Chapter 4

CHAPTER FOUR THE RAINBOW They sat down to have their supper. It was a lovely summer's evening, still quite light. As they sat by the doorway, munching big slices of jam sponge, a purple cloud blew up. Big drops of rain fell, and yet the sun still shone brightly, for it was not covered by the cloud. 'There's a rainbow, look!' said Mollie, and they all gazed at the lovely, shimmering rainbow that suddenly shone out in the sky.

第四章彩虹他们坐下来吃晚饭。 这是一个可爱的夏日夜晚，天色依然很亮。 他们坐在门边，大嚼着大块的海绵果酱，这时一阵紫色的云刮了起来。 下着大滴大滴的雨，但太阳仍然明亮地照耀着，因为它没有被云遮住。 “有一道彩虹，看！”莫丽说，他们都凝视着天空中突然出现的那道可爱的、闪闪发光的彩虹。

'I do wish the chair would grow its wings, because I'd love to go to the rainbow and see if I could find a crock of gold where it touches the ground.'

“我真希望这把椅子能长出翅膀，因为我很想去彩虹那里，看看能不能在它触地的地方找到一罐金子。”

'Yes, I'd like that, too,' said Binky. 'I don't believe anyone has ever found the crock of gold. They say you have to slide right down the rainbow itself and land with a bump on the patch of ground where the crock is hidden.' 'Let's go right into the garden and see if we can spot where the rainbow-end touches, said Mollie. So out they went, but as the end of the rainbow disappeared behind some high trees they couldn't make up their minds where it touched.

“是的，我也想那样。”宾基说。 “我不相信有人找到过那罐金子。 他们说你必须顺着彩虹滑下去，然后带着一个凸起落在藏着瓦罐的那块地上。“我们直接到花园里去，看看能不能找到彩虹的尽头在哪里，”莫丽说。 于是他们走了出去，但当彩虹的尽头消失在几棵大树后面时，他们无法确定它触及了哪里。

'It's miles away, anyhow,' said Peter. 'Isn't it a lovely thing? It's like a bridge of many colours.'

“不管怎么说，那儿离这儿很远。”彼得说。 “这不是很可爱吗？”它就像一座五彩缤纷的桥。”

They heard a sudden little scuffling sound and turned quickly. 'Was that that tiresome brownie again?' said Binky, frowning. 'Anybody seen him?' Nobody had. Nobody had spied him scuttling into the playroom. Nobody saw where he went. Peter felt uneasy. 'I believe he's slipped into the playroom, he said. 'We'd better look.'

他们突然听到一阵轻微的扭打声，赶紧转过身来。 “又是那个讨厌的布朗尼蛋糕吗？”宾基皱着眉头说。 “有人看见他了吗？”没有人。 没有人发现他匆匆走进游戏室。 没有人看到他去了哪里。彼得感到不安。 “我相信他溜进了游戏室，”他说。 “我们最好看看。”

They went in and hunted round. They looked into every corner, and Mollie even looked inside the dolls' house because she thought he might have been able to squeeze himself in at the door.

他们进去四处搜寻。 他们把每个角落都找遍了，莫丽甚至往娃娃们的屋子里看了看，因为她认为他可能会从门口挤进去。