Chapter 6

CHAPTER SIX Timmy knew there was someone about, of course- but now he didn't dare to bark. He had been put into his kennel as a punishment for barking- if he barked again and woke Mr Kirrin, goodness knows what would happen to him!

第六章蒂米当然知道周围有人——但现在他不敢叫了。 它被关进狗窝是对它吠叫的惩罚——如果它再吠一声，吵醒了麒麟先生，天知道它会有什么下场！

So he kept completely silent, and slipped out of his kennel, and down the garden path after the boy with the sack.

于是他一言不发，从狗窝里溜出来，沿着花园的小路去追那个背着麻袋的男孩。

He followed him all the way to the village, unseen and unheard. How he longed to growl, how he longed to fly at this nasty little robber-boy and nip him sharply in the leg!

他一直跟着他到村子里，没人看见，也没人听见。 他多么想咆哮，多么想扑向这个可恶的小强盗，狠狠地咬他的腿啊！

He saw the boy go through a gate and walk to a shed nearby. He went in, and came out again- but this time without the sack!

他看见那个男孩穿过一扇门，走到附近的一间小屋。 他进去了，又出来了——但这次没有带麻袋！

Then he let himself into the house nearby, shut the door, and disappeared. Timmy sat down to think. After a minute he went to the shed and slipped through the half-broken wooden door.

然后他走进附近的房子，关上门，消失了。 蒂米坐下来思考。过了一会儿，他走到棚子前，溜进了那扇半开的木门。

He smelt the sack at once. That bulging sack belonged to George! Very well- it must at once be taken back to Kirrin Cottage before the boy took out all the presents in it. Timmy sniffed at the parcels inside. His own parcel was there- the one with the bone that Anne had wrapped up for him. Timmy growled. So that boy had DARED to carry away his bone! Timmy decided to take the whole sack back to Kirrin Cottage. But it was far too heavy for him to drag out of the shed! What was he to do?

他立刻就闻到了麻袋的味道。 那个鼓鼓囊囊的袋子是乔治的！很好——在孩子把里面所有的礼物都拿出来之前，必须马上把它送回麒麟小屋。 蒂米嗅了嗅里面的包裹。 他自己的包裹还在那儿——就是安妮为他包好的那个装着骨头的包裹。 提米咆哮道。原来那个男孩竟敢拿走他的骨头！蒂米决定把整个麻袋带回麒麟小屋。 但它太重了，他拖不出小屋！他该怎么办呢？