25 The Furniture Goes Up

The Furniture Goes Up 'Now the table, the big table!' shouted Muggle-Wump. 'Turn the table upside down and put a dollop of sticky glue on to the bottom of each leg. Then we shall stick that on to the ceiling as well!' Hoisting the huge table upside down on to the ceiling was not an easy job, but they managed it in the end. 'Will it stay there?' they cried. 'Is the glue strong enough to hold it up?' 'It's the strongest glue in the world!' Muggle- Wump replied. 'It's the special bird-catching birdkilling glue for smearing on trees!'

“现在是桌子，大桌子!”麻瓜瓦普喊道。 把桌子倒过来，在每条腿的底部涂上一团胶水。 然后我们把它也贴在天花板上!”把那张大桌子倒挂在天花板上不是一件容易的事，但他们最后还是做到了。 “它会留在那儿吗?”他们叫道。 “胶水够结实吗?”“这是世界上最牢固的胶水!”麻瓜——瓦普回答。 “这是涂在树上的特殊捕鸟杀鸟胶!”

'Please,' said the Roly-Poly Bird. 'I have asked you before not to mention that subject. How would you like it if it was Monkey Pie they made every Wednesday and all your friends had been boiled up and I went on talking about it?' 'I do beg your pardon,' said Muggle-Wump. 'I'm so excited I hardly know what I'm saying. Now the chairs! Do the same with the chairs! All the chairs must be stuck upside down to the ceiling! And in their right places! Oh, do hurry up, everybody! Any moment now, those two filthy

“求你了。”罗利鸟说。 “我已经叫你不要提那件事了。 如果是每周三做的猴子派，你所有的朋友都被煮熟了，而我一直在谈论它，你会觉得怎么样?“请原谅。”麻瓜瓦普说。 “我太激动了，几乎不知道自己在说什么。 现在是椅子!椅子也一样!所有的椅子都必须倒扣在天花板上!而且是在合适的地方!哦，大家快点儿!现在的任何时候，那两个肮脏的

freaks are going to come rushing in with their guns!' The monkeys, with the birds helping them, put glue on the bottom of each chair leg and hoisted them up to the ceiling.

怪物们会拿着枪冲进来的!”在鸟儿的帮助下，猴子们把胶水涂在每条椅子腿的底部，然后把它们吊到天花板上。

'Now the smaller tables!' shouted Muggle-Wump. 'And the big sofa! And the sideboard! And the lamps! And all the tiny little things! The ashtrays! The ornaments! And that beastly plastic gnome on the sideboard! Everything, absolutely everything must be stuck to the ceiling!' It was terribly hard work. It was especially difficult to stick everything on to the ceiling in exactly its right place. But they got it done in the end. 'What now?' asked the Roly-Poly Bird. He was out of breath and so tired he could hardly flap his wings.

“现在是小桌子!”麻瓜瓦普喊道。 “还有那个大沙发!”还有餐具柜!还有那些灯!还有所有的小事情!烟灰缸!饰品!还有餐具柜上那个可恶的塑料侏儒!所有的东西，绝对所有的东西都必须粘在天花板上!”这是一项非常艰苦的工作。 要把所有东西都准确地贴在天花板上是特别困难的。 但他们最终还是完成了。 “现在该怎么办?胖嘟嘟的小鸟问。 他上气不接下气，累得连翅膀都不能扇动了。

'Now the pictures!' cried Muggle-Wump. 'Turn all the pictures upside down! And will one of you birds please fly out on to the road and watch to see when those frumptious freaks are coming back.' 'I'll go,' said the Roly-Poly Bird. 'I'll sit on the telephone wires and keep guard. It'll give me a rest.'

“现在是照片!”麻瓜瓦普叫道。 “把所有的画倒过来!”你们哪只鸟能飞到外面的路上去看看那些贪吃的怪物什么时候回来。“我去。”罗利-波利鸟说。 “我要坐在电话线上站岗。 这能让我休息一下。”