藍(lán)綢屋

李明娟

The childrens plans for the next day did not come to pass. Unluckily， Leonore had caught a cold. It was nothing very bad， but she was subject1 to sore throats2 sometimes. And for some days to come the little girl was not allowed3 to go out.

孩子們第二天的計(jì)劃沒有實(shí)現(xiàn)。不幸的是，利奧諾感冒了。一切都還好，但是有時(shí)她會(huì)感到喉嚨痛。接下來這幾天，小女孩不許出門。

At first she felt rather bored and unhappy， but as her friends were soon satisfied4 that there was not much the matter with her， Hildegarde was allowed to come to see her.

起初，她感到無聊和難過，但是當(dāng)她的朋友們很快就為她平安無事感到滿意時(shí)，希爾德加德就被允許來看她。

“How did you catch a cold？” said her visitor. “It couldnt surely have been from...” and she stopped short with a smile. The children did not talk very much when they were together5， of their fairy adventures6 Leonore gave a little laugh.

“你是怎么感冒的？”她的客人希爾德加德說，“那肯定不可能是……”她微笑著停了一下，當(dāng)孩子們在一起時(shí)，她們很少說話，對(duì)于兩人童話般的歷險(xiǎn)，利奧諾卻只輕聲笑了一下。

“From riding on a cloud，” she said. “No， I am quite sure it was not from that， though surely if we told anybody about it， they would think it a sure way of catching a cold.”

“因?yàn)轵v云駕霧。”她說，“不，我很確定這不是那樣來的，但可以肯定的是，如果我們這樣告訴別人，他們會(huì)認(rèn)為這確實(shí)是一種得感冒的方法。”

“They wouldnt believe7 it，” said Hildegarde， “or at least they would think we had been dreaming. But do you know， Leonore，” she went on quickly， “I shouldnt wonder if some good came of your cold. Its only two weeks to Christmas now， and what Grandma said that last day you were at the Castle seems coming true. There are all the signs8 of a hard winter， they say. Though Grandma hasnt told me so， I have a great idea that they are planning for you all to come and stay at the Castle with us.” Leonore was happy.

希爾德加德說：“他們不會(huì)相信這一點(diǎn)，或者至少他們會(huì)以為我們一直在做夢。但利奧諾，你知道嗎？”她急切地說道，“我不應(yīng)該懷疑你的感冒是否會(huì)帶來好處。現(xiàn)在離圣誕節(jié)只有兩個(gè)星期了，奶奶說你圣誕節(jié)的最后一天會(huì)在城堡里度過，現(xiàn)在似乎成真了。他們說，有嚴(yán)冬到來的跡象，盡管奶奶沒有告訴我，但我感覺他們正在計(jì)劃讓你們所有人和我們一起住到城堡里。”利奧諾很高興。

“How lovely that would be，” she said. “Do tell me what makes you think so， Hildegarde？”

“那將是多么好。”她說，“告訴我，是什么讓你這樣想的，希爾德加德？”

“Two or three things. I heard Grandpapa talking about this house，‘Aunt Annas little house， he called it.”

“兩三件事吧。”她說，“我聽到爺爺談?wù)撨@所房子，他稱之為‘安娜姨媽的小房子。”

He said the roof9 should have something done to it， in case10 of heavy snow， and that the bailiff11 should have told him of this before， for it hardly could be done while the ladies were living in it. Then Grandma smiled， and said that she thought the difficulty might be over. And once or twice lately I have met old Maria on her way to the blue-silk room.

他說，為了防止下大雪，屋頂應(yīng)該修一下，而且法警應(yīng)該早點(diǎn)告訴他這個(gè)，因?yàn)榕總冏≡诶锩鏁r(shí)就幾乎做不了了。然后奶奶笑了，說她認(rèn)為困難可能已經(jīng)解決了。最近一兩次，我在去藍(lán)絲綢房間的路上遇到了老瑪麗亞。

（英語原文選自：mocomi.com）