Chapter 4

CHAPTER FOUR The House of the Three Bears Beth took a cushion, put it at the top of the slide, and pushed off. Down she went, whizzzzzzz! She shot to the bottom, flew out of the trapdoor and landed on the cushion of moss. She had hardly got up before Frannie

第四章 三只熊的小屋 贝丝拿了个靠垫，放在滑梯顶端，一推就滑了出去。 她往下滑呀，嗖——！ 她冲到滑梯底部，从活动门飞了出去，落在苔藓软垫上。 她还没来得及站起来，弗兰妮就

flew out of the trapdoor too. "You know, that slippery-slip is the greatest fun!" said Beth. "I'd like to do that all day long!" "Yes, if only we didn't have to climb all the way up the tree first," said Frannie.

也从活动门飞了出来。 “你知道吗，这个滑滑梯太好玩啦！”贝丝说。 “我真想玩上一整天！” “是呀，要是不用先爬那么高的树就好了。”弗兰妮说。

The trapdoor flew open and out shot Moon-Face on a yellow cushion. He put the three cushions together, whistled to the red squirrel who looked after them, and threw them to him. Then he turned to the waiting girls. "There's a train at midnight," he said. "We shall have to hurry."

活动门猛地打开，月亮脸坐在黄色靠垫上冲了出来。 他把三个靠垫摞在一起，朝看管靠垫的红松鼠吹了声口哨，把靠垫扔给了它。 然后他转向等着的两个女孩。 “午夜有一班火车，”他说， “我们得快点了。”

The wood was still bright with moonlight. The three of them hurried between the trees. Suddenly Beth heard the chuffing of a train, and she and Frannie stopped in surprise. They saw a small train winding in and out of the trees, looking for all the world like an old- fashioned clockwork toy train made big! The engine even had a key in its side— as if to wind it up!

树林里还亮着皎洁的月光。 他们三个在树间匆匆赶路。 忽然贝丝听见了火车噗噗喷气的声音，她和弗兰妮都惊讶地停下了脚步。 他们看见一列小火车在树林里穿来穿去，活脱脱就是个放大版的老式发条玩具火车！ 火车头侧面甚至还插着一把钥匙——就像是用来上发条的！

There was a small station nearby. Moon-Face caught hold of the girls" hands and ran to it. The train was standing quite still there.

附近有个小小的车站。 月亮脸拉着两个女孩的手朝车站跑去。 火车正安安静静地停在那里。

The carriages had tin doors and windows which didn't open, just like those of a clockwork train. Beth tried her hardest to open a door, but it was no use. The train whistled. It was anxious to be off. "Don't you know how to get into this train?" asked Moon-Face, with a laugh. "You are sillies! You just slide the roof off!" As he spoke he pushed at the roof- and it slid off like the roof of a toy train's carriage.

车厢的门窗都是铁皮做的，打不开，就和发条玩具火车的门窗一模一样。 贝丝拼尽全力想拉开一扇门，可怎么都打不开。 火车鸣响了汽笛。 它急着要出发了。 “你们不知道怎么上这列火车吗？”月亮脸笑着问。 “你们可真傻呀！ 把车顶滑开就行啦！” 他边说边推了推车顶——车顶就像玩具火车车厢的顶一样滑开了。