5 The Mysterious Present

CHAPTER 5 THE MYSTERIOUS PRESENT 'Okay,' I say. 'How about we start the book with Hi, my name is Andy?' 'I've got a better idea,' says Terry. 'How about we start the book with Hi, my name is—' DING DONG!

第五章神秘的礼物“好吧，”我说。 “我们以‘嗨，我叫安迪’开始这本书怎么样？”“我有个更好的主意，”特里说。 我们以“嗨，我的名字是——叮咚！”

'Hi, my name is Ding Dong?' I say. 'What does that even mean? There's nobody called Ding Dong in the book.' 'I know,' says Terry. 'I didn't say my name is—' DING DONG! 'Yes you did!' I say. 'You just said it again!' 'I didn't!' says Terry. 'I was trying to say my name is—'

“嗨，我叫叮当。”我说。 “这到底是什么意思？” 书里没有叫叮咚的人。“我知道，”特里说。 我没说我的名字是——“叮咚！”“不，你说了！”我说。 “你又说了一遍！”“我没有！”特里说。 “我是想说我的名字是——”

DING DONG! 'Yeah, I get what you're trying to tell me,' I say. 'Hi, my name is Ding Dong. But I don't get it. Who's Ding Dong?' 'THE DOORBELL!' says Terry. 'There's somebody at the door—it might be Santa!' 'No,' I say. 'We're not asleep and, besides, he

叮咚!“是的，我明白你想告诉我的，”我说。 “嗨，我叫叮当。 但我不明白。丁东是谁？“门铃！”特里说。 “有人在敲门——可能是圣诞老人！”“不，”我说。 “我们没有睡着，再说，他。

doesn't ring the doorbell, you—' DING DONG! 'That's not very nice,' says Terry. 'Calling me a ding dong.' 'I didn't call you a ding dong,' I say. 'It was the doorbell! I think there's somebody at the door.'

不按门铃，你——叮咚！“那可不太好，”特里说。 “叫我叮咚。“我没叫你叮咚，”我说。 “是门铃！”我想有人在敲门。”

DING DONG! 'I think you're right,' says Terry. 'Let's go and open it!' We take the superfast slide down to the bottom of the tree…

叮咚!“我想你是对的，”特里说。 “我们去开门吧！”我们以极快的速度滑到树的底部……

and open the door. Bill the Postman is standing there holding a large package.

打开门。邮递员比尔站在那里，手里拿着一个大包裹。