Chapter 4

CHAPTER FOUR They were soon all in the boat again, and the boys took it in turn to row back. Through the crowd of rocks they went, threading their way carefully, and at last came to their own beach. George was there, waiting for them, Timmy beside her! You went without me!' she scolded. 'You really are horrible! What did you find?'

他们很快又回到了船上，孩子们轮流划回去。 他们小心翼翼地穿过一堆岩石，终于来到了自己的海滩。 乔治在那里等着他们，蒂米在她身边！你自己去了！她责备道。 “你真是太可怕了！”你发现了什么？”

'Nothing and no one. The island's absolutely empty except for rabbits and jackdaws!' said Julian, dragging the boat up the sand. 'How's the tooth, George?' said Anne, seeing that George's cheek was still swollen. But George didn't want to talk about her tooth. 'It's out,' she said, shortly. 'If I hadn't had to go to the dentist, I could have gone with you- and I BET Timmy and I would have found something.'

“什么也没有，也没有人。除了兔子和寒鸦，岛上什么都没有！朱利安边说边把船拖到沙滩上。 “牙齿怎么样了，乔治？”安妮看到乔治的脸颊还肿着，问道。 但是乔治不想谈论她的牙齿。 “出去了，”她简短地说。 “如果我不用去看牙医的话，我就可以和你一起去了——我打赌蒂米和我一定会有所发现的。”

'All right- go there, then- and take Tim with you,' said Dick, exasperated. 'That's just what I will do!' said George with a scowl. 'We'll soon find out who's hiding there. You can come, too, if you like, of course -but I can't see that you'll be much use!' 'Oh, we'll come all right!' said Dick. 'Even if it's only to say, "Told you so" when you can't find more than we did!'

“好吧——那就去吧——带着蒂姆一起去，”迪克恼怒地说。 “这正是我要做的！”乔治皱着眉头说。 “我们很快就会发现谁藏在那里。 当然，如果你愿意，你也可以来——不过我看不出你有多大用处！“哦，我们一定会来的！”迪克说。 “即使只是在你找不到比我们更多的东西的时候说一句‘早告诉过你’！”

George had made up her mind to go off in her boat after she had had her dinner. It wasn't a very happy meal. Even Joanna the cook added a few cross words as she cleared away. 'I'd like to know who's been at the grapes and the oranges, she said. 'Someone came downstairs in the night and helped themselves. And George- what did you do with the bag of dog biscuits? I couldn't find any for Tim's dinner.' 'Oh don't fuss, Joanna!' said George. 'You know where I always put them- in the outhouse, with the chicken food.' 'Well, you didn't this time,' said Joanna, huffily. 'I'd like to know something now,' said George. 'Who's been at my big box of chocolates?' She had opened a large box,

乔治已下定决心，吃过晚饭后就坐船出发。 这顿饭不太愉快。 就连厨师乔安娜在收拾东西的时候也说了几句脏话。 她说：“我想知道是谁在采摘葡萄和橙子。” “夜里有人下楼来自己拿东西吃。 乔治，你把那袋狗饼干怎么了？ 我找不到蒂姆的晚餐。“哦，别大惊小怪，乔安娜！”乔治说。 “你知道我总是把它们放在哪里——放在外屋，和鸡肉一起。“好吧，这次你没有，”乔安娜气呼呼地说。 “我现在想知道一些事情，”乔治说。 “谁动过我的大盒巧克力？”她打开了一个大盒子，

and was staring inside. 'There's more than half gone!' But she took herself in hand, helped Joanna with the washing up, and then went to look for the biscuits for Timmy. Sure enough, THEY WERE MISSING, as Joanna had said.

盯着里面看。“一半都没了！”但她照顾好自己，帮乔安娜洗碗，然后去给蒂米找饼干。 果然，正如乔安娜所说，他们不见了。