Thank you for coming, Doctor,” said Captain Daniel, as they walked toward the fisherman’s hut. “You will see that it’s all right.”
“谢谢您能来，医生，”丹尼尔船长说道，他们正朝渔夫的小屋走去。“您会看到一切都好。”
Soon they came to the hut. A young man sat in the door, fixing a lobster pot.
很快他们来到了小屋前。一个年轻人坐在门口，正在修理捕龙虾的笼子。
“Hello,” he said, looking up.
“你好，”他抬起头说道。
“Hello,” replied Dr. Moore. “I’m a doctor, and I thought I would come to see you. Mr. Alden is leaving his four grandchildren on the island with Captain Daniel.”
“你好，”摩尔医生回答道。“我是医生，我想过来看看你。奥尔登先生要把他的四个孙辈留在岛上，托付给丹尼尔船长照顾。”
The young man smiled. “Yes, I know,” he said. “I’m glad you came.”
年轻人微笑着说：“是的，我知道。很高兴您能来。”
“He’s a very handy man, Joe is,” put in Captain Daniel. “He’s a big help to me.”
“乔是个非常能干的人，”丹尼尔船长插话道，“他帮了我大忙。”
“I’d like to tell you about myself,” said the young man. “Please sit down a minute.”
“我想跟您讲讲我的事，”年轻人说，“请坐一会儿吧。”
“I used to live around here,” he went on. “Last year I went off to explore a place, and dig up old Indian things. One day I fell from a very high rock, and broke my arm. For a long time I didn’t know who I was.”
“我以前住在这一带，”他继续说道，“去年我去一个地方探险，挖掘古老的印第安文物。有一天我从一块很高的岩石上摔下来，摔断了胳膊。很长一段时间里，我都不知道自己是谁。”
“Now do you remember who you are?” asked Dr. Moore.
“现在你记起自己是谁了吗？”摩尔医生问。
“Yes, I think I’ll tell you.” The young man whispered a name.
“是的，我想我会告诉您的。”年轻人低声说出了一个名字。
“You can’t mean it!” cried Dr. Moore. “How strange! Who found you after you fell?”
“你不会是说真的吧！”摩尔医生惊呼道，“太奇怪了！你摔倒后是谁发现了你？”
“An old Indian found me, and took me to his hut. He took care of me, and got a doctor to fix my arm. I came here to Captain Daniel as soon as I remembered who I was.”
“一位老印第安人发现了我，把我带到了他的小屋。他照顾我，还请医生接好了我的胳膊。我一记起自己是谁，就来这里找丹尼尔船长了。”
“Why didn’t you go right back to your home?” asked Dr. Moore.
“那你为什么不直接回家呢？”摩尔医生问。
“Because I wanted to be perfectly well before I went home. You see, I used to live with my uncle. It didn’t seem right for me to go back home until I was sure that I was well again.”
“因为我想等完全康复了再回去。您知道，我以前和叔叔住在一起。除非确定自己已经痊愈，否则我觉得就这样回去不太妥当。”
“I see,” said Dr. Moore. “Come over some day to see me, and tell me some more. I will look at your arm then.”
“我明白了，”摩尔医生说，“改天过来找我，再多跟我讲讲。到时候我也给你检查一下胳膊。”
“It is almost well,” said the young man.
“已经差不多好了，”年轻人说。
“Good!” said Dr. Moore. “You are doing the right thing. You should stay here and help Captain Daniel. You will like the four children when you get to know them.”
“很好！”摩尔医生说，“你做得对。你应该留在这里帮助丹尼尔船长。等你熟悉了那四个孩子，你会喜欢他们的。”
“I’m sure I shall,” said the young man. “You won’t tell anyone about me, will you?”
“我相信我会的，”年轻人说，“您不会把我的事告诉别人吧？”
“No, I won’t,” promised the doctor. “I will say that you are Captain Daniel’s old friend and a handy man. The children can call you Joe.”
“我不会的，”医生保证道，“我会说你是丹尼尔船长的老朋友，是个能干的人。孩子们可以叫你乔。”
“Right!” said Joe. “My middle name is Joseph, anyway.”
“没错！”乔说，“反正我的中间名就是约瑟夫。”
Dr. Moore and Captain Daniel went back to the barn, leaving the strange handy man still fixing the lobster pot.
