Jessie was not the first one to wake up the next day.
杰西第二天并不是第一个醒来的。
At six o’clock, Henry went very quietly to her “room” and opened the swinging door to let Watch out.
六点钟时，亨利轻手轻脚地走到她的“房间”，打开弹簧门让看门狗出去。
The dog came very quietly and followed Henry as he walked out of the barn to the spring.
狗狗悄无声息地跟随着亨利走出谷仓，来到泉边。
Henry stood still and looked around.
亨利停下脚步环顾四周。
He was right. It was just as he thought last night.
他猜对了，情况和他昨晚想的一模一样。
There was a garden, with rows and rows of vegetables in it.
那里有一个菜园，里面种着一排又一排的蔬菜。
“I wonder if this garden belongs to Captain Daniel,” thought Henry.
“不知道这个菜园是不是丹尼尔船长的，”亨利心想。
Then he heard a little noise, and turned around.
这时他听到一点声响，便转过身去。
A young man was coming toward him.
一个年轻人正朝他走来。
His head was down as he walked.
他走路时低着头。
Henry looked at him carefully.
亨利仔细打量着他。
Henry thought the man looked very sad, but he forgot that when the stranger looked up and smiled.
亨利觉得这人看起来很悲伤，但当陌生人抬起头微笑时，他便忘了这一点。
“I’m Joe,” he said. “I’m the handy man. How do you like your garden?”
“我是乔，”他说，“我是这里的杂工。你觉得你的菜园怎么样？”
“Mine? Is it mine?” asked Henry.
“我的？这是我的吗？”亨利问道。
“Yes. There are two gardens on this island. One belongs to Captain Daniel and this one is yours.”
“是的。这岛上有两个菜园。一个是丹尼尔船长的，这个是你的。”
“How did that happen?” asked Henry. “I just got here.”
“怎么会这样呢？”亨利问，“我才刚到这儿啊。”
“Well, your grandfather knew that you would rather plant it yourself. If you did, it would be too late to start planting when you got out of school. So he told Captain Daniel to plant it, and he said you would weed and look after the garden when you came.”
“嗯，你祖父知道你想自己种菜。但如果等你放了学再种，就太晚了。所以他请丹尼尔船长先种上，还说你来了之后会负责除草和照料菜园。”
“I will,” said Henry, opening one of the peas. “These are big enough to eat now.”
“我会的，”亨利说着剥开一个豌豆荚，“这些豌豆已经长得够大，可以吃了。”
“Yes,” said Joe. “The peas are just right, but nothing else will be ready until later.”
“是啊，”乔说，“豌豆正好熟了，不过其他蔬菜还得过阵子才能收。”
“Haven’t you ever eaten tiny vegetables? We did once,” said Henry. “We pulled them because there were too many of them in the garden. It makes me hungry when I remember how good they were. The girls make such good things to eat out of almost nothing.”
“你没吃过那种小小的嫩菜吗？我们以前吃过，”亨利说，“因为园子里长得太多，我们就拔了一些来吃。一想到那美味我就饿了。姑娘们总能用极少的食材做出好吃的东西。”
The other children appeared at just that minute. But it was Benny who spoke first.
就在这时，其他孩子也出现了。但最先开口的是本尼。
“Hello, Joe,” he said. “You look just like Joe. Is this your garden?”
“你好，乔，”他说，“你长得真像乔。这是你的菜园吗？”
“No,” said Joe, laughing. “It’s yours.”
“不是，”乔笑着说，“是你们的。”
“Oh, no, it isn’t,” said Benny.
“哦，不，不是我们的，”本尼说。
“It is ours, Benny,” said Henry. “Joe and Captain Daniel started it for us, and you may help me weed it.”
“是我们的，本尼，”亨利说，“乔和丹尼尔船长为我们开辟了这个菜园，你可以帮我一起除草。”
“Not now,” said Benny. “I want my breakfast.”
“现在不行，”本尼说，“我要吃早饭了。”
“We’ll eat soon,” said Jessie, smiling at Joe. “This is Violet, and I’m Jessie.”
“我们马上就去吃，”杰西对乔微笑着说，“这是维奥莱特，我是杰西。”
Joe said, “Yes, Captain Daniel told me all your names. I feel as if I knew you all.”
乔说：“是的，丹尼尔船长告诉我你们所有人的名字了。我觉得好像早就认识你们一样。”
“Oh, look,” cried Benny. “Peas! I’d like peas for dinner!”
“哦，快看！”本尼叫道，“豌豆！晚饭我想吃豌豆！”
“Our dinner is all planned then,” said Jessie. “We’ll have peas, and everyone will help pick and shell them.”
