Chapter 3

CHAPTER THREE Saucepan Gets into Trouble Dolls" houses, toy shops, toy stations stood about everywhere, but much bigger than real toys. Teddy bears, dolls of all kinds, stuffed animals and clockwork toys ran or walked about, talking and laughing.

第三章 平底锅惹麻烦了 娃娃屋、玩具店、玩具车站随处可见，可比真正的玩具要大得多。 泰迪熊、各式各样的娃娃、毛绒动物和发条玩具跑来跑去、走来走去，有说有笑。

"Wow! This is fun!" said Beth. "Oh, look at those wooden soldiers all walking in a row!" They were just like the soldier who had come down the ladder at the top of the tree. The children stared round, but Moon-Face beckoned them on. "Come on," he said. "We've got to find out where the Old Saucepan Man has got to! I can't see him anywhere." The six of them wandered about the Land of Toys. Clockwork animals ran everywhere. A big Noah's Ark suddenly opened its lid and let out lots of wooden animals walking in twos. Noah came behind, singing. The Saucepan Man was nowhere to be seen. "I'd better ask someone if they've seen him," said Moon-Face at last. So he stopped a big teddy bear and spoke to him.

“哇！ 太好玩啦！”贝丝说。 “哦，快看那些排成一队走的木头士兵！” 他们和之前从树顶爬下梯子的那个士兵一模一样。 孩子们睁大眼睛四处张望，可月亮脸朝他们招手让大家跟上。 “走吧，”他说。 “我们得找到老平底锅先生去哪了！ 我到处都看不到他。” 他们六个人在玩具国里四处逛。 发条动物到处跑。 一艘大大的诺亚方舟突然掀开了盖子，涌出好多成双成对走路的木头动物。 诺亚跟在后面，唱着歌。 连平底锅先生的影子都见不到。 “我最好问问别人有没有见过他。”月亮脸终于开口说。 于是他拦住一只大泰迪熊，上前询问。

"Have you seen a little man covered with kettles and saucepans?" he asked. "Yes," said the teddy bear at once. "He's naughty. He tried to steal some toffee out of the shop over there." "I'm sure Saucepan wouldn't steal a thing!" said Joe angrily. "Well, he did," said the teddy bear. "I saw him." I know what happened," said Moon-Face, suddenly. "Old Saucepan thought this was the Land of Goodies. He didn't know it was the Land of Toys. So when he saw the shop he thought he could take as many things as he liked. You can in the Land of Goodies, you know. And people must have thought he was stealing."

“你见过一个身上挂满了水壶和平底锅的小个子男人吗？”他问。 “见过呀。”泰迪熊立刻回答。 “他可调皮了。 他想偷那边店里的太妃糖。” “我保证平底锅绝对不会偷东西！”乔生气地说。 “哎呀，他真的偷了。”泰迪熊说。 “我亲眼看见的。” “我知道是怎么回事了。”月亮脸突然说道。 “老平底锅以为这里是好东西王国呢。 他不知道这里是玩具国。 所以他看见商店的时候，就觉得自己想拿多少东西都行。 你知道的，在好东西王国里是可以随便拿的。 大家肯定就以为他在偷东西了。

"Oh, dear," said Silky, in dismay. "Teddy Bear, what happened to the Saucepan Man?" "The policeman came up and took him off to jail," said the teddy bear. "There's the policeman over there. You can ask him all about it."

“哦，天呐。”丝尔基沮丧地说。 “泰迪熊，那平底锅先生怎么样了？” “警察过来把他抓去坐牢了。”泰迪熊说。 “警察就在那边。 你们可以去问他所有情况。”

The teddy bear went off. The children, Moon-Face and Silky went over to the policeman. He told them it was quite true what the teddy bear had said- Saucepan had tried to take toffee out of the shop, and he had been locked up. "Oh, we must rescue him!" cried Joe at once. "Where is he?" "You must certainly not rescue him," said the policeman, angrily. "I shan't tell you where he is!"

泰迪熊说完就走了。 孩子们、月亮脸和丝尔基走到警察面前。 他告诉他们泰迪熊说的全是真的—— 平底锅确实想从店里拿太妃糖，所以被关起来了。 “哦，我们得去救他！” 乔立刻大喊。 “他在哪？” “你们绝对不能救他，”警察生气地说。 “我才不会告诉你们他在哪！”