(单词翻译:单击)
She knew of no Peter, and yet he was here and there in John and Michael's minds, while Wendy's began to be scrawled all over with him.
她不认得彼得这么个人,可是在约翰和迈克尔的心思里,到处都是这个名字;温迪的心思里,更是涂满了它。
The name stood out in bolder letters than any of the other words, and as Mrs. Darling gazed she felt that it had an oddly cocky appearance.
这个名字的笔画比别的字都来得粗大,达林太太仔细地打量着,觉得它傲气得有点古怪。
"Yes, he is rather cocky," Wendy admitted with regret. Her mother had been questioning her.
达林太太问温迪的时候,她抱歉地承认说:“是的,他是有那么点傲气。”
"But who is he, my pet?"
“可他是谁呀,宝贝?”
"He is Peter Pan, you know, mother."
“他是彼得·潘,你知道的,妈妈。”
At first Mrs. Darling did not know, but after thinking back into her childhood she just remembered a Peter Pan who was said to live with the fairies.
起初达林太太不知道他,可当她回忆起童年的时候,就想起了彼得·潘。据说,他和仙子们住在一起。
There were odd stories about him, as that when children died he went part of the way with them, so that they should not be frightened.
关于他,故事多着呢;比如说,孩子们死了,在黄泉路上,他陪着他们走一段,免得他们害怕。
She had believed in him at the time, but now that she was married and full of sense she quite doubted whether there was any such person.
当时达林太太是相信的,可现在她结了婚,懂事了,就十分怀疑是不是真有这样一个人。
"Besides," she said to Wendy, "he would be grown up by this time."
“而且,”她告诉温迪,“到现在,他该已经长大了。”
"Oh no, he isn't grown up," Wendy assured her confidently, "and he is just my size."
“噢,不,他没有长大,”温迪满有把握地告诉妈妈,“他跟我一样大。”
She meant that he was her size in both mind and body; she didn't know how she knew, she just knew it.
温迪的意思是说,彼得的心和身体都和她一样大。她也不知道温迪是怎么知道的,反正她知道。
Mrs. Darling consulted Mr. Darling, but he smiled pooh-pooh.
达林太太和达林先生谈起这件事,达林先生只微微一笑,
"Mark my words," he said, "it is some nonsense Nana has been putting into their heads; just the sort of idea a dog would have. Leave it alone, and it will blow over."
说:“听我的,准是娜娜对他们胡说的,这就是一条狗才会有的念头。别管它,这阵风很快就过去了。”
But it would not blow over and soon the troublesome boy gave Mrs. Darling quite a shock.
可是这阵风没有过去,不久,这个调皮捣蛋的男孩竟然使达林太太吓了一跳。
