010 神秘之地

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Mary stood with her back against the door, looking around with excitement, wonder, and delight

玛丽背靠着门站着，兴奋、好奇又高兴地环顾四周。

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She was standing inside the secret garden!

她正站在秘密花园里面！

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It was the sweetest, most mysterious-looking place

这是最可爱、最有神秘感的地方。

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The high walls were covered with the bare stems of roses that had grown together thickly

高高的墙上爬满了光秃秃的玫瑰枝干，它们密密麻麻地交织在一起。

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The ground was covered with brown grass that had clumps of rosebushes growing out of it

地面覆盖着棕褐色的枯草，一丛丛的玫瑰灌木从草丛中长出来。

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Some of the roses had run up the trees and swung down now from the branches in long tendrils

有些玫瑰爬上了树，此刻长长的卷须正从树枝上垂落下来。

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Mary recognized these plants because she'd seen roses growing in India

玛丽认得这些植物，因为她在印度见过玫瑰生长。

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But she didn't know if they were dead or alive

但她不知道它们现在是死是活。

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" I hope the garden isn't dead," she said in a whisper

“我希望这个花园没有死掉，”她轻声低语道。

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" I am the first person to enter this place in ten years."

“我是十年来第一个走进这个地方的人。”

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As Mary walked along, quietly examining the roses, the robin hopped about or flew after her from one bush to another

玛丽一边走，一边静静地察看着玫瑰，那只知更鸟则在灌木丛间跳来跳去，或跟着她从一丛飞到另一丛。

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Mary stopped where there had once been a flower bed

玛丽在一个曾经是花坛的地方停了下来。

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She spotted some pale green points sticking out of the black earth and knelt down to look at them

她看到一些嫩绿的小点从黑色的泥土里冒出来，便跪下来仔细看。

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" They are tiny growing things," she whispered

“那是些小小的，正在生长的小生命。”她悄悄地说。

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" Perhaps there are more coming up in other places."

“说不定别的地方还有更多正在长出来呢。”

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Mary looked in the old border beds and among the grass

玛丽在老旧的花坛边缘和草丛里寻找。

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She grew more excited as she found more pale green points

当她发现更多嫩绿小芽时，她越来越兴奋了。

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" It isn't quite a dead garden!" she cried out

“这个花园并不完全是死的嘛！”她叫了起来。

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" Even if the roses are dead, there are other things alive."

“就算玫瑰死了，还有别的东西是活的。”

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Mary didn't know anything about gardening

玛丽对园艺一窍不通。

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But the grass seemed too thick in some places where the green points were trying to push their way through

但在一些地方，草丛似乎太密了，那些绿色的嫩芽正使劲想挤出来。

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She searched until she found a sharp stick

她找了又找，终于找到一根尖尖的棍子。

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Then she dug out the grass and old weeds until she had cleared some space around the plants

然后她把杂草和枯草挖掉，直到在植物周围清理出一些空间。

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" Now they look as if they could breathe!"

“现在它们看起来好像能喘口气了！”

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Mary went from place to place and dug and weeded

玛丽从一个地方走到另一个地方，不停地挖土和除草。

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The exercise made her so warm that she threw off her hat and coat

这阵劳作让她浑身发热，于是她脱掉了帽子和外套。

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She worked happily in the garden until it was time to go inside for lunch

她在花园里愉快地干活，直到该进屋吃午饭的时间到了。

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Martha was delighted when she saw Mary's bright eyes and rosy cheeks

玛莎看到玛丽明亮的眼睛和红润的脸颊，非常高兴。

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She was even happier when Mary ate two helpings of meat and rice pudding

当玛丽吃了两份肉和米饭布丁时，她就更开心了。

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" Mother will be pleased when I tell her what skipping rope has done for you!"

“要是我告诉妈妈跳绳让你有了这么大变化，她一定会高兴的！”

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Mary did not reply

玛丽没有回答。

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She was thinking about the strange white roots she had come across while digging

她想着挖掘时遇到的那些奇怪的白色根。

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Perhaps Martha would know what they were

也许玛莎会知道那是什么。

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" I saw something that looked like an onion in the garden today."

