Chapter 9

CHAPTER NINE George's mother was very astonished to see a monkey, a dog and another boy added to the Five when they arrived at Kirrin Cottage. 'Who are all these?' she said. 'I don't mind the dog, George, but I will not have a monkey running loose in the house.' 'He can sleep in the shed, Mum,' said George. 'Mum, this is Bobby- he ran away from his grandfather.' 'Bobby? Bobby Loman do you mean?' said Mrs Kirrin. 'He was in the papers today.

第九章乔治的母亲非常惊讶地看到，当他们到达麒麟小屋时，五个孩子中又增加了一只猴子、一条狗和另一个男孩。 “这些都是谁？”她说。 “我不介意狗，乔治，但我不愿意有一只猴子在屋里乱跑。“他可以睡在小屋里，妈妈，”乔治说。 “妈妈，这是博比——他从他爷爷那儿跑出来的。“鲍比? 你是说鲍比·洛曼吗？麒麟夫人说。 “他今天上报纸了。

Bobby, your grandfather is very unhappy and worried. I'm sure he would never have had your dog destroyed. He only said that in the heat of the moment- when he was very cross!' Bobby looked rather scared at Mrs Kirrin's forthright words. George put her arm around his shoulder. 'Mum!' she said, I'm sure I'd run away if you threatened to do anything to Timmy- so I do understand why Bobby ran away to my island. Well- sailed away!'

鲍比，你爷爷很不高兴，很担心。 我相信他绝对不会杀了你的狗。 他只是在气急败坏的时候才这么说的——当时他非常生气！”波比听了克林夫人直率的话，显得有些害怕。 乔治搂着他的肩膀。 “妈妈!她说，“如果你威胁要对蒂米做点什么，我肯定会逃跑的——所以我确实理解为什么博比逃到我的岛上。” 航行得很好！”

Things were soon settled. Mrs Kirrin rang up the police to tell them Bobby was safe. Then she rang up his grandfather and told him the news too. The old man was so relieved that he could hardly thank Mrs Kirrin enough.

事情很快就解决了。麒麟夫人打电话给警察，告诉他们博比很安全。 然后她打电话给他的祖父，也告诉了他这个消息。 老人如释重负，对麒麟太太感激不尽。

Bobby was allowed to stay the night, and slept in the kitchen on a sofa, with Chippy cuddled beside him, and Chummy on his feet. Upstairs George was in bed with Timmy on her feet, talking about the excitements of the day. 'How's your tooth?' asked Anne, suddenly remembering the night before, when George had had such bad toothache, and seen a light on Kirrin Island.

博比被允许留下来过夜，睡在厨房的沙发上，奇皮依偎在他身边，查米站在他的脚上。 楼上，乔治躺在床上，蒂米站着，谈论着今天的兴奋之事。 “你的牙齿怎么样了？”安妮问，突然想起前一天晚上，乔治牙疼得很厉害，看到了麒麟岛上的灯光。

'Tooth? What tooth?' said George, surprised. She had forgotten all about it. 'Oh, the one I had out. Doesn't it seem AGES since this morning!' She put her tongue into the space where the tooth had been. 'I think a new one's growing already. I wish I had teeth like Timmy- snowy white- strong- fierce. I'd like to be able to show all my teeth, when I feel really angry!' Anne laughed. 'Well- you almost manage it now,' she said.

“牙?牙齿什么?乔治惊讶地说。 她把这事全忘了。 "哦，就是我拿出来的那个。从今天早上到现在，好像过了很久了！”她把舌头伸到原来牙齿所在的地方。 “我想一个新的已经长出来了。 我希望我有蒂米那样的牙齿——雪白——强壮——凶猛。 我希望在我生气的时候能露出我所有的牙齿！”安妮笑了。 “好吧——你现在差不多做到了，”她说。

'Hey- what's the matter with Timmy? He's pretty restless tonight. Look- he's gone to the door. He wants to go out.' 'All he wants is to go and have a talk to Chummy,' said George. 'All right, Tim. You can go down to the kitchen and sleep with Chummy if you like.'

“嘿——蒂米怎么了？” 他今晚很不安。 看，他走到门口去了。 他想出去。“他只是想去找查查米说说话，”乔治说。 “好吧，蒂姆。如果你愿意的话，你可以到厨房去和查查米一起睡。”