Chapter 4

CHAPTER FOUR A Few More Adventures Everyone was very pleased to be in the plane, because they thought they could fly away from the Land of Dreams. After a second or two Beth leaned over the side of the plane to see how high they were from the ground. She gave a loud cry. "What's the matter?" asked Joe. "Joe! This isn't a plane after all!" said Beth in astonishment. "It's a bus. It hasn't got wings any more. Only wheels. And we're sitting on seats at the top of the bus. Well! I did think it was a plane!"

第四章 更多奇遇 大家坐在飞机上都特别开心，因为他们觉得自己能飞离梦境国度了。 过了一两秒，贝丝探身到飞机侧边，想看看他们离地面有多高。 她大叫了一声。 “怎么了？”乔问。 “乔！ 这根本不是飞机啊！”贝丝惊讶地说。 “这是一辆巴士。 它连翅膀都没了。 只有轮子。 我们现在正坐在巴士顶层的座位上呢。 天呐！ 我之前真的以为这是飞机啊！

"Gosh! Aren't we flying then?" said Joe. "No- just running down a road, said Frannie. Everyone was silent. They were so disappointed. Then a curious noise was heard. Splishy- splash! Splash! Splash!

“我的天！ 那我们不是在飞？”乔说。 “没飞——就是沿着公路在跑。”弗兰妮说。 大家都沉默了。 他们太失望了。 这时传来了一阵奇怪的声响。 哗啦——哗啦！ 哗啦！哗啦！

The children looked over the side of the bus- and they all gave a shout of amazement. "Joe! Look! The bus is running on water! But it isn't a bus any more. Oh, look- it's got a sail!" Everyone looked upwards -and there, billowing in the wind, was a great white sail. And Joe was now steering with a tiller instead of with a handle or a wheel. It was very confusing.

孩子们往巴士侧边外看去——所有人都惊讶地叫出了声。 “乔！快看！ 巴士在水面上开呢！ 可它现在又不是巴士了。 哦，快看——它有帆！” 大家抬头望去——那儿，一面巨大的白帆正在风中鼓得满满的。 乔现在握着的不是操纵杆也不是方向盘，而是船舵在掌舵。 这一切真是太让人迷糊了。

"This is definitely the Land of Dreams, no doubt about that," groaned Joe, wondering whatever the ship would turn into next. "The awful part is- we're awake- and yet we have to have these dream-like things happening!" An enormous wave splashed over everyone. Frannie gave a scream. The ship rocked backwards and forwards, to and fro, and everyone clung tightly to one another.

“这绝对就是梦境国度，没跑了。”乔唉声叹气地说，心里琢磨着这艘船接下来会变成什么东西。 “最可怕的是——我们明明醒着——却还要碰上这些像做梦一样的事！” 一个巨大的浪打过来，浇了所有人一身。 弗兰妮尖叫了一声。 船前后晃来晃去，摇个不停，大家都紧紧地抱在一起。

"Let's land somewhere, for goodness" sake!" cried Rick. Heaven knows what this ship will turn into next- a rocking-horse, I should think, by the way it's rocking itself backwards and forwards. And, guess what? No sooner had Rick said that than it did turn into a rocking-horse.

“拜托了，我们找个地方靠岸吧！”里克喊道。 天知道这艘船接下来会变成什么，看它这么晃来晃去的，我猜接下来要变成摇摇马了。 你猜怎么着？ 里克话音刚落，它真的变成了一匹摇摇马。