Chapter 1

SANTA CLAUS AND THE WISHING-CHAIR Guid Blyton A WISHING-CHAIR ADVENTURE

圣诞老人和许愿椅圭德·布莱顿的许愿椅冒险

CHAPTER ONE A CHRISTMAS VISITOR Christmas was coming. Peter and Mollie were home from boarding-school and were very excited. 'Two more days till Christmas!' said Peter. 'Then stockings, and crackers, and pudding, and a Christmas tree, and parties. Oooh!'

圣诞节就要到了。 彼得和莫丽从寄宿学校回来了，非常兴奋。 “离圣诞节还有两天！”彼得说。 然后是长筒袜、饼干、布丁、圣诞树和派对。 噢!”

The next day came- and that was Christmas Eve. 'Only today,' said Mollie, 'then Christmas!' They went down to their playroom, which was built at the bottom of the garden. The wishing-chair was there, but Binky, their friend, was not. He had gone Christmas shopping. 'Binky said he would hang his stocking up on the back of the wishing-chair,' said Mollie. 'Then Santa Claus would fill it for him. Where shall we put the presents we have bought for him, Peter?' They put them on the sofa in the corner, and then ran back to the house. They had not been for any rides on the wishing-chair so far these holidays- but they had been so busy doing their Christmas shopping that they had hardly paid any attention to the magic chair.

第二天到了——那是平安夜。 “只是今天，”莫丽说，“然后是圣诞节！”他们下楼去了他们的游戏室，游戏室建在花园的尽头。 许愿椅在那里，但他们的朋友宾基不在。 他去买圣诞礼物了。 “宾基说他要把袜子挂在许愿椅的靠背上，”莫丽说。 然后圣诞老人会帮他填满。 我们给他买的礼物放在哪里呢，彼得？”他们把它们放在角落里的沙发上，然后跑回了家。 到目前为止，这些假期他们还没有坐过许愿椅——但他们一直忙着买圣诞礼物，几乎没有注意到那把神奇的椅子。

The children hung up their stockings that night at the end of their beds. Mother tucked them up, kissed them, and put out the light. 'Now, go to sleep quickly,' she said. 'No staying awake and peeping.' So they went straight off to sleep, and began to dream about parties and presents. But in the middle of the night, Peter suddenly woke up. He had heard a strange noise in his sleep. What could it be?

那天晚上，孩子们把长统袜挂在床尾。 妈妈把它们盖好，吻了吻，然后灭了灯。 “现在，快睡吧，”她说。 “不要熬夜偷窥。”于是他们马上就睡着了，开始梦见聚会和礼物。 但是在半夜，彼得突然醒了。 他在睡梦中听到一种奇怪的声音。 会是什么呢？