11 PAM’S DISCOVERY

CHAPTER ELEVEN PAM'S DISCOVERY NEXT MORNING Janet, Peter, Colin and Pam met to go to the circus field. They didn't take Scamper, because they didn't think Jumbo the elephant would like him sniffing round his ankles. He was very angry at being left, and they could hear his miserable howls all the way up the lane. 'Poor Scamper!' said Janet. 'I wish we could have taken him– but he might get into the lions' cage or something. He's so very inquisitive.' They soon came to the field. They walked across it, eyeing the circus people curiously.

第十一章帕姆的发现第二天早上，珍妮特、彼得、科林和帕姆一起去马戏场。 他们没有带走斯坎普，因为他们认为大象江伯不喜欢他在脚踝周围嗅来嗅去。 他被丢下了，非常生气，他们一路上都能听到他痛苦的嚎叫。 “可怜的奔跑!珍妮特说。 “我真希望我们能把他带走——但他可能会进狮子笼子什么的。” 他太好奇了。”他们很快来到了田地。 他们走过广场，好奇地打量着马戏团的人。

How different they looked in their ordinary clothes– not nearly so interesting, thought Janet. But then, how exciting and magnificent they looked in the ring. One or two of them had built little fires in the field and were cooking something in black pots over the flames. Whatever it was that was cooking smelt most delicious. It made Peter feel very hungry. They found Trinculo, and he was as good as his word. He took them to make friends with Jumbo, who trumpeted gently at them, and then, with one swing of his strong trunk, he set Janet high up on his great head. She squealed with surprise and delight.

她们穿着平常的衣服看起来多么不一样啊——一点也不有趣，珍妮特想。 但是，他们在拳击场上是多么令人兴奋和壮观啊。 他们中有一两个人在田野里生起了小火，正在火焰上用黑锅煮东西。 不管煮的是什么，闻起来都很香。 这使彼得感到很饿。 他们找到了特林鸠罗，他说到做到。 他带着它们去和江伯交朋友，江伯轻轻地对它们吹号，然后，他用强壮的鼻子一甩，把珍妮特高高放在他的大头上。 她又惊又喜地尖叫起来。

They went to find the little bear. He was delighted to see them, and put his paws through the bars to reach their hands. Trinculo unlocked the cage and let him out. He lumbered over to them and clasped his arms

他们去找小熊。 他看到他们很高兴，把爪子伸进栅栏去够他们的手。 特林鸠罗打开笼子，放他出来。 他笨拙地走过去，紧紧地抱着他的胳膊

round Trinculo's leg, peeping at the rest of them with a roguish look on his funny bear- face. 'If only he wasn't so heavy,' said Janet, who always loved to pick up any animal she liked and hug it. 'I wish I could buy him.' 'Goodness– whatever would Scamper say if we took him home?' said Peter. Trinculo took them to see the great lions in their cages. The sulky youth called Louis was there with someone else, cleaning out the cages. The other man in the cage grinned at the staring children. One of the lions growled. Janet backed away. 'It's all right,' said the trainer. 'They're all harmless so long as they are well fed, and don't get quarrel-some. But don't come too near, Missy, just in case. Here you, Louis. Fill the water-trough again– the water's filthy.' Louis did as he was told. The children watched him tip up the big water-trough and

围着特林鸠罗的腿，在他那滑稽的熊脸上露出一副淘气的神情，偷窥着其余的人。 “要是他不那么重就好了，”珍妮特说，她总是喜欢抱起任何她喜欢的动物，拥抱它。 “我希望我能买下他。“天哪——如果我们把斯坎普带回家，他会怎么说呢？”彼得说。 特林鸠罗带他们去看笼子里的大狮子。 那个叫路易斯的闷闷不乐的年轻人和另外一个人在那里清理笼子。 笼子里的另一个人对着瞪着眼睛的孩子们咧嘴一笑。 其中一只狮子咆哮着。珍妮特往后退。 “没关系，”教练说。 “只要他们吃得好，不吵架，他们都是无害的。 但别靠得太近，小姐，以防万一。 给你，路易斯。再把水槽装满——水脏了。”路易斯照他说的做了。 孩子们看着他把大水槽打翻

empty out the dirty water. Then he filled it again. He didn't seem in the least afraid of the lions. Janet didn't like him, but she couldn't help thinking how brave he was! They were all sorry when it was time to go. They said goodbye to Trinculo, went to pat the little bear once more, and then wandered across the field to Jumbo. They patted as far as they could reach up his pillar-like leg, and then went along by the row of colourful caravans to the gate at the end of the field. Some of the caravanners had been doing their washing. They had spread a good deal of it out on the grass to dry. Others had rigged up a rough clothesline, and had pegged up all kinds of things to flap in the wind. The children wandered by, idly looking at everything they passed. And then Pam suddenly stopped short. She gazed closely at something hanging on one of the lines. When she turned her face towards them, she looked

把脏水倒掉。 然后他又把它装满了。他似乎一点也不怕狮子。 珍妮特不喜欢他，但她不禁想到他是多么勇敢！到了该走的时候，他们都很抱歉。 他们向特林鸠罗告别，又去拍拍小熊，然后穿过田野向江伯走去。 他们尽可能地拍拍他柱子般的腿，然后沿着一排色彩鲜艳的大篷车向田野尽头的大门走去。 有些商队的人正在洗衣服。 他们在草地上撒了很多，让它晾干。 其他人则搭起一条粗糙的晾衣绳，把各种各样的东西钉起来，以便在风中飘动。 孩子们走过，懒洋洋地看着他们经过的每样东西。 然后帕姆突然停了下来。 她仔细地盯着绳子上挂着的什么东西。 当她把脸转向他们，她看了看

so excited that the others hurried over to her. 'What is it?' asked Peter. 'You look quite red! What's up?' 'Is anybody looking at us?' asked Pam in a low voice. 'Well, Peter– hurry up and look at these socks hanging on this line. What do they remind you of?' The others looked at the things on the line– torn handkerchiefs, little frocks belonging to children, stockings and socks. For a moment Peter felt sure that Pam had spotted a blue pullover! But there was no pullover flapping in the wind. He wondered what had attracted Pam's attention. Then he saw what she was gazing at. She was looking very hard indeed at a pair of blue wool socks– and down each side of them ran a pattern in red! Peter's mind at once flew to the scrap of wool he had in his pocket-book– did it match? In a trice he had it out and was comparing it

其他人都很兴奋，急忙向她走来。 “什么事？”彼得问。 “你脸色很红！”有什么事吗?“有人在看我们吗？”帕姆低声问。 “喂，彼得——快去看看挂在绳子上的袜子。 它们让你想起了什么？”其他人看着绳子上的东西——破手帕、孩子们的小褂子、长袜和短袜。 有那么一会儿，彼得确信帕姆看到了一件蓝色的套头衫！但是没有毛衣在风中飘动。 他想知道是什么吸引了帕姆的注意。 然后他看到了她所凝视的东西。 她确实很仔细地看着一双蓝色的羊毛袜子——袜子的两边都有一个红色的图案！彼得的思绪立刻飞到他皮夹里的那块毛线上——它配得上吗？ 不一会儿，他就把它拿出来比较了