Chapter 5

CHAPTER FIVE Lost and Found "Look!" said Saucepan, suddenly, and he pointed to a little shop nearby. On it was painted a sentence in yellow paint: "COME HERE TO GET THINGS YOU HAVE LOST!" They went over to it, Frannie still wiping her eyes. The shop was kept by the same beautiful fairy who had flown to Mrs Hidden's cave, and whose secret Connie had overheard! Connie was afraid of going to her, but

第五章 失物招领 “快看！”萨瑟潘突然说道，伸手指向附近的一家小店铺。 店铺上用黄色颜料刷着一行字：“丢失的东西，来这里就能找回！” 他们朝店铺走过去，弗兰妮还在揉眼睛。 看店的正是之前飞去希登太太洞穴的那位美丽仙女，康妮之前偷听的就是她的秘密！ 康妮不敢走近她，可

Saucepan pulled her over to the shop. The beautiful fairy knew Saucepan, and was delighted to see him. When he told her about Connie, she looked grave. Yes, I know all about it," she said. "It was my secret she heard, and a very wonderful secret it was. Has she written it down to tell any of you?" Connie shook her head. She took out her little notebook and wrote in it. She tore out the page and gave it to the fairy.

萨瑟潘拽着她走到了店铺跟前。 美丽的仙女认识萨瑟潘，见到他特别开心。 等萨瑟潘跟她说了康妮的事，仙女的神色严肃起来。 “嗯，这件事我全都知道。”她说。 “她偷听的就是我的秘密，那可是个非常了不得的秘密。 她有没有把秘密写下来告诉你们谁呀？” 康妮摇了摇头。 她掏出自己的小笔记本，在上面写了些字。 她把那页纸撕下来，递给了仙女。

"I am very sorry for what I did," the fairy read. "Please forgive me. I haven't told the secret, and I never will. If you will give me back my lost voice, I promise never to peep and pry again, or to try and overhear things not meant for me." "I will forgive you," said the fairy, gravely. "But, Connie, if you ever tell the secret, I am afraid your voice will be lost again and will never come back. Look! I will give it back to you now- but remember to be careful in future."

“我为我做的事感到非常抱歉。”仙女读道。 “请您原谅我。 我没有把秘密告诉别人，以后也绝对不会说的。 如果您能把我丢失的声音还给我，我保证再也不偷看、不打探了，也不会再去偷听和我无关的事。” “我会原谅你的。”仙女严肃地说。 “可是康妮，要是你哪天把这个秘密说出去，你的声音恐怕会再次消失，而且再也找不回来了。 你看！ 我现在就把声音还给你——但记住以后一定要多加小心。”

She handed Connie a little bottle of blue and yellow liquid, and a small red glass. "Drink what is in the bottle," she said. "Your voice is there. It's a good thing I didn't sell it to anyone." Connie poured out the curious liquid and drank it. It tasted bitter, and she pulled a face.

她递给康妮一小瓶蓝黄相间的液体，还有一个小小的红色玻璃杯。 “把瓶子里的东西喝下去。”她说。 “你的声音就在这里面。 还好我没把它卖给别人。” 康妮倒出这奇怪的液体，一口喝了下去。 味道苦苦的，她忍不住皱起了脸。

"Oh, how horrid!" she cried, and then clapped her hands in delight. "I can speak! My voice is back! Oh, I can talk!" "It's a pity!" said Saucepan. "I like you better when you don't talk. Still, I needn't listen." Connie was so excited at having her voice back again that she talked and talked without stopping. The others were very silent. Both Joe and Saucepan were worried, and Frannie was still crying. "Be quiet, Connie!" said Joe at last. "Saucepan, WHAT SHALL WE DO?" "Go back and ask my mother for another spell," said Saucepan. "That's the best thing I can think of."

“哎呀，好难喝！” 她喊出声，接着又开心地拍起手来。 “我能说话啦！ 我的声音回来了！ 天呐，我能说话啦！” “真可惜！”萨瑟潘说。 “你不说话的时候我更喜欢你。 算了，我不听就是了。” 康妮找回声音太兴奋了，嘴一直说个不停。 其他人都安安静静的。 乔和萨瑟潘都满心焦虑，弗兰妮还在哭。 “别吵了，康妮！”乔终于开口说道。 “萨瑟潘，我们该怎么办啊？” “回去找我妈妈再要一个咒语吧。”萨瑟潘说。 “这是我能想到的最好的办法了。”