“那我们的晚饭就这么定了，”杰西说，“我们就吃豌豆，大家都要帮忙摘豌豆、剥豆子。”
They walked slowly back to the barn, leaving Joe at the woodpile.
他们慢慢走回谷仓，把乔留在了柴堆旁。
“He’s nice, isn’t he?” said Violet, as they walked along. They all agreed that he was.
“他人真好，不是吗？”维奥莱特边走边说。大家都表示赞同。
After the four bowls and the bread and milk were set on the table, the children sat down carefully on the packing boxes.
四个碗以及面包和牛奶摆上桌后，孩子们小心翼翼地在包装箱上坐下。
Then Jessie said, “I think that after breakfast we’d better make a plan for the summer. Every day we must go swimming, and every day we must cook something at noon. After dinner we must either make something or go exploring.”
接着杰西说：“我觉得早饭后我们最好制定一个暑假计划。每天我们都得去游泳，中午都得做顿饭。午饭后要么做点手工，要么去探险。”
“Make something, such as a dish cupboard, I suppose,” said Henry, looking at Violet.
“做点东西，比如碗橱之类的吧，”亨利看着维奥莱特说道。
“That’s not a bad idea, Henry!” cried Violet.
“这主意不错，亨利！”维奥莱特叫道。
“I will make you a cupboard this very day,” said Henry.
“我今天就来给你们做个碗橱，”亨利说。
“Let’s wash the dishes and pick the peas now,” said Jessie. “Henry can make the dish cupboard while we shell the peas. We’ll take the dishpan to hold them.”
“我们现在去洗碗、摘豌豆吧，”杰西说，“我们剥豌豆的时候，亨利可以做碗橱。我们用洗碗盆来装豌豆。”
On the way to the spring with their bowls and the dishpan, they passed Joe at the woodpile.
端着碗和洗碗盆去泉边的路上，他们经过了正在柴堆旁干活的乔。
“Henry,” called Joe, stopping his work, “did you know that Captain Daniel goes over to the mainland every morning for groceries? If you need any groceries, you may leave your order on a piece of paper in the box on the dock. Captain Daniel will bring your order back to the island before dinner.”
“亨利，”乔停下手中的活喊道，“你知道丹尼尔船长每天早上都会去大陆买日用品吗？如果你需要什么，可以把购物清单写在纸上，放在码头的小箱子里。丹尼尔船长会在午饭前把你订的东西带回岛上。”
“Oh, how nice,” said Jessie. “I was wondering what to do about milk. Ours is almost gone.”
“哦，太好了，”杰西说，“我正发愁牛奶怎么办呢。我们的快喝完了。”
“Just write what you want and I will take it down now,” said Joe. “Here is my pen.”
“写下你需要的东西就行，我现在就拿下去，”乔说，“用我的笔吧。”
Jessie and Henry sat down facing each other on rocks to think.
杰西和亨利面对面坐在石头上思考起来。
“We must have butter for the peas,” said Jessie, writing it down on a piece of paper from Joe’s pocket.
“吃豌豆得有黄油，”杰西说着，在从乔口袋里掏出的纸上记了下来。
“We want bread and four bottles of milk every day all summer,” said Henry.
“整个夏天我们每天都要面包和四瓶牛奶，”亨利说。
“Sugar,” called Benny. “And some dog bread for Watch.”
“还要糖，”本尼喊道，“还有给看门狗吃的狗粮。”
“Good!” said Henry. “I almost forgot Watch.”
“好极了！”亨利说，“我差点把看门狗给忘了。”
“I want to go with Joe and see the little box,” said Benny, taking Joe’s hand.
“我想跟乔一起去看看那个小箱子，”本尼拉着乔的手说。
“Let him go,” said Violet. “I’ll wash his bowl for him, and we can pick peas without him.”
“让他去吧，”维奥莱特说，“我帮他洗碗，我们可以不用他帮忙摘豌豆。”
Then the older children set to work. They picked enough for dinner, but lots of peas were left.
于是大一点的孩子们开始干活了。他们摘够了晚饭吃的量，但还剩下很多豌豆。
“Enough for two more dinners,” said Henry, very pleased, “and more will grow. Now I will start that cupboard while you girls shell the peas.”
“还够再吃两顿晚饭的，”亨利高兴地说，“而且还会结出更多。现在你们女孩剥豌豆，我来做碗橱。”
“How many places will you need to put things, Jessie?”
“你需要多少个隔层放东西，杰西？”
“One shelf for spoons and things,” said Jessie.
“一层放勺子之类的餐具，”杰西说。
“And one shelf for dishes,” said Violet.
