28 The Monkeys Escape

The Monkeys Escape That evening, Muggle-Wump and his family went up to the big wood on top of the hill, and in the tallest tree of all they built a marvellous treehouse. All the birds, especially the big ones, the crows and rooks and magpies, made their nests around the tree-house so that nobody could see it from the ground. 'You can't stay up here for ever, you know,' the Roly-Poly Bird said.

那天晚上，麻瓜和他的家人来到山顶上的大树林里，在最高的那棵树上盖了一座奇妙的树屋。 所有的鸟，尤其是大鸟，乌鸦、白嘴鸦和喜鹊，都在树屋周围筑巢，这样就没有人能从地上看到它。 “你不可能永远呆在这里，你知道的。”

'Why not?' asked Muggle-Wump. 'It's a lovely place.' 'Just you wait till the winter comes,' the Roly-Poly Bird said. 'Monkeys don't like cold weather, do they?' 'They most certainly don't!' cried Muggle-Wump. 'Are the winters so very cold over here?' 'It's all snow and ice,' said the Roly-Poly Bird. 'Sometimes it's so cold a bird will wake up in the morning with his feet frozen to the bough that he's been roosting on.' 'Then what shall we do?' cried Muggle-Wump. 'My family will all be deep-freezed!' 'No, they won't,' said the Roly-Poly Bird. 'Because when the first leaves start falling from the trees in the autumn, you can all fly home to Africa with me.' 'Don't be ridiculous,' Muggle-Wump said. 'Monkeys can't fly.' 'You can sit on my back,' said the Roly-Poly Bird. 'I shall take you one at a time. You will

“为什么不呢?麻瓜瓦普问。 “这是一个可爱的地方。“你就等着冬天来吧，”罗利-波利鸟说。 “猴子不喜欢寒冷的天气，是吗?”“他们当然不会!”麻瓜瓦普叫道。 “这里的冬天很冷吗?”“全是雪和冰，”保利鸟说。 “有时天气太冷了，鸟儿早上醒来时，脚都冻僵在栖息的树枝上了。“那我们怎么办呢?”麻瓜瓦普叫道。 “我的家人都将被深度冷冻!”“不，他们不会的。”罗利-波利鸟说。 “因为当秋天第一片树叶开始从树上飘落的时候，你们就可以和我一起飞回非洲的家了。“别傻了。”麻瓜瓦普说。 “猴子不会飞。“你可以坐在我的背上，”保利鸟说。 “我一次拿一个。 你会

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