Chapter 5

CHAPTER FIVE THE POOR, TIRED WISHING-CHAIR Sure enough the other three wings had been cut right off. But how? And when? Who could have done it? The children had been with the chair the whole time. 'I do think you might have kept a better guard on the chair,' said Binky crossly. 'I really do. Didn't I warn you about the ways of the Slipperies? Didn't I say you couldn't trust them? Didn't I...' 'Oh, Binky- but when could it have been done?' cried Mollie. 'I tell you, we were here the whole of the time.'

第五章可怜的、疲倦的许愿椅。果然，另外三个翅膀都被砍断了。 但如何?当吗?是谁干的呢？ 孩子们一直和椅子在一起。 “我确实认为你应该在椅子上派个更好的警卫。” “真的。我不是警告过你滑溜帮的路子吗？ 我不是说你不能相信他们吗？ 没有我…“哦，宾奇——但这是什么时候做的呢？”莫丽叫道。 “我告诉你，我们一直都在这儿。”

'Standing by the chair?' asked Binky. 'Yes- or on it,' said Peter. 'On it! Whatever did you stand on it, for?' said Binky, puzzled. 'To stop the Slipperies sitting down?' 'No- to see your Great-Aunt's flying-dogs,' said Peter. 'The Slipperies said they were over there, and if we would stand up on the chair seat we could just see them flying around. But we couldn't.' 'Of course you couldn't,' said Binky. 'And for a very good reason, too- they're all at the cottage with my Great-Aunt. I saw them!' 'Oh- the dreadful story-tellers!' cried Mollie. 'Peter- it was a trick! Whilst we were standing up there trying to see the dogs, one of the Slipperies must have quietly snipped off the three wings and put them in his pocket.'

“站在椅子旁边？”宾基问。 “是的——或者在上面。”彼得说。 “上!你为什么站在上面？宾基迷惑不解地说。 “为了不让滑溜家的人坐下？”“不——去看你姑婆的飞天狗。”彼得说。 “滑溜的人说它们在那边，如果我们站在椅子上，就能看到它们飞来飞去。 但是我们不能。“你当然不能，”宾基说。 “而且有一个很好的理由——他们都和我的姑婆在小屋里。 我看见他们了！“哦——可怕的说书人！”莫丽叫道。 “彼得——这是个骗局！”当我们站在那里想看狗的时候，肯定是某个滑溜的人悄悄地剪下了三只翅膀，放进了口袋里。”

'Of course!' said Binky. 'Very simple- and you're a pair of simpletons to get taken in by such a silly trick.' Mollie and Peter went very red. 'What shall we do?' asked Peter. 'I'm very sorry about it. Poor old chair- one wing not grown and the other three snipped away. It's a shame.'

“当然!宾基说。“很简单——你们真是一对傻瓜，竟然被这种愚蠢的把戏骗了。”莫丽和彼得涨得通红。 “我们该怎么办？”彼得问。 “我很抱歉。可怜的老椅子——一只翅膀没长出来，另外三只翅膀也被剪掉了。 真可惜。”

'Thank goodness Binky has the Growing Ointment for wings,' said Mollie. 'Yes- but I've only got just enough for one wing,' said Binky. 'One wing isn't going to take us very far, is it?' 'No,' said Mollie. Whatever are we going to do?' 'I shall have to ask Great-Aunt Quick- Fingers for some more Growing Ointment, that's all,' said Binky, gloomily. 'And this time you can come with me, and bring the chair too. If I leave you here alone with it, you'll get tricked again, and I shall come back and find the legs are gone next time, and I can't even grow wings on them!' 'It's not nice of you to keep on and on about it, Binky,' said Mollie, lifting up the chair with Peter. 'We're very sorry. We didn't

“谢天谢地，宾基有长翅膀的软膏。”莫丽说。 “是的——但是我的钱只够做一只翅膀。” “一只翅膀带不了我们多远，对吧？”“不，”莫丽说。 我们该怎么办？“我得向快手姨婆再要一些生长软膏，就这样。”宾基忧郁地说。 “这次你可以和我一起去，把椅子也带来。 如果我把你一个人留在这里，你又会被骗的，下次我回来的时候会发现腿不见了，我甚至不能在它们上面长出翅膀！“你没完没了地说这事可不好，宾基，”莫丽一边说，一边扶起彼得的椅子。 “我们很抱歉。我们没有

know quite how clever the Slipperies were. Oooh- horrid creatures, with their odd eyes and deceitful smiles.'

我知道滑溜家有多聪明。 哦——可怕的生物，长着奇怪的眼睛和虚伪的微笑。”