24 The Carpet Goes on the Ceiling

The Carpet Goes on the Ceiling 'What now?' they all said, looking at Muggle- Wump. 'Ah-ha!' cried Muggle-Wump. 'Now for the fun! Now for the greatest upside down trick of all time! Are you ready?' 'We're ready,' said the monkeys. 'We're ready,' said the birds. 'Pull out the carpet!' shouted Muggle-Wump. 'Pull this huge carpet out from under the furniture and stick it on to the ceiling!' 'On to the ceiling!' cried one of the small monkeys. 'But that's impossible, Dad!'

地毯到天花板上“现在怎么办?”他们都看着麻瓜——窝囊。 “啊哈!”麻瓜瓦普叫道。 “现在开始玩了!”现在是有史以来最伟大的倒挂魔术!你准备好了吗?“我们准备好了，”猴子们说。 “我们准备好了，”鸟儿们说。 “把地毯拉出来!”麻瓜瓦普喊道。 “把这张大地毯从家具下面拉出来，贴在天花板上!”“在天花板上!”一只小猴子叫道。 “但那是不可能的，爸爸!”

'I'll stick you on to the ceiling if you don't shut up!' snapped Muggle-Wump. 'He's dotty!' they cried. 'He's balmy!' 'He's batty!' 'He's nutty!' 'He's screwy!' 'He's wacky!' cried the Roly-Poly Bird. 'Poor old Muggles has gone off his wump at last!' 'Oh, do stop shouting such rubbish and give me a hand,' said Muggle-Wump, catching hold of one corner of the carpet. 'Pull, you nitwits, pull!' The carpet was enormous. It covered the entire floor from wall to wall. It had a red and gold pattern on it. It is not easy to pull an enormous carpet off the floor when the room is full of tables and chairs. 'Pull!' yelled Muggle-Wump. 'Pull, pull, pull!' He was like a demon hopping round the room and telling everyone what to do. But you couldn't blame him. After months and months of standing on his head with his family, he couldn't wait for the time when the terrible Twits would be

“如果你再不闭嘴，我就把你钉在天花板上!”麻瓜瓦普厉声说。 “他薄弱的!他们叫道。“他是温暖的!“他疯了!”“他疯了!”“他疯了!”“他很古怪!”胖嘟嘟的小鸟叫道。 “可怜的老麻瓜终于疯了!”“哦，别再喊这些废话了，帮我一把。”麻瓜瓦普说着抓住了地毯的一角。 “拉呀，你们这些笨蛋，拉呀!”地毯很大。 它从墙到墙覆盖了整个地板。 上面有一个红色和金色的图案。 当房间里摆满了桌子和椅子时，要把一块巨大的地毯从地板上拉开是不容易的。 “拉!麻瓜瓦普喊道。 “拉，拉，拉!”他就像一个恶魔在房间里跳来跳去，告诉每个人该做什么。 但你不能怪他。 在和家人一起过了一个月又一个月的倒立生活后，他迫不及待地想知道可怕的Twits会在什么时候到来

doing the same thing. At least that's what he hoped. With the monkeys and the birds all pulling and puffing, the carpet was dragged off the floor and finally hoisted up on to the ceiling. And there it stuck. All at once, the whole ceiling of the living-room was carpeted in red and gold.

做同样的事情。至少这是他所希望的。 在猴子和鸟儿的呼哧呼哧的叫声中，地毯被从地板上拖下来，最后被吊到了天花板上。 它就这样卡住了。突然间，客厅的整个天花板都铺上了红色和金色的地毯。