Chapter 5

CHAPTER FIVE A DREADFUL THING Once a dreadful thing happened when the children were adventuring on the wishing- chair. It had grown its wings most conveniently when all three were in the playroom, so they jumped on, and were soon flying high in the air.

第五章一件可怕的事有一次，孩子们在许愿椅上冒险时发生了一件可怕的事。 当他们三个都在游戏室的时候，它长出了翅膀，这是最方便的，所以他们跳上了翅膀，很快就飞上了天空。

As they were flying they heard a loud droning noise, and looked round. 'It's an aeroplane!' shouted Peter.

当他们正在飞行时，他们听到了一声巨大的嗡嗡声，他们环顾四周。 “是一架飞机！”彼得喊道。

'I say! It's very near us!' cried Mollie. So it was. It didn't seem to see them at all. It flew straight at them, and the edge of one widespread wing just touched their flying chair, giving it a tremendous jerk. Mollie and Peter were sitting tightly in the seat- but Binky was on the back, and he was jolted

“我说!它离我们很近！莫丽叫道。 原来是这样。它似乎根本没看见他们。 它径直向他们飞来，一只大翅膀的边缘正好碰到他们的飞行椅，使它猛地一跳。 莫丽和彼得紧紧地坐在座位上——但宾基坐在后座，他被摇晃了一下

right off the chair. Mollie clutched at him as he fell- but she only just touched him. The two children watched in the greatest dismay as he fell down- and down- and down. 'Oh, Peter!' cried Mollie, in despair, 'poor, poor Binky! Whatever will happen to him!' The aeroplane flew on steadily, never guessing that it had touched a wishing-

从椅子上下来。他摔倒时，莫丽紧紧抓住他——但她只是碰到了他。 两个孩子极其惊慌地看着他往下摔——摔啊摔——摔啊摔。 “噢,彼得!莫丽绝望地叫道，“可怜的，可怜的宾基！不管他会怎么样！”飞机平稳地继续飞行，从来没有想到它碰到了一个愿望

chair. Peter turned pale and looked at Mollie. 'We must make the chair go down and see if Binky is hurt,' he said. 'Oh dear! What a dreadful thing to happen! Chair, fly down to earth!' The chair flapped its red wings and flew slowly down to the ground. It stood there, and the children jumped off. They were in open country with wide fields all around them. There was no sign of Binky at all. They heard the sound of someone chanting a song, and saw coming towards them, a round, fat little man carrying a bundle on his head. 'Hi!' called Peter. 'Have you seen a little pixie falling out of the sky?' 'Is that a riddle?' said the round little man, grinning stupidly. 'I can ask you one too! Have you seen a horse that quacks like a duck?'

椅子上。彼得脸色苍白，看着莫丽。 “我们必须让椅子放下来，看看Binky有没有受伤。”他说。 “哦,亲爱的!发生了多么可怕的事情啊！椅子，飞到地上来！”椅子拍打着它的红翅膀，慢慢地飞到地上。 它站在那里，孩子们跳了下来。 他们身处一片开阔的乡村，四周都是广阔的田野。 根本没有Binky的踪迹。 他们听到有人在唱着歌，看见一个胖胖的小个子向他们走来，头上顶着一个包袱。 “嗨!彼得叫道。“你见过一个小妖精从天上掉下来吗？”“这是个谜语吗？”那个矮胖的男人傻笑着说。 “我也可以问你一个！”你见过像鸭子一样叫的马吗？”