Chapter 5

CHAPTER FIVE Elephant Rides The driver of the train was there, waiting. "So you're back again," he said. "My, you've been quick." "Well, the engine didn't behave itself very well," said Joe, stepping down thankfully. "It just ran away the last part of the journey. It wouldn't stop anywhere!" "Oh, I dare say it wanted to get back to me," said the driver, climbing into the engine. "It's naughty sometimes. Come along and drive it again with me."

第五章 骑大象 火车司机正在那里等着。 “哟，你又回来了，”他说。 “天呀，你速度可真快。” “唉，这火车头不太听话，”乔说着，松了口气从车上下来。 “最后一段路程它直接自己跑了。 怎么都停不下来！” “哦，我猜它是想回到我身边吧，”司机一边说，一边爬上了火车头。 “它有时候确实很调皮。 来呀，再和我一起开一次吧。”

"No, thank you," said Joe. "I think I've had enough. It was fun, though." Beth, Frannie, Moon-Face and Silky got out of their carriages.

“不用啦，谢谢你，”乔说。 “我觉得我已经开够啦。 不过还挺好玩的。” 贝丝、弗兰妮、月亮脸和希尔基都从车厢里出来了。

They had been rather frightened the last part of the journey, but they thought Joe was very clever to drive the train by himself. They all left the station. "Now what shall we do?" said Moon-Face. "I want to ride on an elephant," said Frannie at once.

最后一段路程可把他们吓坏了，不过他们觉得乔一个人能开火车真的特别厉害。 他们全都离开了车站。 “现在我们该做什么呀？”月亮脸问。 “我想骑大象！”弗兰妮立刻说道。

"There aren't any," said Beth. But no sooner had she spoken than the children saw six big grey elephants walking solemnly up to them, swaying a little from side to side. "Oh, look, look!" yelled Frannie, filled with excitement. "There are my elephants. Six of them! We can all have a ride!" Each elephant had a rope ladder going up its left side, leading to a little seat which was fixed around the elephant's back.

“这里可没有大象呀，”贝丝说。 可她话音刚落，孩子们就看见六头灰扑扑的大象正慢悠悠地朝他们走过来，身体还一左一右微微晃着。 “哇，快看，快看呀！”弗兰妮兴奋得大喊起来。 “我的大象来啦。 足足有六头呢！ 我们所有人都能骑啦！” 每头大象的左侧都挂着一架绳梯，一直通到绑在大象背上的小座位那里。

The children, Moon-Face and Silky each climbed up the rope ladder and sat on a comfortable seat on an elephant's back.

孩子们、月亮脸和希尔基各自顺着绳梯爬上去，坐到了大象背上舒服的座位里。

Then the big creatures set off, swaying through the crowds. It was lovely. Frannie did enjoy herself. She called to the others. "Wasn't this a good idea of mine, everybody? Aren't we high up? And isn't it fun?"

然后这些大家伙就出发了，在人群里晃晃悠悠地往前走。 太有意思啦。 弗兰妮玩得可开心了。 她对着其他人大喊。 “大家说，我这个主意是不是特别棒？ 我们坐得是不是特别高？ 是不是好玩极啦？”