2 Part 02

'Stop showing off down there!' shouted the Monkey from the upstairs window. 'Hurry up and bring that small person up to us! The Giraffe is waiting!' I climbed into the big orange beak, and with a swoosh of wings the Pelican carried me back to his perch on the window-sill. The Giraffe looked out of her window at me and said, 'How do you do? What is your name?' 'Billy,' I told her. 'Well, Billy,' she said, 'we need your help and we need it fast. We must have some windows to

“别在下面炫耀了!”猴子从楼上的窗户喊道。 “快把那个小个子带到我们这儿来!”长颈鹿在等着呢!”我爬进那桔黄色的大喙里，鹈鹕扇动着翅膀，把我带回到窗台上的栖息处。 长颈鹿看着窗外的我说:“你好! 你叫什么名字?“比利，”我告诉她。 “好吧，比利，”她说，“我们需要你的帮助，而且要快。 我们必须有一些窗户

clean. We've spent every penny we had on buying this house and we've got to earn some more money quickly. The Pelly is starving, the Monkey is famished and I am perishing with hunger. The Pelly needs fish. The Monkey needs nuts and I am even more difficult to feed. I am a Geraneous Giraffe and a Geraneous Giraffe cannot eat anything except the pink and purple flowers of the tinkle-tinkle tree. But those, as I am sure you know, are hard to find and expensive to buy.' The Pelican cried out, 'Right now I am so hungry I could eat a stale sardine! 'Has anyone seen a stale sardine Or a bucket of rotten cod? I'd eat the lot upon the spot, I'm such a hungry bod!' Every time the Pelican spoke, the beak I was standing in jiggled madly up and down, and the more excited he got, the more it jiggled. The Monkey said, 'What Pelly's really crazy about is salmon!'

清洁。我们把所有的钱都花在买这所房子上了，我们必须尽快再赚些钱。 Pelly快要饿死了，Monkey快要饿死了，而我快要饿死了。 Pelly需要鱼。猴子需要坚果，而我更难喂养。 我是一只吉吉长颈鹿，吉吉长颈鹿除了叮叮叮树上的粉红色和紫色的花外，什么也不吃。 但是，我相信你知道，这些东西既难找又贵。”鹈鹕叫道:“现在我饿得可以吃一条不新鲜的沙丁鱼了!”“有人见过不新鲜的沙丁鱼或一桶腐烂的鳕鱼吗?” 我愿意当场把这些都吃了，我饿坏了!”鹈鹕每次说话，我站着的嘴就疯狂地上下摆动，它越兴奋，它就越摆动。 猴子说:“佩莉真正喜欢的是鲑鱼!”

'Yes, yes!' cried the Pelican. 'Salmon! Oh, glorious salmon! I dream about it all day long but I never get any!' 'And I dream about walnuts!' shouted the Monkey. 'A walnut fresh from the tree is scrumptious-galumptious, so flavory-savory, so sweet to eat that it makes me all wobbly just thinking about it!' At exactly that moment, a huge white Rolls- Royce pulled up right below us, and a chauffeur in a blue and gold uniform got out. He was carrying an envelope in one gloved hand. 'Good heavens!' I whispered. 'That's the Duke of Hampshire's car!' 'Who's he?' asked the Giraffe. 'He's the richest man in England!' I said. The chauffeur knocked on the door of The Grubber.

“是的,是的!鹈鹕叫道。 “大马哈鱼!哦，漂亮的鲑鱼!我整天都梦想着它，但我从来没有实现过!“我还梦见核桃!”猴子喊道。 “刚从树上摘下来的核桃非常美味可口，美味可口，吃起来非常甜，一想到它我就浑身发抖!”就在这时，一辆巨大的白色劳斯莱斯在我们正下方停了下来，一个身穿蓝金相间制服的司机下了车。 他一只戴着手套的手里拿着一个信封。 “天啊!”我低声说。 “那是汉普郡公爵的车!”“他是谁?”长颈鹿问。 “他是英国最富有的人!”我说。 司机敲了敲格拉布的门。

He looked up and saw us. He saw the Giraffe, the Pelly, the Monkey and me all staring down at him from above, but not a muscle moved in his face, not an eyebrow was raised. The chauffeurs of very rich men are never surprised by anything they see. The chauffeur said, 'His Grace the Duke of Hampshire has instructed me to deliver this envelope to The Ladderless Window-Cleaning Company.' 'That's us!' cried the Monkey. The Giraffe said, 'Be so good as to open the envelope and read us the letter.' The chauffeur unfolded the letter and began to read, ' "Dear Sirs, I saw your notice as I drove by this morning. I have been looking for a decent

他抬头看见了我们。他看见长颈鹿、鹈鹕、猴子和我都从上面盯着他，但他脸上的肌肉一动也不动，眉毛也没有扬起。 有钱人的司机从来不会对他们所看到的任何事情感到惊讶。 司机说:“汉普郡公爵大人吩咐我把这个信封交给无梯擦窗公司。“就是我们!”猴子叫道。 长颈鹿说:“劳驾打开信封，把信读给我们听。”司机打开信，开始读起来:“亲爱的先生们，今天早上我开车经过的时候看到了你们的启事。 我一直在找一个体面的

window-cleaner for the last fifty years but I have not found one yet. My house has six hundred and seventy-seven windows in it (not counting the greenhouse) and all of them are filthy. Kindly come and see me as soon as possible. Yours truly, Hampshire." That', added the chauffeur in a voice filled with awe and respect, 'was written by His Grace the Duke of Hampshire in his own hand.' The Giraffe said to the chauffeur, 'Please tell His Grace the Duke that we will be with him as soon as possible.' The chauffeur touched his cap and got back into the Rolls-Royce. 'Whoopee!' shouted the Monkey. 'Fantastic!' cried the Pelican. 'That must be the best window-cleaning job in the world!' 'Billy,' said the Giraffe, 'what is the house called and how do we get there?' 'It is called Hampshire House,' I said. 'It's just over the hill. I'll show you the way.' 'We're off!' cried the Monkey. 'We're off to see the Duke!'

我已经用了五十年的擦窗器了，可到现在还没有找到。 我的房子有677扇窗户(不包括温室)，所有的窗户都很脏。 请尽快来看我。 亲爱的汉普郡。”那个，”司机用充满敬畏和尊敬的声音补充说，“是汉普郡公爵大人亲笔写的。”长颈鹿对司机说:“请告诉公爵大人，我们会尽快去见他的。”司机碰了碰帽子，又钻进了那辆劳斯莱斯。 “哇! !猴子喊道。 “太棒了!鹈鹕叫道。 “那一定是世界上最好的擦窗户活儿了!”“比利，”长颈鹿说，“那所房子叫什么名字?我们怎么去那儿?”“它叫汉普郡府，”我说。 “就在山那边。我给你带路。“我们走吧!”猴子叫道。 “我们要去见公爵!”