014 安宁的生活

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As time went by, Wendy and her brothers began to forget about the life they had left

随着时间的推移，温迪和她的兄弟们开始忘记他们曾经离开的生活。

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Their house in London, their parents, and Nana all seemed very far away

他们在伦敦的房子、父母和娜娜都似乎非常遥远。

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Wendy knew that the nursery window would always be open for her and her brothers to return

温迪知道育儿室的窗户会一直为她和她兄弟们的归来敞开着。

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What worried her, though, was that John only dimly remembered their parents

不过让她担心的是，约翰只模糊地记得他们的父母。

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And Michael hardly remembered them at all

而迈克尔几乎完全不记得他们了。

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In fact, Michael thought of Wendy as his mother now

事实上，迈克尔现在把温迪当成了他的母亲。

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Wendy felt it was her duty to keep their old life from fading away

温迪觉得她有责任不让他们过去的生活消逝。

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She decided to make a test for her brothers — just like in school

她决定为她的兄弟们做一个测试——就像在学校里一样。

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The Lost Boys joined in as well

迷失的男孩们也加入了进来。

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They all made small writing slates for themselves and sat around the table

他们都为自己做了小石板，围着桌子坐下。

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They began writing and answering the test questions

他们开始书写并回答测试问题。

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Wendy created some " yes or no " questions, such as " Was Father taller than Mother?"

温迪出了一些“是或否”的问题，比如“父亲比母亲高吗？”

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She made up multiple choice questions like " What was the color of Mother's eyes: blue, green, or brown?"

她编了几道选择题，比如“母亲眼睛的颜色是：蓝色、绿色，还是棕色？”

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She also had them write essays

她还让他们写短文。

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The topics were " How I Spent my Last Vacation in England " and " A Detailed Description of the Nursery."

题目是《我在英格兰的最后一个假期是怎样度过的》和《育儿室的详细描述》。

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Once the boys were finished, Wendy marked their little slates with a check mark if the answers were correct

男孩们一做完，温迪就在他们的小石板上画勾，如果答案正确的话。

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She'd make an X if they were wrong

如果答错了，她就画个叉。

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Needless to say, the answers the Lost Boys wrote were silly

不用说，迷失男孩们写出的答案都很可笑。

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They had never met Mother and Father or lived in the family's house in London

他们从没见过父母，也没在伦敦的家里住过。

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Still, they all had fun

尽管如此，他们都玩得很开心。

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Only it was sad to see how many X's John had on his test

只是看到约翰的测验卷上打满了红叉叉，真让人难过。

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Peter was the only boy who did not take the test

彼得是唯一没有参加测验的男孩。

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Except for Wendy, he hated all mothers

除了温迪，他讨厌所有的母亲。

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Peter was also the only boy on the island who couldn't write or spell

彼得也是岛上唯一不会写字，也不会拼写的男孩。

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He felt he had more important things to think about — like his next adventure

他觉得他有更重要的事情要考虑——比如他的下一次冒险。

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And adventures occurred every day. Sometimes it was a bear hunt

而且冒险每天都在发生。有时是去猎熊。

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Other times it was a tangle with the pirates or the Indians

其他时候，是跟海盗或者印第安人纠缠打斗。

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The little underground house was the quiet part of the children's life

小小的地下之家，是孩子们生活中安静的部分。

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The adventures outside were much livelier

外面的冒险则要热闹得多。

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And though Wendy liked their quiet life at home, she admired the daring and carefree spirit of Peter and his gang

虽然温迪喜欢家中安静的生活，但她很欣赏彼得和他那伙人勇敢无畏、无忧无虑的精神。

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John and Michael both enjoyed the excitement of Neverland

约翰和迈克尔都很享受梦幻岛的刺激。

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But sometimes it was scary and dangerous

但有时候，这里也很吓人、很危险。

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To please Wendy, Peter invented his own game

为了取悦温迪，彼得发明了他自己的游戏。

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He would pretend not to have adventures

他会假装不去冒险。

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He pretended to live the life that John and Michael had had before coming to Neverland

他假装过着约翰和迈克尔来到梦幻岛之前的那种生活。

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He would catch a ball in the air or throw a ball to the other boys

他会接住空中的球，或者把球扔给其他男孩。

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Then they would push each other around, trying to get the ball away from each other

然后他们会互相推搡，试图从对方手里把球抢走。

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Peter also went for quiet walks, for what he called a " breath of air."

彼得也会去安静地散步，他称之为“出去透透气”。

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Sometimes he just sat still, watching the sun go down

有时候，他就静静地坐着，看日落。

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It was always an unusual sight to see Peter doing nothing

看到彼得什么都不做，总是一幅不寻常的景象。

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He looked so solemn during these times that one had to laugh

这种时候他看起来如此严肃，让人忍不住想笑。

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But this game did not last too long

但这个游戏并没有持续太久。

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Pretty soon Peter lost interest in pretending to be a normal boy and went back to his adventures

很快，彼得就对假装成一个普通男孩失去了兴趣，又回去冒险了。

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When Peter went out alone, Wendy never knew quite what to expect

当彼得独自出门时，温迪从来都不太确定会发生什么。

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Often he'd say he had just gone out for a " breath of air."

他常常会说，他只是出去“透透气”。

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But, when Wendy went outside later, she would find something strange on the ground — a torn jacket with golden sleeves or an Indian war club

但是，当温迪晚些时候走到外面，她总会在地上发现一些奇怪的东西——一件被撕破的、带有金色袖子的夹克，或一根印第安战棍。

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Other times, he would tell a story about how he shot a grizzly bear

其他时候，他会讲一个他如何射杀了一只大灰熊的故事。

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But no bear was ever found

但从来没人发现过什么熊。

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Sometimes he came home from his quiet walk with his head bleeding

有时候，他安静地散步回来，头上却流着血。

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Then Wendy would fuss over him and wash his cut with warm water

然后温迪就会对他大惊小怪，用温水为他清洗伤口。

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She was never quite sure what to believe

她从来都不太确定该相信什么。

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But there were some adventures that she knew to be true, because she was in them!

但有些冒险她知道是真的，因为她就在其中！