摩尔医生和丹尼尔船长回到了谷仓，留下那个神秘的能干的年轻人继续修理捕龙虾笼。
“Do you feel better now, Captain?” asked the doctor.
“你现在感觉好些了吗，船长？”医生问。
“I should say so! Thanks for fixing it up.”
“当然好多了！谢谢你帮我处理伤口。”
“The stranger is all right, Mr. Alden,” said Dr. Moore. “Joe is a very fine fellow, he’s very handy, and Captain Daniel has known him all his life.”
“那个陌生人没问题，奥尔登先生，”摩尔医生说，“乔是个非常好的小伙子，很能干，而且丹尼尔船长从小就认识他。”
“You are sure then that everything is all right?” Mr. Alden asked sharply.
“那么你确定一切都没问题了？”奥尔登先生急切地问。
“Yes,” said the doctor. “The children will like Joe.”
“是的，”医生说，“孩子们会喜欢乔的。”
“I want to go and see Joe,” said Benny.
“我想去看看乔，”本尼说。
“Not now,” cried Henry. “We haven’t time. Don’t you remember we are going back to the mainland and buy groceries and dishes?”
“现在不行，”亨利喊道，“我们没时间了。你不记得我们要回大陆去买食品杂货和餐具了吗？”
“Of course I remember!” said Benny. “I’ve been waiting and waiting.”
“我当然记得！”本尼说，“我一直在等啊等。”
Captain Daniel took them back to the mainland. The doctor and his mother left the others at the store.
丹尼尔船长把他们送回了大陆。医生和他的母亲把其他人留在了商店，便离开了。
“We had a wonderful time seeing your new home,” said Mrs. Moore.
“参观你们的新家让我们度过了愉快的时光，”摩尔太太说。
“May we come again?” asked Dr. Moore, with a twinkle in his eye.
“我们可以再来吗？”摩尔医生问道，眼里闪烁着笑意。
“You know you may,” said Jessie, smiling back. “Come any time after we get some dishes.”
“你们当然可以，”杰西笑着回答，“等我们买好餐具后随时欢迎。”
“Come on, Jessie,” said Benny. “Let’s buy things.”
“快点，杰西，”本尼说，“我们去买东西吧。”
“Right,” said Jessie. And they all went into the store. They walked straight to the piles of cooking dishes.
“好的，”杰西说。于是他们都走进了商店，径直走向堆放烹饪餐具的地方。
“We are going to get a lot of dishes,” said Jessie. “May we have a big box first, so that we can put the things into it as we find them?”
“我们要买很多餐具，”杰西说，“能不能先给我们一个大箱子，这样我们找到东西就可以直接放进去？”
“Certainly,” said the girl. “How is this one? Is it big enough?”
“当然可以，”女店员说，“这个怎么样？够大吗？”
“That’s just fine,” said Henry. “Look, Jessie, see that big pail? We ought to have two, one for drinking water, and one for dishwater.”
“这个正好，”亨利说，“看，杰西，看到那个大水桶了吗？我们应该买两个，一个装饮用水，一个装洗碗水。”
“That’s a good idea,” said Jessie. “I hope we won’t forget anything.”
“好主意，”杰西说，“希望我们别漏掉什么东西。”
Soon they had everything they wanted.
很快他们就买齐了所有需要的东西。
“It’s four o’clock,” said Henry. “Let’s go up to the house and get our swimming suits and towels.”
“四点了，”亨利说，“我们回房子拿泳衣和毛巾吧。”
“And my bear,” cried Benny.
“还有我的小熊，”本尼喊道。
“We will get your bear if we don’t get anything else,” said Jessie.
“就算别的都忘了，我们也一定会带上你的小熊，”杰西说。
“I think we’ll have to pack another box at the house,” said Henry.
“我想我们在家里还得再打包一箱东西，”亨利说。
“Let’s pack old clothes,” said Jessie. “We certainly don’t want to wear these school clothes.”
“我们打包些旧衣服吧，”杰西说，“我们肯定不想穿这些校服。”
“I should say not,” said Henry. “We couldn’t explore an island with good clothes on.”
“当然不想，”亨利说，“穿着好衣服可没法在岛上探险。”
“Are we going to explore?” asked Benny.
