Peter Pan — Page 8

如果只有这些，地图倒也简单，但还有入学第一天、宗教、父亲、圆形池塘、针线活、谋杀、绞刑、需要接与格的动词、巧克力布丁日、学穿背带裤、说"九十九"、自己拔牙得三便士，诸如此类，这些要么是岛屿的一部分，要么是另一张透过来的地图，总之一切都相当混乱，尤其是没有什么东西能静止不动。

It would be an easy map if that were all, but there is also first day at school, religion, fathers, the round pond, needle-work, murders, hangings, verbs that take the dative, chocolate pudding day, getting into braces, say ninety-nine, three-pence for pulling out your tooth yourself, and so on, and either these are part of the island or they are another map showing through, and it is all rather confusing, especially as nothing will stand still.

当然，梦幻岛因人而异，差别相当大。比如约翰的梦幻岛有一个泻湖，湖上飞翔着火烈鸟，约翰正在向它们射击；而年纪很小的迈克尔的梦幻岛，却是一只火烈鸟，上方飞翔着一群泻湖。

Of course the Neverlands vary a good deal. John's, for instance, had a lagoon with flamingoes flying over it at which John was shooting, while Michael, who was very small, had a flamingo with lagoons flying over it.

约翰住在一艘翻扣在沙滩上的船里，迈克尔住在一顶圆锥形帐篷里，温迪住在一座用树叶巧妙缝合而成的小屋里。

John lived in a boat turned upside down on the sands, Michael in a wigwam, Wendy in a house of leaves deftly sewn together.

约翰没有朋友，迈克尔在夜晚才有朋友，温迪养着一只被父母遗弃的宠物狼；但总体而言，各人的梦幻岛有着家族的相似性，若把它们并排摆放，你会发现它们彼此都有对方的鼻子，诸如此类。

John had no friends, Michael had friends at night, Wendy had a pet wolf forsaken by its parents, but on the whole the Neverlands have a family resemblance, and if they stood still in a row you could say of them that they have each other's nose, and so forth.

在这些神奇的海岸上，玩耍的孩子们永远在把他们的小圆舟拖上岸来。我们也曾到过那里；我们仍能听见浪涛的声音，尽管我们再也不会登岸了。

On these magic shores children at play are for ever beaching their coracles. We too have been there; we can still hear the sound of the surf, though we shall land no more.

在所有令人心旷神怡的岛屿中，梦幻岛是最温馨、最紧凑的，不像有些地方那样宽阔散漫，一次冒险与下一次冒险之间隔着令人厌倦的漫长距离，这里的一切都恰到好处地紧密相连。

Of all delectable islands the Neverland is the snuggest and most compact, not large and sprawly, you know, with tedious distances between one adventure and another, but nicely crammed.