢骚爷爷大声说：“冲我好耳朵说话，我太聋听不到说啥。”Bushy-Tail cried out as loud as he could, "Oh, Grandpa Grumbles, we are going down into the lake! Look out, look out! We shall be drowned!"毛尾巴用他最大的声音喊道：“哦，牢骚爷爷，我们就要掉到湖里啦！小心！小心！我们会被淹死的！”Grandpa Grumbles shouted,"Speak a little louder, please,Shall we sail above the trees?"牢骚爷爷高声说：“请再大点儿声讲，我们飞树上去怎么样？”Bushy-Tail got so excited he did not know what he was doing. He got right out of the umbrella and went splash, dash, into the lake.毛尾巴太激动了，根本不知道自己在干什么，他直接从伞里往下跳，扑通跳进了湖里。/他从伞里掉了出去，哗啦，掉进了湖里。（毛尾巴究竟是紧张的不知所措，自己昏头昏脑跳下去的呢，还是在慌乱中失去平衡掉下去的。）
图释：毛尾巴从伞里往下跳，扑通跳进了湖里。Grandpa Grumbles, as he sailed homeward, said,"Sink or swim, just as you please,For I have no desire to tease."牢骚爷爷飞回家前对毛尾巴说：“沉下去或者游，只要你高兴，我可不强求。”He left poor Bushy-Tail to swim to shore.他不管可怜的毛尾巴，让他一个人游向岸边。When Grandpa Grumbles got home he saw smoke coming out of his chimney.He grumbled,"It seems to me quite like a bore,To have to enter by the door."牢骚爷爷回到家，看见烟囱正往外冒烟，就发起牢骚：“对我来说真没劲，居然还得打门进。”He was so used to sailing down the chimney!他已经习惯从烟囱降落了。The door opened for him and there stood Bunny and Susan. Snubby Nose and Tippy Toes danced up to him and told him how Bushy-Tail had tried to get in.里面的人给他开了门，巴尼和苏珊站在门边，翘鼻子和歪脚趾跳过来，把毛尾巴想闯进来的事儿一五一十地告诉他。Grandpa Grumbles shook his green umbrella fiercely and said,"He will not come this way again,Either in sunshine or in rain."牢骚爷爷使劲儿挥舞他的绿布伞，说：“下次他再也进不来，不管下雨还是太阳晒。”Then Bunny and Susan and Snubby Nose and Tippy Toes begged Grandpa Grumbles to tell what had become of Bushy-Tail, but Grandpa Grumbles would only say,"I am so deaf 'tis hard to hear,Come, speak a little louder, dear."巴尼和苏珊，还有翘鼻子、歪脚趾他们都央求牢骚爷爷告诉他们毛尾巴怎么了，但牢骚爷爷只是说：“我耳朵太聋听不见，亲爱的孩子声儿大点。”Then Bunny spoke into his right ear, and Susan spoke into his left ear, and asked him to tell where he had left Bushy-Tail.巴尼冲着他的右耳朵说，苏珊冲着他的左耳朵讲，问他把毛尾巴给弄哪儿去了。Grandpa Grumbles shook his head and said,"Bunny and Susan, what do you say?I am so old and deaf to-day."牢骚爷爷摇着头说：“巴尼、苏珊，说的啥东东？我今儿个又老又聋。”Then Snubby Nose cried into his right ear, and Tippy Toes cried into his left ear, but Grandpa Grumbles only said,"I can't hear, my deafness grows;Ask the umbrella, for it knows."翘鼻子冲他右耳朵大声叫，歪脚趾冲他左耳朵大声喊，可是牢骚爷爷只是说：“我聋上加聋听不着，问问雨伞它知道。”Then the Cotton-Tails asked the umbrella what had become of Bushy-Tail and the umbrella said,"Bushy-Tail went swimming away,But he'll come back in a year and a day."棉尾巴们就问雨伞，毛尾巴怎么样了，雨伞说： “毛尾巴游走倒真不赖，可过一年零一天他还回来。”"Oh" and "Ah" and "Oh" and "Ah," cried all the little Cotton-Tails,"Bushy-Tail is swimming away is he?"小棉尾巴们“哦”、“啊”、“哦”、“啊”地直叫：“毛尾巴游走了？”They all went merrily to bed.于是大家都高高兴兴地睡觉去了。