Chapter 4

CHAPTER FOUR THE POOR OLD CHAIR The children had never seen the little pixie look so angry. Binky marched up the steps and out on the roof. Mollie and Peter followed. The Snoogle was looking all round for the two children, quacking angrily. He was surprised to see them coming up the steps -and even more surprised to see Binky, whom he thought was safely bolted in the room below. 'Now, look here, Snoogle,' said Binky boldly, walking right up to the surprised creature, how dare you try to capture me like that? I am a pixie- yes, and a powerful one too. I can do spells that would frighten you. Shall I turn

第四章可怜的旧椅子孩子们从来没有见过小仙女这么生气。 Binky大步走上台阶，走到屋顶上。 莫丽和彼得跟着。 史努格狗正在四处寻找那两个孩子，愤怒地嘎嘎叫着。 他惊讶地看到他们走上台阶，更惊讶的是看到了宾基，他以为他被安全地锁在下面的房间里。 “喂，听我说，斯努格，”宾基大胆地说，径直走到这个受惊的家伙面前，“你怎么敢这样抓我？ 我是一个小精灵——是的，而且是一个强大的小精灵。 我可以施咒语吓唬你。 我该转身吗？

you into a black beetle- or a tadpole- or a wasp without a sting?' To the children's surprise, the Snoogle looked very much frightened. He was such a big creature compared with Binky- it seemed strange that he should be so scared of him. 'I've a good mind to fly off in our chair to the Pixie King and complain of you,'

你变成了一只黑甲虫——或者一只蝌蚪——或者一只没有刺的黄蜂？”令孩子们吃惊的是，斯努格狗看起来非常害怕。 和Binky比起来，他是这么大的一个生物——他竟然如此害怕Binky，这似乎很奇怪。 “我真想坐着我们的椅子飞到精灵王那里去埋怨你。”

said Binky. 'You will have your castle taken away from you then, for daring to interfere with a pixie.' 'No one can get me out of my castle,' said the Snoogle, in a quacking sort of voice. 'I have a big moat round- and a drawbridge that I can keep drawn up for months on end. Do your worst, stupid little pixie!'

说。“那么你的城堡就会被夺走，因为你胆敢干涉一个小精灵。“没人能把我赶出我的城堡。”斯努格人用呱呱的声音说。 “我周围有一条很大的护城河——还有一座吊桥，我可以一连几个月建好。 尽你最大的努力吧，愚蠢的小妖精！”

'Very well, then, I will!' said Binky, 'But just to go on with- take that, you silly Snoogle!' Binky took hold of the Snoogle's waving tail and pulled it hard. Naughty Binky! There was no need to do a thing like that. It made the Snoogle very angry indeed... but he did not dare to touch Binky or the children, for he really was afraid of Binky's magic.

“好吧，那我就去！”宾基说，“不过还是继续说下去吧——接受吧，你这个愚蠢的史努格！”Binky抓住了Snoogle摇摆的尾巴，使劲拉。 顽皮的Binky !没有必要做那样的事。 这让史努格人非常生气…… 但他不敢碰宾基或孩子们，因为他真的很害怕宾基的魔法。