Peter Pan — Page 7

「哦，不，亲爱的，我确信她知道他们有灵魂。」

"Oh no, dear one, I feel sure she knows they have souls."

「我不知道，」达林先生若有所思地说，「我真不知道。」

"I wonder," Mr. Darling said thoughtfully, "I wonder."

他的妻子觉得，这正是把那个男孩的事告诉他的好机会。

It was an opportunity, his wife felt, for telling him about the boy.

起初他对这个故事嗤之以鼻，但当她把影子拿给他看时，他变得若有所思起来。

At first he pooh-poohed the story, but he became thoughtful when she showed him the shadow.

「我不认识这个人，」他仔细端详后说，「但这个人看起来像个无赖。」

"It is nobody I know," he said, examining it carefully, "but it does look a scoundrel."

「你还记得吗，」达林先生说，「我们还在讨论这件事的时候，娜娜就拿着迈克尔的药进来了。」

"We were still discussing it, you remember," says Mr. Darling, "when Nana came in with Michael's medicine."

「娜娜，你再也不会用嘴叼着瓶子了，这都是我的错。」

"You will never carry the bottle in your mouth again, Nana, and it is all my fault."

尽管他是个坚强的男人，但他在这件药的事上确实表现得相当愚蠢。

Strong man though he was, there is no doubt that he had behaved rather foolishly over the medicine.

他有一个弱点，就是自以为一生中都是勇敢地吃药的。

If he had a weakness, it was for thinking that all his life he had taken medicine boldly,

因此，当迈克尔躲开娜娜嘴里的药匙时，他责备地说：「要像个男子汉，迈克尔。」

and so now, when Michael dodged the spoon in Nana's mouth, he had said reprovingly, "Be a man, Michael."

「不要，就不要！」迈克尔顽皮地叫道。

"Won't; won't!" Michael cried naughtily.

达林太太离开房间去给他拿一块巧克力，达林先生认为这表现出她缺乏坚定性。

Mrs. Darling left the room to get a chocolate for him, and Mr. Darling thought this showed want of firmness.

「妈妈，不要宠他，」他在她身后喊道。

"Mother, don't pamper him," he called after her.

「迈克尔，我像你这么大的时候，吃药从不抱怨。」

"Michael, when I was your age I took medicine without a murmur.

「我说：'谢谢你们，善良的父母，给我喝这些药让我恢复健康。'」

I said, 'Thank you, kind parents, for giving me bottles to make me well.