Peter Pan — Page 3

她看到一个陌生人在育婴室的地板上哭泣，并不感到惊慌；她只是感到愉快的好奇。

She was not alarmed to see a stranger crying on the nursery floor; she was only pleasantly interested.

「男孩，」她彬彬有礼地说，「你为什么哭？」

"Boy," she said courteously, "why are you crying?"

彼得也能非常有礼貌，他曾在仙子的典礼上学到了那种高雅的风度，于是他站起身来，向她优雅地鞠了一躬。

Peter could be exceeding polite also, having learned the grand manner at fairy ceremonies, and he rose and bowed to her beautifully.

她非常高兴，从床上向他优雅地回了一躬。

She was much pleased, and bowed beautifully to him from the bed.

「你叫什么名字？」他问道。

"What's your name?" he asked.

「温迪·莫伊拉·安吉拉·达林，」她颇为得意地回答，「你叫什么名字？」

"Wendy Moira Angela Darling," she replied with some satisfaction. "What is your name?"

「彼得·潘。」

"Peter Pan."

她早已确信他一定就是彼得，但这个名字似乎相对来说短了一些。

She was already sure that he must be Peter, but it did seem a comparatively short name.

「就这些？」

"Is that all?"

「是的，」他有些生硬地说。他第一次觉得自己的名字有点短。

"Yes," he said rather sharply. He felt for the first time that it was a shortish name.

「我很抱歉，」温迪·莫伊拉·安吉拉说。

"I'm so sorry," said Wendy Moira Angela.

「没关系，」彼得哽咽地说。

"It doesn't matter," Peter gulped.

她问他住在哪里。

She asked where he lived.

「向右走第二条，」彼得说，「然后一直走到天亮。」

"Second to the right," said Peter, "and then straight on till morning."

「多奇怪的地址啊！」

"What a funny address!"

彼得心里一沉。他第一次觉得，这个地址也许真的很奇怪。

Peter had a sinking. For the first time he felt that perhaps it was a funny address.

「不，才不是呢，」他说。

"No, it isn't," he said.

「我的意思是，」温迪好意地说，想起自己是女主人，「他们把这个写在信封上吗？」

"I mean," Wendy said nicely, remembering that she was hostess, "is that what they put on the letters?"

他希望她没有提起信件这件事。

He wished she had not mentioned letters.

「根本收不到什么信，」他轻蔑地说。

"Don't get any letters," he said contemptuously.

「但是你的妈妈会收到信吧？」

"But your mother gets letters?"

「没有妈妈，」他说。他不仅没有妈妈，而且丝毫不想要一个。他认为妈妈这种人被大家过分高估了。

"Don't have a mother," he said. Not only had he no mother, but he had not the slightest desire to have one. He thought them very over-rated persons.