Chapter 4

CHAPTER FOUR A Silly Song The children, Moon-Face and Silky went down the crooked streets of the Land of Toys, calling the Old Saucepan Man. "Of course, Saucepan can't hear very well," said Joe. "He might not hear us calling him, even if he was locked up somewhere near by." They went on again, shouting and calling.

第四章 一首傻气的歌 孩子们、圆脸儿和小丝可走在玩具国弯弯曲曲的街道上，一边大声喊着旧平底锅先生。 “当然啦，平底锅耳朵不太好使。”乔说。 “就算他被关在附近的什么地方，也可能听不到我们喊他。” 他们又接着往前走，一边喊一边叫。

The toys hurrying by stared at them in surprise. "Why do you keep calling "Saucepan, Saucepan"?" asked a well-dressed doll. "Are you selling saucepans, or something?" "No," said Joe. "We're looking for a friend." Just then Silky heard something. She clutched Joe's arm. "Sh!" she said. "Listen!"

匆匆路过的玩具们都惊讶地盯着他们看。 “你们为什么一直喊‘平底锅，平底锅’呀？”一个穿着漂亮的洋娃娃问道。 “你们是卖平底锅的，还是卖别的什么东西呀？” “不是的。”乔说。 “我们在找一个朋友。 就在这时，小丝可听到了什么声音。 她紧紧抓住乔的胳膊。 “嘘！”她说。 “听！”

Everyone stood still and listened. Then, floating on the air came a well-known voice, singing a silly song:

大家都站在原地一动不动，仔细听着。 紧接着，一个熟悉的声音飘在空中，唱着一首傻气的歌：

"Two trees in a teapot, Two spoons in a pie, Two clocks up the chimney. Hi-tiddley-hie!" "It's Saucepan!" cried Joe. "Nobody but Saucepan sings those silly songs. Where is he?" They looked all round. There was a toy soldier fort not far off, but, of course, much bigger than an actual toy fort would be. The song seemed to come from there. "Two mice on a lamp-post, Two hums in a bee, Two shoes on a rabbit. Hi-tiddley-hee!" Joe laughed loudly. "I never knew such a stupid song," he said. "I can't imagine how old Saucepan can make it up. It's coming from that fort. That's where he is locked up."

“茶壶里两棵树，馅饼里两把勺，烟囱上两座钟。 嗨嘀滴嗨！” “是平底锅！”乔大叫起来。 “除了平底锅，没人会唱这些傻兮兮的歌。 他在哪儿呢？” 他们四处张望。 不远处有一座玩具士兵堡垒，不过当然啦，它比真正的玩具堡垒要大得多。 歌声好像就是从那儿传出来的。 “灯柱上两只老鼠，蜜蜂里两声嗡嗡，兔子脚上两只鞋。 嗨嘀滴嘿！” 乔大声笑了起来。 “我从没听过这么蠢的歌。”他说。 我真想不到老平底锅怎么编出这种歌的。 声音是从那个堡垒传出来的。 他就被关在那儿。”

Everyone looked at the red-painted fort. Soldiers walked up and down it. A drawbridge was pulled up so that no one could go in or out. When a soldier wanted to go out the drawbridge was let down and the soldier stepped over it. Then it was pulled up again. "Well, Saucepan is definitely in there," said Moon-Face. "And, by the way, don't call to him, any of you. We don't want the soldier guards to know that there are any friends of his here- or else they will guess that we want to rescue him." "Oh, do let's try and let him know we're here," said Beth. "He'd be very glad as he must feel so worried and unhappy."

大家都看向那座刷着红漆的堡垒。 士兵们在堡垒上来回巡逻。 吊桥被拉了起来，没人能进出。 要是有士兵要出去，吊桥就会放下来，士兵走过去之后，吊桥又会被拉起来。 然后它又被拉了上去。 “嗯，平底锅肯定就在里面。”圆脸儿说。 “对了，你们谁都别喊他。 我们可不能让守卫的士兵知道他的朋友在这儿——不然他们就会猜到我们是来救他的。” “哦，我们就想办法让他知道我们在这儿嘛。”贝丝说。 “他肯定特别高兴，因为他现在一定又担心又难过。”