Chapter 1

THE WITCH'S LOST CAT Guid Blyton A WISHING-CHAIR ADVENTURE

女巫的走失猫圭德·布莱顿一次许愿椅冒险

CHAPTER ONE THE HO-HO WIZARD One day when Peter and Mollie ran down to see Binky the pixie in their playroom, they found him reading a letter and groaning loudly. 'What's the matter, Binky?' said the children, in surprise. 'Oh, I've had a letter from my cousin, Gobo,' said Binky. 'Gobo says that my village is very unhappy because a wizard has come to live there, called Ho-Ho. He is a horrid fellow, and walks about saying, "Ho, ho!" all the time, catching the little pixies to help him in his magic, and putting all kinds of spells on any one that goes against him. I feel very unhappy.'

有一天，彼得和莫丽跑下楼去游戏室看小精灵宾基，他们发现他正在读一封信，大声呻吟着。 “怎么了，宾奇？”孩子们惊奇地说。 “哦，我收到了我表弟戈波的一封信。” “戈波说我的村子很不高兴，因为一个叫嗬嗬的巫师来住了。 他是一个可怕的家伙，走来走去，一直说着“嗬，嗬！”，抓住小妖精来帮助他施魔法，并对任何反对他的人施各种咒语。 我感到很不高兴。”

'Oh, Binky, we're so sorry!' said the children at once. 'Can't we help?' 'I don't think so,' said Binky sadly. 'But I would very much like to go off in the wishing-chair to my village, next time it grows wings, if you don't mind.' 'Of course!' said the children. Then Mollie cried out in delight, and pointed to the magic chair. 'Look! It's growing wings now! How lovely! It must have heard what we said.' 'We'll all go,' said Peter, feeling excited to think that yet another adventure had begun.

“哦，宾奇，我们很抱歉！”孩子们立刻说。 “我们不能帮忙吗？”“我不这么认为，”宾基伤心地说。 “不过，如果你不介意的话，下次它长出翅膀的时候，我很想坐着许愿椅回我的村子去。“当然！”孩子们说。 莫丽高兴地叫了起来，指着那把神奇的椅子。 “看!它现在长翅膀了！多么可爱!它一定听到了我们说的话。“我们都去。”彼得说，想到又一次冒险开始了，他感到很兴奋。

'Oh, no,' said Binky at once. 'I'd better go alone. This wizard is a horrid one. He might quite well catch you, as you are clever children, and then think how dreadful I would feel!' 'I don't care!' said Peter. 'We're coming!' He and Mollie went to the chair and sat firmly down in it. Binky went to it and sat down too, squeezing in between the two. 'You are such nice children!' he said happily. The chair creaked, and before it could fly off, the pixie cried out loudly, 'Go to the village of Apple-pie!'

“哦，不，”宾基马上说。 “我最好一个人去。这个巫师很可怕。 他很可能抓住你们，因为你们都是聪明的孩子，然后想想我会觉得多么可怕！“我不在乎!”彼得说。 “我们来了!”他和莫丽走到椅子前，稳稳地坐了下来。 Binky也走过去坐了下来，挤在两人中间。 “你们是这么好的孩子！”他高兴地说。 椅子嘎吱作响，还没等它飞走，小妖精就大声喊道：“到苹果派村去！”