“我们要去探险吗？”本尼问。
“Yes, Benny,” said Violet. “I’m going to take my paints and make pictures of things we find.”
“是的，本尼，”维奥莱特说，“我要带上画笔，把我们发现的景物画下来。”
“Good!” cried Henry, who liked Violet’s little pictures very much.
“太好了！”亨利喊道，他非常喜欢维奥莱特画的小画。
By this time they had come to the house. “Let’s find what we want to take,” said Henry, “and bring it to Jessie’s room.”
这时他们已经回到了房子里。“我们把要带的东西找出来，”亨利说，“然后拿到杰西的房间去。”
Mrs. McGregor, the housekeeper, met them at the door and said, “Jessie, don’t you want to see what Mr. Alden has bought, before you pack your things?”
管家麦格雷戈太太在门口迎接他们，说道：“杰西，在收拾行李之前，你不想看看奥尔登先生买了什么吗？”
“Bought? Yes, indeed,” replied Jessie.
“买了东西？当然要看看，”杰西回答道。
Upstairs on Jessie’s bed was a big pile of new play clothes. There were four pairs of brown shoes, too.
楼上杰西的床上堆着一大摞新的休闲服，还有四双棕色的鞋子。
“Just think of Grandfather’s getting all these!” cried Jessie. “Just what we need. Let’s each put on one of these suits and not take any school clothes at all.”
“真没想到爷爷给我们买了这么多！”杰西喊道，“正是我们需要的。我们每人穿上一套，校服就都不用带了。”
“I like my new shoes,” said Benny. He sat down on the floor and began to take off his old shoes at once.
“我喜欢我的新鞋，”本尼说。他一屁股坐在地板上，立刻开始脱旧鞋。
Mr. Alden smiled as he sat alone downstairs in his big chair and listened to the happy shouting.
奥尔登先生独自坐在楼下的大椅子上，听着楼上欢快的喧闹声，脸上露出了微笑。
“Now for the packing box,” said Henry.
“现在该装箱子了，”亨利说。
“Wait!” said Jessie. “Don’t bring the box up here. Each one of us can carry some things downstairs.”
“等等！”杰西说，“别把箱子搬上楼来了。我们每个人都可以拿些东西下楼。”
“I’ll take the towels and my tools,” said Henry.
“我来拿毛巾和我的工具，”亨利说。
“Violet and I will carry the workbag, paints, the swimming suits, and the other clothes,” said Jessie. “Benny can bring the flashlight and the rest of the things.”
“我和维奥莱特拿针线包、颜料、泳衣和其他衣服，”杰西说，“本尼负责拿手电筒和剩下的东西。”
They all went downstairs with their arms full.
每个人都抱得满满当当下了楼。
“Now did we forget anything?” asked Jessie.
“现在我们没忘什么东西吧？”杰西问。
“We forgot my bear, I guess,” said Benny, who had come downstairs again with a very funny-looking animal in his hand. He laid the bear beside the box.
“我想我们忘了我的小熊，”本尼说着又跑下楼来，手里拿着一个样子滑稽的动物玩具。他把小熊放在箱子旁边。
“The most important thing of all!” cried Jessie, packing the bear carefully in the box.
“这才是最重要的东西！”杰西喊道，小心翼翼地把小熊装进了箱子。
“We’re all ready to go, Grandfather,” said Henry, when the bear was added to the box. “Are you sure you won’t be lonesome?”
“我们都准备好了，爷爷，”等小熊装进箱子后，亨利说道，“您确定一个人不会孤单吗？”
“Thank you, my boy. No indeed!” said Mr. Alden quickly. He knew the children would not go at all unless he were careful. “I wouldn’t go with you if I could. I need a little rest without any children or dogs around.”
“谢谢你，好孩子。绝对不会！”奥尔登先生连忙说道。他知道如果自己不这么说，孩子们根本就不会走。“就算我能去我也不想去。我需要稍微休息一下，身边没有孩子和狗围着。”
The children did not need to look up to see the twinkle in his eye, for they knew very well that he liked to have them near him.
孩子们不用抬头看他眼中闪烁的笑意，因为他们心里很清楚，爷爷其实很喜欢他们在身边。
“You won’t hear Watch bark at the milkman for a long time,” said Benny.
