001-The Wishing Well

The Wishing Well

许愿井

Moving is never easy. Moving from a big city like Chicago to a small country village is even harder. Just ask the Barth children. “ There’re nothing to do here! ” complained the oldest, named Cy. “ I don’t see any shops, ” whined Anthea, the second eldest . Among her siblings, her nickname was Panther.

搬家从来都不容易。 从芝加哥这样的大城市搬到乡村小村庄更是困难。 问问巴特的孩子们。 ”这里没什么可做的！”年纪最大的赛伊抱怨道。 ”我没有看到任何商店，”老二安西亚哀叹道。 在她的兄弟姐妹中，她的绰号是黑豹。

When her younger brother, Bobby, was little, he couldn’t say Anthea. He called her Panther instead, and now the others did too. “ What do you mean, we won’t have Internet?” cried Bobby, looking up at his father. ” Eeek! What’s that?” Jane screamed. A little brown field mouse scurried fromunder the steps and into the grass.

当她的弟弟鲍比小的时候，他不会说安西亚。 他改为叫她黑豹，现在其他人也这么叫了。 ”你什么意思，我们没有互联网？”鲍比抬头看着他的父亲喊道。 “咦！那是什么？”简尖叫起来。 一只棕色的田鼠从台阶下窜到草地上。

No one in the family had wanted to move to Aunt Martha’s house. But Father had lost his job, and they had no choice. ” It’s only for a short while, ” Mother said, trying to comfort the children as they sat at the kitchen table. “ And there’s lots of things to do aroundhere, ” said Aunt Martha.

家里没有人想搬到玛莎阿姨家。 但父亲失去了工作，他们别无选择。 “这只是短暂的一段时间，”母亲说，试图安慰坐在餐桌旁的孩子们。 ”这周围有很多事情要做，”玛莎阿姨说。

“ Yeah, like catch grasshoppers?” Cy said in a rather nasty way. “ Grasshoppers? Where?” screamed Jane. To make matters worse, Mother and Father left the next morning. Father had some job interviews in Chicago .

”是的，就像捉蚱蜢？”赛伊用一种相当下流的方式说。 ”蚱蜢？哪里？”简尖叫道。 更糟糕的是，母亲和父亲第二天早上就离开了。 父亲在芝加哥参加了一些工作面试。

The children stood alone on the steps as the car pulled away. “ Baa, baa, ” cried the baby happily. ” Oh, Lamb. Nothing makes you sad, does it?” Panther laughed. Hilary, the baby, got his nickname because the first word he said was “ baa, ” just like a little lamb. The children didn’t want to go backinside the house.

汽车开走时，孩子们独自站在台阶上。 “呸，呸，”婴儿高兴地叫道。 “哦，兰姆。没有什么让你难过的，是吗？”黑豹笑道。 婴儿希拉里得到了他的绰号，因为他说的第一个字是“咩”，就像一只小羊羔。 孩子们不想回到房子里。