7 A New Discovery

CHAPTER 7 A New Discovery Two days later, the weather cleared. For the first time, Mary could see the moor in full sunlight. The sky was unlike any she'd ever seen—it was a sparkling deep blue. Small white clouds dotted the sky. The moor looked softly blue, not the dreary purple-gray that Mary was used to. Martha explained, "The colors are beautiful this time of year. The storms go away for a while because spring is on the

第七章新的发现两天后，天放晴了。 玛丽第一次看到了阳光下的沼地。 天空与她所见过的任何天空都不一样——它是闪闪发光的深蓝色。 小朵白云点缀着天空。 荒原看上去是柔和的蓝色，而不是玛丽所习惯的那种沉闷的紫灰色。 玛莎解释说：“每年这个时候的颜色都很美。 暴风雨暂时消失了，因为春天来了

way." "I thought it was always rainy and dark in England," Mary said. "Not at all!" Martha laughed. "Yorkshire can be the sunniest place in the world. Just wait till the wildflowers bloom! Hundreds of butterflies flutter in the air. The bees hum and the skylarks sing—you'll want to be on the moor all day, just like Dickon. I wonder what Dickon would think of you," Martha said, smiling. "He wouldn't like me," Mary replied in her cold tone. "Nobody does." "But do you like yourself?" Martha inquired kindly, as her own mother had asked her when she was in a bad mood. Mary didn't answer for several moments. Then she said, "Not really—not at all. But I never thought about it before." After Martha left, Mary felt lonelier than

方式。”玛丽说：“我以为英国总是阴雨绵绵、阴沉沉的。” “一点也不！”玛莎笑了。 “约克郡可能是世界上阳光最充足的地方。 等着野花盛开吧！数以百计的蝴蝶在空中飞舞。 蜜蜂嗡嗡叫，云雀歌唱——你会想整天呆在沼地里，就像狄肯一样。 我想知道狄肯会怎么看你。”玛莎笑着说。 “他不会喜欢我的。”玛丽冷冷地回答。 “没有人。”“但是你喜欢你自己吗？”玛莎和蔼地问，就像她自己的母亲在她心情不好时问她的那样。 玛丽好一会儿没有回答。 然后她说：“没有，一点也没有。 但我以前从没想过这个问题。” 玛莎走后，玛丽感到比

ever. Mary hurried to the garden and ran around the old fountain ten times. She counted each lap and felt better when she had finished. She looked up again at the blue sky and tried to imagine lying on a fluffy white cloud and just floating. Then she went into one of the kitchen gardens, where Ben Weatherstaff and two other gardeners were working. Old Ben said to Mary, "Springtime's coming. Can you smell the good, rich earth?" Mary sniffed. She thought she could smell something fresh and damp. She thought that the good weather had made Ben warmer, too. Mary was watching Ben dig when she heard a soft rustling. The robin alighted on the ground. He was very lively and hopped all around her feet. "He's never known a little girl before," Ben

永远。玛丽急忙跑到花园，绕着老喷泉跑了十圈。 她每圈数一圈，跑完后感觉好多了。 她又抬头看了看蓝天，试着想象自己躺在一片蓬松的白云上，漂浮着。 然后她走进一个菜园，本·威瑟斯塔夫和另外两个园丁正在那儿干活。 老本对玛丽说：“春天来了。 你能闻到肥沃的土地的味道吗？”玛丽嗅。 她觉得自己闻到了新鲜潮湿的味道。 她认为好天气也使本暖和起来了。 玛丽正看着本挖土，这时她听到一阵轻微的沙沙声。 知更鸟落在地上。 他非常活泼，在她脚边跳来跳去。 “他以前从来没见过小女孩，”本说

said. "He wants to find out all about you." "Are things growing where he lives? In the garden with the old rose trees?" Mary asked. "Ask the robin," Ben said. "He's the only one who's been inside it for ten years." A little later, Mary wandered off. She was thinking of how she liked the garden, and how she'd begun to like the robin, and Dickon, and Martha's mother, and Martha. She wasn't used to liking people. She found the path outside the ivy-covered wall. The robin flew around there, too. He hopped about the bare flowerbeds, pecked at the ground, and pretended not to notice Mary. But she knew that he had followed her. This excited her. "You are the prettiest bird in the world!" she exclaimed, "and you remember me!" Mary talked and chirped back to him; the robin puffed out his chest, flicked his tail,

说。“他想知道关于你的一切。” “他住的地方长东西了吗？” 在花园里有老玫瑰树的地方？”玛丽问道。 “问知更鸟吧，”本说。 “他是唯一一个在里面待了十年的人。” 过了一会儿，玛丽走了。 她在想她是多么喜欢这个花园，她是多么开始喜欢知更鸟、狄肯、玛莎的妈妈和玛莎。 她不习惯喜欢别人。 她在爬满常春藤的墙外找到了小路。 知更鸟也在那里飞来飞去。 他在光秃秃的花坛上跳来跳去，啄着地面，假装没有注意到玛丽。 但她知道他一直在跟踪她。 这使她很兴奋。“你是世界上最漂亮的鸟！”她叫道，“而且你还记得我！”玛丽跟他说话，叽叽喳喳地回答他；知更鸟挺起胸膛，甩动尾巴，

and twittered. She put her face close to his and tried to make robin sounds. But she knew not to touch him for fear of frightening him away. The robin hopped over to the flowerbed and began to peck for a worm. Then Mary noticed something in the dirt: it looked like a rusty ring of iron or brass. She waited until the robin flew back to a treetop. Then she reached down. But it wasn't a ring. It was an old key, and it had been buried for a long time.

和twitter。她把脸凑近他的脸，试图发出知更鸟的声音。 但她知道不能碰他，以免把他吓跑。 知更鸟跳上花坛，开始啄虫子。 接着，玛丽注意到泥土里有什么东西：看起来像是一个生锈的铁或黄铜环。 她一直等到知更鸟飞回树梢。 然后她伸出手。但那不是戒指。 这是一把旧钥匙，埋在地下很久了。