Chapter 4

CHAPTER FOUR Joe's Idea They enjoyed the strawberries and cream, and then Joe had a good idea. "I know! What about taking some of these lovely goodies back with us?" he said. "Watzisname would love a plum pie- and the Angry Pixie would like some of those ice-cream flowers- and Dame Washalot would like some strawberries.

第四章 乔的主意 他们享用了草莓和奶油，之后乔想到了一个好点子。 “有了！ 我们带些好吃的回去怎么样？”他说。 “无名小矮人肯定爱吃李子派，愤怒小精灵肯定喜欢这些冰淇淋花，洗衣大婶也肯定想要点草莓。

"And Mother would like lots of things, too," said Beth happily. So they began collecting puddings and pies and cakes. It was fun. The cherry pie had so many cherries that they dripped all down Moon-Face's leg. "You'll have to take a bath later, Moon-Face," said Silky. "You're very sticky."

“妈妈也会喜欢好多吃的呀。”贝丝开心地说。 于是他们开始收集布丁、派和蛋糕。 太有意思啦。 樱桃派里的樱桃多得溢出来，汁水流了月亮脸一腿。 “月亮脸，你待会儿得洗个澡啦。”希尔基说。 “你浑身黏糊糊的。”

They nearly forgot to call for poor Rick. As they passed the house whose knocker he had eaten, he banged loudly on the window, and they all stopped. "Gosh! We nearly forgot about Rick!" said Beth. "Rick, Rick, come on! We're going!" Rick came running out of the house. The little man called after him: "Now, don't you eat anybody's knocker again!"

他们差点忘了去接可怜的里克。 他们经过那间被里克咬掉门环的房子时，里克正使劲敲窗户，大家都停了下来。 “天哪！ 我们差点把里克忘了！”贝丝说。 “里克，里克，快过来！ 我们要走啦！” 里克从房子里跑了出来。 小矮人在他身后喊道：“记住，以后不许再咬别人的门环了！”

"Goodness! Why have you got all those things?" asked Rick in surprise, looking at the puddings and pies and cakes. "Are they for our supper?"

“天啊！ 你们拿这么多东西干嘛呀？”里克惊讶地看着那些布丁、派和蛋糕，开口问道。 “是给我们当晚餐的吗？”

"Rick! How can you think of supper after eating such a lot!" cried Joe. "Well, I'm sure I couldn't even eat a piece of chocolate before tomorrow morning. No- these things are for Watzisname and Dame Washalot and Mother. Come on. Moon-Face says this land will soon be on the move." They all went to the hole that led down through the cloud. It didn't take long to climb down the ladder and on to the big branch outside Moon-Face's house.

“里克！ 你吃了那么多，怎么还想着吃晚餐呀！”乔大声说。 “哎呀，我觉得等到明天早上之前，我连一块巧克力都吃不下了。 不是啦，这些是给无名小矮人、洗衣大婶还有妈妈的。 快走吧。 月亮脸说这片陆地很快就要飘走了。” 他们都走到了通向云层下方的洞口。 没花多久，他们就顺着梯子爬了下去，落到了月亮脸家外面的大树枝上。