“今天我在花园里看到了一个像洋葱的东西。”

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She was careful not to say the secret garden

她小心地没有说出秘密花园。

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" Those are bulbs. Lots of spring flowers grow from them: snowdrops, crocuses, daffodils, lilies

“那些是球茎。很多春天开的花都是它们长出来的：雪花莲、番红花、水仙花、百合花。”

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Dickon's got a whole lot of them planted in our bit of a garden."

狄肯在我们那片小花园里种了好多。”

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Mary had finished eating, so she went to sit in front of the fire

玛丽吃完了饭，就去火炉前坐着。

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" I wish I had a little shovel."

“我希望我有一把小铲子。”

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Martha laughed." Are you going to start digging?"

玛莎笑了。“你打算开始挖土吗？”

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Mary knew she had to be careful

玛丽知道她必须小心。

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If Mr. Craven found out that someone had opened the door, he would be very angry

如果克莱文先生发现有人打开了门，他会非常生气。

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He might even get a new key and lock up the garden forever

他甚至可能会换一把新钥匙，把花园永远锁起来。

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She really could not bear that

她真的无法忍受那样。

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" This is such a big, lonely place," she said slowly

"这真是个又大又孤单的地方，" 她慢慢地说。

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" There is no one to talk to except you and Ben, and you both have work to do

"除了你和本，没人可以说话，而且你们俩都有活要干。

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If I had a shovel, I might ask him for some seeds and make a little garden."

如果我有一把小铲子，我或许可以找他要些种子，弄一个小花园。"

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Martha's face lit up." That's just what Mother suggested

玛莎的脸亮了起来。"妈妈正是这么建议的。

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At Thwaite village, there's a shop where they sell little garden sets

在斯韦特村，有家店卖小园艺套装。

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And they sell packages of flower seeds

他们还卖一包一包的花种。

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We could write a letter to Dickon and ask him to buy them for you

我们可以给迪肯写封信，请他帮你买。

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He walks to Thwaite almost every day, and he knows all about growing things."

他几乎每天走路去斯韦特，而且他对种植很在行。"

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" Oh, you are so nice," Mary exclaimed

"哦，你真好！" 玛丽喊道。

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Martha ran to fetch a pen and paper

玛莎跑去拿笔和纸。

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But when Mrs. Medlock spotted Martha, she gave the maid one job and then another to do

可是梅德洛克太太瞧见玛莎，就支使这女仆干了一件又一件的活。

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So it was quite a while before Martha returned to Mary

所以过了好一会儿，玛莎才回到玛丽身边。

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When they finished writing the letter to Dickon, Mary had a question

她们写完给迪肯的信后，玛丽有个问题。

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" Does the kitchen maid have a toothache again today?"

"厨房的女佣今天又牙疼了吗？"

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Martha looked startled." What makes you ask that?"

玛莎吃了一惊。"你怎么想起问这个？"

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" Because while I was waiting for you to come back, I opened the door and walked down the corridor

"因为我等你回来的时候，打开门沿着走廊走过去。

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And I heard that crying again."

我又听到那个哭声了。"

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" Oh, you mustn't walk around listening like that," Martha said nervously

"哦，你可不能这样溜达着乱听，" 玛莎紧张地说。

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" Mr. Craven would be angry."

"克莱文先生会生气的。"

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" I wasn't trying to listen," Mary insisted

"我不是故意偷听的，" 玛丽坚持说。

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" I was just waiting for you. That's three times I've heard crying."

"我只是在等你。我都听到三次哭声了。"

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" There's Mrs. Medlock's bell!" said Martha, and she practically ran from the room

"梅德洛克太太的铃响了！" 玛莎说完，几乎是跑着离开了房间。

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" This is the strangest house," said Mary

"这房子太奇怪了，" 玛丽说。

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But before she could think much more about it, she fell asleep

但她还没来得及多想，就睡着了。

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Fresh air and digging had made her drowsy

新鲜空气和挖土让她困了。