006 集市一日

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The children arrived at the castle and found Mabel's aunt reading a romance novel

孩子们来到城堡，发现梅布尔的姑妈正在读言情小说。

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" Excuse me," said Gerald," I believe you've lost your niece."

“打扰一下，”杰拉尔德说，“我想您把侄女弄丢了。”

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" I didn't lose Mabel. She left."

“我没弄丢梅布尔。她自己走了。”

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" Did you get her note?" asked Kathleen

“您收到她的字条了吗？”凯瑟琳问。

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" Yes, and I'm happy she's living with a rich lady."

“收到了，我很高兴她正和一位有钱的女士住在一起。”

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Jimmy couldn't be quiet a moment longer

吉米再也忍不住了。

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He had to tell Mabel's aunt the truth

他必须告诉梅布尔的姑妈真相。

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" Mabel's invisible! She's standing right beside me."

“梅布尔是隐形的！她就站在我旁边。”

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" Don't lie to me!" The aunt glared at Jimmy

“别对我撒谎！”姑妈瞪着吉米。

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" Please remove this boy

“请把这个男孩带走。”

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I'm quite happy about Mabel."

梅布尔这样我倒挺高兴的。

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" Well!" said Gerald

“哎呀！”杰拉尔德说。

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He was puzzled by this aunt who didn't care about her missing niece

他对这位姑妈毫不在意失踪的侄女感到不解。

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" But what will Mabel's parents say?"

“可梅布尔的父母会怎么说呢？”

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" Mabel's parents are dead," the aunt said calmly

“梅布尔的父母已经过世了，”姑妈平静地说。

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The children talked to Mabel's aunt for a few more minutes

孩子们又和梅布尔的姑妈聊了几分钟。

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She gave them permission to wander over the castle grounds

她允许他们在城堡的庭院里四处走走。

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But she still didn't seem concerned about Mabel

但她看上去还是丝毫不为梅布尔担心。

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" Good-bye, children," she said and went back to reading

“再见，孩子们，”她说完就又看起了书。

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When the children were outside again, Mabel said

等孩子们又走到外面时，梅布尔说：

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" I knew she'd believe my note

“我就知道她会相信我信上的说辞。

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She reads lots of romance novels

她读了那么多言情小说。

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Strange things always happen in her books."

她那些书里总发生些奇奇怪怪的事。”

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Mabel suggested they walk to the Temple of Flora

梅布尔提议走去花神庙。

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When they were seated, she said

大家坐下后，她说：

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" I'm hungry, and you can't keep stealing food for me

“我饿了，你们也不能总为我偷吃的。

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I'll have to pretend to be a ghost in the castle."

我得在城堡里装神弄鬼才行。”

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" You must stay with us until you can remove the ring," Kathleen said kindly

凯瑟琳温和地说：“在你能摘下戒指之前，必须和我们待在一起。”

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" I think we need to earn some money for food," said Mabel

“我觉得我们得想办法挣点钱买吃的了。”梅布尔说。

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" Let's go to the fair

“咱们去集市吧。

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Gerald can do magic tricks for money."

吉罗德可以变魔术挣钱。”

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" But I don't know any tricks!" said Gerald

“但我不会变魔术啊！”吉罗德说。

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" Don't worry," said Mabel." I'm invisible

“别担心，”梅布尔说，“我是隐形的。

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I can make it look like you're doing tricks."

我可以让它看起来像是你在变魔术。”

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The fair was about half a mile away

集市大约在半英里外。

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Soon they could hear music from the carousel

很快他们就能听到旋转木马传来的音乐声。

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Kathleen and Jimmy blended into the crowd while Gerald and Mabel stood in front of a tent

凯瑟琳和吉米融入了人群中，而吉罗德和梅布尔站在一个帐篷前。

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" Ladies and gentlemen," called out Gerald

“女士们，先生们，”吉罗德喊道。

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" My invisible assistant can make money disappear."

“我的隐形助手能让钱消失。”

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A crowd began to gather, and Kathleen and Jimmy joined in

人群开始聚集，凯瑟琳和吉米也加入了进来。

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Gerald laid nine pennies on the ground

杰拉尔德把九枚便士放在地上。

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Mabel picked them up and put them in her pocket to make them disappear

梅布尔把它们捡起来，放进自己的口袋里，让它们消失。

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The audience clapped

观众鼓起掌来。

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" If you want to see more magic, I'll need to see more money," said Gerald

“如果你们想看更多魔术，我就需要看到更多钱。”杰拉尔德说。

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The audience dropped more coins onto the ground

观众把更多硬币扔到地上。

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Then Mabel made more things vanish

然后梅布尔让更多东西消失了。

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Other things appeared to move around by themselves

其他东西似乎在自己移动。

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" For my final trick, I will vanish!" said Gerald

“作为我的最后一个魔术，我要消失了！”杰拉尔德说。

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He stepped back, and Mabel wrapped her shawl around him

他向后退了一步，梅布尔用她的披肩裹住了他。

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But nothing happened

但什么也没发生。

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" He can't do it!" someone yelled

“他做不到！”有人喊道。

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The crowd pushed forward in anger

人群愤怒地向前挤过来。

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" I wish I could put you in my pocket," Mabel whispered to Gerald

“真希望我能把你放进口袋里，”梅布尔对杰拉尔德轻声说。

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" Then you'd be invisible."

“那样你就隐身了。”

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She squeezed her hands together

她双手紧握。

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" Hey! The ring is loose!"

“嘿！戒指松了！”

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" Come on!" shouted a man in the crowd

“快点！”人群中一个男人喊道。

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" We paid for a show."

“我们付了钱看表演的。”

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Gerald whispered to Mabel," Go into the tent

杰拉尔德对梅布尔耳语：“进帐篷去。

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Slip the ring under the canvas to me

把戒指从帆布底下递给我。

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When I see you in the crowd, I'll make myself disappear and catch up with you."

等我在人群里看见你，我就让自己消失，然后去找你们。”

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Mabel did just that

梅布尔照做了。

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" I'm back," she said to a surprised Kathleen and Jimmy

“我回来了，”她对一脸惊讶的凯瑟琳和吉米说。

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" Gerald's wearing the ring

“杰拉尔德戴着戒指呢。

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Let's get out of here."

我们快离开这儿。”

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As the children walked away, they heard Gerald announce," Now I will vanish."

孩子们走开时，听到杰拉尔德宣布：“现在我要消失了。”

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Then the crowd roared, and the children knew he had really disappeared this time

接着人群欢呼起来，孩子们知道这次他真的消失了。

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After a few minutes, they heard footsteps on the road but saw no one

几分钟后，他们听到路上有脚步声，却看不见人。

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" Hello, I'm over here," said Gerald

“喂，我在这儿呢，”杰拉尔德说。

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" Good," said Mabel." I want my ring back."

“太好了，”梅布尔说，“我想要回我的戒指。”

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" Well, you can't have it," Gerald answered

“哦，你不能拿回去，”杰拉尔德回答。

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" Because I can't get it off!"

“因为我取不下来了！”