Chapter 4

CHAPTER FOUR Big Rick, Small Rick Rick was enormously tall He had to bend down so that his head wouldn't touch the roof. The little people in the medicine factory rushed about, yelling and shouting. "Fetch a ladder! Climb up it and give him some Go-Away Pills! Quick, quick!"

第四章 大里克，小里克 里克长得特别高，他得弯着腰才不会让头碰到屋顶。 制药厂里的小人们跑来跑去，吵吵嚷嚷的。 “去拿梯子！ 爬上去给他喂点走开药丸！ 快点，快点！”

Somebody got a ladder and leaned it up against poor Rick. A pixie ran up it on light feet. He carried a box of pills. He shouted to Rick: "Open your mouth!" Rick opened his mouth. The pixie meant to throw one pill inside, but in his excitement he threw the whole box. Rick swallowed it!

有人搬来梯子，靠在了可怜的里克身上。 一个小精灵踮着脚轻快地爬上梯子。 他抱着一盒药丸。 他对着里克大喊：“把嘴张开！” 里克张开了嘴。 小精灵本来只想扔一颗药丸进去，可他太激动了，把整盒都扔了进去。 里克把整盒药丸都吞下去啦！

And at once he began to grow small again! Down he went and down and down. He got to his own size and grinned with delight.

紧接着他就开始变小啦！ 他缩呀缩，缩呀缩。 等变回到原来的个子时，他开心得咧嘴笑了。

But he didn't stop there. He went smaller and smaller and smaller- and at last he couldn't be seen! It was a terrible shock to everyone.

可他没有停下来。 他越变越小，越变越小——最后大家都看不见他了！ 所有人都吓了一大跳。

"He's gone!" said Beth in horror. "He's so small that he can't be seen! Rick! Rick! Where are you?"

“他不见了！”贝丝惊恐地说。 “他变得太小了，大家都看不见他了！ 里克！ 里克！ 你在哪儿呀？”