Chapter 2

CHAPTER TWO Hours later the Five trudged home, tired but satisfied. They now knew exactly how the garden was going to look. Aunt Fanny called out to them from the

二小时后，五个人拖着沉重的脚步回家，虽然很累，但很满意。 他们现在知道花园会变成什么样子了。 范妮姨妈在房间里对他们喊道

kitchen. 'Can you all come here, please? I'd like you to meet someone.'

厨房。“请你们都过来好吗？” 我想给你介绍一个人。”

George recognised the old lady at the table. 'Oh, hello, Mrs Tidyworth.' 'Hello, dear Georgina. Oh, my, you've grown since the last time I saw you.' 'Please don't call me that, George started to say, but was almost drowned out by the noise of Timmy bounding up, barking and wagging his tail.

乔治认出了坐在桌边的那位老太太。 “哦，你好，提德沃思太太。“你好，亲爱的乔治娜。” 天啊，自从上次见你以来，你长大了。“请不要那样叫我，”乔治刚想说，但他的声音几乎被蒂米跳起来、吠叫和摇尾巴的声音淹没了。

'Well, hello there.' Mrs Tidyworth patted Timmy's head. 'Aren't you friendly? And these must be your cousins, George. It's very nice to meet you all. Fanny told me about your offer to help with the garden.'

“嗯，大家好。”蒂迪沃斯太太拍了拍蒂米的头。 “你不友好吗？”这些一定是你的表兄妹，乔治。 很高兴见到大家。 范妮告诉了我你要帮忙打理花园的事。”

'Yes!' Anne said excitedly, clapping her hands. 'I've planned the flower bed. We're going to have red and white roses.' Mrs Tidyworth's eyes took on a faraway look. 'Oh, my. Tidy loved flowers. He liked tulips, carnations, pansies, foxgloves, snowdrops, daffodils, hollyhocks and roses too. And those are just the ones I can remember off the top of my head.' Anne blinked. 'Oh.'

“是的!”安妮兴奋地说，拍着手。 “我已经计划好了花坛。 我们会有红玫瑰和白玫瑰。”蒂德沃斯太太的眼睛显得很遥远。 “哦,我的。他喜欢花。 他喜欢郁金香、康乃馨、三色堇、毛地黄、雪花莲、水仙花、蜀葵和玫瑰。 而这些只是我能想到的。”安妮眨了眨眼睛。 “哦。”

'May we show you our ideas?' Julian asked, pulling out a chair. He rolled his plan out on the table and guided Mrs Tidyworth through the sketch. 'This is the entrance. We'll have a lawn area here and a sandpit here...'

“我们可以向您展示我们的想法吗？”朱利安问，拉出一把椅子。 他把他的计划摊开在桌子上，指导蒂德沃思太太看草图。 “这是入口。我们会在这里建一块草坪，在这里建一个沙坑……”