试译了一点THE COUNTERPANE FAIRY，以后有时间慢慢继续完成。谢谢大家多多指教！
The Counterpane Fairy
床罩仙女
by Katharine Pyle
CHAPTER FIRST THE PRINCESS OF THE GOLDEN CASTLE
第一章 金色城堡里的公主
TEDDY was all alone, for his mother had been up with him so much the
night before that at about four o'clock in the afternoon she said that
she was going to lie down for a little while.
妈妈昨天一夜没睡陪了他一个晚上，下午四点钟的时候，妈妈说要去床上睡一会
儿。现在只剩下泰迪孤单单一个人了。
The room where Teddy lay was very pleasant, with two big windows, and
the furniture covered with gay old-fashioned India calico. His mother
had set a glass of milk on the table beside his bed, and left the stair
door ajar so that he could call Hannah, the cook, if he wanted anything,
and then she had gone over to her own room.
泰迪睡的房间有两扇大窗子，家具上盖着老式的印度灰棉布，看上去很舒适。妈妈
回自己房间之前，在泰迪床头桌上放了一杯牛奶，把楼梯门留了一条缝，这样他
如果需要什么就可以叫得到厨师汉娜。
The little boy had always enjoyed being ill, for then he was read aloud
to and had lemonade, but this had been a real illness, and though he was
better now, the doctor still would not let him have anything but milk
and gruel. He was feeling rather lonely, too, though the fire crackled
cheerfully, and he could hear Hannah singing to herself in the kitchen
below.
生病了就有人给大声念书，还可以喝到柠檬汽水，所以这小男孩一直喜欢生病。
可这一次他是真的病了，现在虽然好些了，但医生依然不允许他吃其他东西，只让他喝牛奶和
稀粥。炉火噼里啪啦响着，显得很快乐，楼下厨房里汉娜自娱自乐地唱着歌，他也
能听得见。不过他还是觉得十分孤独。
Teddy turned over the leaves of Robinson Crusoe for a while, looking at
the gaily colored pictures, and then he closed it and called, "Hannah!"
The singing in the kitchen below ceased, and Teddy knew that Hannah was
listening. "Hannah!" he called again.
泰迪翻了一会儿《鲁滨孙漂流记》，看看那些颜色鲜艳的插图，又把书合起来，叫
了一声：“汉娜！”楼下厨房里歌声戛然而止，泰迪知道汉娜竖起耳朵听着呢，所以又叫了
一声：“汉娜！”
At the second call Hannah came hurrying up the stairs and into the room.
"What do you want, Teddy?" she asked.
喊声刚停，汉娜就急急忙忙跑上楼梯，冲进房间，问：“泰迪，你想要什么？”
"Hannah, I want to ask mamma something," said Teddy.
泰迪说：“汉娜，我有点事想问问妈妈。”
"Oh," said Hannah, "you wouldn't want me to call your poor mother, would
you, when she was up with you the whole of last night and has just gone
to lie down a bit?"
汉娜说：“噢，你可怜的妈妈陪了你一个晚上也没睡觉，刚躺下来想眯一会儿，你真要
我把她叫醒吗？”
"I want to ask her something," repeated Teddy.
泰迪又说：“我有点事想问问她。”
"You ask me what you want to know," suggested Hannah. "Your poor
mother's so tired that I'm sure you are too much of a man to want me to
call her."
“有什么事你就我问好嘞，”汉娜建议道。“你也这么大了，应该知道你妈妈太累了，真可怜，
不要让我再去叫她了。”
"Well, I want to ask her if I may have a cracker," said Teddy.
泰迪说：“好吧，我想问问我能吃一块饼干吗？”
"Oh, no; you couldn't have that," said Hannah. "Don't you know that the
doctor said you mustn't have anything but milk and gruel? Did you want
to ask her anything else?"
“哦，不行；不能吃，”汉娜说。“医生说你只能喝牛奶和稀粥，你不是不知道吧？
你还有什么要问妈妈吗？”
"No," said Teddy, and his lip trembled.
“没有了，”泰迪说着，嘴唇有点颤抖。
After that Hannah went down-stairs to her work again, and Teddy lay
staring out of the window at the windy gray clouds that were sweeping
across the April sky. He grew lonelier and lonelier and a lump rose in
his throat; presently a big tear trickled down his cheek and dripped off
his chin.
汉娜又下楼干活去了，泰迪躺在床上，盯着窗外。现在是四月，一朵朵白云被风
吹送着，飘过天空。泰迪觉得越来越孤独，喉咙里像塞进了什么东西。一会儿，
一颗泪珠滑过脸颊，从下巴滚落下来。
"Oh dear, oh dear!" said a little voice just back of the hill his knees
made as he lay with them drawn up in bed; "what a hill to climb!"
泰迪躺着时把腿收在床上，膝盖就成了一座小山。“哎呀，天哪，哎呀，天哪！”
就在小山后面响起了一个细小的声音，“这座山真难爬呀！”
Teddy stopped crying and gazed wonderingly toward where the voice came
from, and presently over the top of his knees appeared a brown peaked
hood, a tiny withered face, a flapping brown cloak, and last of all two
small feet in buckled shoes. It was a little old woman, so weazened and
brown that she looked more like a dried leaf than anything else.
