Chapter 4

CHAPTER FOUR The four children went round the house again, George holding Timmy's collar. 'Funny- I can hear somebody talking!' said Anne, suddenly, as they went along the drive. 'Can you, Dick?' 'Yes,' said Dick, puzzled. 'But there's nobody about.' They all stopped to listen. 'It sounds like a loud conversation,' said Julian. 'Is it coming from the house?'

第四章四个孩子又绕着房子转了一圈，乔治拉着蒂米的项圈。 “真有趣——我听见有人在说话！”他们沿着车道走着，安妮突然说。 “你能吗，迪克？”“是的，”迪克困惑地说。 “可是周围一个人也没有。”他们都停下来听。 “听起来像是很吵的谈话，”朱利安说。 “是从房子里传出来的吗？”

'No- you heard what the woman said. The people are away,' said George. It must be somebody talking very loudly in the road.' But the talking couldn't be heard when they reached the gates. 'Oh well- it was probably gardeners somewhere in the trees off the drive,' said Dick. 'Come on- we'll be late for the film, if we don't hurry up.'

“不——你听到那女人说的话了。 “人们都走了。”乔治说。 一定是有人在路上大声说话。”但是当他们到达大门时，已经听不见他们的谈话了。 “哦，好吧——可能是园丁在车道旁边的树林里干的，”迪克说。 “快点——如果我们不快点，看电影就要迟到了。”

They were just in time for it and settled down to watch the circus story on the screen. It was very good, and they all enjoyed it thoroughly.

他们正好赶上，坐下来看大屏幕上的马戏故事。 饭菜非常好，他们都非常喜欢。

They collected Timmy from the kindly attendant, and he barked in welcome. They felt very hungry, and the little cafe opposite looked very inviting, with its wonderful display of cakes in the window. 'Come on- I'll buy tea for everyone- providing George doesn't eat more than six cakes!' said Julian, rattling the money in his pocket. 'Timmy, I'll buy you one too.'

他们把蒂米从好心的侍者那里接了过来，他汪汪地叫着表示欢迎。 他们感到非常饿，对面的小咖啡馆橱窗里陈列着精美的蛋糕，看起来非常诱人。 “来吧——我给大家买茶——只要乔治不吃超过六块蛋糕！”朱利安说着，把口袋里的钱弄得格格作响。 “蒂米，我也给你买一个。”

They had a wonderful tea, and finished up with an ice-cream each. Timmy was treated to a cake and a biscuit, and licked George's ice- cream saucer clean.

他们喝了一杯好喝的茶，最后每人吃了一个冰淇淋。 蒂米吃了一块蛋糕和一块饼干，把乔治的冰淇淋碟子舔得干干净净。

'Well- I don't know if we can manage to walk to the station now!' said Dick. 'I feel pretty full. What's the matter, George?' 'I was just feeling Timmy's collar- and he's lost his Tail Wagger badge,' said George. 'It's got his name and address on it. Oh no! I only bought him a new one last week.' 'If we want to catch the train back, we'd better get a move on,' said Julian, looking at his watch.

“嗯——我不知道我们现在还能不能走到车站去！”迪克说。 “我觉得挺饱的。怎么了，乔治？“我刚才在摸蒂米的项圈——他的尾巴摇尾巴徽章丢了。”乔治说。 “上面有他的名字和地址。 噢,不!我上周才给他买了一个新的。“如果我们想赶上回来的火车，我们最好快点，”朱利安看了看表说。