Chapter 8

CHAPTER EIGHT The second head was still poking out of its strange SEAWEED -Y hiding place. 'Hey!' yelled Julian. 'We won't hurt you. If you want help, we'll give it to you. Come on out, and tell us what you're doing!' 'All right. But if you try to catch me, I'll set my dog on you!' yelled back a defiant voice. 'He's a cross-bred Alsatian and he could eat up your dog in one gulp!'

第八章第二个脑袋还在从它那奇怪的海草藏着的地方探出来。 “嘿!朱利安喊道。“我们不会伤害你的。 如果你需要帮助，我们会给你的。 快出来，告诉我们你在做什么！“好吧。” 但如果你想抓我，我就放狗咬你！一个挑衅的声音喊道。 “它是一只杂交的阿尔萨斯狗，它能一口吃掉你的狗！”

And then the SEAWEED pile was heaved up and down, and out came a scraggy, wet boy. He pulled the SEAWEED off the dog. The great animal shook itself, and gave one more miserable howl. The Five were almost too astonished to say a word. The boy looked half scared. George spoke first. 'What are you doing on my island?'

接着，那堆海草被抬了起来又抬起来，从里面出来一个瘦骨嶙峋、浑身湿透的男孩。 他把海草从狗身上扯下来。 那只大动物抖了抖身子，又发出一声痛苦的嚎叫。 五个人惊讶得说不出话来。 男孩看上去有点害怕。 乔治先开口了。“你在我的岛上干什么？”

'My name's Bobby Loman. I live with my Granpop in Kirrin Village. My mum and dad are dead, and I'm on my own- except for Chippy the monkey here, and Chummy, my Alsatian. I've run away. That's all.' 'No,' said Anne gently. 'That isn't all. Tell us everything, Bobby.' 'Oh, well- it's not much, said Bobby. 'Granpop hates Chippy, because he steals things. And Chummy costs a lot to keep- and- and- you see, he bit someone last week -and Granpop said he was to be put to sleep.' Bobby began to cry, and the Alsatian nestled close to him and licked his cheek. 'He loves me! He's the only person who does.'

“我叫博比·洛曼。我和爷爷住在麒麟村。 我的父母都去世了，我只能靠自己——除了猴子奇皮，还有我的阿尔萨斯熊查米。 我跑了。这是所有。“不，”安妮温柔地说。 “这还不是全部。告诉我们一切，鲍比。“哦，好吧——这并不多，”博比说。 “爷爷讨厌奇皮，因为他偷东西。 而且养阿库米要花很多钱——而且——而且——你知道，上星期它咬了人——爷爷说要把它弄死。”博比哭了起来，阿尔萨斯人依偎在他身边，舔着他的脸颊。 “他爱我！”他是唯一知道的人。”

George put her arms round Timmy. 'I'm GLAD you came to my island, said George. 'You and Chippy and Chummy can live here as long as you like. We'll bring you food each day, we'll...' 'Hold on, George,' said Julian. 'Don't make promises we can't keep. Let's go back to Kirrin Cottage and tell your mum about this- she'll know what's best to do.' 'Oh- what fun to have another dog and a monkey, as well as Timmy,' said Anne. 'Bobby -how did you come to the island, if you didn't have a boat?' 'Oh- that was easy,' said Bobby. 'I've got one of those blow-up beds. Chippy and I sailed on it, with a spade for an oar- and Chummy swam alongside. It's buried in the sand, so that nobody would see it. But I didn't have any food, so...'

乔治搂着蒂米。 “我很高兴你来到我的岛上，”乔治说。 “你和奇皮还有熊熊想住多久就住多久。 我们会每天给你送食物，我们会…“等一下，乔治，”朱利安说。 “不要许下我们做不到的承诺。 咱们回麒麟小屋去，把这件事告诉你妈妈——她会知道该怎么做的。“哦——除了蒂米，又多了一条狗和一只猴子，多有趣啊，”安妮说。 “博比——如果你没有船，你是怎么到岛上来的？”“哦——那很容易，”博比说。 “我有一张充气床。 奇皮和我在船上航行，用铁锹当桨，查米在旁边游着。 它被埋在沙子里，所以没人会看到它。 可我没有吃的，所以……”

'So you crept into our outhouse last night and took a bag of dog biscuits for Chummy, and some fruit for Chippy, said Julian. 'What about yourself?' 'Oh- I've been eating the dog biscuits,' said Bobby. 'I took some chocolate too. I'm sorry about the stealing. I was desperate, you know.' 'Come on- let's get back home, said Julian, seeing that Bobby was tired out, cold, wet, and probably very hungry.

“所以你昨晚偷偷溜进了我们的外屋，给Chummy带了一袋狗饼干，给Chippy带了一些水果，”朱利安说。 “你自己呢？”“哦——我一直在吃狗饼干，”博比说。 “我也带了一些巧克力。 关于偷东西的事我很抱歉。 你知道，我当时很绝望。“走吧——我们回家吧，”朱利安说，他看到博比已经筋疲力尽，又冷又湿，可能还很饿。