007 铁路上的朋友

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The children stayed away from the station, but they could not keep away from the railway

孩子们刻意不去车站，却离不开铁路。

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They soon got to know the trains that passed by and gave names to them

他们很快就熟悉了经过的火车，还给它们起了名字。

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The 9:15 was the " Green Dragon," and the 10:07 was the " Winchester Worm."

9点15分的那趟叫“绿龙”，10点07分的那趟叫“温切斯特蠕虫”。

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One morning they sat on the hill and waited for the Green Dragon

一天早上，他们坐在山上，等着绿龙号。

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" The Green Dragon is going to London," said Phyllis

“绿龙号要去伦敦了，”菲利斯说。

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" If it was a real dragon, we could stop it

“如果它是真龙，我们就可以拦住它。

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We could ask it to take our love to Father."

我们可以请它把我们的爱带给爸爸。”

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" Dragons don't carry people's love," said Peter

“龙不会传递人们的爱，”彼得说。

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" They're too fierce."

“它们太凶猛了。”

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" Yes, they do, if you tame them first

“会的，只要你先驯服它们。

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They fetch things like dogs," said Phyllis

“它们像狗一样取东西，” 菲莉丝说。

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" And feed out of your hand

“还能从你手里吃东西。”

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I wonder why Father never writes to us."

“我不知道为什么爸爸从不给我们写信。”

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" Mother says he's been too busy," said Bobbie

“妈妈说爸爸太忙了，” 博比说。

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" But he'll write soon, she says."

“但她说他很快会写信的。”

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" Let's all wave to the Green Dragon as it goes by," Phyllis suggested

“我们都在绿龙号经过时向它挥手吧，” 菲莉丝提议。

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" It will take our love to Father."

“它会把我们的爱带给爸爸。”

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The children waved their handkerchiefs at the train... and a hand waved back!

孩子们朝着火车挥动手帕……有一只手也朝他们挥动！

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It held a newspaper

那只手拿着一张报纸。

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It was the hand of an old gentleman

那是一位老先生的手。

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He was a nice-looking old man with white hair and a top hat

他是一位相貌和善的老先生，白发苍苍，戴着一顶礼帽。

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Every day the children waved, and he waved back

孩子们每天都向他挥手，而他也挥手回应。

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All this time Mother was very busy with her writing

这段时间，母亲一直忙于写作。

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She sent off many envelopes with stories in them, and she received many envelopes too

她寄出了许多装有故事的邮件，也收到了很多回信。

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Sometimes she opened them and said," Oh, dear," and the children were sorry

有时她拆开信，会说：“哦，天哪，”孩子们便感到难过。

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But sometimes Mother would wave the envelope in the air and say

但有时母亲会挥舞着信封，说道：

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" The magazine bought my story!" and she would buy buns for tea

“杂志社买下了我的故事！”然后她会买些小圆面包当茶点。

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One day Peter was going to the village for buns when he saw the stationmaster

一天，彼得正要去村里买面包，这时他看见了站长。

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" Good morning," said the stationmaster in a friendly way

“早上好，”站长友善地说道。

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" G-g-good morning," said Peter nervously

“早-早-早上好，”彼得紧张地说。

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" I haven't seen you at the station for a while," said the stationmaster

“有段时间没在车站见到你了，”站长说。

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" After the trouble with the coal...," began Peter

“自从那次煤炭的麻烦事之后……”彼得开口道。

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" That's over now

“那件事已经过去了。

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Come to the station whenever you like!" the stationmaster said, smiling

随时都可以来车站！”站长笑着说。

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" Oh, thank you," said Peter

“哦，谢谢你，”彼得说。

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The next day the children waved to the Green Dragon

第二天，孩子们向绿龙号挥手。

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Afterward Peter led his sisters to the station

之后，彼得带着妹妹们去了车站。

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" But should we go?

“可是我们该去吗？

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After what happened with the coal?" said Phyllis doubtfully

毕竟发生了煤炭那件事？”菲莉丝迟疑地说。

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" I met the stationmaster yesterday and he said we could go any time we like," Peter replied

“我昨天遇见站长了，他说我们随时都可以去，”彼得回答。

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At the station the children saw Perks, the porter

在车站，孩子们见到了搬运工珀克斯。

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Unlike some adults, Perks didn't mind answering endless questions beginning with " Why?"

不像有些大人，珀克斯不介意回答没完没了的“为什么”开头的问题。

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He also told them many things about the railway

他还告诉他们许多关于铁路的事情。

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They learned there was a man who wrote down the number of every train he saw

他们得知有个人会记下他看到的每一列火车的编号。

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Peter thought he could keep track of the trains' numbers too

彼得觉得他也能记录火车的编号。

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Perks gave him an envelope to write on

珀克斯给了他一个信封来写字。

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Peter wrote down 379 and 663

彼得写下了379和663。

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Later, at home, Peter asked his mother for a proper notebook

后来，回到家，彼得向妈妈要一个像样的笔记本。

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She gave him one and said," I'm so glad you like the railway

她给了他一个，并说：“我很高兴你喜欢铁路。

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But please don't walk on the tracks."

但请不要在铁轨上行走。”

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" Not even if we face the way the train is coming?" asked Phyllis

“就算我们面朝火车来的方向也不行吗？”菲莉丝问。

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" No," said Mother

“不行，”妈妈说。

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Bobbie said," Mother, didn't you ever walk on the tracks when you were little?"

博比说：“妈妈，你小时候难道没在铁轨上走过吗？”

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Mother was honest, so she had to say

妈妈很诚实，所以只好说，

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" Yes, I did... Okay, walk on the tracks, but not in tunnels or near corners."

“好吧，我走过……那好，可以在铁轨上走，但不能在隧道里或靠近拐弯的地方。”

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The children smiled

孩子们笑了。