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16. HOME The clouds had parted, and it was turning into a lovely evening as the Blackhole arrived in Dull-on-Sea. Nugget steered the ship into port, the sails were furled, ropes were tied, and Jim and Matilda skipped down the gangplank. "Thanks for yer help, Tilly!" said Jim Lad, sitting beside Matilda at the bus stop. "Them sea hags had us good and proper,

16. 乌云已经散去，当黑洞抵达海边的暗湖时，天色正变成一个可爱的夜晚。 纳格特把船驶入港口，卷起帆，系好绳子，吉姆和玛蒂尔达跳下跳板。 “谢谢你的帮助，蒂莉！”在公共汽车站坐在玛蒂尔达旁边的吉姆·拉德说。 “那些海妖把我们吃了个痛快，

and we'd still be bewitched by that cursed gold, if ye'd not come to the rescue." Matilda held Jim's hand. "No problem," she said. They sat in silence for a few moments, watching the sea, until the bus pulled up. "Write me notes," said Matilda, turning to Jim as she climbed on board. Then she walked to the back of the bus and waved to Jim, for as long as she could see him, out the dusty window. Ten minutes later, Matilda walked in through the patio

要不是你来救我们，我们还会被那该死的金子所迷惑。” 玛蒂尔达握着吉姆的手。“没问题，”她说。 他们静静地坐了一会儿，看着大海，直到公共汽车停下来。 “给我写个便条，”玛蒂尔达一边爬上飞机，一边对吉姆说。 然后她走到公共汽车的后面，向吉姆挥手，直到她能看到他，从满是灰尘的窗户向他挥手。 十分钟后，玛蒂尔达从天井走了进来

door of her house. Her mom and dad were just sitting down to dinner. "Where have you been?" said her dad. "You've been out all day. We were starting to worry. What have you been up to?" "Stuff and things," said Matilda, joining them. "Hanging out with Jim Lad, mostly...." After dinner, Matilda went up to her room and sat at her desk. Something poked her in the tummy, and it was only then that she found Dabberlocks's wand still tucked in her belt. She pulled a note- book from her drawer and grabbed a thick black marker. She wrote "A Guide to the Magical Interweb" on the cover, then opened the book and started writing.

她家的门。她爸妈正坐下来吃晚饭。 “你去哪儿了？”她爸爸问。 “你一整天都在外面。我们开始担心了。 你在忙什么呢？”“东西啊，东西啊。”玛蒂尔达也说。 “和吉姆·拉德出去玩，主要是....” 晚饭后，玛蒂尔达上楼回到自己的房间，坐在书桌前。 有什么东西戳了戳她的肚子，这时她才发现达博洛克斯的魔杖还插在腰带里。 她从抽屉里拿出一个笔记本，抓起一支厚厚的黑色记号笔。 她在封面上写了“魔法互联网指南”，然后打开书开始写作。

Next morning, Matilda asked her dad for a large envelope, sealed the notebook and wand inside, and wrote: Pipweed, Maerl, and Dabberlocks Hag's Head House Hag's Head Dull-on-Sea (Sorry—I don't know the zip code.) She doodled a skull and crossbones on the other side (she thought Pipweed might like it) and headed down the road to the mailbox.

第二天早上，玛蒂尔达向爸爸要了一个大信封，把笔记本和魔杖封在里面，在信封上写着：麻草、麦尔和达博洛克斯霍格沃茨魔法学校霍格沃茨魔法学校——海边的笨蛋学校（抱歉——我不知道邮政编码）。她在另一边画了一个骷髅和交叉的骨头（她想Pipweed可能会喜欢它），然后沿着路朝邮箱走去。