(单词翻译:单击)
Chapter 5 The Island Come True
第五章 来到了真正的岛
Feeling that Peter was on his way back, the Neverland had again woke into life.
感到彼得已经在往回飞的路上，永无乡苏醒过来，重新变得生气勃勃。
We ought to use the pluperfect and say wakened, but woke is better and was always used by Peter.
我们应该说它被唤醒了，不过说苏醒了更好，彼得老是这么说的。
In his absence things are usually quiet on the island. The fairies take an hour longer in the morning, the beasts attend to their young,
他不在的时候，岛上变得挺冷清的。仙子们早晨多睡一个小时，野兽们照看着它们的幼崽，
the redskins feed heavily for six days and nights, and when pirates and lost boys meet they merely bite their thumbs at each other.
印第安人大吃大喝整整六天六夜，遗失的孩子们和海盗相遇，只是咬着大拇指互相对视。
But with the coming of Peter, who hates lethargy, they are under way again:
可是彼得一回来，他最恨死气沉沉，于是他们又全都活跃起来了。
if you put your ear to the ground now, you would hear the whole island seething with life.
要是你把耳朵贴在地上，你就会听见，整个岛都沸腾了，充满生机。
On this evening the chief forces of the island were disposed as follows.
这个晚上，岛上的主力正在进行着以下的部署：
The lost boys were out looking for Peter, the pirates were out looking for the lost boys,
遗失的孩子守望着彼得，海盗守望着遗失的孩子，
the redskins were out looking for the pirates, and the beasts were out looking for the redskins.
印第安人守望着海盗，野兽守望着印第安人。
They were going round and round the island, but they did not meet because all were going at the same rate.
他们全都绕着岛团团转，可是，谁也碰不上谁，因为他们行动的速度是相等的。
All wanted blood except the boys, who liked it as a rule, but to-night were out to greet their captain.
除孩子外，全都怀着杀心，要看流血。孩子们通常也爱看流血，不过今晚他们是来欢迎队长的。
The boys on the island vary, of course, in numbers, according as they get killed and so on;
岛上的孩子的数目时常变动，因为有的被杀，或其他缘故；
and when they seem to be growing up, which is against the rules, Peter thins them out;
他们眼看就要长大的时候——这是不合乎规定的，彼得就把他们饿瘦了，直到饿死。
but at this time there were six of them, counting the twins as two.
不过眼下他们是六个人，那对孪生兄弟算两个人。
Let us pretend to lie here among the sugar-cane and watch them as they steal by in single file, each with his hand on his dagger.
我们现在假设是伏在甘蔗林里，窥视着他们。他们排成单行，一个个手按着刀柄，偷偷地向前进。
They are forbidden by Peter to look in the least like him, and they wear the skins of the bears slain by themselves,
彼得不许他们的模样有一丁点像他。他们穿的是亲手杀死的熊的皮，一身圆滚滚、毛茸茸的，
in which they are so round and furry that when they fall they roll. They have therefore become very sure-footed.
只要一跌倒，就会在地上打滚。所以，他们的脚步变得很稳。
The first to pass is Tootles, not the least brave but the most unfortunate of all that gallant band.
头一个走过的是图图。在这支英勇的队伍里，他不能说最不英勇的，而是最不走运的。
