Peter Pan — Page 1

彼得第二天最先做的事情之一，就是为温迪、约翰和迈克尔量好各自适合的空心树。

One of the first things Peter did next day was to measure Wendy and John and Michael for hollow trees.

你还记得，胡克曾嘲笑那些男孩，说他们觉得每人需要一棵树真是可笑，但这不过是他的无知罢了。

Hook, you remember, had sneered at the boys for thinking they needed a tree apiece, but this was ignorance,

因为如果那棵树和你的身材不合，上下爬行就会十分困难，而那些男孩中没有任何两个人的身材是完全相同的。

for unless your tree fitted you it was difficult to go up and down, and no two of the boys were quite the same size.

一旦找到了合适的树，你在顶部吸一口气，然后就能以恰好合适的速度滑下去。

Once you fitted, you drew in your breath at the top, and down you went at exactly the right speed,

而向上爬时，你则交替地吸气和呼气，就这样蜿蜒而上。

while to ascend you drew in and let out alternately, and so wriggled up.

当然，一旦你掌握了这套动作，便能不假思索地完成，没有什么比这更为优雅的了。

Of course, when you have mastered the action you are able to do these things without thinking of them, and nothing can be more graceful.

但你必须与树完全贴合，彼得为你量树就像量身定制一套衣服一样仔细。

But you simply must fit, and Peter measures you for your tree as carefully as for a suit of clothes:

唯一的区别在于，衣服是按你的身材来裁制的，而你却必须让自己去适应那棵树。

the only difference being that the clothes are made to fit you, while you have to be made to fit the tree.

通常这件事做起来相当容易，比如多穿几件衣服或少穿几件就能解决问题。

Usually it is done quite easily, as by your wearing too many garments or too few,

但如果你身上某些不方便的地方有凸起，或者唯一可用的树形状奇特，彼得就会对你做一些处理，之后你便能与树完全契合了。

but if you are bumpy in awkward places or the only available tree is an odd shape, Peter does some things to you, and after that you fit.

一旦你与树契合，就必须十分留意保持这种契合，而这一点——正如温迪后来欣喜地发现的——能让全家人都保持在最佳状态。

Once you fit, great care must be taken to go on fitting, and this, as Wendy was to discover to her delight, keeps a whole family in perfect condition.