Chapter 5

CHAPTER FIVE NO WAY OUT When the kettle boiled Mollie made tea in two teapots. She took one teapot, cup and saucer, and plate of cakes to the Snoogle, who was sitting in the dining-room reading a newspaper. It was upside down, so Mollie didn't think it was much use to him. But she was too polite to say so. She couldn't help feeling, too, that it would be much better for all of them if they tried to be friendly with the Snoogle. She put the tray down by the Snoogle and left him. He opened his great beak before she was out of the room and gobbled up one cake after another. Mollie thought he must be a very greedy creature.

第五章无路可走壶烧开后，莫丽用两个茶壶沏茶。 她拿了一个茶壶、一个杯子、一个碟子和一盘蛋糕给正在餐室里看报的斯努格人。 它是上下颠倒的，所以莫丽认为它对他没有多大用处。 但她太客气了，没有说出来。 她也不禁觉得，如果他们试着和史努格人友好相处，对他们所有人来说都会好得多。 她把托盘放在斯努格旁边，离开了他。 她还没走出房间，他就张开大嘴巴，狼吞虎咽地吃了一块又一块蛋糕。 莫丽想他一定是个非常贪婪的家伙。

She went back to the kitchen, and she and the others munched chocolate buns and drank hot tea, wondering gloomily what to do next. 'Perhaps we could swim across that moat, said Mollie at last. 'We'll look and see, when we can creep away for a few minutes,' said Peter. 'Listen,' said Binky. 'What's that noise?' 'Snore-r-r-r-r-r! Snore-r-r-r-r-r!' went the Snoogle in the dining-room. The three looked at one another.

她回到厨房，和其他人一起吃着巧克力面包，喝着热茶，闷闷不乐地想着下一步该怎么办。 “也许我们可以游过那条护城河，”莫丽最后说。 “等我们能溜出去几分钟，我们再看看。”彼得说。 “听着，”宾基说。“那是什么声音？”“Snore-r-r-r-r-r !Snore-r-r-r-r-r !斯努格尔人在餐室里说。 三个人面面相觑。

'What about poking all round to see if there's any way of escape now?' whispered Peter. 'Come on, then!' said Binky. They all got up. They went to the kitchen door and opened it. It looked straight on to the moat. How wide and deep and cold it looked!

“现在到处探一探，看看有没有逃出去的路，怎么样？”彼得小声说。 “那么，来吧！”宾基说。 他们都站了起来。他们走到厨房门口，打开了门。 它直视着护城河。 它看起来是多么宽阔、深沉和寒冷啊！

'Ooh!' said Mollie. 'I'd never be able to swim across that, I'm sure. Nor would you, Peter!' 'And look!' said Binky, pointing down into the water. 'There are giant frogs there- they would bite us, I expect!' Sure enough, as Mollie and Peter peered down into the water, they saw the blunt snouts of many giant frogs. 'Oooh!' said Mollie. 'I'm not going to jump in there!' 'I say!' said Peter. 'What about the drawbridge? Couldn't we let that down ourselves and escape that way?' 'Of course!' said Binky. 'Come on. We'll find it before the old Snoogle awakes.'

“哦!莫丽说。“我敢肯定，我永远游不过去。 你也不会的，彼得！“瞧！”宾基指着下面的水说。 “那里有大青蛙——我想它们会咬我们的！”果然，当莫丽和彼得往水里看时，他们看到了许多大青蛙的钝鼻子。 “噢!莫丽说。“我不会跳进去的！”“我说！”彼得说。 “吊桥怎么样？” 难道我们就不能放下它，从那条路逃走吗？“当然！”宾基说。 “来吧。我们会在老斯努格醒来之前找到它的。”

They went through the kitchen and into a big wide hall. They swung open the great front door. A path led down to a gateway that overlooked the moat. The door of the gateway was the drawbridge, drawn up over the entrance. The three ran down to the gate. Binky looked carefully at the chains that held up the drawbridge. 'Look!' he said to

他们穿过厨房，走进一个宽敞的大厅。 他们打开了大前门。 一条小路通向一个可以俯瞰护城河的入口。 大门的门是吊桥，悬在入口上方。 三个人跑到大门口。 Binky仔细地看了看吊桥上的链子。 “看!他对我说