“您会有很长时间听不到‘守望者’对着送奶工叫了，”本尼说。
“What shall I do, Benny?” asked his grandfather. “I shall miss the barking and noise in the morning.”
“那我该怎么办呢，本尼？”爷爷问，“我会想念早上的狗叫声和吵闹声的。”
“Good-by!” called everybody, as the car started. Mr. Alden and Mrs. McGregor waved until the car was out of sight.
汽车启动时，大家都喊着“再见！”奥尔登先生和麦格雷戈太太一直挥手，直到车子消失在视线中。
“They’re wonderful children,” said Mrs. McGregor. “They are very clever. And yet they’re never too busy to be kind to everybody. Even little Benny, now, didn’t forget to say ‘Good-by’ to the cook.”
“他们真是群了不起的孩子，”麦格雷戈太太说，“他们非常聪明，而且无论多忙都不忘善待每一个人。就连小本尼刚才也没忘记跟厨师说‘再见’。”
“Thank you, Mrs. McGregor,” said Mr. Alden. “That means a lot to me because you know them so well.”
“谢谢你，麦格雷戈太太，”奥尔登先生说，“这话对我意义重大，因为你非常了解他们。”
He smiled as he went back to his big chair. He wanted to think about the children as they went across the island and into their new home.
他微笑着回到大椅子上坐下。他想静静地想象着孩子们穿过小岛、走进新家的情景。
The children got out of the car at the dock.
孩子们在码头下了车。
“Don’t you forget that bread and milk, Jessie!” said Benny.
“别忘了买面包和牛奶，杰西！”本尼提醒道。
“Oh, my!” cried Jessie. “We almost went over without a thing to eat. How lucky we are to have a store so near this dock. Let’s get lots of bread and milk. If we have bread and milk, we can live without eating anything else.”
“哎呀！”杰西叫道，“我们差点什么都没吃就去岛上了。幸好码头附近就有这家店。我们多买点面包和牛奶吧。只要有面包和牛奶，不吃别的也能活下去。”
“I have to have my vegetables,” said Benny.
“但我必须吃蔬菜，”本尼说。
“Of course,” said Jessie, laughing. “We’ll have lots of other things.”
“当然了，”杰西笑着说，“我们还会买很多其他东西。”
“I want some supper now, Jessie,” said Benny. “I don’t want to hear any more talking about it.”
“我现在就想吃晚饭，杰西，”本尼说，“我不想再听你们讨论吃的了。”
Jessie laughed. “I’m glad you are so hungry, Benny,” she said. “I almost forgot to buy our supper. It’s only six o’clock. We can have supper ready in an hour. Here comes Henry with the bread and milk.”
杰西笑了。“我很高兴你这么饿，本尼，”她说，“我差点忘了买晚饭食材。现在才六点，一个小时后我们就能做好晚饭。亨利拿着面包和牛奶过来了。”
“I can’t wait an hour,” said Benny. “I have to go to bed in an hour because Mrs. McGregor says so.”
“我等不了一个小时，”本尼说，“麦格雷戈太太说了，一个小时后我就该睡觉了。”
“Not tonight, Mr. Benny,” said Henry, laughing.
“今晚例外，本尼少爷，”亨利笑着说。
Captain Daniel put the boxes into the boat and started the motor. In a very short time they came to the island, and Captain Daniel helped the children carry the boxes to the barn.
丹尼尔船长把箱子搬上船，启动了马达。没过多久他们就到达了小岛，丹尼尔船长帮孩子们把箱子搬到了谷仓。
“Good luck!” said Captain Daniel, as he set down the last box. “I hope you will like your new home.”
“祝你们好运！”丹尼尔船长放下最后一个箱子时说，“希望你们会喜欢这个新家。”
“Oh, we shall!” Jessie called after him. “And thank you. You have been so kind to us.”
“哦，我们一定会喜欢的！”杰西在他身后喊道，“谢谢您，您对我们太好了。”
“Now!” said Henry. “Let’s get to work.”
“好了！”亨利说，“我们开始干活吧。”
“Oh, isn’t this exciting!” cried Jessie. “You open the boxes and Benny and I will set up the table.”
