CHAPTER 16 Off to the Fair
第十六章 上集市去
The night before the County Fair,
上县里集市去的前夜，
everybody went to bed early.
大家都早早休息了。
Fern and Avery were in bed by eight.
弗恩和艾弗里八点钟就上床。
Avery lay dreaming that the Ferris wheel had stopped
艾弗里做了个梦，梦到费里斯转轮一下子停了，
and that he was in the top car.
他正坐在转轮最顶上的一个厢子里。
Fern lay dreaming that she was getting sick in the swings.
弗恩也做了梦，梦到自己在高空的秋千上作呕。
Lurvy was in bed by eight-thirty.
勒维八点半上床。
He lay dreaming that he was throwing baseballs at a cloth cat
他梦到自己向一只布猫投球，
and winning a genuine Navajo blanket.
赢来一条货真价实的纳瓦霍毯子。
Mr. and Mrs. Zuckerman were in bed by nine.
朱克曼先生和太太九点上床。
Mrs. Zuckerman lay dreaming about a deep freeze unit.
朱克曼太太梦到深冻冰箱。
Mr. Zuckerman lay dreaming about Wilbur.
朱克曼先生梦到威尔伯。
He dreamt that Wilbur had grown until he was one hundred and sixteen feet long
他梦到威尔伯已经长到一百一十六尺长、
and ninety-two feet high
九十二英尺高，
and that he had won all the prizes at the Fair
赢得了集市上所有的奖项，
and was covered with blue ribbons
身上批着深蓝色绸带，
and even had a blue ribbon tied to the end of his tail.
连尾巴尖都结着一条蓝绸带。