Chapter 2

CHAPTER TWO MISTER GRIM'S SCHOOL FOR BAD BROWNIES Up the stairs went the three, treading very quietly indeed, hoping that not one of the stairs would creak or crack. The brownies crowded round the door at the bottom of the stairs, holding their breath and watching. Up and up and up- and there was the landing at last! Now for the door on the left. They saw the door. They tiptoed to it and Peter turned the handle. Would it be locked? No, it wasn't!

第二章格里姆先生的坏布朗尼学校三个人走上楼梯，确实非常安静地走着，希望楼梯不会嘎吱作响或破裂。 布朗尼们挤在楼梯下面的门口，屏住呼吸，注视着。 升啊，升啊，升啊——终于着陆了！现在看看左边的门。 他们看到了那扇门。他们踮着脚尖走过去，彼得转动门把手。 它会被锁上吗？不，不是的！

They peeped inside. Yes, it was the storeroom, and stacks of books, pencils, rulers, ink-bottles, old desks, and all kinds of things were there. 'Can't see our toys, whispered Binky. 'Let's look in all the drawers and all the cupboards.' So they began opening the drawers and hunting in them, and pulling open the cupboard doors and peering in at the shelves. But they could find nothing more exciting than books and pens and rubbers.

他们往里面偷看。是的，那是储藏室，那里有成堆的书、铅笔、尺子、墨水瓶、旧桌子和各种各样的东西。 “看不见我们的玩具，”宾基小声说。 “让我们检查一下所有的抽屉和碗柜。”于是他们开始打开抽屉，在里面找东西，拉开橱柜的门，往里面看架子。 但是他们找不到比书、笔和橡皮更令人兴奋的东西了。

And then Binky gave a soft cry. 'Look here,' he said. 'Here they are!' The others ran quickly over to him. He had opened a big chest- and there, lying quietly in the top of it, their wings vanished, lay all the toys they had lost- yes, Rosebud was there, and Peter's engine, and the top and the soldiers- everything. Then the children heard a noise that froze them to the floor. Footsteps- footsteps coming slowly and heavily up the stairs. Not light, quick, brownie steps, but slow, ponderous ones. Would the footsteps come to the storeroom? In panic the children and Binky squeezed themselves into a cupboard, not having time to put away the toys they had pulled out of the chest. The door opened- and somebody walked in!

然后Binky轻轻地叫了一声。 “听着，”他说。“他们来了！”其他人迅速跑到他身边。 他打开了一个大箱子，箱子顶上静静地躺着他们丢失的玩具，它们的翅膀消失了。是的，玫瑰蕾、彼得的发动机、箱子和士兵们——一切都在那儿。 接着，孩子们听到一个声音，把他们吓呆在地板上。 脚步声——脚步声缓慢而沉重地爬上楼梯。 不是轻快、快速、矫健的步伐，而是缓慢、沉重的步伐。 脚步声会传到储藏室吗？ 惊慌之中，孩子们和Binky挤进了一个橱柜，没有时间把他们从箱子里拿出的玩具放好。 门开了——有人走了进来！

The children hardly dared to breathe and Binky almost choked. Then a voice spoke. 'SOMEONE has been here. SOMEONE has tried to steal toys. And that SOMEONE is here still. Come out!' The children didn't move. They were much too scared to do a thing. And then poor Binky choked! He choked again, then coughed loudly.

孩子们几乎不敢呼吸，Binky几乎窒息。 然后一个声音说话了。“有人来过这里。 有人试图偷玩具。 那个人还在这里。 出来!”孩子们没有动。 他们太害怕了，什么都不敢做。 然后可怜的Binky噎住了！他又呛了一下，然后大声咳嗽。

Footsteps marched to the cupboard and the door was flung wide open. There stood Mister Grim- exactly like his name! He was a big, burly brownie, with a tremendous beard falling to the floor. He had pointed ears and shaggy eyebrows that almost hid his eyes.

有脚步声走到碗柜跟前，门被猛地打开了。 格里姆先生站在那里——和他的名字一模一样！他是一个高大魁梧的小棕仙，长长的胡子垂到地板上。 他长着尖尖的耳朵，浓密的眉毛几乎遮住了眼睛。

'HO!' he said in a booming voice. 'So the SOMEONE is not one person, but three!' Peter, Mollie and Binky came out, poor Binky still coughing. Mister Grim took them each firmly by the back of the neck and sat them down on the window-seat. 'And now will you kindly tell me why you came to steal my toys?' he said. 'They're not your toys, sir,' Peter said at last in rather a trembling voice. 'They're ours. We let them grow wings yesterday by using Growing Ointment on them- and they flew away. We came to fetch them.' 'A very likely story indeed,' said Mister Grim scornfully. 'And how did you come here?' 'Up the stairs,' said Mollie. Mister Grim frowned a fierce frown. 'Don't

“喂!他用洪亮的声音说。 “所以那个人不是一个人，而是三个人！”彼得、莫丽和宾基走了出来，可怜的宾基还在咳嗽。 格里姆先生紧紧抓住他们每个人的后颈，让他们坐在靠窗的座位上。 “现在请你告诉我你为什么来偷我的玩具好吗？”他说。 “它们不是你的玩具，先生。”彼得终于用颤抖的声音说。 “他们是我们的。昨天我们在它们身上涂了生长药膏，让它们长出了翅膀——它们飞走了。 我们来取他们。“一个很可能的故事，”格里姆先生轻蔑地说。 “你是怎么到这儿来的？”“上楼去，”莫丽说。 格里姆先生狠狠地皱了皱眉。 “别