11 Boxes

11. BOXES Next morning, Matilda caught the bus back to Hag's Head. She was nervous as she knocked on the sea hags' door. She wondered if the packages had been delivered to Hag's Head House. She hadn't been able to put a zip code on the orders, because the sea hags didn't know if they had one. What if their stuff didn't turn up? The door opened. All three hags stood in the doorway, looking a little

11. 第二天早上，玛蒂尔达搭上了回巫婆头的公共汽车。 当她敲海妖的门时，她很紧张。 她不知道那些包裹是不是已经送到了黑巫婆的院长学院。 她没能在订单上写上邮政编码，因为海妖们不知道她们是否有邮政编码。 如果他们的东西没找到怎么办？ 门开了。三个母夜叉都站在门口，看着有点

disappointed that it was only Matilda and not a delivery. "Come in, dearie," said Pipweed. "Cup of tea?" said Maerl. "I've just squeezed a toad!" added Dabberlocks. "Um... can I just have blackberry tea again, please?" said Matilda. They sat in the kitchen and drank tea. Thankfully the hags had made some fresh blueberry muffins, which Matilda enjoyed, while the three sisters polished off the leftover slug torte. Matilda took this opportunity to explain how they could continue to sell gold, pay it into the bank, and buy whatever they wanted on

失望的是只有玛蒂尔达而不是送货上门。 “进来，亲爱的。”皮普威德说。 “来杯茶吗？”“我刚捏了一只蟾蜍！”达伯洛克补充道。 “嗯……我能再喝一杯黑莓茶吗？”玛蒂尔达说。 他们坐在厨房里喝茶。 谢天谢地，老巫婆做了一些新鲜的蓝莓松饼，玛蒂尔达很喜欢，而三姐妹则把剩下的鼻涕虫蛋糕吃光了。 玛蒂尔达借此机会解释了他们如何继续出售黄金，将其存入银行，并购买他们想要的任何东西

the Magical Interweb. They just needed to take the bus to Dull-on-Sea whenever they felt like adding to their collections. The hags nodded and looked at her blankly. Every now and again they would shuffle to a corner of the kitchen and chatter among themselves. The wait seemed like an eternity.

神奇的互联网。每当他们想要增加他们的收藏时，他们只需要乘公共汽车去海边的杜尔。 老巫婆点点头，茫然地看着她。 他们时不时地拖着脚走到厨房的一个角落里，互相聊天。 等待似乎很漫长。

Matilda wondered how the Jolley-Rogers were doing, frozen in the cave. And where was Jim Lad? Three blackberry teas later, there was a knock on the door, and the sea hags jumped from their chairs. They all rushed into the hall, and Pipweed opened the door. "BEHOLD!" she cried. "THE DELIVERER!" A man holding three large boxes looked confused. "Just barely," he mumbled. "Took me awhile to find you. You weren't on my GPS, darlin'. Sign here, please." Pipweed signed for the packages, and they all bowed before the bemused driver. "Thank you, kind sir, for your generous

玛蒂尔达想知道乔利-罗杰斯一家在山洞里冻得怎么样了。 吉姆·拉德在哪里？喝了三杯黑莓茶后，有人敲门，海妖们从椅子上跳了起来。 他们都冲进了大厅，Pipweed打开了门。 “瞧！”她叫道。“拯救者!”一个拿着三个大箱子的人看起来很困惑。 “勉强。”他咕哝着。 “我花了好长时间才找到你。 你不在我的GPS上，亲爱的。 请在这里签名。”Pipweed签收了包裹，他们都在困惑的司机面前鞠躬。 “谢谢你，好心的先生，谢谢你的慷慨

gifts! Please return to your magical kingdom until we call you again!" Moments later, the sea hags were joyfully opening their boxes. Matilda had never felt so relieved. "So," she said quietly, "can you unfreeze my pirate friends, please?" Suddenly the mood turned dark. The sea hags' smiles had disappeared, and they were glaring at Matilda under three furrowed brows. "We're afraid to say, we've changed our minds. You really have been very kind.

礼物!请回到你的魔法王国，直到我们再次召唤你！”过了一会儿，海妖们兴高采烈地打开了箱子。 玛蒂尔达从来没有这么松过一口气。 “那么，”她平静地说，“你能帮我的海盗朋友解冻吗？”气氛突然变得阴沉起来。 海丑的笑容不见了，她们皱着眉头怒视着玛蒂尔达。 “我们不敢说，我们已经改变了主意。 你真是太好了。