Chapter 4

CHAPTER FOUR LOOMA, LOOMA, LOOMA, LOO The three stared at one another in dismay. 'Whiskers has been caught by a witch,' said Binky. 'There's no doubt about it. Look at this!' He picked up a tiny silver star that lay on the seat of the chair. 'This little star has fallen off a witch's embroidered cloak.' 'Poor Whiskers!' wept Mollie. 'I do want her back. Oh, Binky, what shall we do?' 'Well, we'd better find out first where she's gone,' said Binky. 'Then, the next time the chair grows its wings we'll go and rescue her.' 'How can we find out where she's gone?'

第四章卢马，卢马，卢马，卢三个人惊愕地面面相觑。 “胡须被女巫抓住了。”宾基说。 “这是毫无疑问的。 看看这个！”他拿起了放在椅子上的一颗小小的银星。 “这颗小星星从女巫的绣花斗篷上掉下来了。“可怜的胡子！”莫丽哭着说。 “我确实想要她回来。哦，Binky，我们该怎么办？“好吧，我们最好先弄清楚她去哪儿了。” “那么，下次椅子长出翅膀的时候，我们就去救她。“我们怎样才能知道她去哪儿了呢？”

asked Mollie, drying her eyes. 'I'll have to work a spell to find that out,' said Binky. 'I'll have to get a few pixies in to help me. Go and sit down on the couch, Mollie and Peter, and don't speak a word until I've finished. The pixies won't help me if you interfere. They are very shy just about here."

莫丽擦干眼泪问。 “我得施个咒语才能知道。” “我得找几个小精灵来帮我。 莫丽和彼得，去沙发上坐下来，在我说完之前一个字也不要说。 如果你插手，仙子不会帮我的。 它们在这里很害羞。”

Mollie and Peter did as they were told. They sat down on the couch feeling rather excited. Binky went to the open door and clapped his hands softly three times, then loudly seven times. He whistled like a blackbird, and then called a magic word that sounded like 'Looma, looma, looma, loo. In a minute or two four little pixies, a bit smaller than Binky, who was himself a pixie, came running in at the door. They stopped when they saw the two children, but Binky said they were his friends.

莫丽和彼得照他们说的做了。 他们在沙发上坐了下来，感到相当兴奋。 Binky走到敞开的门前，轻轻地拍了三下手，然后大声拍了七下。 他像一只画眉鸟一样吹着口哨，然后喊出一个神奇的词，听起来像“Looma, Looma, Looma, loo”。 过了一两分钟，四个小仙子从门口跑了进来，比宾基小一点，宾基本身就是个仙子。 当他们看到两个孩子时，他们停了下来，但Binky说他们是他的朋友。

'They won't interfere,' he said. 'I want to do a spell to find out where this wishing-chair has just been to. Will you help me?' The pixies twittered like swallows and nodded their heads. Binky sat down in the wishing-chair, holding in his hands a mirror that he had borrowed from Mollie. The four little pixies joined hands and danced round

他说，他们不会干涉。 “我想施个咒语，看看这把许愿椅刚才到哪儿去了。 你会帮我吗？”小仙子们像燕子一样叽叽喳喳地叫着，点点头。 宾基坐在许愿椅上，手里拿着一面镜子，那是他从莫丽那里借来的。 四个小仙子手拉手，跳起舞来

the chair, first one way and then another, chanting a magic song that got higher and higher and quicker and quicker as they danced round in time to their singing. Binky looked intently into the mirror, and the children watched, wondering what he would see there.

椅子一会儿朝这边转，一会儿朝那边转，唱着一首神奇的歌，歌声越来越高，越来越快，他们随着歌声跳起舞来。 Binky专注地看着镜子，孩子们看着，想知道他会在镜子里看到什么。