IV—Henry Has Two Surprises
第四章——亨利有两个惊喜
JESSIE WHISPERED, “Keep still!”
杰西低声说：“别动！”
The three children did not say a word.
三个孩子一声不吭。
They sat quietly in the boxcar, looking at the bushes.
他们静静地坐在货车车厢里，注视着灌木丛。
“I wonder if it’s a bear,” thought Benny.
“不知道是不是熊，”本尼心想。
Soon something came out. But it wasn’t a bear.
很快有个东西走了出来。但不是熊。
It was a dog, which hopped along on three legs, crying softly and holding up a front paw.
那是一只狗，它用三条腿跳着走，轻声呜咽着，还抬起一只前爪。
“It’s all right,” said Jessie. “It’s only a dog, but I think he is hurt.”
“没事了，”杰西说，“只是一只狗，不过我觉得它受伤了。”
The dog looked up and saw the children, and then he wagged his tail.
狗抬起头看到了孩子们，然后摇了摇尾巴。
“Poor dog,” said Jessie. “Are you lost? Come over here and let me look at your paw.”
“可怜的小狗，”杰西说，“你迷路了吗？过来让我看看你的爪子。”
The dog hopped over to the boxcar, and the children got out.
狗跳到了货车车厢旁，孩子们也走了出来。
Jessie looked at the paw and said, “Oh, dear! You poor dog! There is a big thorn in your foot.”
杰西看了看那只爪子，说道：“天哪！可怜的小狗！你的脚里扎了一根大刺。”
The dog stopped crying and looked at Jessie.
狗停止了呜咽，看着杰西。
“Good dog,” said Jessie. “I can help you, but maybe it will hurt.”
“乖狗狗，”杰西说，“我能帮你，但可能会有点疼。”
The dog looked up at Jessie and wagged his tail again.
狗抬头看着杰西，又摇了摇尾巴。
“Violet,” ordered Jessie, “please wet my handkerchief in the brook.”
“维奥莱特，”杰西吩咐道，“请去小溪边把我的手帕弄湿。”
Jessie sat down on the stump and took the dog in her lap.
杰西坐在树桩上，把狗抱在怀里。
She patted him and gave him a little piece of bread.
她拍了拍它，给了它一小块面包。
Then she began to pull out the thorn.
然后她开始拔那根刺。
It was a long thorn, but the dog did not make any noise.
那是一根很长的刺，但狗没有发出任何声音。
Jessie pulled and pulled, and at last the thorn came out.
杰西拔了又拔，终于把刺拔了出来。
Violet had a wet handkerchief ready.
维奥莱特已经准备好了湿手帕。
Jessie put it around the dog’s paw, and he looked up at her and wagged his tail a little.
杰西把手帕包在狗的爪子上，狗抬头看着她，轻轻摇了摇尾巴。
“He wants to say ‘Thank you,’ Jessie!” cried Violet. “He is a good dog not to cry.”
“它是想说‘谢谢’呢，杰西！”维奥莱特叫道，“它没哭，真是只好狗。”
“Yes, he is,” agreed Jessie. “Now I had better hold him for awhile so that he will lie down and rest his leg.”
“是啊，”杰西赞同道，“现在我最好抱它一会儿，让它躺下来歇歇腿。”
“We can surprise Henry,” remarked Benny. “Now we have a dog.”
“我们可以给亨利一个惊喜了，”本尼说，“现在我们有一只狗了。”
“So we can,” said Jessie. “But that was not my surprise. I was going to get a lot of blueberries for supper.”
“确实可以，”杰西说，“但那不是我的惊喜。我本来打算采很多蓝莓当晚餐的。”
“Can’t we look for blueberries, while you hold the dog?” asked Violet.
“你抱着狗的时候，我们不能去找蓝莓吗？”维奥莱特问。
“Yes, you can,” said Jessie. “Look over there by the big trees.”
“当然可以，”杰西说，“去那边大树旁找找看。”
Benny and Violet ran over to look.
本尼和维奥莱特跑过去查看。
“Oh, Jessie!” cried Benny. “Did you ever see so many blueberries? I guess five blueberries! No, I guess ten blueberries!”
“噢，杰西！”本尼叫道，“你见过这么多蓝莓吗？我猜有五颗！不，我猜有十颗！”
Jessie laughed. “I guess there are more than five or ten, Benny,” she said. “Get a clean towel and pick them into it.”
杰西笑了。“我猜不止五颗或十颗呢，本尼，”她说，“拿条干净的毛巾来，把它们摘到毛巾里。”
For awhile Jessie watched Benny and Violet picking blueberries.
杰西看了一会儿本尼和维奥莱特摘蓝莓。
“Most of Benny’s blueberries are going into his mouth,” she thought with a laugh.
