Chapter 5

CHAPTER FIVE THE WITCH KIRRI-KIRRI The children dressed themselves again after they had been to bed and slept. Mollie had a little alarm clock and she set it for a quarter to twelve, so they awoke in good time for their adventure. Binky was waiting for them. 'We can't go in the wishing-chair,' he said. 'It hasn't grown its wings again. I think it's asleep, because it gave a tiny snore just now!' 'How funny!' said Mollie. 'Oh, Binky- I do feel excited!'

第五章女巫KIRRI-KIRRI孩子们上床睡觉后又穿上衣服。 莫丽有一个小闹钟，她把它定在差一刻十二点，这样他们就能及时醒来开始冒险。 Binky在等他们。 “我们不能坐许愿椅去，”他说。 “它还没有长出翅膀。 我想它睡着了，因为它刚才打了个小呼噜！“真有趣！”莫丽说。 “哦，宾奇——我真的很兴奋！”

'Come on,' said the pixie. 'There's no time to lose if we want to catch the underground train.' He led the children to a big tree at the bottom of the garden. He twisted a piece of the bark and a door slid open. There was a narrow stairway in the tree going downwards. Mollie and Peter were so surprised to see it.

“来吧。”小妖精说。 如果我们想赶上地铁，就不能再浪费时间了。他把孩子们带到花园尽头的一棵大树前。 他拧了拧树皮，一扇门滑开了。 树上有一条狭窄的向下的楼梯。 莫丽和彼得看到它很惊讶。

'Go down the stairs,' Binky said to them. 'I'll just shut the door behind us.' They climbed down and came to a small passage. Binky joined them and they went along it until they came to a big turnstile, where a solemn grey rabbit sat holding a bundle of tickets. 'We want tickets for Witch Kirri-Kirri's,' said Binky. The rabbit gave them three yellow tickets and let them through the turnstile. There was a little platform beyond with a railway line running by it. Almost at once a train appeared out of the darkness. Its lamps gleamed like two eyes. There were no carriages- just open trucks with cushions in. The train was very crowded, and the children and Binky found it difficult to get seats.

“下楼去，”宾基对他们说。 “我这就把门关上。”他们爬下来，来到一个小通道。 Binky加入了他们，他们沿着它走，直到他们来到一个大转门，那里有一只严肃的灰兔子坐着，手里拿着一捆票。 “我们想要女巫Kirri-Kirri的票。” 兔子给了他们三张黄色的票，让他们通过了旋转门。 远处有一个小月台，上面有一条铁路线。 一列火车几乎立刻从黑暗中出现了。 它的灯像两只眼睛一样闪闪发光。 没有车厢，只有装有坐垫的敞篷卡车。 火车非常拥挤，孩子们和Binky发现很难找到座位。

Gnomes, brownies, rabbits, moles, elves, and hedgehogs sat in the trucks, chattering and laughing. The two hedgehogs had a truck to themselves for they were so prickly that no one wanted to sit by them.

小矮人、小棕仙、兔子、鼹鼠、精灵和刺猬坐在卡车里，谈笑风生。 两只刺猬有一辆自己的卡车，因为它们身上的刺太多了，没有人愿意坐在它们旁边。

The train set off with much clattering. It stopped at station after station, and at last came to one labelled 'Kirri-Kirri Station.' Binky and the children got out. 'Kirri-Kirri is such a rich and powerful witch that she has a station of her own,'

火车咔嗒咔嗒地开动了。 它在一个又一个车站停了下来，最后来到了一个标有“Kirri-Kirri站”的车站。Binky和孩子们出去了。 “Kirri-Kirri是一个如此富有和强大的女巫，她有自己的地位，”