Thumbelina's New Home

Thumbelina’s New Home

拇指姑娘的新家

Mrs. Marigold took very good care of Thumbelina. “ You are tiny, so I must keep my eye on you, ” said Mrs. Marigold. Every morning she took Thumbelina into the garden. Thumbelina liked to sit next to her mother. “ Give me a rose seed, dear, ” Mrs. Marigold said one day.

玛丽戈尔德夫人非常照顾拇指姑娘。 “你个子很小，所以我必须注意你，”玛丽戈尔德夫人说。 每天早上她都带拇指姑娘去花园。 拇指姑娘喜欢坐在妈妈旁边。 “给我一颗玫瑰籽，亲爱的，”一天，玛丽戈尔德太太说。

“ I’m strong, Mother, ” Thumbelina replied. “ I can pass you three. ” Gardening took much longer with her daughter helping. But Mrs. Marigold didn’t care. She was happy to have Thumbelina. Her daughter also liked to help Mrs. Marigold cook.

“我很坚强，妈妈，”拇指姑娘回答。“我可以超过你三个。” 在女儿的帮助下，园艺花了很长时间。 但玛丽戈尔德夫人并不在乎。 她很高兴有拇指姑娘。 她的女儿也喜欢帮助玛丽戈尔德夫人做饭。

“ Thumbelina, pass me the salt, ” Mrs. Marigold said one day as she made dinner. “ This salt shaker is heavy, ” gasped Thumbelina. “ But I can do it! ” Thumbelina pushed the salt shaker to Mrs. Marigold. On hot days, Thumbelina loved playing in the water. One afternoon Mrs. Marigold filled a bowl with water.

“拇指姑娘，把盐递给我，”一天，玛丽戈尔德夫人在做晚饭时说。 “这个盐瓶很重，”拇指姑娘喘着气说。“但我能行！” 拇指姑娘把盐瓶推给玛丽戈尔德夫人。 在炎热的日子里，拇指姑娘喜欢在水里玩耍。 一天下午，玛丽戈尔德太太把碗里装满了水。

Then she set the bowl on the windowsill. Soon Thumbelina was floating in an acorn shell, singing happily. A toad was hopping along outside, and it stopped under Mrs. Marigold’s open window. “ What’s that beautiful sound?” the toad, Mrs. Burp, said to herself. “ It’s coming from that window. ”

然后她把碗放在窗台上。 很快拇指姑娘就漂浮在橡子壳里，快乐地唱歌。 一只癞蛤蟆在外面跳来跳去，停在玛丽戈尔德太太打开的窗户下。 “那美妙的声音是什么？”癞蛤蟆，布尔太太自言自语。 “它是从窗户传来的。”

So Mrs. Burp jumped onto a flowerbox under the window. She peeked around a flower and looked up. “ Why, it’s a tiny girl with an angel’s voice, ” said the toad. “ She’s very pretty too. ” Mrs. Burp returned to the flowerbox many times.

于是，波普太太跳到了窗户下的一个花盆上。 她偷看了一朵花，抬头看了看。 “哦，这是一个有着天使般声音的小女孩，”癞蛤蟆说。“她也很漂亮。” 波普太太多次回到花盆里。