Chapter 1

The Land of BIRTHDAYS

生日之国

CHAPTER ONE Beth's Birthday The children were on their way to the Enchanted Wood, to celebrate Beth's birthday. They knew the way to the Faraway Tree very well by now. "Wisha-wisha-wisha!" whispered the trees, as the children ran between them. Beth put her arms round one, and pressed her left ear to the trunk. "What secret are you saying today?" she asked.

第一章 贝丝的生日 孩子们正走在去魔法森林的路上，要去庆祝贝丝的生日。 现在他们已经非常熟去遥远树的路啦。 “哗啦——哗啦——哗啦！”孩子们在树中间跑的时候，树木们沙沙地低语着。 贝丝伸出胳膊抱住一棵树，把左耳朵贴在树干上。 “你今天在说什么小秘密呀？” 她问道。

"We wish you a happy birthday," whispered the leaves. Beth laughed! It was fun to have a birthday! When they came to the Faraway Tree, how marvellous it looked! The folk of the tree had bedecked it with lots of little brightly coloured flags because it was Beth's birthday, and it looked simply lovely.

“我们祝你生日快乐呀。”树叶们沙沙地说着。 贝丝笑了起来！ 过生日可太有意思啦！ 等他们走到遥远树跟前，那棵树看起来可太漂亮啦！ 树上的居民们为了庆祝贝丝的生日，把好多亮闪闪的小彩旗挂在树上，看起来实在是太好看了。

"Oooh!" said Beth, pleased. "I do feel happy. The only thing I wish is that I had proper party clothes on, not my old ones." But that couldn't be helped. They were just about to climb the tree when Dame Washalot's big washing basket came bumping down on the end of Moon-Face's rope for the children to get into.

“哇！”贝丝开心地叫出声。 我真的太开心了。 我唯一的愿望就是能穿上正经的派对衣服，而不是这身旧衣服。 不过这也没办法啦。 他们正准备爬树呢，洗刷刷夫人的大洗衣筐就顺着月亮脸的绳子颠颠地落了下来，等着孩子们坐进去。

"Good," said Joe. "Get in, girls." They all got in and went up the tree at a tremendous rate. "Moon-Face must have someone helping him to pull, said Joe, astonished. He had. Mister Whiskers was there, with Watzisname and the Old Saucepan Man, and they were all pulling like anything.

“太好了，”乔说。 “快进去呀，姑娘们。” 他们都坐了进去，飞快地往树上升去。 “月亮脸肯定找了人帮他一起拉绳子，”乔惊讶地说。 确实是。 胡子先生、无名先生还有老砂锅人都在那儿，大家都使劲儿地拉着绳子。

No wonder the basket shot up the tree! "Many happy returns of the day, said everyone, kissing Beth. "Oh, good! You're not in your best clothes, said Moon-Face. "We wondered if you would make it a fancy-dress party, Beth."

难怪篮子嗖嗖地往树上飞呢！ “生日快乐呀。”大家都一边说，一边亲了亲贝丝。 “哦，太棒啦！ 你没穿你最好的衣服呢。”月亮脸说。 “我们还在想你要不要办个化装派对呢，贝丝。”