009 知更鸟指路

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Mary looked at the key for quite a long time

玛丽盯着那把钥匙看了好一会儿。

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She turned it over in her hand, thinking

她把钥匙在手里翻来翻去，思索着。

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If this were the key to the secret garden, all she had to do now was find the door!

如果这就是秘密花园的钥匙，那她现在只需要找到那扇门就行了！

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She liked the idea of going into the garden and playing there by herself

她喜欢这个主意——独自走进花园，在那儿自己玩耍。

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No one would even know she was there

甚至没人会知道她在那儿。

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She put the key in her pocket, and strolled up and down her favorite path outside the walled gardens

她把钥匙放进口袋，沿着围墙花园外她最喜欢的小路来回踱步。

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Nobody but Mary ever seemed to go there, so she could walk slowly and look at the wall closely

似乎除了玛丽，从未有人去过那里，所以她可以慢慢走，仔细查看那面墙。

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But no matter how carefully she looked, she could see nothing but ivy

可无论她看得多仔细，除了常春藤，什么也看不见。

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She was very disappointed

她非常失望。

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" It seems so silly," she said," to be near that garden and not be able to get in!"

“这真是太傻了，”她说，“明明就在花园附近，却进不去！”

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She decided that she would always carry the key with her

她决定要一直把钥匙带在身边。

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That way, if she ever found the hidden door, she would be ready

这样，如果她找到了那扇隐藏的门，就能立刻用上。

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The next morning when Mary woke up, Martha was back at work and full of stories about her day off

第二天早上玛丽醒来时，玛莎已经回来干活了，还讲了很多她休息日的故事。

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She left the room for a moment and came back, holding something under her apron

她离开房间一会儿，回来时围裙下面藏着什么东西。

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" I've brought you a present!" she said with a grin

“我给你带了个礼物！”她咧嘴笑着说。

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" A present!" Mary wondered how someone from a cottage filled with so many hungry people could give anyone a present

“礼物！”玛丽心想，一个住在挤满饥饿家人的小屋里的人，怎么能给别人送礼物呢。

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" A man was driving across the moor selling things

“有个男人驾车穿过荒原卖东西。

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He stopped his cart at our door, and Mother bought you a skipping rope with some of my wages."

他把车停在我家门口，妈妈就用我的一部分工钱给你买了根跳绳。”

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Martha brought the rope out from underneath her apron and held it out proudly

玛莎从围裙下拿出绳子，自豪地递了过来。

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Mary looked puzzled." What's it for?"

玛丽一脸困惑。“这是做什么用的？”

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" Just watch me."

“看我的。”

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Martha ran to the next room and, taking a handle in each hand, began to skip and skip

玛莎跑到隔壁房间，两手各握一个手柄，开始跳个不停。

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She counted up to a hundred

她一直数到了一百。

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" I used to be able to skip to five hundred, but I'm out of practice."

“我以前能跳到五百下呢，但现在有些生疏了。”

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" Do you think I could ever skip like that?"

“你觉得我也能跳成那样吗？”

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" You just try," urged Martha, handing her the rope

“试试看嘛，”玛莎把绳子递给她，催促道。

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" You can't skip to a hundred at first, but Mother says nothing will do you more good

“一开始你跳不了一百下，但我母亲说，没什么比这对你更好的了。

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You'll soon build up strength in your arms and legs."

你的胳膊和腿很快就会增加力量。”

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Mary tried skipping rope

玛丽试着跳绳。

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She was not very good at it, but she liked it so much that she did not want to stop

她跳得不太好，但她太喜欢了，根本不想停下来。

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" Put on your things and skip outdoors," said Martha

“穿上你的外套，到外面去跳绳吧，”玛莎说。

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Mary put on her coat and hat

玛丽穿上外套，戴上帽子。

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She opened the door to go out and then turned back

她打开门准备出去，然后又转过身来。

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" Martha," she said slowly," those were your wages that your mother used to buy this skipping rope. Thank you."

“玛莎，”她慢慢说道，“这条跳绳是你妈妈用你的工钱买的。谢谢你。”

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She held out her hand

她伸出手。

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Martha laughed and shook her hand." Now run outside and play."

玛莎笑着握了握她的手。“现在跑出去玩吧。”

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Mary skipped around the fountain and up one path and down another

玛丽绕着喷泉跳绳，在小径上跳上跳下。

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She skipped into the kitchen garden and saw Ben Weatherstaff digging and talking to his robin

她跳着绳进了菜园，看见本·韦瑟斯塔夫正在挖土，对着他的知更鸟说话。

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" Well!" he exclaimed." You've skipped the roses into your cheeks

“哎呀！”他叫道，“你跳得脸颊像玫瑰花一样红润了。

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I wouldn't have believed that you could do it."

我真不敢相信你能做到。”

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" I never skipped before. I can only go up to twenty."

“我以前从来没跳过绳。只能连着跳二十下。”

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" Keep going. You're doing fine." Ben nodded in approval

“继续，你做得很好。” 本赞许地点了点头。

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" Just see how the robin's watching you. He followed after you yesterday

“瞧瞧那只知更鸟，正看着你呢。它昨天就跟着你了。

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He'll be at it again today."

今天还会跟着你。”

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Mary skipped around all the gardens and the orchard, resting every few minutes

玛丽绕着所有的花园和果园跳着绳，每过几分钟就休息一下。

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At last she made up her mind to try to skip the length of her favorite path

最后，她下定决心，要试试沿着她最喜欢的那条小路从头跳到尾。

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She counted up to thirty before she had to stop and rest

她一直数到三十，才不得不停下来休息。

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Suddenly she spotted the robin swaying on a long branch of ivy

突然，她看到那只知更鸟在一根长长的常春藤枝条上晃来晃去。

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" You showed me where the key was yesterday," she said

“你昨天指给我看钥匙在哪，”她说。

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" You ought to show me the door today, but I don't believe you know where it is."

“今天你该带我去看那扇门了，但我觉得你根本不知道门在哪儿。”

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The robin flew from the ivy to the top of the wall

知更鸟从那片常春藤上飞起，落到了墙头。

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He opened his beak and sang a loud, lovely trill

它张开嘴，唱出一串响亮而悦耳的颤音。

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Mary laughed with delight

玛丽开心地笑了。

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She stepped closer to him, and what happened next seemed like magic

她朝它走近了一步，接下来发生的事就像变魔术一样。

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A gust of wind swung aside some loose ivy trails

一阵风吹来，把几缕松散的常春藤蔓吹到了一边。

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Mary jumped forward and caught the ivy in her hand

玛丽跳上前去，用手抓住了那些常春藤。

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She'd seen something under the ivy — a round doorknob

她刚才在常春藤下面看到了什么东西——一个圆形的门把手。

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She began to push the leaves aside

她开始把叶子推开。

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The ivy was thick, but nearly all of it hung in a loose, swinging curtain

常春藤很茂密，但几乎全都像一层松散、摇曳的帘子一样垂挂下来。

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Mary's heart thumped, and her hands shook with excitement as she touched the door

玛丽的心怦怦直跳，当她摸到那扇门时，双手激动得发抖。

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Mary reached into her pocket for the key

玛丽把手伸进口袋去拿那把钥匙。

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She put the key in the lock and turned it

她把钥匙插进锁孔，转动了一下。

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And then she took a breath and looked up the long path to see if anyone was coming

然后，她吸了一口气，抬头看了看长长的小路，确认有没有人走过来。

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No one was there. She took another breath and slowly opened the door

没有人来。她又吸了一口气，慢慢地把门打开了。