021-The Seventh Wish

The Seventh Wish

第七个愿望

When the Barths got home, it was getting dark. “ I don’t ever want to grow up, ” Jane said, her lips trembling. “ Growing up is not the problem, ” Panther said kindly. “ It’s growing up too fast. We weren’t ready. ” “ Well, I think people here are just mean, ” said Bobby.

巴特一家到家时，天已经黑了。 ”我永远不想长大，”简说，嘴唇颤抖。 ”长大不是问题，”黑豹友善地说。 ”它长得太快了。我们还没有准备好。” ”嗯，我觉得这里的人都很吝啬。”鲍比说。

“ In Chicago, nobody would have said nasty things. ” “ You don’t know that, Bobby, ” said Cy. “ Yes, I do. This town is full of mean people . And it’s so boring! ” Bobby continued . “ If it weren’t for Huey, we would have nothing to do. ” The children agreed with him on that.

”在芝加哥，没有人会说脏话。” ”你不知道，鲍比，”赛伊说。 ”是的，我知道。这个镇上到处都是卑鄙的人。而且太无聊了！”鲍比继续说道。 ”如果不是因为休伊，我们就没什么事可做了。” 孩子们同意他的意见。

“ I think today’s wish was a good lesson for us, ” said Panther. “ At least we know what we’re going to look like, ” laughed Cy as he patted his stomach. Suddenly the Barths felt the same tickling feeling they had felt that morning. Their arms and legs got shorter.

”我认为今天的愿望对我们来说是一个很好的教训，”黑豹说。 “至少我们知道我们会变成什么样子，”赛伊拍着肚子笑道。 突然，巴特一家感到了和那天早上一样的痒感。 他们的胳膊和腿变短了。

Cy’s stomach disappeared while Bobby’s reappeared . Within a few minutes, the Barths were once again children. ” It’s good to be me again, ” said Jane. They gave each other hugs. " Let’s go inside and have something to eat, ” said Panther. During dinner, Aunt Martha told them about her day.

赛伊消失了，而鲍比又出现了。 几分钟后，巴特一家又成了孩子。 “再次成为我真好，”简说。 他们互相拥抱。 "我们进去吃点东西吧，”黑豹说。 晚饭时，玛莎阿姨向他们讲述了她的一天。

" I took Lamb to the park, ” she said. " We saw these adults running around behaving like children. ” " Maybe they just wanted to have fun, ” Cy said in quiet voice. " Having fun is no problem. But people should act their age! ” Aunt Martha said.

"我带兰姆去了公园，”她说。 "我们看到这些大人像孩子一样到处乱跑。” "也许他们只是想玩得开心，”赛伊平静地说。 "玩得开心没问题。但人们应该表现出他们的年龄！”玛莎阿姨说。