“本尼摘的蓝莓大多都进了他自己的嘴里，”她笑着想。
“But maybe that’s just as well. He won’t get so hungry waiting for Henry to come back with the milk.”
“不过这样也好。等亨利带牛奶回来的时候，他就不会那么饿了。”
She carried the dog over to the children and sat down beside them, the dog on her lap.
她抱着狗走到孩子们身边坐下，狗还在她的腿上。
With her help the towel was soon full of blueberries.
在她的帮助下，毛巾很快就装满了蓝莓。
“I wish we had some dishes,” Jessie said. “Then we could have blueberries and milk.”
“要是我们有盘子就好了，”杰西说，“那样我们就可以吃蓝莓配牛奶了。”
“Never mind,” said Violet. “When Henry comes, we can eat some blueberries and then take a drink of milk.”
“没关系，”维奥莱特说，“等亨利来了，我们可以先吃点蓝莓，再喝口牛奶。”
When Henry came, he had some heavy bundles.
亨利回来时，手里提着几个沉甸甸的包裹。
He had four bottles of milk in a bag, a loaf of brown bread, and also some fine yellow cheese.
他的袋子里装着四瓶牛奶、一条黑面包，还有一些上好的黄色奶酪。
He looked at the dog.
他看着那只狗。
“Where did you get that fine dog?” he cried.
“你们从哪儿弄来这只好狗的？”他叫道。
“He came to us,” said Benny. “He is a surprise for you.”
“它自己找上门来的，”本尼说，“这是给你的惊喜。”
Henry went over to the dog, who wagged his tail.
亨利走到狗跟前，狗摇了摇尾巴。
Henry patted him and said, “He ought to be a good watchdog. Why is the handkerchief on his foot?”
亨利拍了拍它，说：“它应该能成为一只好看的门狗。为什么它的脚上包着手帕？”
“He had a big thorn in his foot,” answered Violet, “and Jessie took it out and put on the handkerchief. It hurt him, but he did not cry or growl.”
“它的脚里扎了一根大刺，”维奥莱特回答，“杰西把它拔了出来，然后包上了手帕。虽然很疼，但它没有哭也没有叫。”
“His name is Watch,” remarked Benny.
“它的名字叫‘看门’（Watch），”本尼说。
“Oh, is it?” asked Jessie, laughing. “Watch is a good name for a watchdog.”
“哦，是吗？”杰西笑着说，“‘看门’确实是看门狗的好名字。”
“Did you bring some milk?” asked Benny, looking hungrily at the bottles.
“你带牛奶了吗？”本尼问道，饥饿地盯着那些瓶子。
“I should say I did!” replied Henry. “Four bottles!”
“那还用说！”亨利回答，“带了四瓶呢！”
“Poor old Benny!” said Jessie. “We’ll have dinner now. Or is it supper?”
“可怜的本尼！”杰西说，“我们现在吃饭吧。不过这顿算午餐还是晚餐？”
“It must be supper,” said Henry, “for soon we’ll have to go to bed.”
“肯定是晚餐，”亨利说，“因为很快我们就该睡觉了。”
“Tomorrow we’ll eat three times,” said Jessie.
“明天我们要吃三顿饭，”杰西说。
Now Jessie liked to have things in order, and so she put the laundry bag on some pine needles for a tablecloth.
杰西喜欢把东西摆放整齐，于是她把洗衣袋铺在松针上当桌布。
Then she cut the loaf of brown bread into five big pieces. The cheese was cut into four.
然后她把那条黑面包切成五大块。奶酪被切成了四块。
“Dogs don’t like cheese,” remarked Benny. The poor little boy was glad, too, for he was very hungry.
“狗不喜欢吃奶酪，”本尼说。这个可怜的小男孩也很高兴，因为他实在太饿了。
Violet put the four bottles of milk on the table, and Jessie put some blueberries and cheese at each place.
维奥莱特把四瓶牛奶放在桌上，杰西在每个位置放了一些蓝莓和奶酪。
“Blueberries!” cried Henry. “Jessie, you had two surprises for me!”
“蓝莓！”亨利叫道，“杰西，你给我准备了两个惊喜！”
“I’m sorry we haven’t any cups,” Jessie said. “We’ll have to drink out of the bottles. Now all come and sit down.”
“很抱歉我们没有杯子，”杰西说，“我们只能对着瓶子喝了。现在大家都过来坐下吧。”
So supper began. “Look, Benny,” said Henry. “You take some blueberries, then eat some brown bread, then some cheese, then take a drink of milk.”