“一层放盘子碗碟，”维奥莱特说。
“And one shelf for pans and kettles,” said Jessie, “and an extra shelf for groceries.”
“还有一层放平底锅和水壶，”杰西补充道，“再加一层放食品杂货。”
The two girls sat in the open door of the barn shelling peas. Henry began to build the cupboard.
两个女孩坐在谷仓敞开的门口剥豌豆。亨利开始动手做碗橱。
“What time shall we go swimming?” asked Jessie.
“我们什么时候去游泳？”杰西问。
“We could go in right before lunch,” said Henry. “Or if you were too busy cooking, we could swim before breakfast, and maybe again at four o’clock.”
“可以在午饭前去，”亨利说，“或者如果你们忙着做饭没空，我们也可以早饭前去游，下午四点再去一次。”
“Fine,” said Jessie. “Before breakfast when we feel like it—four o’clock when we don’t. Maybe both and go to bed at eight o’clock, or as soon as it gets dark.”
“行啊，”杰西说，“想游的时候就早饭前去，不想的话就四点去。也许两次都去，然后八点就上床睡觉，或者天黑就睡。”
“Oh, dear! Do we all have to go to bed so early?” asked Violet.
“哎呀！我们都要这么早睡吗？”维奥莱特问。
“You’ll want to, believe me,” said Henry. “You wait and see.”
“相信我，到时候你会想睡的，”亨利说，“等着瞧吧。”
When the peas were shelled, Benny came running back.
豌豆剥完时，本尼跑了回来。
“It’s a big box, Violet,” he said, “and it has a little door, and it will hold lots of bottles of milk and everything. I like to open the door and take out the things.”
“那是个大箱子，维奥莱特，”他说，“上面有个小门，能装好多瓶牛奶和其他东西。我喜欢打开门把东西拿出来。”
“What did you take out?” asked Violet.
“你拿出了什么？”维奥莱特问。
“Oh, Captain Daniel let me take out some letters and packages,” answered Benny.
“哦，丹尼尔船长让我拿了一些信件和包裹出来，”本尼回答。
“Maybe you’d like to do that every day, Benny,” said Henry. “You may take the order down to the box. Then you may get the groceries and letters when they come.”
“也许你愿意每天做这件事，本尼，”亨利说，“你可以负责把购物单放到箱子里。等东西送到了，你去取食品和信件。”
“I’d like to do that,” said Benny. “Captain Daniel was there and he said he’s bringing our groceries soon. Then I can open the little door and get them.”
“我愿意做这事，”本尼说，“丹尼尔船长刚才在那儿，他说很快就把我们的东西带回来。到时候我就能打开小门去取了。”
“That’s fine,” said Henry. He was glad to please Benny and get a little work done at the same time. “Come and hold this door for me, will you?”
“很好，”亨利说。他很高兴既能让本尼开心，又能顺便干点活。“过来帮我扶着这扇门好吗？”
“Oh, our cupboard has doors!” said Violet. She watched Henry put two pieces of heavy cloth on the doors so that they would open and shut.
“哦，我们的碗橱还有门呢！”维奥莱特说。她看着亨利在门上钉了两块厚布，这样门就可以开关自如了。
The morning passed very quickly.
上午的时光过得飞快。
Jessie lighted the little stove, boiled some water in the kettle, and put in the peas.
杰西点燃小炉子，用水壶烧了些水，然后把豌豆放进去煮。
When they were done, she added some salt, and filled four dishes with peas.
煮熟后，她加了点盐，把豌豆盛进四个盘子里。
On the top of each dish she put a piece of butter.
她在每个盘子上面都放了一块黄油。
There was no need to call anyone, for the whole family and the dog stood watching her.
根本不需要叫人，全家人连同那只狗都站在一旁看着她呢。
“Oh, boy!” cried Henry, as he began to eat.
“哇塞！”亨利一边开始吃一边叫道。
“Oh, boy!” cried Benny.
“哇塞！”本尼也叫道。
Violet said nothing, but when her first dish was empty she passed it for more.
维奥莱特没说话，但她吃完第一盘后又递过去添了一些。
“This is what I like,” said Jessie. “Everything seems better when we have to work to get it.”
“我就喜欢这样，”杰西说，“靠劳动换来的东西吃起来格外香。”
It was fun to put white paper in the new dish cupboard and find the best places for each cup and bowl.
在新碗橱里铺上白纸，为每个杯子和碗找到最合适的位置，真是件有趣的事。
And at one o’clock the barn was once more in order, the cupboard was shut, and the four children and their dog were ready to explore the island.
到了下午一点，谷仓又恢复了整洁，碗橱关好了门，四个孩子带着他们的狗准备去探索这座小岛了。
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