Chapter 2

Chapter TWO The following evening, Dad and I stood together by the front door. We had both spent twenty minutes in the bathroom brushing our teeth and Dad was wearing his smartest cape and had even put on some aftershave. 'It's quite an occasion, going to the dentist!' he said. 'We're going to have

第二章第二天晚上，爸爸和我一起站在前门。 我们俩在浴室里刷了二十分钟的牙，爸爸穿着他最漂亮的斗篷，甚至还涂了须后水。 “去看牙医真是件大事！”他说。 “我们将有

such fun!' I didn't feel like we were about to have fun at all. My tummy felt as though there were frogs jumping inside it and I hadn't been able to concentrate all day at school.

这种乐趣!”我一点也不觉得我们会玩得开心。 我的肚子感觉好像有青蛙在里面跳，我在学校一整天都无法集中注意力。

'Have a nice time,' smiled Mum as she kissed us both goodbye. Dad and I left the house. It was dark. outside and there was a wind blowing 'Hold my hand,' said Dad. 'You don't want to get swept away!' Together, we rose up into the air and flew up towards the clouds. I especially like flying when I hold Dad's hand because he can go so much faster than me!

“玩得开心，”妈妈微笑着吻别我们俩。 爸爸和我离开了家。天很黑。 “抓住我的手，”爸爸说。 “你不想被冲走吧！”我们一起升到空中，飞向云层。 当我牵着爸爸的手时，我特别喜欢飞行，因为他比我飞得快得多！

We whizzed through the night air and across to the other side of town where there was a tiny little alleyway between two houses. 'It's through here!' said Dad, as we landed on the pavement. I stared into the darkness of the alleyway and shivered. I don't mind the dark usually, but tonight felt different. 'Come on!' said Dad cheerfully, pulling me along. I held onto Pink Rabbit tightly as we made our way through the alleyway and out the other side. There was just one building there, a tall one with arched gothic windows. Above the door

我们在夜晚的空气中呼啸而过，来到了城镇的另一边，那里的两栋房子之间有一条小巷子。 “从这儿过去！”当我们降落在人行道上时，爸爸说。 我盯着黑暗的小巷，打了个寒颤。 我通常不介意黑暗，但今晚感觉不同。 “来吧!爸爸高兴地说，拉着我往前走。 我紧紧地抓着粉红兔，穿过小巷，走出另一边。 那里只有一座高大的建筑，有哥特式的拱形窗户。 门的上方

was a sign saying, Count Vernaculor Dentistry. It all looked very imposing.

是一块牌子，上面写着：白话牙医伯爵。 这一切看起来都很壮观。