16 The Return Home

CHAPTER 16 The Return Home Everyone woke up early next day. It was a very long journey back home and the sea was quite

第十六章回家第二天大家都起得很早。 回家的路程很长，大海很平静

rough, so the going would be slow. With slight alterations from Wendy, the pirates' clothes fit the boys just fine—pants cut off at the knees and jaunty hats and eye patches. The scowls they added themselves. Peter, of course, was the captain. Nibs and John were first and second mates. None of the boys had any training in sailing a pirate ship, but they pretended they did—which in Neverland is always enough. As they worked, securing jibs and sheets and all sorts of other sailor words, they sang and cheered heartily. Finally, they got the ship out into the open sea, let loose her sails, and started for England. It was time. Peter had decided that they would sail as far as the Azore Islands, and then fly the rest of the way. He stood at the wheel and addressed his pirate crew. "You scum," he cried. "You mangy dogs! There will be no mutiny on my ship, or else!" The boys knew that Peter was only pretending

很粗糙，所以走得很慢。 海盗们的衣服在温迪的基础上做了一些改动，很适合孩子们——膝盖处剪掉的细裤子、时髦的帽子和眼罩。 他们把愁眉苦脸加在自己身上。 当然，彼得是船长。 尼布斯和约翰是大副和二副。 没有一个男孩受过驾驶海盗船的训练，但他们假装有——这在永无乡总是足够的。 他们一边干活，一边系好钩索、床单和各种水手用语，一边尽情地唱着歌，欢呼着。 最后，他们把船开到公海上，松开船帆，向英国驶去。 是时候了。彼得已经决定，他们将航行到亚速尔群岛，然后再飞剩下的路。 他站在方向盘前，对他的海盗船员讲话。 “你这个人渣，”他喊道。“你们这些讨厌的狗！”我的船上不准发生兵变，否则就会发生别的事！”孩子们知道彼得只是在假装

to be a pirate, but—unlike them—he couldn't always tell the difference. He was even wearing Hook's old clothes. And so they laughed, but nervously. Let us leave the boys on the boat and travel back to the Darlings' home. It seems a shame to have neglected it all this time. But Mrs. Darling wouldn't have wanted us to focus on her when we could, instead, be keeping an eye on her little ones. It would serve those naughty children right if their beds were not made and their room was all dusty and their parents weren't even home, having forgotten all about them. Of course, this is not the case, and this is the kind of thing children count on so they can have their adventures. The only difference from when they left is that Nana is no longer chained. Mr. Darling could admit when he was wrong. The second the children had flown, he had invited Nana back

他想当海盗，但是——不像他们——他总是分不清其中的区别。 他甚至还穿着虎克的旧衣服。 于是他们笑了，但有些紧张。 让我们把孩子们留在船上，回达林家去吧。 一直忽视它似乎是一种耻辱。 但是达林太太不希望我们把注意力集中在她身上，因为我们可以照顾她的孩子们。 如果那些淘气的孩子们的床没有铺好，他们的房间里满是灰尘，他们的父母甚至都不在家，把他们忘得一干二净，那可真是活该。 当然，事实并非如此，这是孩子们赖以冒险的东西。 唯一和他们离开时不同的是娜娜不再被锁住了。 达林先生能承认自己错了。 孩子们一飞走，他就邀请娜娜回来

into the house, where she had stayed. Then, however, he had done a most unusual thing. He had gone down on all fours and crawled into Nana's kennel himself! Mrs. Darling had begged him to come out, but he had said, "Not until the children come back." Every morning, the kennel was carried with Mr. Darling in it to the office, and then back again at night. This is my punishment, and it is proper, he thought. Given how much he cared what other people thought of him, it was a hard punishment indeed. People laughed and pointed, peering inside, and he became known as "Darling in the Kennel." The true beauty of his sacrifice, however, soon shone through. When the public learned why he had confined himself to Nana's kennel, they began to follow him, not to laugh, but to praise. Girls asked for his autograph. Society types invited him to dinner—in his kennel and black tie, of course. KENNEL—one headline in the

