6 Polly’s Surprise

CHAPTER 6 Polly's Surprise Once Joel was all better, things got almost back to normal in the Little Brown House. "Oh, I wish Doctor Fisher would hurry and get here so he can take off these bandages once and for all!" Polly said. "He'll be here tomorrow, Polly," Mrs. Pepper reminded her. "I can't wait either!" Davie blurted out. Then

第6章波莉的惊喜乔尔好了以后，小布朗小屋的一切也几乎恢复了正常。 “啊，我真希望费雪医生赶快到这儿来，把这些绷带一劳永逸地解开！”波利说。 “他明天会来的，波莉。”佩珀太太提醒她。 “我也等不及了！”戴维脱口而出。 然后

he clapped his hand over his mouth and buried his head in Mrs. Pepper's lap. The other little Peppers could barely contain their excitement. They all knew a very important secret that was going to happen that day. Everyone except Polly knew, that is, because the secret was about her. "I'm afraid I'll tell her," Davie whispered. "No, you won't," Mrs. Pepper assured him. "But we must all do our best to keep Polly busy and out of the kitchen today." "Play a game," Ben suggested. "Play in the other room, and let me get busy in the kitchen," Mamsie added. Ben led Polly and the other children into the living room. Then Ben sneaked back into the kitchen. Polly, Phronsie, Davie, and Joel clapped and stamped and shouted. They could hardly hear the scraping and grating noises coming from the kitchen.

他用手捂住嘴，把头埋在佩珀太太的膝上。 其他的小辣椒们几乎无法抑制他们的兴奋。 他们都知道那天将要发生的一个非常重要的秘密。 除了波莉，每个人都知道，也就是说，因为这个秘密是关于她的。 “我怕我会告诉她，”戴维低声说。 “不，你不会的，”佩珀太太向他保证。 “但是我们今天必须尽力让波莉忙起来，不要再进厨房了。” “玩个游戏，”本建议。 “到另一个房间去玩，让我在厨房忙起来，”玛姆西补充说。 本把波莉和其他孩子带进了客厅。 然后本偷偷溜回厨房。 波莉、弗朗西、戴维和约尔又拍手，又跺脚，又喊。 他们几乎听不到厨房里传来的刮擦声和格栅声。

"Oh, look, I see the—" Phronsie sang out. Davie swooped in and tickled her before she could spoil the surprise. "What is that scraping noise?" Polly finally asked. "I'll go see," Joel said and flew into the kitchen. There, Joel saw his mother and Ben and two men at work on a big, black thing in the corner. The old stove was nowhere to be seen. In its place was a shiny new one, with lots of doors and burners. "I bet Polly will be able to bake me a beautiful birthday cake in that someday," Joel said. "You haven't told her, have you, Joel?" Mrs. Pepper asked. "No, but Polly can hear all the noise. She wants to know what it is. What will I do?" he asked. "Play tag. Sing a song. Do anything. We're almost done," Ben said.

“哦，瞧，我看见了——”弗朗西大声说。 戴维冲了进来，趁她还没破坏这个惊喜，就给她挠痒痒。 “那是什么声音？”波莉最后问道。 “我去看看。”乔尔说着飞进了厨房。 在那里，乔尔看到他的母亲、本和两个男人在角落里摆弄一个又大又黑的东西。 那个旧炉子不见了。 原来的地方是一间崭新的，有很多门和火炉。 “我敢打赌，波莉总有一天能在里面给我烤一个漂亮的生日蛋糕，”乔尔说。 “你还没告诉她吧，乔尔？”佩珀太太问。 “没有，但是波莉能听到所有的声音。 她想知道那是什么。 我该怎么办呢？”他问。 “玩捉人游戏。唱首歌。做任何事。 我们快完成了，”本说。

Luckily, when Joel got back to the bedroom, Polly was busy nursing Phronsie's newly hurt finger. Polly had forgotten all about the noise in the kitchen. The next morning, it seemed as if the Little Brown House would turn inside out with joy. Doctor Fisher untied the bandage around Polly's eyes. Her eyelids fluttered a bit in the darkened bedroom. They she opened her eyes wide. The first thing Polly saw was her mother's smiling face. "Oh, Mamsie," Polly cried, jumping into her mother's arms. "My eyes are new! It's as if I just got them. Do they look different?" Polly asked, running to the cracked mirror to see for herself. "They look like the same merry, brown eyes you always had," Ben said with a big grin. "Well," Polly said, hugging each of her brothers and sisters in turn, "everybody looks different through them anyway!" "Let's go into the kitchen, Polly," Joel said.

幸运的是，当约尔回到卧室时，波莉正忙着照顾弗朗西刚刚受伤的手指。 波莉把厨房里的吵闹声忘得一干二净。 第二天早上，棕色小房子似乎高兴得翻了个底朝天。 费希尔医生解开了波莉眼睛周围的绷带。 在昏暗的卧室里，她的眼皮微微颤动。 她睁大了眼睛。 波莉首先看到的是妈妈的笑脸。 “哦，妈妈，”波莉叫着，跳进妈妈的怀里。 “我的眼睛是新的！”就好像我刚得到它们一样。 他们看起来不一样吗？”波莉问，跑到有裂缝的镜子前，自己去看看。 “它们看起来就像你一直拥有的那双快乐的棕色眼睛，”本咧嘴笑着说。 “嗯，”波莉说着，轮流拥抱着她的兄弟姐妹们，“反正每个人戴着眼镜看起来都不一样！”“我们到厨房去吧，波莉。”乔尔说。

"It's so much nicer out there." The other children led Polly into the kitchen. She was ready to roll up her sleeves and start her work in the kitchen when she stopped and turned as pale as snow. She looked like she was going to tumble right over. Mrs. Pepper grabbed Polly to steady her. "What is it?" Polly asked, pointing to the corner. "It's a stove. Don't you know that, Polly?" Phronsie said. Polly raced across the kitchen and flung her arms around the big, black, shiny stove. She was laughing and crying all at the same time. All the children were so excited they began to speak at once. They joined hands and danced around like wild things. Mrs. Pepper laughed until she cried. From the doorway, Doctor Fisher smiled at the happy scene. Then, he quietly left the Little Brown House for what he hoped would be the

“外面好多了。” 其他孩子把波莉领进了厨房。 她正准备卷起袖子开始在厨房里干活，这时她停了下来，脸色变得像雪一样苍白。 她看起来就像要摔倒一样。 佩珀太太抓住波莉稳住她。 “什么事？”波莉指着墙角问。 “这是一个炉子。你不知道吗，波莉？”Phronsie说。 波莉跑过厨房，张开双臂搂住又黑又亮的大炉子。 她同时又哭又笑。 所有的孩子都很兴奋，他们立刻开始说话。 他们手拉手，像野兽一样跳来跳去。 佩珀太太笑得哭了。 站在门口，费希尔医生看着这幸福的一幕笑了。 然后，他安静地离开了小棕色房子，去他希望的地方

last time. "We're never going to have any more burnt bread," Polly sang, all out of breath. "And no big cracks to stuff with paper," Ben shouted. "Hurray!" screamed Joel and Davie. Phronsie gurgled and giggled through it all. "Oh, I wish Doctor Fisher had seen it! Where did he go?" Polly asked, looking around.

最后一次。“我们再也吃不到烧焦的面包了。”波莉上气不接下气地唱着。 “没有大裂缝可以用纸填。”本喊道。 “万岁！”乔尔和戴维尖叫着。 弗朗西一直咯咯地笑个不停。 “啊，我真希望费雪医生能看到它！他去哪儿了？”波莉环顾四周，问道。