Chapter 2

CHAPTER TWO The Land of Toys Moon-Face looked at his clock. "Old Saucepan is a long time," he said. "It's half past three now, and he promised to be back really quick." "Hello- there's somebody coming now," said Moon-Face, as he heard footsteps on the ladder that led up through the cloud. "Perhaps it's old Saucepan. But I can't hear his kettles clanking." Down the ladder came a wooden soldier, wearing the red uniform of a guard, with a black helmet. He saluted as he went past. "Hey!" shouted Moon-Face suddenly. "Wait a minute! How is it that you live in the Land of Goodies?" "I don't," said the wooden soldier, in surprise.

第二章 玩具国 月亮脸看了看他的钟。 “老平底锅去了好久啊。”他说。 “现在都三点半了，他明明答应很快就回来的。” “嗨——有人来了。”月亮脸听见穿过云层的梯子上传来脚步声，开口说道。 “说不定是老平底锅。 可我没听见他的锅子叮当作响呀。” 从梯子上下来的是个木头士兵，穿着卫兵的红色制服，戴着黑色头盔。 他经过的时候敬了个礼。 “嘿！”月亮脸突然大喊。 “等一下！ 你怎么会住在点心国呀？” “我不住这儿啊。”木头士兵惊讶地说。

"I live in the Land of Toys." "What! Is the Land of Toys up there now?" cried Moon-Face, standing up in amazement. "Of course!" said the soldier. "The Land of Goodies doesn't arrive until next week."

“我住在玩具国。” “什么！ 现在上面是玩具国？”月亮脸吃惊地站起来，大声问道。 “当然啦！”士兵说。 “点心国要到下周才会到这儿呢。”

"Oh," groaned Moon-Face, as the soldier disappeared down the tree. "Old Saucepan has made a mistake. He's gone to the Land of Toys instead of to the Land of Goodies. I expect he is hunting everywhere for nice things to bring down to us- he's such an old silly that he wouldn't know it wasn't the right land."

“哦。”士兵顺着树往下走没了踪影，月亮脸忍不住唉声叹气。 老平底锅搞错了。 他没去点心国，反而去了玩具国。 我猜他现在肯定正到处找好东西，想带回来给我们——他傻愣愣的，肯定没发现自己去错了地方。

"We'd better go and tell him," said Silky. "You children can stay here till we come back, and then we'll have a nice feast of Pop Cakes and Google Buns. Help yourself to Toffee Shocks while we're gone." "We'll come too," said Beth, jumping up. "The Land of Toys sounds exciting. I wish I'd brought my doll. She would have loved to visit the Land of Toys." "Is it a dangerous land?" said Joe. "Or just toys come to life?" "Of course it's not dangerous," said Silky.

“我们最好去告诉他一声。”小丝说。 “你们几个小孩留在这儿等我们回来，到时候我们好好吃一顿爆米花蛋糕和咕咕面包。 我们不在的时候，你们要是想吃跳跳太妃糖随便拿。” “我们也想一起去。”贝丝跳起来说。 “玩具国听着好有意思。 要是我把我的洋娃娃带来就好了。 她肯定特别想来玩具国玩。” “那个国家危险吗？”乔问。 “还是说只是所有玩具都活过来了？” “当然不危险啦。”小丝说。

They all went up the ladder. They were very anxious to see what the Land of Toys was like. It was exactly how they imagined it would be!

他们都顺着梯子往上爬。 大家都特别好奇玩具国到底是什么样子的。 这儿和他们想象的一模一样！