Chapter 2

CHAPTER TWO A PLAYROOM SURPRISE He was, of course, because the robin had flown down to tell him that the children were coming. He hid behind some tall hollyhocks, and leaped out on them as they came up to the door of the playroom. 'Mollie! Peter! I'm here!' 'Binky! We are glad to see you!' said Mollie. 'Wait till I put down all this stuff and I'll give you a hug! There!' She gave the little pixie such a hug that he almost choked. He beamed all over his face. 'Where's the key?' he said. 'I'll open the door. I want to get the wishing-chair inside before anyone sees it. There's a tiresome little brownie

第二章游戏室的惊喜他当然高兴了，因为知更鸟飞下来告诉他孩子们要来了。 他躲在一些高大的蜀葵后面，当他们走到游戏室门口时，他跳了出来。 “莫莉!彼得!我在这里!“Binky !我们很高兴见到你！莫丽说。 “等我放下这些东西，我会给你一个拥抱！”在那里!”她给了小妖精一个拥抱，他几乎要窒息了。 他满脸笑容。 “钥匙在哪儿？”他说。 “我来开门。我想在别人看到之前把许愿椅搬进去。 有一个讨厌的小布朗尼

who keeps on wanting to sit in it.' He unlocked the door of the playroom and they all went in. Binky helped them with the food, and then ran to get the wishing-chair. He staggered in with it, beaming.

他一直想坐在里面。”他打开了游戏室的门，他们都进去了。 Binky帮他们准备食物，然后跑去拿许愿椅。 他带着它摇摇晃晃地走了进去，喜气洋洋。

'I tipped that tiresome brownie off the seat, and he fell into some nettles,' said Binky. 'He shouted like anything. Well, does the chair look just the same as ever?' 'Oh, yes!' said Mollie, in delight, looking at the polished wooden chair. 'Your mother does keep it well polished, Binky. Did it grow its wings and fly off at all, while we were away at school this term?' 'It grew its wings once,' said Binky, but as I was in bed with a cold I couldn't fly off anywhere exciting in it- so I tied it to one of the legs of my bed, in case it tried to do anything silly, like flying out of the window.' Mollie giggled. 'And did it try?' she asked. 'Oh, yes- it woke me up in the middle of the night, flapping its wings and tugging at my bed, said Binky with a grin. 'But it couldn't

“我把那个讨厌的布朗尼从座位上摔了下来，他掉进了荨麻里，”宾基说。 他大声叫道。 那椅子看起来还和以前一样吗？“哦，是的！”莫丽看着那把擦亮的木椅，高兴地说。 “你妈妈把它擦得很干净，宾基。 这学期我们不在学校的时候，它长翅膀飞走了吗？“有一次它长出了翅膀，”宾基说，“但是因为我感冒躺在床上，不能坐着它飞到任何令人兴奋的地方去——所以我把它绑在我的床腿上，以防它想做什么傻事，比如飞出窗外。”莫丽咯咯笑了。 “它试过吗？”她问。 “哦，是的——它半夜把我吵醒了，拍打着翅膀，拽着我的床，”宾基笑着说。 但它不能

get away, and in the morning its wings had gone again. So that was all right.'

第二天早晨，它的翅膀又不见了。 所以这一切都很好。”

'I do so hope it will grow its wings this weekend,' said Peter. 'We've only got a few days' holiday, then we go back to school again -and as Mother and Daddy are both away we really could go off on an adventure or two without any difficulty.' 'I expect it will,' said Binky, looking at the chair. He felt its legs to see if there were any bumps coming, which meant that its wings were sprouting. But he couldn't feel any. What a pity! Soon they were all sitting down enjoying Mrs Williams's buns and ice-cream. It was a hot day, so they drank rather a lot of the ginger beer. 'It won't last long if we drink it at this rate!' said Peter. 'I say- I wonder if Mrs Williams would mind if we lived down here in the

“我真希望这周末它能长出翅膀，”彼得说。 “我们只有几天的假期，然后我们又要回学校了。爸爸妈妈都不在家，我们真的可以毫无困难地出去玩一两次。”“我想会的，”宾基看着椅子说。 他摸了摸它的腿，看是否有什么突起，这意味着它的翅膀正在发芽。 但他一点感觉都没有。太遗憾了！很快，他们都坐下来享用威廉姆斯太太的小圆面包和冰淇淋。 天气很热，所以他们喝了很多姜汁啤酒。 “照这样喝下去，撑不了多久的！”彼得说。 “我说——我不知道威廉斯夫人是否介意我们住在这儿。

playroom all this weekend- slept here, too?' 'That would be fun!' said Mollie. 'I don't see why we shouldn't. You could come too, Binky.'

整个周末都在游戏室，也睡在这里？“那太有趣了！”莫丽说。 “我不明白为什么我们不应该这样做。 你也可以来，宾奇。”