5 The Magic

Chapter 5 The Magic One morning, on her way back from the butcher's, Sara saw that a van full of furniture had stopped outside the empty house next door.

一天早上，萨拉从肉店回来的路上，看见一辆装满家具的货车停在隔壁的空房子外面。

"Someone must be moving in," thought Sara. Glancing at the pieces of furniture, she had a weird, homesick feeling. They reminded her of the things they had in India. "An English gentleman has moved in," Becky told her that night. "He's come from India and his name is Mr. Carrisford. He's rich but he's been very ill."

“一定是有人搬进来了，”萨拉想。 看着那些家具，她有一种奇怪的、想家的感觉。 它们使她想起了他们在印度拥有的东西。 “一位英国绅士搬进来了，”那天晚上贝基告诉她。 “他是从印度来的，名叫卡里斯福德先生。 他很有钱，但他病得很重。”

When Sara next looked out of her window, she heard an odd little squeaky sound coming from the next door attic. Sara looked over and saw an Indian man-servant- "A Lascar!" she said to herself. He was holding a small chattering monkey.

当萨拉再次向窗外望去时，她听到隔壁阁楼传来一阵奇怪的吱吱声。 萨拉回头一看，看见一个印度男仆——“一个印度人！”她自言自语道。 他抱着一只会说话的小猴子。

As the Lascar smiled at her, his hold on the monkey must have loosened. Suddenly, it broke free, ran across the slates, and jumped into Sara's attic. "Shall I try and catch him?" Sara called to the Lascar. "No need, Missee Sahib," he answered. "I, Ram Dass, will come and get him."

当印度人对她微笑时，他对猴子的控制一定松了。 突然，它挣脱了，跑过石板，跳进萨拉的阁楼。 “要我试着抓住他吗？”萨拉朝印度人喊道。 “不用了，小姐，”他回答。 “我，拉姆·达斯，会来接他的。”

In no time he had skipped across the rooftops and slipped through her skylight. Ram Dass bowed to Sara, then caught the monkey with ease. "My master is very fond of this little one," he said, stroking the monkey. He thanked Sara, bowed once more and went back across the rooftops.

没过多久，他就跳过屋顶，从她家的天窗溜了进去。 拉姆·达斯向萨拉鞠了一躬，然后轻松地抓住了猴子。 “我的主人非常喜欢这只小猴子，”他抚摸着猴子说。 他谢过萨拉，又鞠了一躬，然后穿过屋顶回去了。

"He spoke to me as if I were a princess, not a servant girl," thought Sara. "My clothes might be in rags, but maybe I can still be a princess inside. Meanwhile, in the house next door, Ram Dass was telling his master about the little girl in the attic.

“他对我说话就好像我是一位公主，而不是一个女仆，”萨拉想。 “我的衣服可能是破的，但也许我的内心仍然可以成为一个公主。 与此同时，在隔壁的房子里，拉姆·达斯正在给他的主人讲阁楼上那个小女孩的事。