09. AMANDA PIG ON HER OWN

AMANDA PIG ON HER OWN

小猪阿曼达的独处时光

WITHOUT OLIVER "Good-bye, Amanda," said Oliver. "Too bad you are too little to go to school." Oliver climbed on the school bus. Mother and Father and Amanda waved. The bus drove away.

奥利弗不在家 “再见啦，阿曼达。”奥利弗说。 “真可惜呀，你还太小，不能去上学。” 奥利弗爬上了校车。 妈妈、爸爸和阿曼达挥着手道别。 校车开走了。

And there was Amanda, left at home without Oliver. "I am not too little to go to school," said Amanda. "See. I am as tall as the table." "Why so you are," said Mother. "You may be big enough for school but you are not old enough yet. Next year you will go to school." Without Oliver the house seemed quiet. "What shall we do together today?" asked Amanda. "Right now I am doing the washing," said Mother. "And then the ironing. Later we can do something together."

只剩下阿曼达一个人待在家里，奥利弗不在身边。 “我才没有小到不能去上学呢。”阿曼达说。 “你看。 我都和桌子一样高啦。” “哎呀，你确实长这么高啦。”妈妈说。 “你个子可能够上学的标准啦，但是年龄还不够哦。 明年你就能去上学啦。” 奥利弗不在家，房子里静悄悄的。 “我们今天一起做点什么好呀？”阿曼达问。 “我现在要洗衣服哦。”妈妈说。 “然后还要熨衣服。 等会儿我们就能一起玩啦。”

Amanda went to her room. She set her little table and cooked breakfast for her animals. But it was no fun without Oliver. She put together her circus puzzle. But it was no fun without Oliver. Then she went outside and played Mighty Pig and the Amazing Baby Pig Meet the Bad Guys. But without Oliver to tie up the bad guys and take them to jail, it was no fun at all.

阿曼达回到了自己的房间。 她摆好自己的小桌子，给她的动物玩偶们做早餐。 可是奥利弗不在，一点都不好玩。 她拼好了自己的马戏团拼图。 可是奥利弗不在，一点都不好玩。 接着她跑到外面，玩“超级小猪和神奇小猪宝宝大战坏蛋”的游戏。 可是没有奥利弗一起把坏蛋绑起来送去监狱，这游戏一点意思都没有。

Amanda went back inside. "I am all alone," she said. "There is nothing to do without Oliver." "You are never all alone," said Mother. "You always have yourself." "I do?" said Amanda. "Yes," said Mother. "With Oliver you do lots of things that you both like to do. But without him you can do things that just you like to do." Amanda went back to her room. She thought about things that she liked to do. She liked to dance. Oliver hated it.

阿曼达回到了屋里。 “我孤零零的。”她说。 “奥利弗不在，什么事都没意思。” “你永远不会孤零零的呀。”妈妈说。 “你还有你自己陪着自己呀。” “真的吗？”阿曼达说。 “是呀。”妈妈说。 “奥利弗在的时候，你们可以一起做你们俩都喜欢的事。 但是他不在的时候，你可以做只有你自己喜欢的事呀。” 阿曼达回到了自己的房间。 她想了想自己喜欢做的事。 她喜欢跳舞。 奥利弗最讨厌跳舞了。

"I will practice ballet," she said. Amanda went to the dress-up box. Out of Father's long underwear and flowers from Mother's hat and an old lace tablecloth she made a ballet costume. "Now," she said, "I am the Sugar Plum Fairy." Amanda jumped and whirled and twirled all around the room.

“我要练习芭蕾。”她说。 阿曼达走到装打扮服饰的箱子旁边。 她用爸爸的长内衣、妈妈帽子上的花，还有一块旧蕾丝桌布，做了一套芭蕾舞服。 “现在呀，”她说，“我就是糖果仙子啦。” 阿曼达在房间里蹦呀跳呀，转了一圈又一圈。