Chapter 2

CHAPTER TWO The Land of Dreams Soon they were all sitting on the broad branches outside Moon-Face's house, eating Pop Cakes and Google Buns. The buns were very strange. They each had a very large raisin in the middle, and this was filled with sherbet. So when you got to the raisin and bit it the sherbet frothed out and filled your mouth with fine bubbles that tasted delicious.

第二章 梦幻国度 很快，大家都坐在月亮脸家屋外宽宽的树枝上，吃着爆米糕和咕咕小面包。 这些小面包特别奇怪。 每个面包中间都有一颗超大的葡萄干，里面装满了果子露。 所以当你吃到葡萄干咬下去的时候，果子露就会冒出来，嘴巴里满是细腻的泡泡，味道好极了。

The children got a real surprise when they bit their raisins, and Moon-Face almost fell off the branch with laughing. "Come and see some new cushions I've got," he said to the children when they had eaten as many cakes and buns as they could manage. Joe, Beth and Frannie went into Moon-Face's funny round house. Moon-Face looked round for Rick. But he

孩子们咬到葡萄干的时候可惊喜了，月亮脸笑得差点从树枝上摔下去。 等大家把小蛋糕和面包吃了个够，他对孩子们说：“来看看我新买的几个靠垫吧。” 乔、贝丝和弗兰妮走进了月亮脸那间有趣的圆房子。 月亮脸四处找里克。 可他

wasn't there. "Where's Rick?" he said. "He's gone up the ladder to peep and see what land is at the top, said Silky. "I told him not to. But he's quite a naughty boy, I think." "Gosh," said Joe, running out of the house. "Rick, come back, you silly!" Everyone began to shout, "Rick, RICK!" But no answer came down the ladder. The big white cloud swirled above silently,

不在这儿。 “里克去哪儿了？”他问。 “他爬梯子上去偷看顶端是什么国度了。”西尔基说。 “我叫他别去的。 可我觉得他实在是个小调皮蛋。” “天哪，”乔说着就跑出了房子， “里克，快回来，你这个小傻瓜！” 大家都开始喊：“里克，里克！” 可是梯子那边没有传来任何回应。 巨大的白云在上方静静翻涌，

and nobody could imagine why Rick didn't come back. "I'll go and see what he's doing," said Moon-Face. So up he went. And he didn't come back either! Then the Old Saucepan Man went cautiously up, step by step. He disappeared through the hole- and he didn't come back! "Whatever has happened to them?" said Joe in despair. "Look here, girls- get a rope out of Moon-Face's house and tie yourselves and Silky to me. Then I'll go up the ladder- and if anyone tries to pull me into the land above, they won't be able to, because you three can pull me back. OK?"

谁也想不明白里克为什么不回来。 “我上去看看他在干什么。”月亮脸说。 于是他爬了上去。 结果他也没回来！ 接着老平底锅先生小心翼翼地往上爬，一步接着一步。 他从洞口消失了——也没回来！ “他们到底出什么事了？”乔绝望地说。 “听着，姑娘们——去月亮脸的房子里拿根绳子，把你们自己和西尔基还有我绑在一起。 然后我爬梯子上去——要是有人想把我拉进上面的国度，他们拉不动的，因为你们三个可以把我拉回来。 好吗？”

"Right," said Beth, and she knotted the rope round her waist and Frannie's, and then round Silky's too. Joe tied the other end to himself. Then up the ladder he went.

“好的。”贝丝说，她把绳子系在自己和弗兰妮的腰上，然后也系在了西尔基的腰上。 乔把绳子的另一头系在自己身上。 接着他就往梯子上爬去。

And before the girls knew what had happened, Joe was lifted into the land above -and they were all dragged up, too, their feet scrambling somehow up the ladder and through the hole in the cloud! There they all stood in a field of red poppies, with a tall man nearby, holding a sack over his shoulder! "Is that the lot?" he asked. "Good! Well, here's something to make you sleep!"

姑娘们还没反应过来是怎么回事，乔就被拉到了上面的国度——她们也全被拽了上去，脚乱蹬着爬上梯子，穿过了云层上的洞口！ 大家站在一片红罂粟花田里，旁边站着个高个子男人，肩膀上扛着个麻袋！ “就这些人了吗？”他问。 “太好了！ 来，给你们点东西，好好睡一觉吧！”