Chapter 4

CHAPTER FOUR BACK TO SCHOOL It did, of course. As soon as the throne had changed back into the wishing-chair they knew so well, Binky wished for the wings to grow- and they sprouted out gaily, at once, looking bigger than ever. 'You coming, Nose-About?' said Peter to the little brownie. 'No. I'm going back home to my mother,' he said. 'Goodbye. Thank you for being kind to me.' 'Well, you've certainly repaid our kindness!' said Mollie. 'I've never had such a wonderful time in my life. Now-

第四章回到学校当然是这样。 王座一变回他们熟悉的许愿椅，宾基就希望翅膀长出来——它们立刻快乐地长了出来，看起来比以前更大了。 “你来吗，鼻子？”彼得对小布朗尼说。 “不。“我要回家找我妈妈，”他说。 “再见。谢谢你对我这么好。“嗯，你当然报答了我们的好意！”莫丽说。 “我这辈子从来没有这么开心过。 现在,

are we all ready? Wishing-chair, home, please, as fast as you can!' It was a long, long way back from the Land of Wishes. They all three went sound asleep, and the chair was careful not to jolt them at all in case they fell off. It flew down to the playroom at last, and went in gently at the door. It tipped out Mollie and Peter on to their mattresses, and Binky on to his cushion.

大家都准备好了吗？许愿椅，请回家，越快越好！”这是从愿望之地回来的很长很长的路。 他们三个都睡得很熟，椅子小心翼翼地不摇晃他们，以免他们从椅子上摔下来。 它终于飞到了游戏室，轻轻地从门口走了进去。 它把莫丽和彼得打翻在他们的床垫上，把宾基打翻在他的垫子上。

The children groaned a little, and then slept on soundly, curled up on their mattresses. The chair stood still. Its red wings disappeared gradually. It was just a chair.

孩子们呻吟了一声，然后蜷缩在床垫上睡得很香。 椅子静止不动。它的红翅膀渐渐消失了。 那只是一把椅子。

And then there came a loud knocking at the door, and a loud voice, too. 'Peter! Mollie! How late you are sleeping! Haven't you had your breakfast yet? Your mother has telephoned to say that Granny is much better and she'll be home to lunch. Isn't that good news?'

就在这时，传来了响亮的敲门声，还有一个响亮的声音。 “彼得!莫莉!你睡得多晚啊！你还没吃早饭吗？ 你妈妈打电话来说奶奶好多了，她会回家吃午饭。 这不是好消息吗？”

The children woke up with a jump and stared at Mrs Williams' smiling face. She was looking in at the door. Peter sat up and rubbed his eyes. 'Well, I declare!' said Mrs Williams. 'You are not in your night-things! You don't mean to say you didn't go to bed properly last night? Do wake up. It's half- past ten already!' 'Half-past ten?' said Mollie, amazed. 'What day is it, Mrs Williams?' 'Saturday, to be sure!' said Mrs Williams, surprised. 'You came home yesterday, that was Friday- and so today's Saturday!' 'But- but surely it's Tuesday or perhaps even Wednesday,' said Mollie, remembering the wonderful weekend in the Land of Wishes. 'Aren't we due back at school?'

孩子们吓了一跳，醒了过来，盯着威廉姆斯太太的笑脸。 她正从门口往里看。 彼得坐起来揉了揉眼睛。 “好吧，我宣布！”威廉姆斯太太说。 “你没穿睡衣！”你不会是说你昨晚没好好睡觉吧？ 一定要醒醒。已经十点半了！“十点半？”莫丽惊讶地说。 “今天是星期几，威廉斯夫人？”“当然是星期六！”威廉姆斯太太惊讶地说。 “你昨天回家，那是星期五——所以今天是星期六！”“可是——可是今天一定是星期二，或者也许是星期三，”莫丽回忆起在“愿望之地”度过的美好周末时说。 “我们不是该回学校了吗？”

'Bless us all, you're asleep and dreaming!' said Mrs Williams. 'Well, I must be getting on with my work. It's Saturday morning, half-past ten, and your mother will be home for lunch. Now- do you understand that?' And off she went, quite puzzled. She hadn't seen Binky on the cushion. He was still fast asleep! Mollie looked at Peter and her eyes shone. 'Peter, oh Peter!' she said, 'do you remember that I wished we had the weekend in front of us still? Well, that wish has come true, too. We've had the weekend once in our palace- and now we're going to have it all over again at home. Could anything be nicer!' 'Marvellous!' said Peter, jumping up.

“上帝保佑我们大家，你睡着了，在做梦！”威廉姆斯太太说。 “好了，我得继续做我的工作了。 现在是星期六早上，十点半，你妈妈会回家吃午饭。 现在——你明白了吗？”她走了，十分困惑。 她没有看到坐在垫子上的宾基。 他还在呼呼大睡！莫丽看着彼得，眼睛闪闪发光。 “彼得，哦，彼得！”她说，“你还记得我多么希望我们还能有一个周末吗？” 好吧，这个愿望也实现了。 我们在我们的宫殿里度过了一次周末，现在我们要在家里再过一次。 没有比这更好的了！“不可思议的!彼得说着跳了起来。