10 Dickon

CHAPTER 10 Dickon Mary called her special place the "secret garden." In it she felt like part of a fairy story. She had read about people who went to sleep in secret gardens for a hundred years. But instead, Mary was becoming wider awake. She could run faster and longer now and skip to a hundred. Every day she worked in the garden to give the bulbs breathing room. Mary was oddly stubborn when something

第十章狄肯玛丽把她那个特殊的地方叫做“秘密花园”。 她觉得自己就像童话故事的一部分。 她读到过一百年来有人睡在秘密花园里的故事。 但相反，玛丽变得更加清醒了。 她现在可以跑得更快更远，甚至可以跳到一百米。 她每天都在花园里工作，让球茎有喘息的空间。 玛丽奇怪地固执

interested her, and the garden interested her more than anything she had ever known. She learned more about gardening from Ben. And he usually welcomed her company. In fact, he was flattered that she wanted to talk to an old man. Also, Mary no longer spoke to him as if he were a mere servant. One day he paid her a gruff compliment. "You're starting to be a credit to Misselthwaite," he said. "You're not so thin and pale. You looked like a plucked crow when you first came here." Mary liked old Ben and even his homespun honesty. One day he told her why he especially liked roses. "I was gardener to a young lady who had a rose garden, and she loved her roses like they were children. That was ten years ago," he sighed. "But the lady's in heaven now, and the roses are over grown. I tried tending them—pruning them a bit

她很感兴趣，花园比她所知道的任何东西都更使她感兴趣。 她从本那里学到了更多的园艺知识。 他通常欢迎她的陪伴。 事实上，她想和一个老人说话让他受宠若惊。 此外，玛丽不再把他当作一个仆人来对待。 一天，他粗鲁地恭维了她一句。 “你开始为米塞斯韦特争光了，”他说。 “你没那么瘦，脸色也没那么苍白。 你刚来的时候，像只拔了毛的乌鸦。” 玛丽喜欢老本，甚至喜欢他朴实的诚实。 一天，他告诉她为什么他特别喜欢玫瑰。 “我是一位年轻女士的园丁，她有一个玫瑰园，她像爱孩子一样爱她的玫瑰。 那是十年前的事了，”他叹了口气。 “但是那位女士现在在天堂，玫瑰花也长得太大了。 我试着照料它们——修剪它们

and digging around the roots—but my stiff old body makes it too hard." Thinking of the secret garden, Mary asked, "When roses have no leaves, and they look grayish brown and dry, how can you tell if they're still alive?" "In the spring, look for little bumps on the twigs and branches. Watch 'em after a warm rain and see what happens." He stopped digging suddenly and stared at Mary. "Why do you ask?" he said crossly. "Girls shouldn't ask so many questions. Go off and play—I've got work to do." She wasn't mad at being sent away. She liked Ben even when he was cross with her. Mary walked away from Ben and found the path that curved around the secret garden. It was lined with laurel hedges and ended at a gate opening into the woods. She hoped to see rabbits there, but instead she heard a

还要在树根周围挖——可是我那僵直的老身体太硬了。” 想到秘密花园，玛丽问道：“当玫瑰没有叶子，看起来灰褐色，干枯的时候，你怎么知道它们是否还活着？”“在春天，寻找小树枝和树枝上的小凸起。 在一场温暖的雨后观察它们，看看会发生什么。” 他突然停止挖掘，盯着玛丽。 “你为什么这么问？”他生气地说。 “女孩子不应该问那么多问题。 去玩吧——我还有工作要做呢。” 她并没有因为被送走而生气。 即使本生她的气，她也喜欢他。 玛丽从本身边走开，发现了那条绕着秘密花园的小路。 小径两旁是月桂树篱，尽头是一扇通向树林的大门。 她希望在那里看到兔子，但她却听到了一声

whistling sound coming from the other side. Curious, she followed it into the woods. What she saw took her breath away: a boy sitting under a tree with rust-colored hair, cheeks as red as poppies, and the roundest, bluest eyes Mary had ever seen. He was playing a pipe, and a squirrel was clinging to the tree just over his shoulder. A pheasant behind a small bush stretched its neck to peek out at him. Nearby sat two rabbits twitching their noses as if they had come to a concert. When the boy saw Mary, he raised his hand. In a low voice he said, "Don't move! It would frighten them." He stopped playing and stood up very slowly—almost like he wasn't moving at all. When he finally got to his feet, the animals scampered away. They didn't seem afraid. "I'm Dickon," the boy said, "and you're

从另一边传来呼啸的声音。 出于好奇，她跟着它进了树林。 她看到的景象让她大吃一惊：一个男孩坐在树下，头发呈铁锈色，脸颊红得像罂粟花，眼睛是玛丽见过的最圆、最蓝的。 他正在吹笛子，一只松鼠正爬在他肩膀后面的树上。 小灌木丛后面的一只野鸡伸出脖子偷看他。 旁边坐着两只兔子，它们抽动着鼻子，好像是来听音乐会的。 当男孩看到玛丽时，他举起了手。 他低声说：“别动！这会吓到他们的。” 他停止了演奏，慢慢地站了起来——几乎就像他根本没有动一样。 当他终于站起来时，动物们都跑开了。 他们似乎并不害怕。“我是狄肯，”男孩说，“你是

Miss Mary." He talked in a friendly way. But Mary felt shy around boys. "Did you get our letter?" she asked rather stiffly. Dickon nodded his head yes. "I've brought the garden tools." He showed her a package wrapped in brown paper. "There's a spade, a rake, a fork, and a hoe. A trowel, too, and some extra seeds. The woman at the store threw in a packet of white poppy and blue larkspur for free."

玛丽小姐。”他友好地交谈。 但是玛丽在男孩子面前感到害羞。 “你收到我们的信了吗？”她相当生硬地问。 狄肯点了点头。 “我带来了园艺工具。” 他给她看了一个牛皮纸包裹的包裹。 “有一把铲子、一把耙子、一把叉子和一把锄头。 还要一把铲子，还有一些额外的种子。 商店里的女人免费赠送了一包白罂粟花和蓝雀花。”