18 The Roly-Poly Bird to the Rescue

The Roly-Poly Bird to the Rescue Muggle-Wump and his family longed to escape from the cage in Mr Twit's garden and go back to the African jungle where they came from. They hated Mr and Mrs Twit for making their lives so miserable. They also hated them for what they did to the birds every Tuesday and Wednesday. 'Fly away, birds!' they used to shout, jumping about in the cage and waving their arms. 'Don't sit on that Big Dead Tree! It's just been smeared all over with sticky glue! Go and sit somewhere else!'

麻瓜威普和他的家人渴望逃离特威特先生花园里的笼子，回到他们来自的非洲丛林中去。 他们恨推特夫妇使他们的生活如此悲惨。 他们还讨厌他们每周二和周三对鸟儿所做的事情。 “飞走吧，鸟儿!”他们常常喊着，在笼子里跳来跳去，挥舞着胳膊。 “别坐在那棵大枯树上!”它只是被粘满了胶水!去别的地方坐吧!”

But these were English birds and they couldn't understand the weird African language the monkeys spoke. So they took no notice and went on using The Big Dead Tree and getting caught for Mrs Twit's Bird Pie. Then one day, a truly magnificent bird flew down out of the sky and landed on the monkey cage. 'Good heavens!' cried all the monkeys together. 'It's the Roly-Poly Bird! What on earth are you doing over here in England, Roly-Poly Bird?' Like the monkeys, the Roly-Poly Bird came from Africa and he spoke the same language as they did. 'I've come for a holiday,' said the Roly-Poly Bird. 'I like to travel.' He fluffed his marvellous coloured feathers and looked down rather grandly at the monkeys. 'For most people,' he went on, 'flying away on holiday is very expensive, but I can fly anywhere in the world for nothing.' 'Do you know how to talk to these English birds?' Muggle-Wump asked him.

但这些是英国鸟，它们听不懂猴子说的奇怪的非洲语言。 所以他们没有注意到，继续使用大死树，并被抓住了特维特夫人的鸟派。 然后有一天，一只真正壮观的鸟从天上飞下来，落在猴子的笼子上。 “天啊!所有的猴子一起叫道。 “是保利鸟!”你到底在英国干什么，罗利-波利鸟?”像猴子一样，罗利-波利鸟来自非洲，他和猴子说同样的语言。 “我是来度假的。”罗利鸟说。 “我喜欢旅行。”他抖了抖他那奇妙的彩色羽毛，神气十足地俯视着猴子们。 “对大多数人来说，”他接着说，“飞去度假是非常昂贵的，但我可以免费飞到世界上任何地方。“你知道怎么跟这些英国鸟说话吗?”麻瓜瓦普问他。

'Of course I do,' said the Roly-Poly Bird. 'It's no good going to a country and not knowing the language.' 'Then we must hurry,' said Muggle-Wump. 'Today is Tuesday and over there you can already see the revolting Mr Twit up the ladder painting sticky glue on all the branches of The Big Dead Tree. This evening when the birds come in to roost, you must warn them not to perch on that tree or they will be made into Bird Pie.' That evening, the Roly-Poly Bird flew round and round The Big Dead Tree singing out, 'There's sticky stick stuff all over the tree! If you land in the branches, you'll never get free! So fly away! Fly away! Stay up high! Or you'll finish up tomorrow in a hot Bird Pie!'

“我当然知道。”罗利鸟说。 “去一个不懂语言的国家是没有用的。“那我们得快点了。”麻瓜瓦普说。 “今天是星期二，在那边，你已经可以看到叛逆的推特先生爬上梯子，在大死树的所有树枝上涂胶水。” 今天晚上，当鸟儿回来栖息时，你必须警告它们不要在那棵树上栖息，否则它们就会被做成鸟馅饼。”那天晚上，罗利-波利鸟绕着大死树飞了一圈又一圈，嘴里唱着:“树上到处都是黏糊糊的东西!如果你落在树枝上，你就永远得不到自由!所以飞走吧!飞走了!站高点!否则你明天就会被热鸟派吃掉!”