Chapter 3

CHAPTER THREE BINKY IS NAUGHTY Morning school came to an end at last. Mister Grim rapped on his desk. 'Attention, all of you!' he said. 'Dinner will be in ten minutes' time. Anyone who is late or who has dirty hands or untidy hair will go without.' Winks groaned. 'It's awful,' he said to Peter when Mister Grim had gone out. 'There's never enough dinner for everyone, so Mister Grim just says, "Here, you, your hair is untidy," or "Here, you, your nails aren't clean," and about a dozen of us have to go without our dinner.'

第三章宾基淘气上午的学校终于结束了。 格里姆先生敲了敲桌子。 “大家注意了！”他说。 “再过十分钟就开饭了。 任何迟到、手脏、头发不整齐的人都将被淘汰。”眨眼呻吟着。 “太可怕了，”格里姆先生出去后，他对彼得说。 “永远没有足够的晚餐让每个人都吃，所以格里姆先生只会说，‘给你，你的头发不整洁’，或者‘给你，你的指甲不干净’，我们中大约有十几个人不得不没有晚餐吃。”

'What a dreadful school!' said Peter. 'Why don't you run away?' 'How can we?' said Winks. 'You've seen the high wall round the grounds, and all the gates are locked. I wish I could get out of here; it's a horrid place, and I really would be good if I could escape.' 'Would there be room for him in the wishing-chair, do you think?' whispered Mollie to Binky. 'He's so nice. I'd like to help him, Binky.' 'So would I,' whispered back Binky. 'Well, we'll see.' Mister Grim stood at the door of the dining-

“多么可怕的学校！”彼得说。 “你为什么不逃走呢？”“我们怎么能呢？”眨眼说。 “你看到了场地周围的高墙，所有的大门都锁着。 我希望我能离开这里；这是个可怕的地方，如果我能逃出来就好了。“你认为许愿椅上有他的位置吗？”莫丽小声对宾基说。 “他太好了。我想帮他，Binky。“我也是，”宾基小声回答。 “好吧，我们走着瞧吧。”格里姆先生站在餐厅门口

hall as each brownie walked in. Every so often he pounced on one and roared at him. 'Here, you, you haven't washed behind your ears! No dinner! Here, you, why aren't your nails scrubbed? No dinner!' And when Binky tried to slip past him he roared: 'Here, you, why haven't you brushed your hair? No dinner!' 'I did brush it,' said Binky indignantly, 'but

每一个小棕仙都走进来。 每隔一段时间，它就会扑向一只狗，朝它咆哮。 “喂，你，你耳朵后面还没洗呢！”不吃饭!喂，你的指甲怎么没洗？ 没有晚餐!”当宾基想从他身边溜过去时，他吼道：“喂，你怎么不梳头？ 不吃饭!“我确实刷了，”宾基愤怒地说，“但是……

it's the kind of hair that won't lie down.' 'No dinner today for untidy hair, and no dinner tomorrow for answering back' said Mister Grim. 'Oh, I say, that's not fair,' said Binky. There was a little time before afternoon

这是一种不会躺下来的头发。“今天不吃晚饭，因为头发乱蓬蓬的，明天也不吃晚饭。”格里姆先生说。 “哦，我说，这不公平，”宾基说。 离下午还有一点时间

school. Peter, Binky, Mollie and Winks had a meeting in a far corner of the grounds. 'Now listen,' said Winks. 'What about a bit of magic to get yourselves free?' 'Oooh, yes,' said Binky, looking very cheerful. 'That's an awfully good idea of yours, Winks. I'd forgotten about my wand. I'll be very naughty- and then we'll see what happens.' They all went in to afternoon school feeling rather excited. What would happen? It would certainly be fun to see Binky being very naughty! Mister Grim began firing questions at the class. 'Hands up those who know why brownies have long beards. Hands up those who know the magic word for "disappear". Hands up those who know why green smoke

学校。彼得、宾基、莫丽和温克斯在场地远处的一个角落里开会。 “现在听着，”wink说。“来点魔法让你们自由，怎么样？”“哦，是的，”宾基说，看起来很高兴。 “你的主意真是太好了，眨眼。 我忘了我的魔杖。 我会很淘气的——然后我们看看会发生什么。”他们都很兴奋地去了下午的学校。 会发生什么？看到Binky淘气的样子一定很有趣！格里姆先生开始向全班发问。 知道布朗尼为什么长胡子的人请举手。 知道“消失”这个词的人请举手。 知道为什么是绿烟的请举手

always comes out of chimneys of witches' houses. Hands up...' He didn't even wait for anyone to answer so the brownies just shot up their hands at each question and then put them down again and waited for the next. Peter and Mollie thought it was the silliest class they had ever attended! 'And now- can anyone ask me a question

总是从女巫家的烟囱里冒出来。 举起手来……”他甚至都没有等任何人回答，所以小布朗尼们每回答一个问题就把手举起来，然后又把手放下来，等待下一个问题。 彼得和莫丽认为这是他们上过的最愚蠢的课！“现在——谁能问我一个问题吗？