4 The Birds Leave the Nest

CHAPTER 4 The Birds Leave the Nest "Peter," Wendy said, "why did you come to the nursery?"

第四章鸟儿离开巢“彼得，”温迪说，“你为什么到育儿室来？”

"To hear the story your mother was telling," Peter replied. Wendy was a bit disappointed to learn that he had not come for her, but she asked, "Which story was it?" "It was the story about the lady who lost her glass slipper. But I had to leave, and I missed the ending." "That's 'Cinderella,'" Wendy said. "I can tell you how it ends. The prince finds her, and they live happily ever after." Peter turned to the window. "Wait, where are you going?" Wendy asked. "Back to Neverland to tell the other boys!" Peter replied. "Don't go," Wendy begged. "I know lots of other stories, even better than that one." "Well, then, come on!" he said, dragging her. "We'll fly back together. You can tell the stories to the lost boys." "Let go of me!" Wendy cried. She was very

彼得回答说：“听你妈妈讲的故事。” 温迪知道他不是来接她的，有点失望，但她问：“是哪个故事？”这是一个关于一位女士丢了水晶鞋的故事。 但我不得不离开，我错过了结局。” “那是《灰姑娘》。”温迪说。 “我可以告诉你结局。 王子找到了她，从此他们幸福地生活在一起。” 彼得转向窗户。 “等等，你要去哪儿？”温迪问。 “回永无乡去告诉其他男孩！”彼得回答说。 “别走。”温迪恳求道。“我知道很多其他的故事，甚至比这个更好。” “好吧，那就走吧！”他拉着她说。 “我们一起飞回去。你可以把这些故事讲给迷路的孩子们听。” “放开我！”温迪喊道。 她非常

flattered to be asked, of course, but she couldn't leave her poor mother. Besides, she couldn't fly. "I'll teach you," Peter said. Wendy had always wanted to learn how to fly. "Think how much the lost boys will love you," Peter continued. "You could be a sort of mother to them. You could even tuck them in. None of them has ever been tucked in before." This was too much for Wendy to resist. She did have very strong maternal feelings. "What about John and Michael?" she asked. "If I leave them, they will be lost boys in a way as well." "They can come. I'll teach them to fly, too." At this, the boys jumped out of bed. They had been listening quietly the entire time, not letting on that they were really awake. But at the thought of flying, they could no longer stay still. Suddenly Peter spun around. "Shhh," he said. His eyes narrowed. "Listen. Do you hear that?" Wendy didn't hear anything.

被邀请当然是受宠若惊，但她不能离开她可怜的母亲。 此外，她不会飞。 “我来教你。”彼得说。 温迪一直想学习飞行。 “想想那些迷路的孩子会多么爱你。”彼得继续说。 “你可以做他们的母亲。 你甚至可以把它们塞进去。 他们从来没有被塞过。” 这让温迪难以抗拒。 她确实有很强的母性情感。 “约翰和迈克尔怎么办？”她问。 “如果我离开他们，他们在某种程度上也会变成迷路的孩子。” “他们可以来。我也要教它们飞。” 听到这里，男孩们从床上跳了起来。 他们一直在静静地听着，没有表现出他们真的醒着。 但是一想到要飞起来，他们就再也呆不住了。 彼得突然转过身来。 “嘘，”他说。他眯起眼睛。 “听着。你听到了吗？”温迪什么也没听见。

"Exactly," Peter said. Nana, sensing his presence, had been barking since Peter had entered the nursery. Now she was oddly quiet. "There can be only one explanation," John said. "She's broken her chain and is running up here. I want to learn how to fly, and Nana's going to ruin everything!" "Pretend to be sleeping," Peter instructed. "Tink and I will hide." And so it was that Liza, the family cook, saw the children resting peacefully when she entered with the very excited Nana. Liza had finally had enough of Nana's barking and thought the best way to ease the dog's mind would be to bring her upstairs and show her that the children were fine. "I told you so!" she whispered to Nana. "They are all safe and sound. Silly dog!" Nana was still suspicious, but Liza would have no more of it. She dragged Nana downstairs and chained her up again. What else could Nana do? She strained and

“没错。”彼得说。娜娜觉察到了他的存在，自从彼得进了育儿室，她就一直在叫。 现在她出奇地安静。“这只能有一个解释，”约翰说。 “她断了链子，正往这儿跑呢。 我想学飞，娜娜会毁了一切的！”“假装在睡觉。”彼得指示道。 “叮叮铃和我躲起来。”就这样，家里的厨师丽莎和非常兴奋的娜娜进来时，看见孩子们在安静地休息。 莉莎终于受够了娜娜的吠叫，她想最好的办法就是把她带到楼上，让她看看孩子们都很好。 “我告诉过你！”她低声对娜娜说。 “他们都安然无恙。 傻狗!”娜娜还是很怀疑，但莉莎再也听不下去了。 她把娜娜拖下楼，又把她拴起来。 娜娜还能怎么办呢？她紧张起来，

strained at her chain until it finally broke. Then she ran over to where Mr. and Mrs. Darling were dining and burst into the house, barking for help. Even Mr. Darling realized at once that some thing must be seriously wrong at home. Thanking their hosts, he and Mrs. Darling rushed out. But it had been ten minutes since Nana had been in the nursery, and Peter Pan could do a lot in ten minutes. "You simply think wonderful thoughts," Peter explained, "and they lift you up in the air." The children tried and tried, thinking the happiest thoughts they could, but still they could not rise from their beds. Of course, Peter was not telling them the whole truth. No one can fly unless some fairy dust has been blown on them.

拼命拉她的链子，直到最后断了。 然后她跑到达林夫妇吃饭的地方，冲进屋里，大声呼救。 连达林先生也立刻意识到家里一定出了严重的问题。 谢过主人，他和达林太太就冲了出去。 可是娜娜离开育儿室已经十分钟了，彼得·潘在十分钟内可以做很多事。 “你只是想一些奇妙的想法，”彼得解释说，“它们就把你提升到空中。” 孩子们试了又试，尽其所能地想着最幸福的事情，但他们仍然不能从床上爬起来。 当然，彼得并没有告诉他们全部的真相。 没有仙尘吹在身上，谁也飞不起来。

Tinker Bell was still being uncooperative, but Peter had some dust on his hands from holding her earlier. He blew a bit on each of the children and—wouldn't you know it—they flew! Oh, how they laughed as they sailed clumsily around their room.

叮叮铃还是不配合，但彼得的手上沾了些先前抱过她的灰尘。 他对着每个孩子吹了一点——你不知道——他们飞起来了！噢，他们笨拙地在房间里走来走去，笑得多么厉害啊。