Chapter 4

CHAPTER 4 LET US GO BACK TO THE village. It was a grand sight to behold. Peter led a long line of villagers and ducks through the streets. They sang. They splashed in every puddle with their galoshes. ("Galoshes" is a fun and fancy word for rain boots. Try saying it. It's fun, right? Galoshes.) They twirled their umbrellas. The mayor wore his finest raincoat and his brightest rain hat and stood at the grandstand with several of the ducks, clapping and cheering for every umbrella that passed by. The mayor and the ducks had to judge the best umbrella, and it was very difficult because there were so many

让我们回到村子里去吧。 这是一幅壮观的景象。 彼得领着一长排村民和鸭子穿过街道。 他们唱的。他们用胶鞋在每个水坑里溅水。 (“Galoshes”是雨靴的一个有趣而华丽的词。 试着说出来。很有趣，对吧？ 胶套鞋。)他们旋转着伞。 市长穿着他最好的雨衣，戴着最鲜艳的防雨帽，和几只鸭子站在大看台上，为每一把经过的伞鼓掌欢呼。 市长和鸭子们必须选出一把最好的伞，这很困难，因为雨伞太多了

wonderful umbrellas of every shape, size, and color. A small gust of wind picked up. It blew the mayor's brightest rain hat right off his head. One very thoughtful duck tried to fly over and pick up the mayor's hat, but an even stronger gust of wind flipped the poor duck this way and that. She landed in a puddle with a quack and a splash. "Oh dear!" said the mayor. "Hold on to your—"

各种形状、大小和颜色的漂亮雨伞。 刮起一阵小风。 它把市长头上最亮的雨帽吹掉了。 一只很有想法的鸭子试图飞过去捡起市长的帽子，但是一阵更强的风把可怜的鸭子吹得四面八方。 她扑通一声落在水坑里。 “哦，天哪！”市长说。 “抓住你的——”

The mayor was going to say "umbrellas." He was going to tell everyone to hold on to their umbrellas, but before he could say "umbrellas," a superstrong gale of wind howled through the village and pulled umbrellas right out of villagers' hands. It flipped umbrellas inside out. Why, it even lifted one surprised villager right off her feet and would have carried her away if she had not quickly let go of her polka-dot umbrella! It got windier. And windier. And so windy that it "It's working!" said Baron Von Grump. "Flap harder, Edgar!" Edgar would have replied if he could have. He would have said, "Caw, caw!" which would have meant "How much longer do I have to keep flying in circles?" But he could not reply. He had a string held tightly in his

市长想说“雨伞”。 他正要告诉大家拿好雨伞，但他还没来得及说“雨伞”，一股超强的大风呼啸着穿过村子，把村民们手中的雨伞刮走了。 它把雨伞翻过来了。 为什么，它甚至把一个惊讶的村民从她的脚上举起来，如果她没有迅速放开她的圆点伞，她就会被带走！风越来越大了。 和多风的。风如此之大，以至于冯·格朗普男爵说：“它起作用了！” “再用力拍打，艾加！”如果埃德加可以的话，他会回信的。 他会说：“呱，呱！”意思是“我还得绕圈飞多久？”但他无法回答。 他手里紧紧攥着一根绳子

beak. That string was attached to a crank. That crank was attached to the giant wooden paddles of the old windmill. The harder he flapped, the harder he flew. The harder he flew, the faster the crank spun. The faster the crank spun, the faster the windmill paddles turned. And the faster the windmill paddles turned, the stronger the gusts of wind howled through the village, blowing hats off heads and umbrellas out of hands. However, hats and umbrellas were not what Baron Von Grump was trying to blow away. The rain clouds were. Each little spring rain cloud was being blown out of the village, pushed farther and farther away, until they were swept out entirely. They were pushed right out past the covered bridge, over the Gloomy Woods, and then, once they were far enough from the windmill, drifted toward the lake on their own.

喙。那条绳子系在曲柄上。 那个曲柄被固定在旧风车的巨大的木制桨上。 他拍得越用力，飞得就越厉害。 他飞得越猛，曲柄转得越快。 曲柄转得越快，风车桨转得就越快。 风车桨转得越快，呼啸而过的狂风就越猛烈，把帽子从头上吹掉，把伞从手里吹走。 然而，帽子和雨伞并不是男爵想要吹走的东西。 雨云是。每一片小小的春雨云都被吹出了村子，被推得越来越远，直到完全被吹走。 他们被推了出去，经过了那座有顶棚的桥，越过了幽暗的森林，然后，当他们离风车足够远的时候，他们就自己向湖边漂流去了。

With no clouds, there was no rain. With no rain, there was no reason for raincoats and umbrellas and certainly not for galoshes. The parade was over, the umbrella contest was canceled, and the villagers had no choice but to retreat to their homes. It was far too windy to stay outside without holding on very tight to something so that you did not blow away. The ducks couldn't even fly in this wind, and that made them very sad. "Quack," said a very sad duck. That means I wish it weren't so windy, in case you don't speak duck. Baron Von Grump listened. There was no plinking. There was no plunking. He slowly raised his eyes to the leaky windmill ceiling, but the leaks were gone. No drips or drops fell into his eye! "Just a bit more, Edgar!" he said. "Let's make sure those rain clouds are pushed far and away for good."

没有云，就没有雨。 没有雨，没有理由穿雨衣和雨伞，当然也没有理由穿胶鞋。 游行结束了，雨伞比赛取消了，村民们别无选择，只能退回家中。 外面风太大了，除非紧紧抓住什么东西，以免被风吹走。 鸭子们甚至不能在这样的风里飞，这让他们非常难过。 “呱呱，”一只非常悲伤的鸭子说。 意思是我希望风不要那么大，以防你不会说鸭子话。 冯·格伦普男爵听着。没有叮当声。 没有砰的一声。他慢慢抬起眼睛看着漏水的风车天花板，但漏水的地方已经不见了。 没有一滴一滴滴进他的眼睛里！“再来一点，艾加！”他说。 “让我们确保那些雨云永远被推得远远的。”