Chapter 5

CHAPTER FIVE Poor Silky Inside there was a narrow, very winding passage that led into the hill. They followed the pixie down it, everybody

第五章 可怜的西尔基 山里面有一条窄窄的、弯弯曲曲的通道一直通到山的深处。 大家跟在小精灵身后沿着通道往里走，所有人都

stumbling over his very long beard that trailed out behind him. He took them to a big room with a very low ceiling. A great fire burned in the middle, but the flames were green, not red, and no heat came from them.

时不时被他拖在身后的长长胡子绊倒。 他把大家带到了一个天花板特别低的大房间里。 房间正中间燃着一大堆火，可火焰是绿色的，不是红色的，而且一点热气都没有。

I was just making a few spells," said Oom-Boom-Boom, his big voice echoing all round the room. "I'm a spell-maker, you know." "Yes. That's why we came," said Silky, feeling very nervous. "Please, dear Mr Oom-Boom-Boom, will you use a spell to help us? We want to go back to our right selves. I'm a fairy, really, as I told you." "And we're really little girls," said Beth and Frannie. "And this clown is a boy, and the toy rabbit is Old Saucepan Man..." "And I'm Moon-Face," said Moon-Face, his little teddy-bear face looking very earnest. "Please do help us." "Ha," said Oom-Boom-Boom, looking round at them and beaming, "well, I don't

“我刚才正在制作几个咒语呢，”嗡-嘣-嘣说道，他洪亮的声音在整个房间里回响。 “你们知道的，我是个咒语制作师。” “对呀。 我们就是为了这个来的，”西尔基说道，心里紧张得不行。 “求求您了，亲爱的嗡-嘣-嘣先生，您能不能用咒语帮帮我们呀？ 我们想要变回原来的自己。 其实我是个仙子，就像我之前跟您说的那样。” “我们其实是小女孩，”贝丝和弗兰妮说道。 “这个小丑其实是个男孩，这个玩具兔子是老砂锅先生……” “我是月亮脸，”月亮脸说道，他那泰迪熊似的小脸上满是恳切的神情。 “求求您帮帮我们吧。” “哈，”嗡-嘣-嘣看着大家，笑眯眯地说，“这个嘛，我倒不是不

mind doing that. That's easy. But I'll do it on one condition." What's that?" asked Joe, his heart sinking.

愿意帮这个忙。 这事儿很简单。 不过我有个条件才会帮忙。” “什么条件？”乔问道，心一下子沉了下去。

"I'll turn five of you back to your own shapes- but I want this little doll here to stay with me so that I can sell her to Santa Claus to put on the top of his Christmas Tree! It will be such an honour for her. You'd love that, wouldn't you, my dear?" he said to Silky, turning to her. Silky looked very frightened. "Well- I'll stay and let you sell me to Santa Claus," she said, "if you will use a spell on the others." "Oh, dear, darling Silky!" said Moon- Face, putting his furry arm round her, "How sweet you are! But we wouldn't let you. We'd never leave you here alone." "Never, never, never, never," said Joe, Beth and Frannie.

“我可以把你们五个变回原来的样子——但是我要这个小娃娃留在这儿，这样我就能把她卖给圣诞老人，放在他的圣诞树顶！ 这对她来说可是莫大的荣幸呀。 你会喜欢的，对不对呀，亲爱的？”他转向西尔基，对她说道。 西尔基看起来害怕极了。 “好吧——我愿意留下来，让你把我卖给圣诞老人，”她说道，“只要你能给其他人施咒语就行。” “哦，天哪，亲爱的西尔基！”月亮- 脸说道，伸出毛茸茸的手臂搂住她，“你真的太善良了！ 可我们不会让你这么做的。 我们绝对不会把你一个人留在这里的。” “绝对不会，永远不会，说什么都不会，”乔、贝丝和弗兰妮齐声说道。