走进她住过的房子。 然而，他做了一件极不寻常的事。 他四肢着地，爬进了娜娜的狗窝！达林太太曾求他出来，但他说：“孩子们回来了再说。” 每天早晨，达林先生把狗窝抬到办公室，晚上再抬回来。 这是对我的惩罚，这是正当的，他想。 考虑到他多么在意别人对他的看法，这的确是一种严厉的惩罚。 人们又笑又指，往里面看，他被称为“狗窝里的宝贝”。 然而，他的牺牲的真正美很快就显现出来了。 当大家知道他为什么躲在娜娜的狗窝里时，他们开始跟着他，不是嘲笑，而是赞美。 女孩们向他要签名。 上流社会人士邀请他共进晚餐——当然是在他的狗窝里，戴着黑领带。 犬舍，是报纸头条之一

papers read—THE NEW GOOD FORM. It was what he had always wanted, and yet Mr. Darling could not enjoy his new status in the community. Mrs. Darling was sad as well. When she managed to fall asleep, usually in her chair by the fire, she would dream of her children. This night was no different. Tonight, however, let us whisper in her ear that the children are on their way home. But perhaps we should not, because she has wakened with a start, calling out their names. There is a chill in the air, but the Darlings would never dare close the window. It must always stay open for the children. Little do they know that, at this moment, there is someone at that window. It is Peter. He has flown ahead, with Tinker Bell. "Open," Peter muttered bitterly, upon seeing the

报纸阅读新的好形式。 这是他一直想要的，可是达林先生却不能享受他在社会上的新地位。 达林太太也很伤心。 当她设法入睡时，通常是在火炉旁的椅子上，她会梦见她的孩子们。 这一夜也不例外。 今晚，让我们在她耳边悄悄告诉她，孩子们正在回家的路上。 但也许我们不应该，因为她被惊醒了，喊着他们的名字。 空气中有一丝寒意，但达林一家从来不敢关上窗户。 它必须一直为孩子们开着。 他们不知道，在这一刻，有人在那扇窗户。 我是彼得。他和小叮当一起飞到了前面。 “打开，”彼得看到那张

window. "I knew it would be." Peter came up with one final plan. He would fly in quietly—so as not to wake Mr. Darling in his kennel—lock the window, and then sneak out through the front door. That way, when Wendy and the boys arrived, they would think their parents had forgotten about them, and they would have to come back to Neverland. Oh, this is a brilliant idea! he thought. He didn't care about Wendy's or her mother's feelings—only about what he wanted. Children can be selfish that way. On his way back out of the house, however, Peter passed Mrs. Darling, sleeping by the fire. Seeing the dried tears on her puffy face, he felt guilty for the first time. I need her, too! he wanted to shout. We can't both have her. He jumped and sang, and made funny faces, but as hard as he tried, he couldn't get poor Mrs. Darling's tears out of his head. Maybe he was

窗口。“我就知道会这样。” 彼得想出了最后一个计划。 他会悄悄地飞进来——以免吵醒狗窝里的达林先生——锁上窗户，然后从前门溜出去。 这样，当温迪和孩子们到达时，他们就会以为父母已经把他们忘了，他们就不得不回到永无乡。 哦，这是个好主意！他想。 他不关心温迪或她母亲的感受，只关心他想要什么。 孩子们可能会这样自私。 然而，在他走出屋子的路上，彼得从睡在火炉边的达林太太身边经过。 看到她浮肿的脸上已经干了的眼泪，他第一次感到内疚。 我也需要她！他想大叫一声。 我们不能同时拥有她。他又跳又唱，做着滑稽的鬼脸，但不管他怎么努力，他还是无法把可怜的达林太太的眼泪从他的脑海中抹去。 也许他是