Chapter 6

CHAPTER SIX A Lesson for Dame Snap Crash! Smash! Clang! Dame Snap was getting angrier and angrier in the store room. She kicked and she stamped. "Dame Snap!" cried Joe, suddenly, and he stood outside the locked store room door. "I will ask you a question, and if you can tell me the answer, I will set you free. Now, be quiet and listen." There was a Silence in the store room. Joe asked his question. "If Saucepan takes twelve kettles from your kitchen, how long does it take to boil a cup of hot chocolate on a Friday?" The others giggled. There came an angry cry from the store room. "It's a silly

第六章 给咔嚓夫人的教训！ 哗啦！ 哐当！ 储藏室里的咔嚓夫人火气越来越大。 她又踢又踩，跺个不停。 “咔嚓夫人！”乔突然大声喊，他站在锁上的储藏室门外。 “我要问你一个问题，要是你能答上来，我就放你出来。 现在，安安静静听好了。” 储藏室里没了动静。 乔问出了他的问题。 “要是平底锅先生从你厨房拿了12个水壶，周五煮一杯热巧克力要花多久？” 其他人都咯咯笑了起来。 储藏室里传来一声怒吼。 “这是个蠢

question, and there's no answer. Let me out at once!" "It's the same kind of question you asked us!" said Joe. "I'm sorry you can't answer it. I can't either. So you must stay where you are, till one of your school children is kind enough to let you out. Goodbye, dear Dame Snap!"

问题，根本没有答案。 马上放我出去！” “这和你之前问我们的问题是一类呀！”乔说。 “我很遗憾你答不上来。 我也答不上。 所以你就得待在那儿，等你学校里的哪个孩子好心来放你出来吧。 再见啦，亲爱的咔嚓夫人！”

The children and the others went out giggling into the garden. "Where are we going now?" asked Beth. "Where's your mother, Saucepan?" "She's in the Land of Tea Parties," said Saucepan. "It's not very far. I took her there because it's her birthday, you know, and I thought she'd like to have a party without going to any trouble. Shall we go?"

孩子们和其他人都笑着走到外面的花园里。 “我们现在去哪儿呀？”贝丝问。 “你妈妈在哪里呀，平底锅先生？” “她在茶会王国呢，”平底锅先生说。 “路不远的。 我带她去的，因为今天是她的生日呀，我想她肯定想轻轻松松办个派对，不用费一点力气。 我们要不要去呀？”

So, hearing Dame Snap's furious cries and bangs gradually fading behind them, the little group set off together, very glad to have escaped from Dame Snap in safety. "Come on- here's the boundary between this land and the next. Jump!" said Saucepan. They jumped- and over they went into the Land of Tea Parties! What a fine time they meant to have there!

于是，咔嚓夫人的怒吼和撞门声在身后渐渐远去，这群小家伙一起出发了，大家都很高兴能平安从咔嚓夫人手里逃出来。 “快来呀——这里就是这片土地和下一片土地的边界啦。 跳！”平底锅先生喊道。 他们跳了——一下就跳进了茶会王国！ 他们打算在那儿玩个痛痛快快！