7 JILL’S HOUSE

CHAPTER 7 JILL'S HOUSE We walk with Jill back to her house. It may look small on the outside, but it holds a lot of animals on the inside.

第七章吉尔的家我们和吉尔一起走回她的家。 它外面看起来很小，但里面装着很多动物。

There are two dogs, a goat, three horses, four goldfish, one cow, two guinea pigs, one camel, one donkey, thirteen flying cats and thirty-six rabbits. (Count them if you don't believe me!)

有两只狗，一只山羊，三匹马，四条金鱼，一头牛，两只豚鼠，一头骆驼，一头驴，十三只飞猫和三十六只兔子。 （如果你不相信我，你可以数一数！）

'I thought you only had six rabbits,' I say. 'I did,' says Jill, 'but you know what rabbits are like.' 'Yeah,' says Terry dreamily. 'They're soft and cuddly and they bring you chocolate eggs at Easter.' 'That's not quite what I mean,' says Jill. Terry frowns. 'What do you mean?' 'I'll tell you about rabbits later, Terry,' I say. 'Cool!' says Terry. 'Where do we sleep, Jill?' 'You and Andy will be sleeping in here,' she says, taking us into a bedroom just off the living room.

“我以为你只有六只兔子呢，”我说。 “是的，”吉尔说，“但你知道兔子是什么样的。“是的，”特里如梦如幻地说。 “它们又软又可爱，复活节还会给你送巧克力蛋。”“我不完全是这个意思，”吉尔说。 特里皱眉。“你是什么意思？”“我以后再给你讲兔子的事，特里，”我说。 “酷!”特里说。“我们睡在哪儿，吉尔？”“你和安迪将睡在这里，”她说，把我们带进起居室旁边的一间卧室。

'Wow!' says Terry. 'This bed is huge!' 'And where do all the animals sleep?' I say. Jill is talking but it's hard to hear her over the noise coming from the living room.

“哇!特里说。“这张床太大了！”“那么所有的动物都睡在哪里呢？”我说。 吉尔在说话，但客厅里的噪音太大了，很难听到她说话。

'Excuse me,' she says, 'I'd better go and see what's wrong.' She goes back into the living room. Terry and I watch through the door. 'What's going on in here?' says Jill. The animals all freeze. One of the horses raises its front leg. 'Yes, Curly?' says Jill. 'Neigh,' says Curly. 'Neigh, neigh, neigh, neigh…'

“对不起，”她说，“我最好去看看出了什么事。”她回到客厅。 特里和我隔着门看着。 “这里发生了什么事？”吉尔说。 动物们都僵住了。其中一匹马抬起了前腿。 “是的,卷曲的吗?吉尔说。“嘶嘶，”卷毛说。 “嘶嘶，嘶嘶，嘶嘶，嘶嘶……”

'A butterfly?' says Jill, translating. 'A butterfly flew in through the window while you were playing cards with Larry and Moe… Larry looked at the butterfly and while he was distracted you saw Moe peek at Larry's cards… so you told Larry and Larry got cross and kicked Moe off his chair…

“一只蝴蝶吗?吉尔翻译着说。 “当你和拉里、莫伊打牌的时候，一只蝴蝶从窗户飞了进来……拉里看着蝴蝶，当他心烦意乱的时候，你看到莫伊偷看了拉里的牌……所以你告诉了拉里，拉里生气了，把莫伊从椅子上踢了下来……”