026 父亲归来

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Life at home was better with Jim around

吉姆在身边，家里的生活变得好多了。

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He told the children stories about his school

他给孩子们讲自己学校的故事。

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Now that Mother was not writing stories every day, she gave the children some lessons

现在妈妈不再每天写故事了，她就给孩子们上些课。

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" I wonder if the railway misses us," said Phyllis

“不知道铁路会不会想我们，”菲莉丝说。

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" We haven't waved to the 9:15 in a long time

“我们好久没朝九点一刻的火车挥手了。

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Let's do it tomorrow!"

咱们明天去吧！”

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So the next morning they ran down to the fence

于是第二天一早，他们跑到围栏边。

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They watched the 9:15 train coming out of the tunnel

他们望着九点一刻的火车驶出隧道。

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" Take our love to Father!"

“把我们的爱带给爸爸！”

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they shouted as they waved their handkerchiefs

他们挥舞着手帕喊道。

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The old gentleman waved from his window

那位老先生从他的车窗里挥了挥手。

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And there was nothing strange about that, because he had always waved

这没什么奇怪的，因为他一向都会挥手。

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But something was different

但有些地方不一样了。

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People waved handkerchiefs and newspapers from every window of the train

人们从火车的每一扇车窗里挥动着手帕和报纸。

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Their smiling faces looked at the children

他们微笑的脸庞看着孩子们。

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" Well!" said the children." Why did everybody wave?"

“哇！”孩子们说，“为什么大家都挥手了？”

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" Perhaps the old gentleman asked the people to wave," said Bobbie

“也许是那位老先生请大家挥手的。”博比说。

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And that was just what had happened!

事实正是如此！

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The old gentleman had gotten to his station early, and he had talked to every passenger

那位老先生提前到了他的车站，和每一位乘客都聊了聊。

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Some passengers were surprised

有些乘客感到很惊讶。

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Some were curious while others were doubtful or grumpy

有的人好奇，有的人则心存疑虑或脾气不好。

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But then the passengers sat inside the train and read a particular story in the newspaper

但随后，火车里的乘客在报上读到一篇特别的报道。

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That made them all very pleased

这让所有人都非常高兴。

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Later, when they saw the children, they all waved

后来看到孩子们时，大家都挥手致意。

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Back at home later, Bobbie could not concentrate at all

后来回到家，鲍比完全无法集中注意力。

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Mother excused her from the morning lessons

妈妈允许她上午的课不用上了。

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" I'll go and talk to Perks at the station," thought Bobbie

“我去车站找珀克斯谈谈，”鲍比心想。

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At the station it seemed as if everyone was holding a newspaper

车站里好像人手一份报纸。

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Several people smiled at Bobbie as she went by — people who never usually smiled at her

鲍比经过时，好几个人朝她微笑——这些人平时从不向她微笑。

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" How strange," she thought

“真奇怪，”她想。

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Perks wasn't anywhere so Bobbie chatted with the station cat

珀克斯不在，于是鲍比和车站的猫聊了起来。

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" How friendly everyone is today," she remarked

"今天大家都好热情啊，"她说道。

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Perks appeared when it was time for the 11:54 to arrive

11:54列车即将到站时，珀克斯出现了。

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He had a newspaper too

他手里也拿着一份报纸。

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" Hello!" he said to Bobbie

"你好！"他对鲍比说。

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" I saw it in the newspaper, and I'm so happy for you!"

"我在报纸上看到了，真为你高兴！"

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" What did you see in the newspaper?" asked Bobbie

"你在报纸上看到了什么？"鲍比问。

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But already the 11:54 was steaming into the station

但11:54列车已经轰鸣着驶入了车站。

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Perks looked in all the train windows

珀克斯往每扇车窗里张望。

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Only three people got off the train

只有三个人下了火车。

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The first was a woman with three boxes

第一个是带着三个箱子的女人。

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The second was a woman with a brown suitcase

第二个是拿着棕色手提箱的女人。

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And the third..

第三个……

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" Oh! My daddy, my daddy!" cried Bobbie

“哦！我的爸爸，我的爸爸！”博比喊道。

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People put their heads out of the windows

人们把头探出窗外。

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Everyone looked at the tall, pale man and the little girl who was hugging him

大家都看着那个高大苍白、被小女孩抱着的男人。

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Bobbie thought she could never let go

博比觉得自己永远都不想松开。

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" Didn't Mother get my letter this morning?" asked Father

“妈妈今天早上没收到我的信吗？”爸爸问。

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" There wasn't any mail this morning," Bobbie said

“今天早上没有邮件。”博比说。

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" Oh, Daddy, is it really you?"

“哦，爸爸，真的是你吗？”

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Father held her hand and said," It's all right

爸爸握住她的手说：“没事了。

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They caught the real spy."

他们抓到了真正的间谍。”

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" Everybody knows that you aren't a spy," said Bobbie proudly

“大家都知道你不是间谍。”博比自豪地说。

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" We — me, Mother, and the old gentleman — always knew that."

“我们——我、妈妈，还有那位老先生——一直都知道。”

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" Yes, I must thank your friend," said Father

“是的，我得谢谢你的朋友。”爸爸说。

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Father and Bobbie walked together to the house

爸爸和博比一起朝家走去。

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Bobbie rushed inside first, trying to think of a way to tell Mother the news

博比先冲了进去，想着要怎么告诉妈妈这个消息。

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Father waited in the garden, looking at all the flowers

爸爸在花园里等着，看着所有的花。

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He had been locked away for so long, each one seemed like a tiny miracle now

他被关起来太久了，每一朵花现在都像一个小小的奇迹。

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A second later Bobbie threw open the door

一秒钟后，博比猛地推开门。

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" Come in, Daddy," she shouted." Come home!"

“进来，爸爸，”她喊道，“回家！”