10 TRINCULO THE ACROBAT

CHAPTER TEN TRINCULO THE ACROBAT THE SEVEN stared at him in dismay. Why– his head was completely bald except for a few grey hairs right on the very top. He couldn't possibly be the thief. Colin had distinctly seen the top of the thief's head when he had sat above him in the tree– and he had said that his hair was black, except for a little round bald patch in the centre. Colin took the wig in his hand. He looked at it carefully, wondering if perhaps the thief had worn the wig when he had stolen the necklace. But there was no little round bald patch in the

第十章杂技家特林鸠罗七人惊恐地望着他。 他的头除了顶上几根白头发外，全秃了。 他不可能是小偷。 科林坐在树上的时候，清楚地看到了小偷的头顶——他说他的头发是黑色的，除了中间有一小块圆形的秃顶。 科林把假发拿在手里。 他仔细地看了看，想知道小偷在偷项链的时候是不是戴着假发。 但是没有小的圆形秃斑

centre! It was a thick black wig with no bare patches at all. 'You seem to be very interested in my wig,' said the acrobat, and he laughed. 'No acrobat can afford to be bald, you know. We have to look as young and beautiful as possible. Now, I'll give you each my autograph, then you must be off.' 'Thank you,' said Peter, and handed the man a piece of paper and a pencil. The little bear came ambling by, all by itself, snorting a little. 'Oh, look!' said Janet in delight. 'Oh, will it come to us, do you think? Come here, little bear.' The bear sidled up and rubbed against Janet. She put her arms round it and tried to lift it– but it was unexpectedly heavy. A strange, sulky-looking youth came after it, and caught it roughly by the fur at its neck. 'Ah, bad boy!' he said, and shook the little

中心!那是一顶厚厚的黑色假发，根本没有裸露的补丁。 “你似乎对我的假发很感兴趣，”杂技演员说着笑了起来。 “你知道，没有一个杂技演员能承受秃顶的代价。 我们必须看起来尽可能年轻漂亮。 现在，我给你们每人签个名，然后你们就可以走了。“谢谢你。”彼得说着递给他一张纸和一支铅笔。 那只小熊慢悠悠地走过来，独自一人，轻轻地哼着鼻子。 “噢,瞧!珍妮特高兴地说。 “哦，你认为它会来找我们吗？” 过来，小熊。”那只熊侧身凑近珍妮特。 她用双臂抱住它，想把它举起来——但它出乎意料地重。 一个奇怪的、脸色阴沉的年轻人跟在它后面，粗暴地抓住了它脖子上的皮毛。 “啊，坏孩子！”他说着，摇了摇小手

creature. The bear whimpered. 'Oh, don't!' said Janet in distress. 'He's so sweet. He only came over to see us.' The youth was dressed rather peculiarly. He had on a woman's bodice, spangled with sequins, a bonnet with flowers in– and dirty flannel trousers! Peter glanced at him curiously as he led the little bear away. 'Was he in the circus?' he asked. 'I don't remember him.' 'Yes– he was one of the stilt-walkers,' said the acrobat, still busily writing autographs. 'His name's Louis. He helps with all the animals. Do you want to come and see the bears in their cage some time?– they're very tame– and old Jumbo would love to have a bun or two if you like to bring him some. He's as gentle as a big dog.' 'Oh yes– we'd love to!' said Janet, at once thinking how much she would love to make friends with the dear little bear. 'Can we come

生物。熊呜咽着。 “哦,不!珍妮特痛苦地说。 “他太可爱了。他只是来看我们的。”这个年轻人穿得相当古怪。 他穿着一件亮片闪闪的女式紧身上衣，戴着一顶饰有花朵的软帽——还有一条脏兮兮的法兰绒裤子！彼得带着小熊离开时，好奇地看了他一眼。 “他在马戏团吗？”他问。 “我不记得他了。“是的——他是一个走高跷的，”杂技演员说，还在忙着写签名。 “他叫路易斯。他帮助照顾所有的动物。 你什么时候想来看看笼子里的熊吗？——它们很温顺——如果你愿意给老江伯带一些，他会喜欢吃一两个面包的。 他像一只大狗一样温柔。“哦，是的——我们很想去！”珍妮特说，她立刻想到她是多么想和这只可爱的小熊交朋友。 “我们能来吗？”

