5 The Whomping Willow

CHAPTER FIVE THE WHOMPING WILLOW The end of the summer vacation came too quickly for Harry's liking. He was looking forward to getting back to Hogwarts, but his month at the Burrow had been the happiest of his life. It was difficult not to feel jealous of Ron when he thought of the Dursleys and the sort of

第五章打人柳暑假结束得太快了，哈利不喜欢。 他盼望着回到霍格沃茨，但在陋居的一个月是他一生中最快乐的时光。 一想到德思礼一家之类的人，罗恩很难不嫉妒他

welcome he could expect next time he turned up on Privet Drive. On their last evening, Mrs. Weasley conjured up a sumptuous dinner that included all of Harry's favorite things, ending with a mouthwatering treacle pudding. Fred and George rounded off the evening with a display of Filibuster fireworks; they filled the kitchen with red and blue stars that bounced from ceiling to wall for at least half an hour. Then it was time for a last mug of hot chocolate and bed. It took a long while to get started next morning. They were up at dawn, but somehow they still seemed to have a great deal to do. Mrs. Weasley dashed about in a bad mood looking for spare socks and quills; people kept colliding on the stairs, half-dressed with bits of toast in their hands; and Mr. Weasley nearly broke his neck, tripping over a stray chicken as he crossed the yard carrying Ginny's trunk to the car.

他下次出现在女贞路时一定会受到欢迎的。 在他们的最后一个晚上，韦斯莱夫人变出了一顿丰盛的晚餐，包括哈利喜欢吃的所有东西，最后是令人垂涎三尺的糖浆布丁。 弗雷德和乔治表演了费力拔焰火，为晚会画上圆满的句号。他们在厨房里挂满了红色和蓝色的星星，这些星星从天花板跳到墙上，至少持续了半个小时。 然后是喝最后一杯热巧克力，上床睡觉的时候了。 第二天早上花了很长时间才开始。 他们天刚亮就起床了，但不知怎的，他们似乎还有很多事情要做。 韦斯莱夫人闷闷不乐地跑来跑去，寻找备用的袜子和羽毛笔。人们不停地在楼梯上撞来撞去，衣衫不整，手里拿着烤面包片；韦斯莱先生拎着金妮的箱子穿过院子走向汽车时，差点被一只迷路的鸡绊倒，摔断了脖子。

Harry couldn't see how eight people, six large trunks, two owls, and a rat were going to fit into one small Ford Anglia. He had reckoned, of course, without the special features that Mr. Weasley had added. "Not a word to Molly," he whispered to Harry as he opened the trunk and showed him how it had been magically expanded so that the luggage fitted easily. When at last they were all in the car, Mrs. Weasley glanced into the back seat, where Harry, Ron, Fred, George, and Percy were all sitting comfortably side by side, and said, "Muggles do know more than we give them credit for, don't they?" She and Ginny got into the front seat, which had been stretched so that it resembled a park bench. "I mean, you'd never know it was this roomy from the outside, would you?" Mr. Weasley started up the engine and they trundled out of the yard, Harry turning back for a

哈利想不出八个人、六只大箱子、两只猫头鹰和一只老鼠怎么能塞进一辆小小的福特安格里亚。 当然，他没有把韦斯莱先生加进去的那些特征算进去。 “别告诉莫丽。”他小声对哈利说，一边打开箱子，向他展示箱子是如何神奇地展开的，这样行李就很容易装进去了。 最后大家都上了车，韦斯莱夫人朝后座上看了一眼，哈利、罗恩、弗雷德、乔治和珀西舒舒服服地并排坐在那里。韦斯莱夫人说：“麻瓜知道的东西确实比我们想象的要多，是不是？”她和金妮坐上了前座，前座被拉长得像公园里的长凳。 “我的意思是，你从外面看不出有这么宽敞，对吧？”韦斯莱先生发动了引擎，他们缓缓地驶出了院子，哈利转过身去

last look at the house. He barely had time to wonder when he'd see it again when they were back George had forgotten his box of Filibuster fireworks. Five minutes after that, they skidded to a halt in the yard so that Fred could run in for his broomstick. They had almost reached the highway when Ginny shrieked that she'd left her diary. By the time she had clambered back into the car, they were running very late, and tempers were running high. Mr. Weasley glanced at his watch and then at his wife. "Molly, dear—" "No, Arthur—" "No one would see this little button here is an Invisibility Booster I installed that'd get us up in the air then we fly above the clouds. We'd be there in ten minutes and no one would be any the wiser—" "I said no, Arthur, not in broad daylight—"

