8 Daisy’s Ball

CHAPTER 8 Daisy's Ball One day, the boys were all sitting around just waiting for something to happen when an invitation came from Daisy: Mrs. Shakespeare Smith would like to have Mr. John Brooke (Demi), Mr.

第八章黛西的舞会有一天，男孩们正围坐在一起等着发生什么事，这时黛西来了一张请帖：莎士比亚·史密斯夫人想请约翰·布鲁克先生（黛米饰）、约翰·布鲁克先生来参加舞会。

Thomas Banks (Tommy), and Mr. Nathaniel Blake (Nat) come to her ball at three o'clock today. P.S. Nat must bring his fiddle so we can dance, and all the boys must behave, or they cannot have the goodies we have cooked. After a careful inspection of the paper, Tommy said, "The girls have been cooking lots of goodies. I've smelled them. Why don't we go?" "I've never been to a ball. What do you do?" Nat asked. "Oh, we'll just play at being gentlemen and dance to please the girls. Then we can eat the goodies," Tommy said. "I'll write and say that we'll come," Demi replied and quickly jotted down:

托马斯·班克斯（汤米）和纳撒尼尔·布莱克先生（纳特）今天三点钟来参加她的舞会。 附：纳特必须把他的小提琴带来，这样我们才能跳舞，所有的男孩都必须守规矩，否则他们就不能吃我们做的好吃的。 汤米仔细看了一下纸后说：“女孩们做了很多好吃的。 我闻过。我们为什么不去呢？”“我从没参加过舞会。 你是怎么做的？”Nat问道。 “哦，我们就扮演绅士的角色，跳舞来取悦姑娘们吧。 然后我们就可以吃糖果了，”汤米说。 “我会写信说我们会来的，”德米回答，并迅速记了下来。

We will all come. Please have lots to eat. —J.B., Esquire. Meanwhile, Daisy and Nan were nervously buzzing about the nursery, preparing for the ball. "Demi and Nat will be good, I know they will. But Tommy will do something bad. He always does, even though he doesn't mean to," Nan said. Daisy set the table and looked around at all the treats they had prepared in her little kitchen. "I shall send him away if he does, and we'll never ask him again." When the table was finished, both girls got into their costumes. As the lady of the house, Daisy's outfit was plain—only a red night cap with a bow to cover her head. Nan wore a wreath of artificial flowers, a pair of old pink slippers, a yellow scarf, a green muslin skirt, and a fan made of feathers from the duster. She said, "I'm more dressed up 'cause I'm the

我们都会来的。请多吃点。 有机。,《时尚先生》。与此同时，黛西和南在育儿室里紧张地忙碌着，为舞会做准备。 “Demi和Nat会很好的，我知道他们会的。 但是汤米会做坏事的。 他总是这样做，尽管他不是故意的。” 黛西摆好桌子，环顾四周，看看他们在她的小厨房里准备的所有点心。 “如果他这样做，我就把他打发走，我们再也不会问他了。” 桌子摆好后，两个女孩都穿上了戏服。 作为一家之主，黛西的装束很朴素——只戴了一顶红色的睡帽，头上扎了一个蝴蝶结。 南戴着一个人造花的花环，穿着一双粉红色的旧拖鞋，一条黄色的围巾，一条绿色的薄纱裙子，一把用掸子上的羽毛做成的扇子。 她说"我打扮得更正式，因为我是

daughter and you are the mother. I'll dance and talk more than you. The mothers only get the tea and have to be proper." Just then, a loud knock on the nursery door signaled that it was time for the party to begin. The door opened and there stood the boys wearing paper collars, tall black hats, and unmatched gloves of every color and material! "Good day, ma'am," Demi said in a very low voice that was hard to keep without hurting his throat. Everyone shook hands and then sat down looking so serious that the boys broke out in laughter. "Oh, please don't," Daisy said.

女儿和你是母亲。 我会比你多跳舞多说话。 妈妈们只负责沏茶，而且必须举止得体。” 就在这时，育儿室的门上传来一阵响亮的敲门声，这表明聚会该开始了。 门开了，男孩们站在那里，戴着纸领子，高高的黑帽子，戴着各种颜色和材质的无与伦比的手套！“你好，夫人，”德米用很低的声音说，很难保持这种声音，否则会伤到他的喉咙。 每个人都握了握手，然后坐了下来，看起来很严肃，男孩们笑了起来。 “哦，请不要，”黛西说。

Nan added, "You shall never come again if you keep laughing at us." Tommy giggled. "I can't help it. You look so funny." "So do you," Nan replied, "but I won't be so rude as to say so. You'll have to leave if you can't be nice, right Daisy?" Wanting to keep the peace, Daisy said to Nat, "Why don't you get your fiddle, and we'll have our dance now." The boys protested and asked to have dinner first, hoping to be able to leave before the dancing began, but they had no such luck. As Nat played, the two couples did the best they could, with the girls tripping over their costumes and the boys taking the wrong step more often than the right one. When they were all out of breath, the group sat back down at the table, and Daisy served everyone molasses and water. Tommy helped himself to nine cups!

南补充说：“如果你继续嘲笑我们，你就别想再来了。” 汤米咯咯笑了。“我没办法。 你看起来真滑稽。”“你也是，”南回答说，“但我不会那么粗鲁地这么说。 如果你不能对人好，你就得离开，对吗，黛西？”为了保持和平，黛西对纳特说：“你为什么不去拿你的小提琴，我们现在就开始跳舞。” 男孩们抗议，要求先吃晚饭，希望能在舞会开始前离开，但他们没有这样的运气。 在纳特的表演中，两对情侣尽了最大的努力，女孩们被自己的服装绊倒，男孩们走错的步子比走对的步子要多。 等大家都上气不接下气了，大家又在桌旁坐下，黛西给大家端上糖蜜和水。 汤米自己喝了九杯！

"Now you need to ask Nan to sing," Daisy whispered to Demi. He cleared his throat, dropped his voice, and said politely, "How about a song?" Nan sprung into action and promptly sang three pretty songs for the boys, who clapped with great energy when she finished. "Now we shall have the meal," Daisy said as she proudly served up the custard she had made. It was so runny that they ended up having to drink it. Then it was time for the final course: raisin tarts. Only they were missing! "You've got them, Tommy. I know you do," Nan said. "I haven't." "I can see them in your pockets!" she shouted. "Come on, let's give them back," Demi said. But Tommy wouldn't have it—it was too much fun to keep them. Nat, who had been enjoying himself a great deal, pounced forward and started to chase Tommy around the room. Soon there

“现在你需要让南唱歌，”黛西低声对黛米说。 他清了清嗓子，压低声音，礼貌地说：“唱首歌怎么样？”南立即行动起来，为男孩们唱了三首漂亮的歌，当她唱完时，男孩们热烈地鼓掌。 “现在我们可以吃饭了，”黛西一边说一边自豪地端上她做的蛋奶冻。 它太稀了，他们最后不得不喝了它。 然后是最后一道菜：葡萄干挞。 只是他们不见了！“你拿到了，汤米。 我知道你喜欢，”南说。“我没有。” “我看见它们在你的口袋里！”她喊道。 “来吧，让我们把它们还给他们，”德米说。 但是汤米不愿意——留着它们太好玩了。 一直玩得很开心的纳特，突然冲上前去，开始在房间里追着汤米跑。 很快就有