Chapter 3

CHAPTER THREE CREE-EE-EAK Mollie and Peter spent a very jolly evening with Binky, down in the playroom. They played snap and happy families and ludo, and all the time they watched the wishing- chair to see if it would grow its wings. They did so long to fly off on an adventure again. But the chair stood there quietly, and when it was half-past eight the children were so sleepy that they felt they really must go to bed. 'We'd better go and have a bath up at the house,' said Peter. 'I feel dirty, travelling all the way home by train. We'll dress properly again, just in case the wishing-chair grows its wings and flies off with us. We'll say goodnight to

莫丽、彼得和宾基在楼下的游戏室里度过了一个非常愉快的夜晚。 他们玩着啪啪啪啪的游戏，玩着快乐的家庭游戏，玩着卢多游戏，他们一直盯着许愿椅，看它是否会长出翅膀来。 他们渴望再一次飞出去冒险。 可是椅子静静地站在那儿，到了八点半，孩子们都困了，觉得真的该上床睡觉了。 “我们最好到屋里去洗个澡。”彼得说。 “坐火车一路回家，我觉得很脏。 我们得重新穿好衣服，以防许愿椅长出翅膀，带着我们飞走。 我们要向……道晚安

Mrs Williams, too, so that she doesn't feel she's got to come down to see if we're all right.' Just as they went out of the door they saw somebody disappearing round the corner. 'Who was that peeping?' said Mollie at once. 'Quick, run and see, Peter.'

还有威廉姆斯太太，这样她就不会觉得必须下来看看我们是否安好了。”他们刚出门，就看见有人从拐角处消失了。 “谁在偷看？”莫丽马上说。 “快去看看，彼得。”

Peter raced round the corner of the playroom and saw a little brownie dive into a bush. He yelled at him. 'Hey, what do you think you are doing, peeping about here? You wait till I catch you!' A cheeky face looked out of the bush. 'I just want to see your chair grow wings, that's all. It's a wishing-chair, isn't it? Can't I watch it grow wings?'

彼得跑过游戏室的拐角，看见一只小布朗尼跳进灌木丛里。 他对他大喊大叫。“嘿，你以为你在干什么，在这里偷窥？” 你等着我抓住你！”一张厚脸皮的脸从灌木丛中探出头来。 “我只是想看到你的椅子长出翅膀，仅此而已。 这是一把许愿椅，不是吗？ 我不能看着它长翅膀吗？”

'No, you can't,' said Peter. No peeping and prying in our garden, please! Keep out!' The brownie made a rude face and pulled his head back into the leaves. Binky ran out of the playroom to see what the shouting was about. 'It's that brownie you told us about, the one who sat in the wishing-chair,' said Peter. 'Keep an eye open for him, Binky. We don't want him telling everyone our secret.' 'I'll watch,' said Binky. He yelled at the bush where the brownie had gone. 'Hey, you little snooper! If I see you again I'll tie you to a witch's broomstick and send you off to the moon!' There was no answer. The children went off to the house to have their bath and Binky went back to the playroom. Mrs Williams gave

“不，你不能。”彼得说。 请不要在我们的花园里偷看和窥探！保持了!”小棕仙做了个粗鲁的鬼脸，把头缩进了树叶里。 宾基跑出游戏室，想看看他们在喊什么。 “就是你告诉我们的那个布朗尼，坐在许愿椅上的那个。”彼得说。 “盯着他，宾奇。 我们不想让他把我们的秘密告诉别人。“我来看着，”宾基说。 他对着布朗尼消失的灌木丛大叫。 “嘿，你这个小侦探！”如果我再见到你，我就把你绑在女巫的扫帚上，把你送到月亮上去！”没有人回答。 孩子们回家去洗澡了，Binky回到了游戏室。 威廉斯夫人给了

Peter and Mollie a jam sponge sandwich she had made, and another bottle of milk. 'Could you give us some eggs, too?' asked Peter. 'Then we could boil them ourselves for breakfast on our own little stove. We wouldn't need to come in for breakfast then.' Mrs Williams laughed. 'You're not going to bother me much, are you?' she said. 'Well, here you are, four new-laid eggs- and you'd better take a new loaf down with you, and some more butter. You're sure you'll be all right?' 'Oh, yes,' said Mollie. 'We love being on our own like this with Bi-' Peter gave her such a nudge that she almost fell over. She stopped and went red. Goodness gracious, she had almost said Binky's name! Mrs Williams didn't seem to have

彼得和莫丽吃了她做的果酱海绵三明治，又喝了一瓶牛奶。 “你能再给我们一些鸡蛋吗？”彼得问。 “这样我们就可以在自己的小炉子上煮它们当早餐了。 那样我们就不需要进来吃早饭了。”威廉姆斯太太笑了。 “你不会太打扰我吧，是不是？”她说。 “好了，给你，四个新下的蛋——你最好带一条新面包下去，再多带些黄油。 你确定你会没事吗？“哦，是的，”莫丽说。 “我们喜欢和比——”彼得轻轻推了她一下，她差点摔倒。 她停下来，脸涨得通红。天哪，她差点儿就叫到了宾基的名字！威廉姆斯太太似乎没有

noticed anything, though. She added a pot of marmalade to the tray, and Peter took it. 'Well, I suppose I'll see you when you want more food!' she said. 'And not before. Have a nice time- and don't get into mischief!'

但我注意到了什么。她往盘子里倒了一罐橘子酱，彼得拿了过来。 “好吧，我想等你再要吃的时候再来看你！”她说。 “以前也没有。玩得愉快——别淘气！”