“哦，这太让人兴奋了！”杰西喊道，“你来开箱，本尼和我来搭桌子。”
What a noise they made! Henry took off the cover of the box. The others pulled out the barrels and laid the wide board across them. Then the whole family unpacked the blue-and-white dishes.
他们弄出了好大的动静！亨利掀开箱盖，其他人拉出木桶，把宽木板横架在上面。然后全家人一起拿出了蓝白相间的餐具。
“We’ll wash four bowls and four spoons,” said Jessie. “We won’t heat water to wash all the dishes tonight. It is lucky that Captain Daniel brought us a little water.”
“我们先洗四个碗和四把勺子，”杰西说，“今晚就不烧水洗所有的餐具了。幸好丹尼尔船长给我们带来了一些水。”
“No,” said Violet, “we can’t put things away until we have a dish cupboard.”
“不行，”维奥莱特说，“在没有碗橱之前，我们不能把东西收起来。”
“Tomorrow,” laughed Henry, “I will make that dish cupboard the very first thing.”
“明天，”亨利笑道，“我第一件事就是做个碗橱。”
Violet piled the bread on a plate, while Jessie put two bottles of milk on the table. So with packing boxes for chairs, the four children sat down. They put the bread into the bowls and poured the cold milk over it. With their new spoons, they began to eat their first delicious supper in their new home.
维奥莱特把面包堆在盘子里，杰西则在桌上放了两瓶牛奶。于是，四个孩子以包装箱当椅子坐了下来。他们把面包放进碗里，浇上冷牛奶，用新勺子吃起了在新家的第一顿美味晚餐。
“We must get something for Watch to eat,” said Henry, as the dog ate two big slices of their bread.
“我们得给‘守望者’弄点吃的，”亨利说，此时这只狗已经吃掉了两大片面包。
“How many pieces of bread may I have, Jessie?” asked Benny.
“我可以吃几片面包，杰西？”本尼问。
“All you want!” cried both Jessie and Henry.
“想吃多少就吃多少！”杰西和亨利异口同声地喊道。
When supper was over, Jessie got up so suddenly that her chair went over. “Let’s wash these dishes right away,” she said, “and then make our beds.”
晚饭后，杰西猛地站起来，连椅子都翻了。“我们马上把这些碗洗了吧，”她说，“然后铺床。”
So the children started for the spring, each with a bowl and spoon. They soon saw that the water from the spring came up into a barrel and ran over the top. The stream ran into the woods.
于是孩子们各自拿着碗和勺子朝泉眼走去。他们很快发现泉水涌入了一个木桶，溢出的水流成了一条小溪，流进了树林里。
“We had better wash dishes in the stream because we may want to drink the water in the barrel,” said Henry.
“我们最好在小溪里洗碗，因为桶里的水可能还要留着喝，”亨利说。
As he waited for the others, he thought he saw a vegetable garden on the other side of the house. He could not see very well because it was getting dark. “A funny thing to find on an island,” he thought to himself.
在等其他人的时候，他隐约看到房子另一头有个菜园。因为天色渐暗，他看不太清楚。“在岛上发现菜园真是件稀奇事，”他暗自思忖。
“I’m going to bring down my own bed myself,” said Benny, starting back to the barn. “I want the stall right next to Jessie’s for my bedroom.”
“我要亲自把我的床搬下来，”本尼说着转身往谷仓走，“我要把紧挨着杰西的那个隔间当作我的卧室。”
“He’s sleepy,” said Jessie, looking at her little watch. “It’s eight o’clock, and I’m sleepy, too.”
“他困了，”杰西看了看小手表说，“八点了，我也困了。”
After all the children were in bed, Jessie sat up suddenly and listened. She heard a sleepy little voice saying over and over, “Jessie, I want my bear. I want my bear.”
等孩子们都躺下后，杰西突然坐起身侧耳倾听。她听到一个睡意朦胧的小声音一遍遍地说着：“杰西，我要我的小熊。我要我的小熊。”
She got up at once. With the flashlight, she soon found the funny-looking animal in the packing box and took it to Benny.
她立刻起床，打着手电筒，很快在包装箱里找到了那个模样滑稽的动物玩具，拿给了本尼。
When Jessie woke again, it was morning.
当杰西再次醒来时，已经是清晨了。
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