13 Marvellous Medicine Number Three

Marvellous Medicine Number Three 'Here it is!' cried Mr Killy Kranky, rushing into the kitchen. 'One carton of flea powder for dogs and one tin of brown shoe-polish!' George poured the flea powder into the giant saucepan. Then he scooped the shoe-polish out of its tin and added that as well. 'Stir it up, George!' shouted Mr Kranky. 'Give it another boil! We've got it this time! I'll bet we've got it!' After Marvellous Medicine Number Three had been boiled and stirred, George took a cupful of it out into the yard to try it on another chicken. Mr Kranky ran after him, flapping his arms and hopping with excitement. 'Come and watch this one!' he called out to Mrs Kranky. 'Come and watch us turning an ordinary chicken into a

神奇药剂三号:“给你!”基利·克朗奇先生喊道，冲进了厨房。 “一盒狗用跳蚤粉和一听棕色鞋油!”乔治把跳蚤粉倒进大炖锅里。 然后他把鞋油从罐子里舀出来，也加了进去。 “搅起来，乔治!”克朗奇先生喊道。 “再煮一煮!”这次我们成功了!我敢打赌我们找到了!”第三号特效药煮好搅拌后，乔治端了一杯到院子里，想在另一只鸡身上试试。 克朗奇先生跟在他后面，兴奋地挥舞着双臂，跳着。 “来看看这个!”他对克朗奇夫人喊道。 “快来看我们把一只普通的鸡变成一只。

lovely great big one that lays eggs as large as footballs!' 'I hope you do better than last time,' said Mrs Kranky, following them out. 'Come on, chicken,' said George, holding out a spoonful of Medicine Number Three. 'Good chicken. Chick-chick-chick-chick-chick. Have some of this lovely medicine.' A magnificent black cockerel with a scarlet comb came stepping over. The cockerel looked at the spoon and it went peck. 'Cock-a-doodle-do!' squawked the cockerel, shooting up into the air and coming down again. 'Watch him now!' cried Mr Kranky. 'Watch him grow! Any moment he's going to start getting bigger and bigger!' Mr Killy Kranky, Mrs Kranky and little George stood in the yard staring at the black cockerel. The cockerel stood quite still. It looked as though it had a headache.

可爱的大鸟，下的蛋和足球一样大!“我希望你们比上次做得好。”克朗奇太太跟着他们走了出去。 “来吧，胆小鬼。”乔治说着，递给他一勺三号药。 “好鸡。Chick-chick-chick-chick-chick。 吃点这种可爱的药吧。”一只长着猩红色梳子的漂亮的黑公鸡走了过来。 小公鸡看了看勺子，啄了起来。 “Cock-a-doodle-do !小公鸡尖声叫道，飞到空中又飞下来。 “现在看着他!”克朗奇先生叫道。 “看着他长大!”他随时都可能变得越来越大!”基利·克朗奇先生、克朗奇太太和小乔治站在院子里盯着那只黑公鸡。 小公鸡一动不动地站着。 它看起来好像头痛。

'What's happening to its neck?' Mrs Kranky said. 'It's getting longer,' George said. 'I'll say it's getting longer,' Mrs Kranky said. Mr Kranky, for once, said nothing. 'Last time it was the legs,' Mrs Kranky said. 'Now it's the neck. Who wants a chicken with a long neck? You can't eat a chicken's neck.' It was an extraordinary sight. The cockerel's body hadn't grown at all. But the neck was now about six feet long.

“它的脖子怎么了?”克朗奇夫人说。 “越来越长了。”乔治说。 “我会说它越来越长了。”克朗基夫人说。 克朗奇先生这一次什么也没说。 “上次是腿，”克朗基太太说。 “现在轮到脖子了。谁想要一只长脖子的鸡? 鸡脖子是不能吃的。”这是一幅非同寻常的景象。 小公鸡的身体一点也没有长。 但它的脖子现在大约有六英尺长。

'All right, George,' Mr Kranky said. 'What else have you forgotten?' 'I don't know,' George said. 'Oh yes you do,' Mr Kranky said. 'Come along, boy, think. There's probably just one vital thing missing and you've got to remember it.' 'I put in some engine oil from the garage,' George said. 'Did you have that on your list?' 'Eureka!' cried Mr Kranky. 'That's the answer! How much did you put in?' 'Half a pint,' George said. Mr Kranky ran to the garage and found another half-pint of oil. 'And some anti-freeze,' George called after him. 'I sloshed in a bit of antifreeze.'

“好吧，乔治。” “你还忘了什么?”“我不知道，”乔治说。 “哦，不，你知道。” “来吧，孩子，好好想想。你可能只遗漏了一件重要的事情，你必须记住它。“我从车库里倒了些机油，”乔治说。 “你的清单上有这个吗?”“尤里卡!克朗奇先生叫道。 “这就是答案!”你投了多少钱?“半品脱，”乔治说。 克朗基先生跑到车库，又找到了半品脱油。 “还有一些防冻剂。”乔治在他身后喊道。 我倒了一点防冻液