17 A Tantrum

CHAPTER 17 A Tantrum But Mary didn't see Colin the next day. Instead, she worked in the garden till sunset. She was very tired and went to bed soon after supper. She decided to see her cousin the following afternoon. In the middle of the night, dreadful noises awoke her. She heard doors slamming and someone crying and screaming horribly. "It's Colin," she said. "He's having hysterics!"

第十七章发脾气但是第二天玛丽没有见到科林。 相反，她在花园里一直干到太阳下山。 她很累，晚饭后不久就上床睡觉了。 她决定第二天下午去看她的表妹。 半夜里，可怕的噪音把她吵醒了。 她听到关上门的声音，还有人可怕地哭喊着。 “是科林，”她说。“他歇斯底里了！”

Just listening made her feel sick and shivery. She pressed her hands to her ears, but the noise was too loud. She wanted to have a tantrum herself—to frighten Colin as much as he was frightening everyone else. Mary hurried to Colin's room. The closer she got, the louder were his screams. She slapped open his door and ran to his bed. "You stop!" she shouted. "I hate you— everybody does!You'll scream yourself to death in a few minutes, and I wish you would!" She went on. Her words were just the shock Colin needed. He was lying on his stomach, jumping around like a caught fish. His face was red and swollen as he gasped and choked. But Mary didn't care. "If you scream again, I'll scream louder

光是听就使她感到恶心和颤抖。 她用手捂住耳朵，但声音太大了。 她自己也想大发脾气——吓唬科林，就像他吓唬别人一样。 玛丽急忙跑到科林的房间。 她越靠近，他的尖叫声就越响。 她啪的一声打开他的门，跑到他的床前。 “你站住！”她喊道。“我恨你——每个人都恨你！”过不了几分钟，你就会叫死的，我真希望你这样！”她接着说。 她的话正是科林所需要的震惊。 他趴在地上，像一条被抓住的鱼一样跳来跳去。 他喘着气，哽咽着，脸又红又肿。 但是玛丽不在乎。“如果你再叫，我会叫得更大声

than you!" she shouted. "I can't stop!" he wept. "I felt a lump on my back!" Then he turned over and sobbed some more. But he didn't scream. "No you didn't," Mary said fiercely. "If you felt something, it was an imaginary, hysterical lump. Let me look." She called to the nurse, "Come show me his back this minute!" The nurse, Mrs. Medlock, and Martha all huddled in the doorway. The nurse seemed afraid to touch Colin, but he gasped in fear, "Sh-show her! Then she'll see!" The nurse gently pulled down Colin's nightshirt to expose his spine. Colin was pitifully thin, and his ribs showed. Mary examined his back with her most solemn expression. "There's not a single lump," she proclaimed at last. "Nothing but backbone.

比你强！”她喊道。“我停不下来！”他哭着说。 “我觉得背上有个肿块！”然后他转过身来，又哭了起来。 但他没有尖叫。“不，你没有。”玛丽恶狠狠地说。 “如果你感觉到什么，那就是一个想象出来的、歇斯底里的肿块。 让我看看。”她对护士喊道：“马上给我看看他的背！”护士、梅德洛克太太和玛莎都挤在门口。 护士似乎不敢碰科林，但他害怕得倒吸了一口气。“她——让她看看！然后她就会明白了！”护士轻轻地拉下科林的睡衣，露出他的脊椎。 科林瘦得可怜，肋骨都露出来了。 玛丽用她最严肃的表情审视着他的背。 “一点肿块也没有，”她终于宣布。 “只有骨气。

You can feel it because you're so thin. But there's not a lump as big as a pin. If you ever say it again, I'll just laugh!" No one had spoken to him this way before. The adults didn't know about his secret fear, and he had never known other children who might have told him the truth. Now Mary was so angry and cross that he almost believed her. The nurse said, "I didn't know he thought he had a lump. His back is weak from disuse, but there's no lump." "There isn't?" Colin asked with a sob. "None at all, sir," the nurse replied. "Do you think—I could—live to grow up?" For a change, Mary heard him speak like a real boy, not like a rajah. The nurse told him what the London doctor had said. "You probably will if you do as you're told, control your temper, and get

你能感觉到，因为你很瘦。 但没有大头针那么大的肿块。 如果你再说一遍，我就笑了！”以前从来没有人这样对他说话。 大人们不知道他内心的恐惧，他也不知道其他孩子可能会告诉他真相。 现在玛丽又生气又生气，他几乎要相信她了。 护士说：“我不知道他以为自己长了个肿块。 由于长期使用，他的背部很虚弱，但没有肿块。” “没有?”科林抽泣着问。 “一点也没有，先生，”护士回答。 “你认为我能活到长大吗？”玛丽改变了一下，听到他说话像个真正的男孩，而不是王公。 护士把伦敦医生的话告诉了他。 “如果你按我说的去做，控制你的脾气，然后得到你想要的

plenty of fresh air." Colin felt worn out, and became gentler. Mary, too, was not angry anymore. He put out his hand for her to take. "I'd like to go out with you," Colin said. "I won't hate fresh air if we can find—" He stopped himself: he'd almost said "the secret garden." Then he said, "I'd like to go out if Dickon would push my chair. I'd like to meet Dickon and his animals." The nurse brought the children cups of tea, and Mrs. Medlock and Martha slipped away. The nurse told Colin that he needed to sleep but that Mary could stay for another half hour. When the nurse had gone, Colin squeezed Mary's hand. "I almost told them about the secret garden," he said anxiously, "but I stopped myself. Have you found a way in

有充足的新鲜空气。”科林感到疲惫不堪，变得温和起来。 玛丽也不再生气了。 他伸出手让她握住。 “我想和你出去，”科林说。 “我不讨厌新鲜空气，只要我们能找到——”他停了下来，他几乎要说“秘密花园”了。 然后他说：“如果狄肯推我的椅子，我想出去。 我想见见狄肯和他的动物们。” 保姆给孩子们端来了几杯茶，梅德洛克太太和玛莎悄悄走开了。 护士告诉柯林他需要睡觉，但玛丽可以再待半个小时。 护士走后，柯林紧握玛丽的手。 “我差点就把秘密花园的事告诉他们了，”他焦急地说，“但我忍住了。 你找到进去的路了吗

yet?" Mary looked into his red, swollen eyes. "Yes," she said softly, "I think I have. If you go to sleep, I'll tell you everything tomorrow." "Won't you tell me what you imagine it looks like?" Colin begged. This was better than picture books. "You can pretend you've seen it." Colin's eyes were already heavy, so Mary talked him to sleep. She told him how the rose vines might climb over the walls and hang from tree branches and how daffodils and snowdrops might be growing underground. She told him how the birds might build their nests there, where it was safe and quiet... Colin very happily fell asleep.

吗?”玛丽看着他红肿的眼睛。 “是的，”她轻声说，“我想我见过。 如果你睡了，明天我再告诉你一切。” “你能告诉我你想象中的它长什么样吗？”科林恳求。 这比绘本好多了。 “你可以假装你看到了。” 科林的眼睛已经很沉重了，所以玛丽劝他睡觉。 她告诉他玫瑰藤蔓如何爬过墙壁，挂在树枝上，水仙花和雪花莲如何在地下生长。 她告诉他，鸟儿可能会在那里筑巢，那里既安全又安静…… 柯林很高兴地睡着了。