5 Mr Nobody

Mr Nobody written by Pam Holden illustrated by Pauline Whimp

《无名先生》，作者帕姆·霍尔顿，插画宝琳·威普

Early one morning, Mum heard a crack like a whip! She found a hole through the bathroom window. "Look at these pieces of broken glass on the floor! Who threw a ball near the window?" she asked the three children. "Not me. I didn't throw a ball," answered James. "It wasn't me," said Molly. "I was reading my book." "I was just playing with my doll," said Elizabeth. "Oh, I see," said Mum. "I think it must have been Mr Nobody."

一天清晨，妈妈听到一声像鞭子一样的噼啪声!她在浴室的窗户上发现了一个洞。 “看地板上的这些碎玻璃!”谁在窗户附近扔了一个球?”她问三个孩子。 “不是我。我没有扔球，”詹姆斯回答。 “不是我，”莫利说。 “我在看书。”“我只是在玩我的娃娃，”伊丽莎白说。 “哦，我明白了，”妈妈说。“我想那一定是无名先生。”

At lunchtime, Dad heard a splashing sound. When he came into the kitchen, he found milk spilled all over the table. It was dripping down onto the floor. "Who made that mess with the milk?" asked Dad. "Somebody should clean up the table and the floor." Molly answered quickly, "I didn't do it, Dad." "It wasn't me," said James. "I was sitting still." "I was just eating my lunch," said Elizabeth. "Well, it must have been Mr Nobody again," said Dad. "There isn't anybody else here."

吃午饭的时候，爸爸听到水花飞溅的声音。 当他走进厨房时，他发现牛奶洒了一桌子。 它滴落在地板上。 “谁把牛奶弄得一团糟?”爸爸问。 “应该有人把桌子和地板打扫干净。” 莫莉很快回答说:“不是我干的，爸爸。” “不是我。”詹姆斯说。 “我静静地坐着。”“我正在吃午饭，”伊丽莎白说。 “嗯，一定又是无名先生，”爸爸说。 “这里没有其他人。”

Later that afternoon, there was a bang like thunder. The front door slammed shut with a loud crash. "What a noise! Who slammed that door?" asked bad. Molly said, "It wasn't me. I was talking to Grandma on the phone." "I don't know anything about it," said James. Elizabeth said, "I didn't go through the front door." "It must have been that Mr Nobody again," said Dad. "Who else could it have been?"

那天下午晚些时候，有一声雷鸣般的巨响。 前门砰的一声关上了。 “好大的噪音!”谁关上门的?”巴德问。 莫莉说:“不是我。 我在和奶奶打电话。” “我什么都不知道。”詹姆斯说。 伊丽莎白说:“我没有从前门走。” “一定又是那个无名小卒先生，”爸爸说。 “还能是谁呢?”

Just before dinner, Mum picked a big bowl of ripe strawberries from the garden. The children thought they looked delicious. "Yum! We're having strawberries for dinner tonight," they said to each other. "No, the strawberries aren't for you three," said Mum and Dad together. "These are for somebody else."

就在晚饭前，妈妈从花园里摘了一大碗熟草莓。 孩子们认为它们看起来很好吃。 “Yum !我们今晚晚餐吃草莓，”他们互相说。 “不，草莓不是给你们三个的，”妈妈和爸爸一起说。 “这些是给别人的。”

"But we love strawberries," said the children. "We could all share them. Who else could they all be for? Can't we have some, please?" "No, there aren't any for you today," said Mum and Dad. "These are all for Mr Nobody." The children looked at the bowl full of delicious strawberries, and then they looked at each other.

“但是我们喜欢草莓，”孩子们说。 “我们都可以分享。他们还能给谁呢? 我们能吃点吗?”“不，今天没有给你的，”爸爸妈妈说。 “这些都是给无名先生的。” 孩子们看着盛满美味草莓的碗，然后他们面面相觑。