4 A Christmas Disaster

Chapter 4 A Christmas Disaster "That was lovely!" said Billy's dad, as they reached the front door. I do love a mince pie.

“太好了！”当他们走到前门时，比利的爸爸说。 我很喜欢肉馅饼。

"And now we've got the ladder from the garage," said his mum, "we can put the fairy on the tree." "That's strange," thought Billy as they walked in. "I'm sure I shut the sitting room door." When they went into the sitting room, a TERRIBLE SIGHT met their eyes...

“现在我们从车库里拿了梯子，”妈妈说，“我们可以把仙女放到树上了。” “真奇怪，”他们走进去时比利想。 “我肯定我关上了客厅的门。” 当他们走进客厅时，一幅可怕的景象映入他们的眼帘。

What's happened? Oh no!

发生了什么事?噢,不!

"It must have been the dog," said Billy's dad. "But I thought I asked you to shut the door, Billy?" "I'm sure I did," said Billy. "Never mind," said Billy's mum. "It doesn't matter. Let's get this tree up again." But Billy could see she looked really sad. So many baubles are broken, Mum. And your fairy is broken too.

“一定是那条狗，”比利的爸爸说。 “但是我记得我叫你关门的，比利？”“我敢肯定，”比利说。 “没关系，”比利的妈妈说。 “没关系。让我们把这棵树再立起来。” 但比利看得出她看起来很伤心。 妈妈，好多小玩意都坏了。 你的仙女也坏了。

"They're just things, aren't they," said Billy's mum, giving them a wobbly smile. "And we mustn't let it ruin Christmas." Billy and Ruby helped put the tree back up. They swept up the broken baubles...

“它们只是东西，不是吗？”比利的妈妈说，给了他们一个摇摇晃晃的微笑。 “我们不能让它毁了圣诞节。” 比利和鲁比帮忙把树重新竖起来。 他们把破碎的装饰品扫了起来。

...and re-hung the tinsel. The tree looked a bit sorry for itself. Then Billy's parents left, with the dog. "I feel terrible," said Billy. "I must have left the door open." And now Mum is really sad! But then, from behind the log basket... came the Mini Monsters. They looked miserable, too.

…重新挂上了金属丝。 这棵树看起来有点自怨自艾。 然后比利的父母带着狗离开了。 “我感觉很糟糕，”比利说。 “我一定是没关门。” 现在妈妈真的很伤心！然后，从木头篮子后面…… 迷你怪兽来了。他们看上去也很痛苦。