7 Tin Lizzy

Tin Lizzy written by Pam Holden illustrated by Kelvin Hawley

《锡莉兹》，帕姆·霍尔顿著，开尔文·霍利配图

Tin Lizzy was an old, old car that was just left alone in the farm shed and never used at all. Farmer Jim was always too busy working hard on his farm. "Some day I'll have time to clean you, Tin Lizzy, and give you new paint," he said. "Then I'll buy a new engine for you, and we'll drive together to join in the Vintage Car Parade. I'll make you feel proud."

锡利奇是一辆很老很旧的车，被孤零零地放在农场的小屋里，从来没用过。 农场主吉姆总是忙于在他的农场辛勤工作。 “总有一天我会有时间给你洗干净的，锡利奇，给你刷上新漆，”他说。 “那我就给你买个新引擎，我们一起开车去参加老爷车游行。 我会让你感到骄傲的。”

For many long years, Tin Lizzy waited alone in the farm shed, getting rusty and dusty and lonely. "Why has Farmer Jim forgotten about me?" Lizzy wondered sadly. After the first year, a family of mice made a nest under the driver's seat. The poor old car didn't like being used as a mouse house. "Shoo! Leave me alone!" Tin Lizzy said to the mice. "I'm a vintage car, not a mouse house. I want to go for a drive!"

许多年过去了，锡利奇独自在农场的小屋里等着，变得锈迹斑斑，尘土飞扬，孤单寂寞。 “为什么农民吉姆忘了我?”丽萃伤心地想道。 一年后，一群老鼠在驾驶座下筑了一个窝。 那辆可怜的旧车不喜欢被用作老鼠窝。 “嘘!放开我!”锡利奇对老鼠们说。 “我是一辆老爷车，不是老鼠窝。 我想开车兜风!”

In the second year, a pair of birds thought that Tin Lizzy was a safe place to build their nest. Five eggs soon hatched into chirping chicks, which ate lots of wiggly worms. At last, the baby birds tried to flap their wings and learn to fly. "Good idea!" Tin Lizzy told them. "Fly away! "I'm a vintage car, and I'm waiting to go for a drive."

第二年，一对鸟认为锡利奇是一个安全的筑巢地。 五个蛋很快孵出了叽叽喳喳的小鸡，它们吃了很多扭动的蠕虫。 最后，小鸟们试着拍打翅膀，学会了飞翔。 “好主意!”锡·丽齐告诉他们。 “飞走!“我是一辆老爷车，我正等着去兜风。”

All through the next year, two clucking hens came every day to lay their eggs on Lizzy's back seat. "Shoo! I don't want your useless eggs on my seat," said Tin Lizzy. "Why can't I go for a drive?" Sometimes busy spiders built their webs on the sides and the windows. A family of little lizards ran in and out of the doors. There were even some buzzing bees living under the steering wheel. "Shoo!" said poor old Tin Lizzy. "Please leave me alone! I'm waiting to drive to the Vintage Car Parade."

在接下来的一年里，每天都有两只咯咯叫的母鸡来到丽萃的后座上下蛋。 “嘘!我不想让你的没用的鸡蛋在我的座位上，”廷·利奇说。 “为什么我不能开车去兜风?”有时，忙碌的蜘蛛会在侧面和窗户上结网。 一群小蜥蜴在门里进进出出。 甚至还有一些嗡嗡作响的蜜蜂住在方向盘下面。 “嘘!”可怜的老锡利奇说。 “请别烦我!”我在等着开车去老爷车游行。”

At last, after many years, a wonderful thing happened! Tin Lizzy looked through the dust and rust and spider webs, and there was Farmer Jim coming into the shed. He was carrying large brushes and bright red paint. "Shoo!" said Farmer Jim to the birds and the clucking hens. "Buzz off!" he told the bees. After he chased away the mice and lizards, he quickly wiped off the sticky spider webs. "You're a special car," he told Lizzy. "Tomorrow I'll buy you a new horn and an engine to make you go fast!"

多年以后，终于发生了一件奇妙的事!锡利奇透过尘土、铁锈和蜘蛛网往外看，农夫吉姆正走进棚屋。 他拿着大刷子和鲜红的颜料。 “嘘!”农场主吉姆对鸟儿和咯咯叫的母鸡说。 “走开!”他对蜜蜂说。 在赶走了老鼠和蜥蜴之后，他迅速地擦掉了黏糊糊的蜘蛛网。 “你是一辆特别的车，”他对丽萃说。 “明天我给你买一个新喇叭和一个引擎，让你开得快些!”