Chapter 4

Chapter FOUR Dad hurried across the room and pulled open the door. A cloud of dust billowed into the air and spiders scuttled across the floor. Pink Rabbit jumped in alarm. He hates spiders. 'I don't think there's anything in there, Dad,' I said as we peered into the dark space behind the door. 'I think it's

爸爸匆匆穿过房间，拉开了门。 一团灰尘在空中翻腾，蜘蛛在地板上乱窜。 粉红兔子惊恐地跳了起来。 他讨厌蜘蛛。“爸爸，我觉得里面什么也没有。”我们朝门后黑暗的地方看了看，我说。 “我认为是

just some sort of cupboard. 'Hmm,' said Dad, peering closer and brushing away the spiderwebs. 'But what's that?' He pointed up into one corner where there was something shadowy and silvery all curled up.

只是某种橱柜。 “嗯，”爸爸说，凑近看了看，拂去了蜘蛛网。 “那是什么？”他指着一个角落，那里有个银色的影子蜷缩着。

'OH...' I said, staring at it in wonder. 'Is it? Is it...?' 'A ghost!' said Dad. 'Yes! I think it is!' I felt little shivers prick all the way up and down my spine. I had never seen a real ghost before, even though Dad goes on about them all the time. Suddenly I felt a little bit afraid. 'Shut the door again, Dad,' I said. 'I don't think we should disturb it.' 'Rubbish!' said Dad as the ghost began to uncurl itself in the corner of the cupboard. 'Look—it's friendly!' But I didn't think the ghost looked very friendly. It raised its shimmery, glimmery arms up into the air and opened

“哦…”我惊奇地盯着它说。 “是吗?这是……?“鬼！”爸爸说。 “是的!我想是的！”我感到脊背上下都在打寒战。 我以前从来没有见过真正的鬼，尽管爸爸总是滔滔不绝地讲鬼。 我突然感到有点害怕。 “再把门关上，爸爸，”我说。 “我认为我们不应该打扰它。“垃圾!爸爸说，这时鬼魂开始在橱柜的角落里展开身体。 “看,这太友好了!”但我不认为鬼魂看起来很友好。 它把闪闪发光的手臂举到空中，张开了

its mouth into a wide 'O' shape. 'OOOooohhh!' it moaned. I put my hands over my eyes. 'It's just pretending,' laughed Dad. 'I can do that too! OOOoooohh!!'

它的嘴变成一个宽的“O”形。 “OOOooohhh !它呻吟道。我用手捂住眼睛。 “那只是假装，”爸爸笑着说。 “我也可以！”OOOoooohh ! !”

I peeped out from behind my fingers and saw that the ghost was looking very surprised. 'OOOOOooooooOOOOOOHHHHH!' it wailed again, but this time much more loudly. 'OOOOOooooooOOOOOOHHHHH!' copied Dad. The ghost looked a bit cross. He crossed his silvery arms across his chest and frowned. 'You are supposed to run away when

我从手指后面向外偷看，看到鬼魂看起来很惊讶。 “OOOOOooooooOOOOOOHHHHH !它又哭了起来，但这次声音大了许多。 “OOOOOooooooOOOOOOHHHHH !爸爸抄了一遍。 鬼魂看起来有点生气。 他把银色的双臂交叉在胸前，皱起了眉头。 “你应该跑掉的。

I do that,' he said. 'That's what usually happens.' 'But why?' asked Dad. I thought we could have a nice chat!' 'A chat?' said the ghost. 'I haven't had one of those in years! Two hundred to be exact.' Dad looked horrified. 'Two hundred years!' he exclaimed. You mean to say you haven't spoken to anyone in TWO HUNDRED YEARS?!'

我就是这么做的，”他说。“通常都是这样。“可是为什么？”爸爸问。 我想我们可以好好聊聊！“聊天？”鬼魂说。 “我好多年没吃过这种东西了！”确切地说，是两百个。”爸爸看起来吓坏了。 “两百年！”他叫道。 你是说你有两百年没跟任何人说过话？！”