12 Little Jim

12. LITTLE JIM It was a bit chilly in the pantry. Matilda wasn't sure how long she'd been there, but she wasn't going to rescue the Jolley-Rogers if she was stuck in the pantry. She wondered what the hags had planned for her. Maybe they'd freeze her too. Or use her tongue for potions. Or make Nugget-and-Matilda stew! Then the key clunked and the door opened to reveal all three hags, with a mop and bucket, a broom, and a very long feather duster.

12. 小吉姆食品室里有点冷。 玛蒂尔达不知道她在那里待了多久，但如果她被困在食品储藏室里，她是不会去救乔利-罗杰斯的。 她不知道母夜叉们对她有什么计划。 也许他们也会把她冻起来。 或者用她的舌头做魔药。 或者做鸡块和玛蒂尔达炖肉！然后钥匙哐当一声，门开了，三个老巫婆都出来了，手里拿着拖把和水桶，一把扫帚和一把很长的羽毛掸子。

We've got some jobs! There's plenty to do! We've written a list! Especially for yoooou!

我们有工作要做！有很多事情要做！我们列了一个清单！尤其是对你！

The hags howled with laughter and handed Matilda a scroll. Matilda loosened the ribbon that bound it, and the list fell to the floor, revealing hundreds of chores. Even with so much to do, Matilda was happy to get out of the pantry. Helping around the house might give her the opportunity to escape-and save the Jolley-Rogers. She mopped the kitchen floor, scrubbed the counters, and washed the cups and saucers. The sea hags had a large vegetable garden, and pigs and chickens too.

女巫们放声大笑，递给玛蒂尔达一卷书卷。 玛蒂尔达松开绑在上面的丝带，清单掉在地上，露出了成百上千件家务。 尽管有这么多事情要做，玛蒂尔达还是很高兴能走出食品室。 帮忙做家务可能会给她逃脱的机会，并拯救乔利-罗杰斯。 她拖厨房地板，擦柜台，洗杯子和碟子。 海巫婆有一个很大的菜园，还有猪和鸡。

Matilda picked peas and dug up potatoes, carrots, and onions. She collected the eggs and fed the pigs, all under the watchful eye of Pipweed, who was knitting in a deck chair in a wide-brimmed hat, the cursed cat on her lap. Matilda spent the next hour in the kitchen, scrubbing potatoes, peeling carrots, and chopping onions. She passed everything to Maerl, who was concocting a soup in a vast stockpot. Next, she fed the animals in the observatory, the glass-walled room she'd been dumped in the day before. Among the mournful menagerie, Bones was still there, lying in the cage with his head

玛蒂尔达摘豌豆，挖土豆、胡萝卜和洋葱。 她收蛋喂猪，一切都在Pipweed的监视下进行。Pipweed头戴宽边帽，坐在甲板上的椅子上织毛线，腿上坐着那只该死的猫。 接下来的一个小时，玛蒂尔达在厨房里擦洗土豆，削胡萝卜皮，切洋葱。 她把一切都交给梅尔，梅尔正在一个大汤锅里煮汤。 接下来，她喂瞭望台里的动物，那是她前一天被扔进的玻璃墙房间。 在这群悲伤的动物中，骨头还在那里，用头躺在笼子里

on his paws. When he saw Matilda, he jumped up and started wagging his tail. "Don't worry, Bones," whispered Matilda as she pushed a bowl through the bars. "I'll hatch a plan. I'll get us out of here." Then she noticed Dabberlocks's elbows protruding from a tattered armchair by the window, where she was reading a thick, leather-bound book. The hag's head poked around the side of the chair. "Have you dusted the hats? The ships in my room? Have you brushed the floors? I gave you a broom!

用爪子。当他看到玛蒂尔达时，他跳了起来，开始摇尾巴。 “别担心，骨头，”玛蒂尔达一边推着碗穿过栅栏，一边小声说。 “我要想出一个计划。我要带我们离开这里。” 这时，她注意到达博洛克斯的胳膊肘伸在窗边一张破旧的扶手椅上，她正在那儿读一本厚厚的皮面书。 母夜叉的头从椅子边上探了出来。 “你掸了帽子上的灰了吗？” 我房间里的船？你刷地板了吗？ 我给了你一把扫帚！

Then you'll be back under lock and key, While we all have a snooze for an hour or three!" Matilda headed for the bedrooms, collecting the broom, a dustpan, and the feather duster on her way through the kitchen, where Maerl

然后你就会被锁起来，而我们都可以睡上一三个小时！”玛蒂尔达走向卧室，在穿过厨房的路上收集了扫帚、簸箕和鸡毛掸子