12 The Secret Secret

The Secret Secret

秘密的秘密

"Hey, Andy," said Terry. "Guess what?" "What?" I said. "I've got a secret." "What is it?" "I can't tell you," said Terry. "Why not?" "Because it's a secret," said Terry. "If I told you, then you'd tell somebody else and then it wouldn't be a secret anymore." "I promise I won't tell anybody," I said. "If you tell me, I promise it will stay secret forever and ever." "Promise?" said Terry.

“嘿，安迪，”特里说。“你猜怎么着?”“什么?”我说。 “我有一个秘密。”“什么事？”“我不能告诉你，”特里说。 “为什么不?”“因为这是个秘密，”特里说。 “如果我告诉你，你就会告诉别人，那就不再是秘密了。” “我保证不告诉任何人，”我说。 “如果你告诉我，我保证永远保密。” “答应？”特里说。

"Pinkie-promise," I said. "With sugar on top." "Okay," said Terry. "Here goes." He leaned in close and whispered the secret in my ear. "Wow," I said. "That's the most amazing secret I've ever heard!" "Promise you won't tell anybody?" said Terry. "Promise you won't tell anybody what?" said Jill, walking into the room. "The amazing secret Terry just told me," I said. "What is it?" said Jill. "I can't tell you," I said. "I promised Terry I wouldn't tell anyone." "It's a secret!" said Terry. "A secret secret."

“Pinkie-promise，”我说。“上面加糖。” “好吧，”特里说。“就在这里。” 他凑近我，在我耳边低声说出这个秘密。 “哇，”我说。“这是我听过的最神奇的秘密！”“你保证不告诉任何人？”特里说。 “你答应不把什么事告诉任何人？”吉尔说着走进房间。 “刚才特里告诉我的惊人秘密，”我说。 “怎么回事？”吉尔问。“我不能告诉你，”我说。 “我答应过特里不告诉任何人的。” “这是个秘密！”特里说。 “一个秘密的秘密。”

"Is it about me?" said Jill. "No," I said. "Then tell me, please!" said Jill. "But if we told you," I said, "you'd tell all your animals and they'd tell all the other animals and then it wouldn't be a secret anymore."

“是关于我吗？”吉尔问。 “不，”我说。“那么请告诉我吧！”吉尔说。 “但如果我们告诉了你，”我说，“你就会告诉你所有的动物，它们也会告诉所有其他的动物，然后这就不再是秘密了。”

"I swear I won't tell any of my animals," said Jill. "Not even Silky?" I said. "Not even Silky," said Jill. "Now please tell me the secret, before I burst!" I looked at Terry. Terry looked at me, and then he nodded. I leaned in close to Jill's left ear and Terry leaned in close to her right ear and we whispered the secret together. Jill's eyes grew wide. "So that's the secret," she said. "That's a good one. Have you told the readers yet?" "No," I said. "There's too many of them. If we told the readers, they'd tell other readers and those readers would tell other readers and soon everybody in the entire world would know the secret and then it wouldn't be a secret anymore!" "Uh-oh," I said. "Here they come." "Who?" said Jill. "The readers!"

“我发誓我不会告诉我的任何动物。”吉尔说。 “连丝儿都没有？”我说。“连丝绸都没有。”吉尔说。 “现在请告诉我这个秘密，在我肚子胀破之前！”我看着特里。 特里看着我，然后点了点头。 我凑近吉尔的左耳，特里凑近她的右耳，我们一起低声说出这个秘密。 吉尔睁大了眼睛。“这就是秘密，”她说。 “这是个好主意。你告诉读者了吗？”“不，”我说。 “他们人太多了。 如果我们告诉了读者，他们会告诉其他读者，这些读者又会告诉其他读者，很快全世界的人都会知道这个秘密，然后它就不再是秘密了！”“哦哦，”我说。 “他们来了。”“谁？”吉尔问。 “读者!”

I said. "Look." the readers chanted as they streamed through the forest and surrounded our tree.

我说。“看，”读者们一边穿过森林，包围了我们的树，一边高呼。