7 Hag's Head House

7. HAG'S HEAD HOUSE Up, up the twisting staircase they went, until finally Matilda and the sea hags emerged from a tiny doorway cut into the side of the rock. "Here we are—have a seat!" said the third hag, dumping Matilda on the hard- wood floor. "Take your weight from off my feet!"

7. 他们爬上了旋转的楼梯，最后玛蒂尔达和海妖们从岩石侧面凿出的一个小门洞里出来了。 “我们来了——坐吧！”第三个母夜子说，把玛蒂尔达扔在硬木地板上。 “把你的重量从我的脚上拿开！”

Matilda looked around nervously. She was in an enormous room. Three walls supported cupboards and shelves, buckling under the weight of books, boxes, bottles, and jars. A pale-looking monkey sat in a cage suspended from the ceiling. Other cages, jars, and glass tanks held an assortment of glum-looking animals.

玛蒂尔达紧张地环顾四周。 她在一个很大的房间里。 三面墙支撑着碗橱和书架，在书本、盒子、瓶子和罐子的重压下，它们都摇摇欲坠。 一只脸色苍白的猴子坐在天花板上悬挂的笼子里。 其他的笼子、罐子和玻璃罐里装着各种各样愁眉苦脸的动物。

The opposite side of the room was almost entirely a window, which looked like it had been cobbled together from hundreds of different glass panes, with a view across the bay and out to sea. One of the hags dragged over a small cage. The second hag dropped Bones into it, and the light that surrounded him fizzled out. She slammed the lid shut. Bones jumped up and started growling, which made the three hags cackle some more. "Growl, little dog, while you still have a tongue! Enjoy how it feels— it won't be for long!"

房间的对面几乎全是一扇窗户，看起来像是用数百块不同的玻璃拼凑而成的，从窗户可以看到海湾对面和大海。 其中一个老太婆拖过来一个小笼子。 第二个女巫把骨头扔了进去，他周围的光也熄灭了。 她砰地关上了盖子。骨头跳了起来，开始咆哮，这使三个母夜叉又咯咯地笑了起来。 “咆哮吧，小狗，趁你还有舌头！”享受这种感觉吧——不会太久的！”

The sea hags turned to Matilda, crowding around her, bent double, hands curled like claws. "This is our house. Sea hags are we, Witches, you'd say, who live by the sea." "This is my sister!" "My sister is she!" "My sister is that one!" "Sisters are we!" "My name is Dabberlocks!" "My name is Maer!" "I've been called Pipweed since I was a girl!" Suddenly, Dabberlocks stood up straight with her finger raised.

海中母夜叉转向玛蒂尔达，围着她，弯着腰，手像爪子一样蜷曲。 “这是我们的房子。你会说，我们就是住在海边的女巫。” “这是我妹妹！”“我妹妹就是她！”“那是我妹妹！”“我们是姐妹！”“我叫达伯洛克！”“我叫梅尔！”“从我还是个女孩的时候起，大家就叫我臭草！”突然，达博洛克斯站直了身子，竖起了手指。

"If there are pirates, there must be a ship!" she said, hobbling over to a long brass telescope on a wooden tripod by the window. "A ship! A ship! There we are! Find me a bung! Find me a jar!" Her sisters rummaged in a cupboard. Pipweed handed her a huge jar, Maerl a matching cork, and Dabberlocks trotted purposefully outside, through a double door in the wall of windows. "She'll be back—she won't go far! Gone to collect a ship in a jar!" said Pipweed.

“既然有海盗，那就一定有一艘船！”她说着，一瘸一拐地走到窗边木架上的一架长长的黄铜望远镜前。 “一艘船!一艘船!我们到了！给我找个烟筒！给我找一个罐子！”她的姐妹们在橱柜里翻找东西。 Pipweed递给她一个大罐子，Maerl递给她一个配套的软木塞，Dabberlocks故意小跑着出去，穿过窗户墙上的双层门。 “她会回来的——她不会走远的！”把船装进罐子里去了！”

"We don't always talk in rhyme, y'know.... Sometimes we just can't be bothered," said Maerl. "Cup of tea, sister dear?" "Oh, yes. That would be lovely," said Pipweed. They turned back to Matilda and hoisted her onto her feet. "Show her the kitchen, show her the pot!" "Show her all the tea that we've got!" Matilda was hustled out of the room and into a kitchen at the back of the house. Maerl put the kettle on the stove, and Pipweed opened a cupboard. They did indeed have a wide selection of tea.

“我们说话不总是押韵的，你知道.... 有时候我们就是不想被打扰，”梅尔说。 “来杯茶吗，亲爱的姐姐？”“哦,是的。 那太好了。”皮普威德说。 他们转向玛蒂尔达，把她扶起来。 “让她看看厨房，看看锅！”“让她看看我们所有的茶叶！”玛蒂尔达被赶出房间，进了房子后面的一间厨房。 麦尔把水壶放在炉子上，pippweed打开了一个橱柜。 他们确实有很多茶叶可供选择。