Chapter 6

CHAPTER SIX To the Sea "What shall we do now?" said Joe. "Rick, what do you want to do?" "Well, I know I can't do it- but I would love to wade in the sea!" said Rick. "Oooh, that would be nice!" said Frannie, who loved wading too. "But there isn't any sea here."

第六章 去海边 “我们现在该做什么呢？”乔说。 “里克，你想做什么？” “嗯，我知道我没法做到——可我好想在海里蹚水呀！”里克说。 “哇，那可太棒啦！”弗兰妮说，她也特别喜欢蹚水。 “可是这里根本没有海呀。”

Just as she said that she noticed a signpost nearby. It pointed away from them and said, in big letters: TO THE SEA. "Wow, look at that!" said Frannie. "Come on everyone!" Off they all went, running the way the signpost pointed.

就在她说话的时候，她注意到旁边有个路标。 路标指着他们身后的方向，上面用大大的字写着：通往海边。 “哇，快看那个！”弗兰妮说。 “大家快跟我来！” 他们全都出发了，沿着路标指的方向跑了过去。

And, after going round two corners, there, sure enough, was the blue sea, lying bright and calm in the warm sunshine! Shining golden sands stretched to the little waves. "Oh, good!" cried Rick, taking off his shoes and socks at once. "Come on!" Soon everyone was wading in the warm sea. Moon-Face and Silky had never

转过两个拐角之后，湛蓝的大海果然就在那里，在温暖的阳光下明晃晃的，海面一片平静！ 闪着金光的沙滩一直延伸到细碎的浪花边。 “哦，太好了！”里克喊着，立刻脱掉了自己的鞋子和袜子。 “快来呀！” 很快所有人都蹚进了暖暖的海水里。 月亮脸和西尔基以前从来没有

waded before, but they loved it just as much as the children did. Rick went out so far that he got his clothes soaking wet. "Oh Rick! You're wet!" cried Beth. "Come back!" "This is the Land of Do-As-You- Please, isn't it?" shouted Rick, jumping about in the water and getting wetter. "Well, I'll get as wet as I like, then!"

蹚过水，可他们和孩子们一样喜欢这项活动。 里克走得太远了，衣服全都浸得湿透。 “哦，里克！ 你都湿了！”贝丝喊道。 “快回来！” “这里是‘随心所欲’之地呀， 不是吗？”里克大喊着，在水里蹦来跳去，身上变得更湿了。 “那我想弄多湿就弄多湿！”

"Let's make a HUGE sandcastle!" cried Moon-Face. "Then we can all sit on top when the sea comes up." "We can't," said Silky, suddenly looking disappointed. "Why not?" cried Joe. "Isn't this the Land of Do-As-You-Please?" "Yes," said Silky. "But I'm afraid it's time we went back to the Faraway Tree.

“我们来建一个超级大的沙堡吧！”月亮脸喊道。 “等海水涨上来的时候，我们就都坐在沙堡顶上。” “我们不行哦。”西尔基说，突然看起来很失望。 “为什么不行呀？”乔喊道。 “这里不是‘随心所欲’之地吗？” 是呀。”西尔基说。 “可是恐怕我们得回遥远之树了。

This land will soon be on the move- and nice as it is, we don't want to live here for ever." "Gosh, no," said Joe. "Our parents couldn't do without us! Rick! Come back! We're going home!" Rick didn't want to be left behind. He waded back at once, his clothes dripping wet.

这片土地很快就要飘走了——尽管它很好，我们可不想永远住在这里。” “天呀，当然不想。”乔说。 “爸爸妈妈找不到我们会着急的！ 里克！快回来！ 我们要回家啦！” 里克可不想被落在后面。 他立刻蹚了回来，衣服上的水滴滴答答往下掉。