A Heart Still Beats

A Heart Still Beats

一颗心还在跳动

Mrs. Gray was angry with Thumbelina. “ You were very rude to run away, ” she scolded. “ I was upset, ” said Thumbelina. She could not forget about Pete lying in the tunnel. “ Over a silly bird?” said Mrs. Gray. She refused to talk to Thumbelina all day.

格雷太太生拇指姑娘的气。 “你逃跑太无礼了，”她斥责道。 “我很难过，”拇指姑娘说。 她忘不了皮特躺在隧道里。 “为了一只傻鸟？”格雷太太说。 她整天拒绝和拇指姑娘说话。

That night she went to bed early and left Thumbelina alone. “ Poor Pete, ” Thumbelina wept. “ I can’t leave him lying there as if no one cares. ” Thumbelina grabbed one of Mrs. Gray’s blankets. “ Pete was my friend. He should be covered with something, ” she thought.

那天晚上她很早就睡了，只留下拇指姑娘一个人。 “可怜的皮特，”拇指姑娘哭了。“我不能让他躺在那里，好像没人在乎。” 拇指姑娘抓起格雷夫人的一条毯子。 “皮特是我的朋友。他应该被某种东西覆盖，”她想。

She picked up the lantern and quietly opened the back door. She walked down the tunnel to Pete. Thumbelina’s heart hurt when she saw Pete lying there. “ I remember you bringing me this string, ” she said. Then she untied it from his leg. Thumbelina covered her friend with the blanket and sat next to him.

她拿起灯笼，悄悄地打开了后门。 她沿着隧道走向皮特。 拇指姑娘看到皮特躺在那里，心里很痛。 “我记得你给我带来了这根绳子，”她说。 然后她把它从他的腿上解开。 拇指姑娘用毯子盖住她的朋友，坐在他旁边。

She looked up at the hole in the tunnel. “ The stars are beautiful, Pete, ” she whispered. “ But you won’t ever see them again. ” Thumbelina started to weep and laid her head on his chest. She heard a faint sound under Pete’s feathers. Boom. Thumbelina listened hard.

她抬头看着隧道里的洞。 “星星很漂亮，皮特，”她低声说道。 “但你再也见不到他们了。” 拇指姑娘哭了起来，把头放在他的胸前。 她听到皮特羽毛下有微弱的声音。 繁荣 拇指姑娘认真地听着。

Boom. The sound was getting stronger. BOOM. Pete’s heart was still beating. “ He’s alive! Pete! ” Thumbelina almost shouted. “ Where am I?” Pete said, slowly opening his eyes. “ Is that you, Thumbelina?”

繁荣 声音越来越大。 繁荣。 皮特的心脏还在跳动。 “他还活着！皮特！”拇指姑娘差点大叫起来。 “我在哪里？”皮特慢慢睁开眼睛说。 “是你吗，拇指姑娘？”