Chapter 2

CHAPTER TWO GOBO'S COTTAGE 'Now what are we to do?' said Peter, in dismay. 'Can't we get into the chair and fly off, Binky. Do let's!' 'No, no, don't!' cried all the pixies at once. 'If you do, Ho-ho will punish the whole village, and that will be terrible. Stay here and help us.' 'Come to my cousin Gobo's cottage and let us think, said Binky. So the two children went with him and Gobo, who was really very like Binky, to a little crooked cottage at the end of the village.

第二章戈波的小屋“现在我们该怎么办？”彼得惊慌地说。 “我们不能坐到椅子上飞走吗，宾奇？” 做吧!“不，不，不要！”所有的仙子异口同声地说。 “如果你这样做了，嗬嗬会惩罚全村的人，那就太可怕了。 留下来帮我们。“到我表弟戈波的小屋去，让我们好好想想，”宾基说。 于是两个孩子跟着他和Gobo一起去了，Gobo真的很像Binky，他们去了村庄尽头的一所歪歪斜斜的小屋。

It was beautifully clean and neat, and the children sat down to eat coconut cakes and drink lemonade. Everyone was rather quiet. Then Peter's eyes began to twinkle, and he leaned over to Gobo. 'I say, Gobo, have you by any chance got a spell to put people to sleep?' he asked. 'Of course!' said Gobo, puzzled. 'Why?' 'Well, I have a fine plan, said Peter. 'What about putting old Ho-ho to sleep?' 'What's the use of that?' said Binky and Gobo. 'Well- when he's asleep, we'll pop him into the magic chair, take him off somewhere and leave him, and then go back home ourselves!' said Peter. 'That would get rid of him for you, wouldn't it?' 'My goodness! That's an idea!' cried

房间非常干净整洁，孩子们坐下来吃椰子蛋糕，喝柠檬水。 大家都很安静。 然后彼得的眼睛开始闪烁，他俯身向戈波。 “我说，戈波，你有没有一种能使人入睡的咒语？”他问。 “当然!戈波不解地说。 “为什么?“好吧，我有个好计划，”彼得说。 “让老嗬嗬睡着怎么样？”“那有什么用？”Binky和Gobo说。 “好吧——等他睡着了，我们就把他塞进魔椅，把他带到某个地方，把他留在那里，然后我们自己回家去！”彼得说。 “这样你就可以摆脱他了，是不是？”“我的天哪！”这是个好主意！的哭了

Binky, jumping up from his seat in excitement. 'Gobo! If only we could do it! Listen! Where's the sleepy-spell?'

Binky兴奋地从座位上跳了起来。 “遮光黑布!要是我们能做到就好了！听!困咒在哪儿？”

'Here,' said Gobo, opening a drawer and taking out a tiny yellow thing like a mustard seed. 'Well, Peter has a bag of chocolates,' said Binky, 'and he could put the sleepy-spell into one of them and give it to Ho-ho.

“给你，”戈波说着，打开一个抽屉，拿出一个像芥菜籽一样的黄色小东西。 “嗯，彼得有一袋巧克力，”宾奇说，“他可以在其中一袋巧克力里施上困倦咒，然后把它送给嗬嗬。

'But how do we know he'd take the right chocolate?' asked Mollie. 'We'll empty out all of them except one,' answered Binky, 'and that one Peter shall carry in the bag in his hand, and he must carry it as though it was something very precious indeed, and Ho-ho is sure to ask him what it is, and if Peter says it is a very special chocolate that he is not going to part with, or something like that, the old wizard is sure to be greedy enough to take it from him and eat it. Then he will fall asleep, and we'll take him off in the chair to old Dame Tap-Tap, who will be so pleased to have him! He once tried to turn her into a ladybird, so I don't think she will let him go in a hurry!' 'Good idea!' cried everyone, and Gobo danced round the room so excitedly that he

“但我们怎么知道他会选对巧克力呢？”莫丽问。 我们会清空所有人除了一个,”回答Binky,“袋子里,彼得应当在他的手,他必须带着它,仿佛它是非常珍贵的,,哈哈肯定会问他那是什么,如果彼得说这是一个非常特别的巧克力,他是不会舍弃,或类似的东西,老向导肯定会贪婪足以把它从他和吃。 然后他就会睡着了，我们就把他抱到椅子上，送到哒哒老太太那里，老太太会很高兴他的！他曾经想把她变成一只瓢虫，所以我想她不会让他匆忙离开的！“好主意！”大家都叫了起来，戈波兴奋地在房间里跳起舞来

fell over the coal scuttle and sent the fire- irons clanking to the floor. That made them all laugh, and they felt so excited that they could hardly empty out Peter's bag of chocolates on the table and choose one for the sleepy-spell.

绊倒在煤斗上，把熨斗弄得叮当响地掉在地上。 这句话把他们都逗乐了，他们兴奋得简直不能掏空桌上彼得的那袋巧克力，挑一颗来解困。