Chapter 2

CHAPTER TWO Supper-time came all too soon that night. When the bell rang to tell the Five that the meal was ready, they groaned. 'Have to finish afterwards,' said Dick, looking round at the mess of parcels, paper, string, ribbon and labels. 'Supper, Timmy, supper!'

第二章那天晚上晚饭时间来得太快了。 当铃声响起，告诉五个人饭准备好了，他们呻吟着。 “我得做完，”迪克说着，环顾了一下那堆乱七八糟的包裹、纸张、绳子、丝带和标签。 “晚饭，蒂米，晚饭！”

Timmy shot downstairs at top speed, bumping heavily into Mr Kirrin, who was just coming out of his study. Timmy gave him a quick lick of apology, and ran into the dining room, putting his front feet on the table to see what was there. 'Down, Timmy- what manners! said Julian. 'Hello, Uncle Quentin- done up all your parcels yet?' His uncle grunted. Aunt Fanny laughed. 'He's going to be Father Christmas tomorrow morning and hand out all the presents,' she said. 'Don't scowl like that, Quentin dear- you look just like George when I tell her to fetch something!' 'I do NOT scowl,' said George, scowling immediately, of course. Everyone roared at her, and she had to smile.

蒂米以最快的速度冲下楼梯，重重地撞到了刚从书房出来的麒麟先生。 蒂米迅速地舔了他一下，表示歉意，然后跑进餐厅，把前脚放在桌子上，看看那里有什么。 “趴下，蒂米——多么有礼貌啊！”朱利安说。 “你好，昆汀叔叔——你的包裹都收拾好了吗？”他叔叔咕哝了一声。 范妮姨妈笑了。“明天早上他就会成为圣诞老人，分发所有的礼物，”她说。 “别那样皱着脸，昆汀，亲爱的——我叫乔治去拿东西的时候，你看起来就像乔治一样！”“我不皱眉，”乔治说，当然他马上就皱起了眉头。 每个人都对她怒吼，她不得不微笑。

'Christmas Day tomorrow,' said Anne happily. 'Aunt Fanny, it's lovely of you to have us all here for Christmas. We'll never finish opening our parcels tomorrow morning! I've got at least one for everybody, and so has everyone else.' 'A nice little bit of arithmetic, said Julian. 'That means we've about forty or more presents to undo- counting in those for Joanna and Timmy.'

“明天是圣诞节，”安妮高兴地说。 “范妮姨妈，你真好，让我们大家都来过圣诞节。 明天早上我们永远都拆不完包裹！我至少给每个人准备了一个，其他人也一样。“很不错的一点算术，”朱利安说。 “这意味着我们大约有四十多件礼物要取消——包括给乔安娜和蒂米的礼物。”

'What a waste of time!' That remark came from Uncle Quentin, of course! 'It's a good thing you're not as horrible as you pretend to be, Dad, said George, and grinned at him. 'You always look so fierce- and yet I bet you've been round the shops buying all kinds of things. Hasn't he, Mum? I bet he's bought Timmy something, too.

“真是浪费时间！”这句话当然是昆汀叔叔说的！“还好你不像你装的那么可怕，爸爸。”乔治说着，朝他咧嘴一笑。 “你看上去总是那么凶狠——不过我敢说你一定在商店里买过各种各样的东西。 是吗，妈妈？我打赌他也给蒂米买了东西。

'Stop saying "I bet",' said her father. 'And don't put ideas in Timmy's head. Why on earth should I go shopping for him?' 'Woof!' said Timmy, from under the table, delighted to hear his name. He wagged his tail violently and Mr Kirrin leapt to his feet with a yell. Take that dog out! Slapping me with his tail like that! Why can't he have a short tail? I'll...' 'Sit down, Quentin,' said his wife. 'Timmy, come out. Sit over there. Now- let's change the subject!' The four cousins looked at one another and grinned. It was lovely to be at Kirrin Cottage again, with dear kind Aunt Fanny, and quick-tempered Uncle Quentin. He was now beaming round at them, offering them a second helping.

“别再说‘我打赌’了，”她父亲说。 “别给蒂米灌输想法。 我到底为什么要去给他买东西？“汪!蒂米在桌子底下说，听到他的名字很高兴。 它猛烈地摇着尾巴，麒麟先生大叫一声跳了起来。 把那条狗带出去！像那样用尾巴拍打我！为什么他不能有一条短尾巴？ 我将……“坐下，昆汀，”他的妻子说。 “蒂米，出来。坐在那边。 现在——我们换个话题吧！”四个表兄妹面面相觑，笑了。 又回到了麒麟小屋，和和蔼可亲的范妮姨妈和脾气暴躁的昆汀叔叔在一起，真是太好了。 此刻，他正向他们微笑，又给了他们一份帮助。