最后看一眼房子。他几乎没有时间去想，等他们回来的时候，什么时候能再见到它。乔治忘了他那盒费力拔烟火。 五分钟后，他们在院子里刹住脚步，让弗雷德跑进去拿他的飞天扫帚。 他们快走到公路上时，金妮尖叫着说她忘带日记了。 等她爬回车里的时候，他们已经很晚了，大家的脾气也越来越大了。 韦斯莱先生看了看手表，又看了看妻子。 “莫丽，亲爱的——”“不，亚瑟——”“没人会发现这个小按钮是我装的隐形助推器，它能把我们带到空中，然后飞到云层上方。 我们十分钟就到，谁也不会知道的——”“我说了不行，亚瑟，光天化日之下不行——”

They reached King's Cross at a quarter to eleven. Mr. Weasley dashed across the road to get trolleys for their trunks and they all hurried into the station. Harry had caught the Hogwarts Express the previous year. The tricky part was getting onto platform nine and three-quarters, which wasn't visible to the Muggle eye. What you had to do was walk through the solid barrier dividing platforms nine and ten. It didn't hurt, but it had to be done carefully so that none of the Muggles noticed you vanishing. "Percy first," said Mrs. Weasley, looking nervously at the clock overhead, which showed they had only five minutes to disappear casually through the barrier. Percy strode briskly forward and vanished. Mr. Weasley went next; Fred and George followed. "I'll take Ginny and you two come right after us," Mrs. Weasley told Harry and Ron, grabbing

他们十一点差一刻到达国王十字车站。 韦斯莱先生冲过马路去找手推车来装他们的箱子，他们都匆匆进了车站。 哈利去年坐过霍格沃茨特快列车。 最棘手的部分是登上九又四分之三站台，麻瓜的眼睛是看不见的。 你要做的就是穿过分隔第九和第十站台的坚固屏障。 不痛，但必须小心，这样麻瓜才不会注意到你消失了。 “珀西先走。”韦斯莱夫人说，紧张地看着头顶上的时钟，上面显示他们只有五分钟的时间随意穿过屏障消失。 珀西大步向前走，消失了。 韦斯莱先生接着走了。弗雷德和乔治紧随其后。 “我带金妮去，你们俩跟在我们后面。”韦斯莱夫人对哈利和罗恩说，一把抓住他们

Ginny's hand and setting off. In the blink of an eye they were gone. "Let's go together, we've only got a minute," Ron said to Harry. Harry made sure that Hedwig's cage was safely wedged on top of his trunk and wheeled his trolley around to face the barrier. He felt perfectly confident; this wasn't nearly as uncomfortable as using Floo powder. Both of them bent low over the handles of their trolleys and walked purposefully toward the barrier, gathering speed. A few feet away from it, they broke into a run and CRASH. Both trolleys hit the barrier and bounced backward; Ron's trunk fell off with a loud thump, Harry was knocked off his feet, and Hedwig's cage bounced onto the shiny floor, and she rolled away, shrieking indignantly; people all around

金妮握住他的手，出发了。 一眨眼他们就不见了。 “我们一起走吧，我们只有一分钟时间。”罗恩对哈利说。 哈利把海德薇的笼子牢牢地塞在箱子顶上，然后把手推车转过来，面向栅栏。 他感到非常自信；这比用飞路粉舒服多了。 两个人都把身子弯在手推车的把手上，故意朝路障走去，加快了速度。 在离它几英尺远的地方，他们突然跑起来，啪的一声。 两辆电车都撞上了障碍物，弹回来；罗恩的箱子砰的一声掉在地上，哈利被撞倒在地，海德薇的笼子弹到闪闪发亮的地板上，她滚开了，愤怒地尖叫着。周围的人