006 彼得的煤矿奇遇

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For the next few weeks, the children happily explored outdoors

在接下来的几周里，孩子们开心地在户外探索。

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Now that they were living in the country, they had stopped going to school

既然现在住在乡下，他们已经不去上学了。

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Mother was mostly in her room, writing stories

妈妈大多时候待在她的房间里写故事。

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She sold stories for money because she said the family was poor now

她卖故事赚钱，因为她说家里现在很穷。

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The children still had nice clothes and there was enough to eat, so they didn't mind

孩子们仍然有好看的衣服，也有足够的食物，所以他们并不在意。

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They did not forget their father, but they had stopped talking about him

他们没有忘记爸爸，但已经不再谈论他了。

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They knew such talk made Mother unhappy

他们知道这样的话题会让妈妈不开心。

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In June it rained for three days

六月里下了三天雨。

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It was very cold, and nobody went outside

天气很冷，没有人出门。

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One day they went up to Mother's room

有一天，他们上楼去了妈妈的房间。

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" Can we light a fire?" Bobbie asked." It's freezing!"

“我们能生火吗？”博比问，“太冷了！”

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" I'm sorry, Bobbie, coal is too expensive," Mother replied

“对不起，博比，煤太贵了。”妈妈回答。

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" But Mother, we only need a little coal to make a fire!" Bobbie pleaded

“可是妈妈，我们只需要一点点煤就能生火啊！”博比央求道。

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" We can't afford it!" said Mother

“我们买不起！”妈妈说。

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" Please run along. I'm busy."

“快出去玩吧，我忙着呢。”

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" Mother is always busy," Phyllis whispered to Peter

“妈妈总是很忙。”菲利斯悄悄对彼得说。

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Peter shrugged. He was thinking

彼得耸了耸肩，他在思考。

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After tea Peter told his sisters," I have an idea."

喝完茶后，彼得对他的姐妹们说：“我有个主意。”

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" What's your idea?" Bobbie asked

“什么主意？”博比问。

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" I won't tell you," was Peter's answer

“我不告诉你们。”彼得答道。

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" Oh, very well," said Bobbie

“哦，那好吧。”博比说。

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" Don't then," Phyllis said." We don't care."

“那就算了，”菲利斯说，“我们才不在乎呢。”

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Peter looked angry and said," There's a reason why I won't tell you

彼得看起来很生气，说道：“我不告诉你们是有原因的。

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My idea might be wrong."

我的主意也许是错的。”

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" Don't do it if it's wrong," Bobbie replied

“如果是错的就别去做。”博比回答。

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" No," said Peter," I'm going to do it

“不，”彼得说，“我就要去做。

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Some people might think it's wrong, but I don't think it is

有些人可能会觉得那不对，可我不这么认为。

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If Mother asks where I am, tell her I'm playing a game called ' coal mining.'"

如果妈妈问起我在哪，就告诉她我在玩一个叫‘采煤’的游戏。”

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Two days later Peter said," Come quickly, and bring the pram!"

两天后，彼得说：“快来，把婴儿车也带上！”

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Earlier they had seen an old pram in a shed behind the house

早些时候，他们在屋后的棚子里见过一辆旧婴儿车。

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The girls got it and followed Peter to the train station

女孩们明白了，就跟着彼得去了火车站。

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On the hill above the station, there was a small pile of coal in the grass

在火车站上方的小山坡上，草丛里有一小堆煤。

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" I just found the coal," said Peter

“我只是发现了这些煤，”彼得说。

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" Help me carry it to the house."

“帮我把它们搬回家。”

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Bobbie, Peter, and Phyllis packed the pram full of coal and made three trips to the house

博比、彼得和菲利斯把婴儿车装满了煤，来回运了三趟才运回家。

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They put the coal in the pile by the back door

他们把煤放在了后门边的煤堆里。

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Afterward Peter went out alone

之后，彼得一个人出去了。

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He came back dirty and looking mysterious

他回来时脏兮兮的，看上去神秘兮兮的。

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Peter went out every night, and the children told nobody

彼得每晚都出去，孩子们谁也没告诉。

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A week later Mrs. Viney said that there was more coal than she thought

一周后，维尼太太说，剩下的煤比她预想的要多。

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The children were very happy — so happy they forgot Peter's actions might be wrong

孩子们非常开心——开心得都忘了彼得的行为可能是不对的。

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Then came the awful night when the stationmaster hid in the shadows

然后，那个糟糕的夜晚来了，站长躲在了暗处。

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He watched Peter climb onto the coal pile

他看着彼得爬上煤堆。

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" Now I've caught you, thief!" shouted the stationmaster

“这下抓住你了，小偷！”站长喊道。

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He grabbed Peter's jacket

他一把抓住彼得的外套。

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" Come with me to the station!"

“跟我去警察局！”

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" I'm not a thief," said Peter, but his voice shook

“我不是小偷。”彼得说，但他的声音在发抖。

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" The police station?" said another voice

“去警察局吗？”另一个声音说。

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The voice was Bobbie's

那是波比的声音。

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Bobbie and Phyllis stepped out of the darkness

波比和菲利斯从黑暗中走了出来。

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" It was our fault too," Bobbie said

“这也是我们的错。”波比说。

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The stationmaster looked at them

站长看着他们。

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" You're all from the white house on the hill

“你们都住在山上那栋白房子里。

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Why are you stealing coal?" he asked

为什么要偷煤？”他问。

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" I didn't think it was stealing

“我没觉得这是偷。

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There's so much coal here," said Peter

这儿的煤实在太多了。”彼得说。

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" Mother says we're too poor to have a fire."

“妈妈说我们太穷了，生不起火。”

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The stationmaster thought for a minute and said," I won't do anything this time

站长想了一会儿，然后说：“这次我就不追究了。

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But remember, this is the railway's coal

但记住，这是铁路上的煤。

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Taking the coal is stealing."

拿走它就是偷窃。”

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The children nodded

孩子们点了点头。

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They knew he was right

他们知道他是对的。