泰迪止住哭声，惊奇地盯着声音发出的地方。不一会儿，从膝盖上先是出现了一块
尖顶棕色头巾，然后是干枯的小脸和飘动的棕色披风，最后露出来了两只小脚，
鞋子上扣着扣子。原来是一个矮小的老太婆，身体干瘪，脸色发黄，简直就像一片
枯叶。
She seated herself on Teddy's knees and gazed down at him solemnly, and
she was so light that he felt her weight no more than if she had been a
feather.
她坐在泰迪的膝盖上，很严肃地朝下看着泰迪。她很轻，泰迪觉得羽毛也会比她更重。
Teddy lay staring at her for a while, and then he asked, "Who are you?"
泰迪躺在那儿盯着她看了一会儿，然后问：“你是谁？”
"I'm the Counterpane Fairy," said the little figure, in a thin little
voice.
“我是床罩仙女，”小人用又尖又小的声音说。
"I don't know what that is," said Teddy.
“床罩仙女是什么呀？”泰迪说。
"Well," said the Counterpane Fairy, "it's the sort of a fairy that lives
in houses and watches out for the children. I used to be one of the
court fairies, but I grew tired of that. There was nothing in it, you
know."
“喔，”床罩仙女说，“那是一种住在房子里看护小孩的仙女。我曾经是庭院仙女，
后来我厌烦了。你也知道，那里什么东西也没有。”
"Nothing in what?" asked Teddy.
“是哪里没有东西啊？”泰迪问。
"Nothing in the court life. All day the fairies were swinging in
spider-webs and sipping honey-dew, or playing games of hide-and-go-seek.
The only comfort I had was with an old field-mouse who lived at the edge
of the wood, and I used to spend a great deal of time with her; I used
to take care of her babies when she was out hunting for something to
eat; cunning little things they were,--five of them, all fat and soft,
and with such funny little tails."
“住在庭院里呀。仙女们整天不是在蜘蛛网上荡秋千，就是去吸蜜汁，要不就捉迷藏。
我唯一觉得开心的就是和住在树林旁边的一只老田鼠在一起。我和她一起玩过很多
时间，她出去找食的时候我还帮她带过孩子。蛮可爱的一些小东西，——一共有五只，
都长得胖胖的，身体软软的，小尾巴也很好玩嘞。”
"What became of them?"
“他们后来怎么样了？”
"Oh, they moved away. They left before I did. As soon as they were old
enough, Mother Field-mouse went. She said she couldn't stand the court
fairies. They were always playing tricks on her, stopping up the door of
her house with sticks and acorns, and making faces at her babies until
they almost drove them into fits. So after that I left too."
“噢，搬走了。我走之前他们就走了。小田鼠一长大，田鼠妈妈就走了。她说她受不了
这些庭院仙女，她们老是捉弄她，用棒子和橡果塞住她家门，做鬼脸把孩子都快吓昏
过去了。他们离开后，我也走了。”
"Where did you go?"
“你到哪儿去了？”
"Oh, hither and yon. Mostly where there were little sick boys and
girls."
“噢，各个地方都去。通常是有生病的小男孩和小女孩的地方。”
"Do you like little boys?"
“你喜欢小男孩吗？”
"Yes, when they don't cry," said the Counterpane Fairy, staring at him
very hard.
“喜欢，不过他们一哭就不喜欢了，”床罩仙女盯着泰迪说。
"Well, I was lonely," said Teddy. "I wanted my mamma."
泰迪说：“哦，我有点孤单，我要妈妈。”
"Yes, I know, but you oughtn't to have cried. I came to you, though,
because you were lonely and sick, and I thought maybe you would like me
to show you a story."
“我知道，但你不应该哭啊。但是你很孤单，又生着病，所以我还是到这儿来了。
我给你展示个故事，你也许会喜欢的。”
"Do you mean tell me a story?" asked Teddy.
泰迪问：“你是说要给我讲个故事？”
"No," said the fairy, "I mean show you a story. It's a game I invented
after I joined the Counterpane Fairies. Choose any one of the squares of
the counterpane and I will show you how to play it. That's all you have
to do,--to choose a square."
床罩仙女说：“不是，我是要给你展示个故事。这是我加入床罩仙女后发明的游戏。
在床罩上选一个方块吧，我就让你看看怎么玩。你只需要选一个方块。”
Teddy looked the counterpane over carefully. "I think I'll choose that
yellow square," he said, "because it looks so nice and bright."
泰迪仔细地查看了一下床罩，说：“我选那块黄的，又好看又鲜艳。”
"Very well," said the Counterpane Fairy. "Look straight at it and don't
turn your eyes away until I count seven times seven and then you shall
see the story of it."
“很好，”床罩仙女说。“盯着那个方块，眼睛不要转开。我数到七七四十九下，
你就能看到里面的故事了。”