8 Something in the Ivy

CHAPTER 8 Something in the Ivy Mary put the key in her pocket. She decided to keep it with her whenever she went outside, in case she found the hidden door to the garden. She wouldn't ask for permission to go in, either. She imagined making a special place just for herself. As she thought, she stared at the ivy walls. "It's very silly," she said tartly. "I'm so near the garden, but there's no way in!" The next morning, Martha returned from

第八章常春藤里的东西玛丽把钥匙放进口袋里。 她决定无论什么时候出门都带着它，以防她发现通往花园的暗门。 她也不会请求允许进去。 她想象着为自己建一个特别的地方。 她一边想，一边盯着常春藤的墙壁。 “这太愚蠢了，”她尖刻地说。 “我离花园这么近了，可是进不去！”第二天早上，玛莎回来了

her day off with lots to tell Mary. "I told my family about you!" Martha said cheerfully. "They wanted to hear all about the little girl from India who had been waited on her whole life." Mary said, "I'll tell you more before your next day off. Your brothers and sisters might like to hear about riding on elephants and camels and hunting tigers." "My word!" Martha exclaimed with delight. "That would be as good as the wild animal shows!" She then put her hand into her apron pocket. "I've brought you a present," Martha said. She took out a strange object: a rope with a striped handle at each end. Mary was mystified. She'd never seen one and asked what it was for. "It's a skipping rope," Martha explained.

她有很多话要对玛丽说。 “我跟家人说起过你！”玛莎高兴地说。 “他们想听听关于这个从小就被侍候的印度小女孩的一切。” 玛丽说：“在你下一个休息日之前我会告诉你更多的。 你的兄弟姐妹可能会喜欢听你讲骑大象、骆驼和打老虎的故事。” “我的话!”玛莎高兴地叫道。 “那就和野生动物表演一样好了！”然后她把手伸进围裙口袋里。 “我给你带来了一件礼物，”玛莎说。 她拿出一件奇怪的东西：一根两端有条纹把手的绳子。 玛丽感到迷惑不解。她从来没见过，就问那是干什么用的。 “这是一根跳绳，”玛莎解释说。

"Mother bought it from a peddler. Just watch!" Martha went to the middle of the room and began to skip. She counted to a hundred. When she stopped, her cheeks glowed and her eyes sparkled. Her breath came in little pants. "I could already skip to five hundred when I was twelve," Martha said breathlessly. She handed the rope to Mary. "Now you try," she said. "It does take practice, but Mother says there's no better toy. She says that skipping rope will stretch your limbs and make you stronger." Mary wasn't very good at skipping. Still, she liked trying and didn't want to stop. "Go skip outside," Martha said. "Mother says you should be outdoors as much as you can." Mary got into her coat and slung her new

“妈妈从一个小贩那里买的。 看!”玛莎走到房间中间，开始蹦蹦跳跳。 她数到一百。当她停下来的时候，她的脸颊容光焕发，眼睛闪闪发光。 她呼吸急促。 “我十二岁的时候就能跳到五百岁了，”玛莎上气不接下气地说。 她把绳子递给玛丽。 “现在你试试，”她说。“这需要练习，但是妈妈说没有比这更好的玩具了。 她说跳绳可以伸展四肢，让你更强壮。” 玛丽不太擅长跳绳。 尽管如此，她还是喜欢尝试，不想停下来。 “到外面去蹦蹦跳跳，”玛莎说。 “妈妈说你应该尽可能多到户外去。” 玛丽穿上外套，把新衣服挂起来

toy over her arm. She was about to leave when she turned back to Martha. "It was your wages that bought this rope, wasn't it? Thank you, Martha." She said it so stiffly because she wasn't used to thanking people. Then she held out her hand. Martha shook it. The handshake was a little formal, but Martha understood that Mary wasn't used to showing her feelings. Outside, Mary began to skip rope while counting. She skipped around the fountain, then into the kitchen garden. Ben Weatherstaff was there with the robin. "Well!" he declared. "Perhaps you are a youngster— not an old lady with sour buttermilk in her veins!" "I can only skip to twenty," Mary said, "but I'm getting better." "You keep on going," Ben said. "That robin

玩具在她的手臂上。她正要离开，这时她转过身来看着玛莎。 “这条绳子是你的工资买的，对吗？”谢谢你，玛莎。” 她说得那么生硬，是因为她不习惯感谢别人。 然后她伸出手来。 玛莎摇了摇它。握手有点正式，但玛莎明白玛丽不习惯表达自己的感情。 外面，玛丽一边数数，一边开始跳绳。 她绕着喷泉跳了一圈，然后进入了厨房的花园。 本·威瑟斯塔夫带着知更鸟在那里。 “好吧！”“也许你是一个年轻人——而不是一个血管里流着酸酪乳的老太太！”“我只能跳到20岁，”玛丽说，“但我正在进步。” “你继续走，”本说。 ”罗宾,

will want to see you, I'm sure." So Mary skipped into the orchard. She wasn't used to so much exercise, but the more she skipped, the easier it became. At last, she reached the path beside the ivy wall. The robin was perched on a long branch in the thickest part of the ivy, chirping overhead. Mary laughed at him. "You showed me the key yesterday," she called out, "but I don't believe you can find the door!" Then something happened that could only have been magic. A gust of wind blew down the path: it was pleasant and strong. It blew some of the ivy branches away from the wall. They stirred like window curtains in a breeze. Mary grabbed the loose ivy. She had seen something in the wall—a round doorknob hidden by the vines. Her heart thumped in

我肯定会想见你的。” 于是玛丽跳进果园。 她不习惯这么多的锻炼，但她越不锻炼，锻炼就越容易。 最后，她来到了常春藤墙旁的小路上。 知更鸟栖息在常春藤最浓密的一根长枝上，在头顶上唧唧叫着。 玛丽嘲笑他。“你昨天给我看了钥匙，”她喊道，“但我不相信你能找到门！”然后发生了一件只可能是魔法的事。 一阵风顺着小路吹来，既令人愉快又强劲。 它把墙上的一些常春藤树枝吹走了。 他们像微风中的窗帘一样动来动去。 玛丽抓住松动的常春藤。 她在墙上看到了什么东西——一个藏在藤蔓后面的圆形门把手。 她的心怦怦直跳

her chest. She held the ivy away from the door. Touching the door with her fingers, she felt a small hole—a keyhole. Trembling, she took the rusty old key from her pocket where she had been hiding it. She put it in the keyhole. She had to use both hands to turn it, but somehow it did turn. She glanced up and down the path. No one was coming, so she took a deep breath and pushed. Very slowly and creakily, the door opened. She slipped inside and shut the door behind her. She was now inside the secret garden.

她的胸部。她把常春藤从门口拿开。 她用手指摸了摸门，摸到一个小洞——一个钥匙孔。 她颤抖着，从她一直藏着的口袋里拿出那把生锈的旧钥匙。 她把它放进锁孔里了。 她不得不用两只手来转动它，但不知怎么的，它确实转动了。 她扫视了一下小路。 没有人来，所以她深吸了一口气，推了推。 门慢慢地吱吱作响地开了。 她溜了进去，随手关上了门。 她现在在秘密花园里。