晚餐开始了。“听着，本尼，”亨利说，“你先吃点蓝莓，再吃点黑面包，然后吃点奶酪，最后喝口牛奶。”
“It’s good!” said Benny. He began to put more blueberries into his mouth.
“真好吃！”本尼说。他又开始往嘴里塞更多的蓝莓。
The dog had supper, too. Jessie gave him bread as he lay on the ground beside her, and he drank milk out of her hand.
狗也吃了晚餐。当它躺在杰西身边的地上时，杰西喂了它面包，它还就着她的手喝了牛奶。
When supper was over, there was some milk left in each bottle.
晚餐结束时，每个瓶子里都还剩了一些牛奶。
“We’ll have the rest of the milk for breakfast,” said Jessie. “Tonight we are going to sleep on beds. Let’s get some pine needles now.”
“剩下的牛奶留到早餐喝，”杰西说，“今晚我们要睡在床上。现在我们去弄些松针来吧。”
Soon the children had a big pile. Henry jumped into the boxcar, and Jessie gave him the pine needles.
很快孩子们就堆起了一大堆松针。亨利跳进货车车厢，杰西把松针递给他。
He made four beds in one end of the car.
他在车厢的一头铺了四张床。
“This side is the bedroom,” said Jessie.
“这一边是卧室，”杰西说。
“What will the other side be?” asked Benny.
“那另一边是什么呢？”本尼问。
“The other side?” asked Jessie. “Let me think. I guess that will be the sitting-room, and maybe some of the time it will be the kitchen.”
“另一边？”杰西反问道，“让我想想。我想那边应该是客厅，也许有时候还会充当厨房。”
Then she said, “Come, now. Come and get washed.” She took the cake of soap and went down to the brook.
接着她说：“来吧，现在去洗漱一下。”她拿起肥皂，走到了小溪边。
“That will be fun, Benny,” said Violet. “We’ll splash our ‘paws’ in the brook just as Little Brown Bear does.” She knew that Benny did not like to be washed.
“那会很有趣的，本尼，”维奥莱特说，“我们可以像小熊布朗一样，在小溪里拍打我们的‘爪子’。”她知道本尼不喜欢洗脸洗手。
The children were all very hot, and so they were glad to splash in the cold water.
孩子们都很热，所以很高兴能在冷水里扑腾。
Benny put cold water and soap on his face with the others and dried his hands on a towel.
本尼和其他人一起用冷水和肥皂洗了脸，然后在毛巾上擦干了手。
“We’ll have to have a line to dry the towels on,” said Jessie.
“我们得拉一根绳子来晾毛巾，”杰西说。
So she took the string out of the laundry bag and tied one end of it to a tree. The other end of the string she tied to the boxcar.
于是她从洗衣袋里拿出绳子，把一头系在树上，另一头系在货车车厢上。
This made a good clothesline. When she had washed one towel and Violet had washed the other one, they hung both towels on the clothesline.
这就做成了一根很好的晾衣绳。当她洗完一条毛巾、维奥莱特洗完另一条后，她们把两条毛巾都挂在了晾衣绳上。
“It looks like home,” said Henry. “See the washing!” He laughed.
“看起来像个家了，”亨利说，“看那些洗好的衣服！”他笑了起来。
Jessie was thinking.
杰西在思考。
“We ought to get some water to drink before we go to bed,” she said. “But what shall we put it in?”
“睡觉前我们得弄点水喝，”她说，“可是用什么装呢？”
“Let’s put all the milk into two bottles,” said Henry. “Then we can fill the other two with water.”
“我们把所有的牛奶倒进两个瓶子里吧，”亨利说，“然后用另外两个空瓶装水。”
“Good,” said Jessie. “You go alone to the fountain, Henry. You can hide if anyone comes along.”
“好主意，”杰西说，“亨利，你一个人去泉水那里。如果有人来，你可以躲起来。”
Henry went out very quietly, and soon came back with two bottles full of cold water.
亨利悄悄地出去了，很快就带着两瓶满满的冷水回来了。
Benny drank a little, but he was almost asleep.
本尼喝了一点，但他几乎已经睡着了。
The other children helped him into the boxcar. Then they all climbed in, Jessie carrying the dog.
其他孩子帮他进了货车车厢。然后他们都爬了进去，杰西抱着狗。
He lay down at once beside her.
狗立刻在她身边躺下了。
“It is so hot that we’ll leave the door open,” said Henry.
“天气太热了，我们把门开着吧，”亨利说。
Soon they were fast asleep, dog and all. The moon came up, but they did not see it.
很快他们都熟睡了，连狗也是。月亮升起来了，但他们没有看见。
This was the first time in four days that they could go to sleep at night, as children should.
这是四天以来，他们第一次能像正常孩子那样在夜晚入睡。
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