tomorrow?' 'Yes– come tomorrow morning,' said the acrobat. 'Ask for Trinculo– that's me. I'll be about somewhere.' The children thanked him and left the field. They said nothing till they were well out of hearing of any of the circus people. 'I'm glad it wasn't that acrobat,' said Janet. 'He's nice. I like his funny face, too. I did get a shock when he took off his black hair!' 'So did I,' said Peter. 'I felt an idiot, too. I thought I had remembered how the thief had looked– when I saw Trinculo's face, I really did think he looked like the thief. But he doesn't, of course. For one thing, the man I saw was much younger.' 'We'd better not go by faces, it seems to me,' said Colin. 'Better try to find someone who wears a blue pullover with a red thread running through it!' 'We can't go all over the district looking for

明天好吗?“好的——明天早上来吧，”杂技演员说。 “去找特林鸠罗吧——就是我。 我要去个什么地方。”孩子们谢了他，离开了田地。 他们什么也没说，一直走到听不见马戏团的人的声音为止。 “我很高兴不是那个杂技演员干的，”珍妮特说。 “他很好。我也喜欢他滑稽的脸。 当他脱下他的黑头发时，我确实吓了一跳！“我也是。”彼得说。 我也觉得自己像个白痴。我想我记得小偷的样子——当我看到特林鸠罗的脸时，我真的觉得他长得像那个小偷。 但他当然没有。 首先，我看到的那个人要年轻得多。“在我看来，我们最好不要看脸。”柯林说。 “最好找一个穿蓝色套头衫，上面有红线的人！”“我们不能走遍整个地区去找。

that,' said Pam. 'Honestly, that's silly.' 'Well, have you got a better idea?' asked Colin. She hadn't, of course. Nor had anyone else. 'We're stuck,' said Peter, gloomily. 'This is a silly sort of mystery. We keep thinking we've got somewhere– and then we find we haven't.' 'Shall we go to the circus field tomorrow?' asked Pam. 'Not to try to find the thief, of course, because we know now that he isn't any of the acrobats. But should we go just to see the animals?' 'Yes. I did like that little bear,' said Janet. 'And I'd like to see old Jumbo close to, as well. I love elephants.' 'I don't think I'll come,' said Barbara. 'I'm a bit scared of elephants, they're so enormous.' 'I won't come, either,' said Jack. 'What about you, George? We said we'd swop stamps tomorrow, you know.'

“那个，”潘说。“老实说，这太愚蠢了。“那么，你有更好的主意吗？”科林问。 当然，她没有。其他人也没有。 “我们被困住了。”彼得沮丧地说。 “这是一个愚蠢的谜题。 我们一直以为我们有所收获——然后我们发现我们一无所获。“我们明天去马戏场好吗？”潘问。 “当然不是去找小偷，因为我们现在知道他不是任何一个杂技演员。 但我们应该只是去看动物吗？“是的。 “我确实喜欢那只小熊，”珍妮特说。 “我也想近距离地看看老江伯。 我喜欢大象。“我想我不会来了，”芭芭拉说。 “我有点害怕大象，它们太大了。“我也不去，”杰克说。 “你呢，乔治？”你知道，我们说好明天交换邮票的。”

'Yes– well, we won't go either,' said George. 'You don't mind, do you, Peter? I mean, it's nothing to do with the Society, going to make friends with bears and elephants.' 'Well, Janet and Pam and Colin and I will go,' said Peter. 'And mind– everyone is to watch out for a blue pullover with a little red line running through it. You never know what you'll see if you keep your eyes open!' Peter was right– but he would have been surprised to know what he and Janet were going to spot the very next day!

“是啊——好吧，我们也不去。”乔治说。 “你不介意吧，彼得？” 我是说，这跟协会没有关系，跟熊和大象交朋友。“好吧，珍妮特、帕姆、科林和我去，”彼得说。 “注意——每个人都要小心穿有小红线的蓝色套头衫。 如果你一直睁大眼睛，你永远不知道会看到什么！”彼得是对的——但如果他知道第二天他和珍妮特会看到什么，他一定会大吃一惊的！