Chapter 3

CHAPTER THREE The Land of Do-As-You-Please With shrieks of delight the girls and Rick raced up the ladder, through the cloud. A lantern hung at the top of the hole to give them light- but, lo and behold, as soon as they had got into the land above the cloud it was daytime! How magical!

第三章 “随心所欲”之地 女孩们和里克开心地尖叫着，爬过梯子，穿过了云层。 洞口的顶端挂着一盏灯笼给他们照明——可是你瞧，他们一踏入云层上方的这片土地，周围居然是白天！ 太神奇啦！

The children stood and gazed round it. It seemed a very exciting land, rather like a huge amusement park. There were roundabouts going round and round in time to music. There were swings and see-saws.

孩子们站在原地，四下张望。 这片土地看起来好玩极了，特别像一个超大的游乐园。 旋转木马跟着音乐的节奏转呀转呀。 还有秋千和跷跷板。

There was a train puffing along busily, and there were small planes flying everywhere, with elves, pixies and goblins having a fine time in them. "Goodness! Doesn't it look exciting?" said Beth. "I wonder where Moon-Face and Silky are?"

一列火车正呼哧呼哧地忙着往前开，到处都有小飞机在飞，精灵、小仙子和小妖怪们坐在飞机里玩得可开心了。 “天哪！ 这里看起来是不是超有意思？”贝丝说。 “不知道月亮脸和西尔基在哪里呀？”

"There they are- over there- on that roundabout!" cried Joe. "Look, Silky is riding a tiger that is going up and down all the time- and Moon-Face is on a giraffe! Let's get on, too!"

“他们在那儿呢——那边——在那个旋转木马上！”乔喊道。 “你看，西尔基骑在一只老虎身上，那老虎一直上下晃——月亮脸坐在长颈鹿身上呢！ 我们也上去玩吧！”

Off they all ran. As soon as Moon-Face and Silky saw the children, they screamed with joy and waved their hands. The roundabout stopped and the children got on.

他们全都跑了过去。 月亮脸和西尔基一看到孩子们，就开心地叫了起来，还朝他们挥手。 旋转木马停了下来，孩子们都坐了上去。

Beth chose a white rabbit. Frannie rode on a lion and felt very grand. Joe went on a bear and Rick chose a horse.

贝丝选了一只白色的兔子。 弗兰妮骑在狮子身上，觉得自己特别威风。 乔坐了一头熊，里克选了一匹马。