12 Lost and Found

CHAPTER 12 Lost and Found One day, Sara and Becky were enjoying their secret morning treat when they heard a soft scratching at the window. The monkey's face appeared in the window. The next second, just as he had before, he lifted up the windowpane and climbed down into Sara's room. When Becky shrieked, Sara said, "It's okay. He's just the sweet little monkey from next door. Doesn't he look like a little baby?"

第十二章失物招领一天，萨拉和贝基正在享受她们早晨的秘密款待，突然听到有人轻轻地抓窗户。 猴子的脸出现在窗户里。 下一秒，就像刚才一样，他掀起窗玻璃，爬进萨拉的房间。 贝基尖叫起来，萨拉说：“没事的。 他只是隔壁可爱的小猴子。 他看起来不像个小婴儿吗？”

"A very ugly little baby," Becky said, slowly coming closer. "What are you going to do with him?" "Well," Sara said, "I know that Ram Dass and the Indian gentleman will be quite wild with worry when they discover him missing. So I must take him back over immediately." Next door, no one had yet noticed that the monkey was missing because Mr. Carmichael had just returned from Moscow, with bad news to report. He had been unable to find the little Crewe girl. Mr. Carrisford, who had been cheered up for a time by Ram Dass's secret mission next door, all at once turned completely weary and miserable. "Come, come," Carmichael said, in his cheery voice. "We'll find her yet." They were interrupted by an announcement of a visitor. Ram Dass told them that it was the child from next door bringing back the monkey, which had just

“一个非常丑的小婴儿。”贝基说着，慢慢地走近一些。 “你打算拿他怎么办？”“嗯，”萨拉说，“我知道拉姆·达斯和那个印度绅士发现他不见了，一定会急得发疯的。 所以我必须马上把他接回来。” 在隔壁，还没有人注意到那只猴子不见了，因为卡迈克尔刚刚从莫斯科回来，带来了坏消息。 他一直没能找到那个克鲁小女孩。 拉姆·达斯在隔壁的秘密任务让卡里斯福德先生高兴了一会儿，但他突然变得疲惫不堪，痛苦不堪。 “来吧，来吧，”卡迈克尔用愉快的声音说。 “我们会找到她的。”有人宣布有客人来了，打断了他们的谈话。 拉姆·达斯告诉他们，是隔壁的孩子把猴子带回来的，那只猴子刚刚

broken into her attic room. "I thought it might please you to see and to speak with her," Ram Dass suggested. Mr. Carrisford quickly filled in Mr. Carmichael on the details of his and Ram Dass's magical plan to help the girl next door. The children squealed with delight. Sara then made her entrance with a curtsy. "Your monkey ran away again," she told the Indian gentleman in her pretty voice. "I thought you might be worried. Shall I give him to the lascar?" "How do you know he is a lascar?" Nora asked with wonder. "Oh, I know lascars," Sara said. "I was born in India." The Indian gentleman sat bolt upright so suddenly that, for a moment, Sara was scared. "Question her, Carmichael," he said. "I

闯入她的阁楼房间。 “我想，你见她一面，跟她说话，也许会高兴的。”拉姆·达斯建议道。 卡里斯福德先生迅速向卡迈克尔先生讲述了他和拉姆·达斯帮助邻家女孩的神奇计划的细节。 孩子们高兴得尖叫起来。 然后萨拉行了个屈膝礼走了进来。 “你的猴子又跑了，”她用美丽的声音对印度绅士说。 “我想你可能会担心。 我把他交给印度水手好吗？”“你怎么知道他是印度水手？”诺拉惊奇地问。 “哦，我认识印度水手，”萨拉说。 “我出生在印度。”那个印度绅士突然坐直了身子，有那么一会儿，萨拉吓了一跳。 “问她，卡迈克尔，”他说。 “我

cannot." The big, kind father of the Large Family knew how to question little girls. And Sara liked to tell stories. So within a few minutes she had told all of hers. She explained everything: from her papa losing all of his money in the diamond mines because of a friend who let him down and then ran away, to being forced to work as a scullery maid at Miss Minchin's boarding school. Then she came to the final chapter—the magic that may have saved her life. "What was your father's name?" the Indian gentleman said, his voice faint. "Captain Ralph Crewe," Sara said proudly. "Carmichael!" the invalid gasped. "It is the child!" For a moment, the ailing Carrisford seemed to faint dead away. Ram Dass had to rush out of the room for a bottle of smelling salts. He held them under Carrisford's nose to revive him.

不能。”这个大家庭里那位高大、仁慈的父亲知道如何问小女孩问题。 萨拉喜欢讲故事。 几分钟之内，她就把自己的故事讲完了。 她解释了一切：从她爸爸因为一个朋友让他失望而离家出走，在钻石矿失去了所有的钱，到被迫在明钦小姐的寄宿学校做洗碗女工。 然后她读到了最后一章——可能救了她一命的魔法。 “你父亲叫什么名字？”印度绅士说，声音很微弱。 “拉尔夫·克鲁船长，”萨拉骄傲地说。 “卡迈克尔！”病人喘着气说。 “是那个孩子！”有那么一会儿，生病的卡里斯福德似乎昏倒了。 拉姆·达斯不得不冲出房间去拿一瓶嗅盐。 他把它们放在卡里斯福德的鼻子底下，想让他苏醒过来。

"What child am I?" Sara asked timidly. Mr. Carmichael spoke calmly, so as not to scare her. "Mr. Carrisford was your father's friend. But he didn't betray your father or lose your father's money. He only thought he had, because he was so ill from brain fever. By the time he recovered, your poor papa was dead. Mr. Carrisford has been looking for you ever since. He has searched for you all over Europe—in France and Moscow— and here you were, all this time!" "Yes—for two years, just on the other side of the wall," Sara finished. She could not believe how long she had waited. A thought flew into her head. "Wait a minute," she said. "Did Ram Dass bring the things across the roof and into my room?" "Yes!" Janet answered. "Mr. Carrisford was your rich secret friend." Sara threw her thin arms around the Indian

“我是什么孩子？”萨拉胆怯地问。 卡迈克尔先生说话很平静，以免吓着她。 “卡里斯福德先生是你父亲的朋友。 但他没有背叛你父亲，也没有弄丢你父亲的钱。 他只是以为他有，因为他得了脑热。 等他康复的时候，你可怜的爸爸已经死了。 从那以后，卡里斯福德先生一直在找你。 他在欧洲到处找你——在法国和莫斯科——而你却一直在这里！”“是的——两年，就在墙的另一边，”萨拉说完。 她简直不敢相信自己等了这么久。 她突然有了一个念头。 “等一下，”她说。 “是拉姆·达斯把东西从屋顶搬到我房间里来的吗？”“是的!”珍妮回答。 “卡里斯福德先生是你富有的秘密朋友。” 萨拉伸出瘦削的双臂搂住了印第安人

gentleman and hugged him as hard as she could. "This is exactly the medicine my friend needed," Carmichael thought happily. Suddenly, Miss Minchin came rushing into the room, following by a maid begging everyone's pardon. One of the students had seen Sara enter the house next door. Sara rose and became rather pale, but Mr. Carrisford put a steady hand upon her head to calm her. "I am sorry to bother you," Miss Minchin said in a huff. "I am Miss Minchin, the headmistress of the young ladies' boarding school next door. And I am so sorry that this child has given you trouble." She turned to face Sara. "You—go home at once! You will be severely punished." But the Indian gentleman held Sara at his side. "She is not going anywhere. She is home."

然后紧紧地抱住了他。 “这正是我朋友需要的药，”卡迈克尔高兴地想。 突然，明钦小姐冲进房间，后面跟着一个女仆，请大家原谅。 有个学生看见萨拉进了隔壁的房子。 萨拉站起身来，脸色变得相当苍白，但卡里斯福德先生稳稳地把手放在她的头上，让她平静下来。 “很抱歉打扰你，”明钦小姐气呼呼地说。 “我是明钦小姐，是隔壁年轻女子寄宿学校的校长。 我很抱歉这个孩子给你带来了麻烦。” 她转过身来面对萨拉。“你——马上回家去！”你会受到严厉的惩罚。” 但是印度绅士把萨拉抱在身边。 “她哪儿也不去。 她在家。”