The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse — Page 6

蒂特尔鼠鼓起勇气出来了——大家都已经离开了。

Tittlemouse ventured to come out--everybody had gone away.

但是屋子里乱得可怕——"我从来没见过这么乱的样子——到处是蜂蜜的污渍，还有苔藓、蓟花绒毛——大大小小的脏脚印——全印在我干干净净的家里！"

But the untidiness was something dreadful--"Never did I see such a mess--smears of honey; and moss, and thistledown--and marks of big and little dirty feet--all over my nice clean house!"

她收拾起苔藓和剩余的蜂蜡。

She gathered up the moss and the remains of the beeswax.

然后她出去捡来一些树枝，把前门部分地堵上。

Then she went out and fetched some twigs, to partly close up the front door.

"我要把门口弄得小得让杰克逊先生进不来！"

"I will make it too small for Mr. Jackson!"

她从储藏室里取来了软皂、法兰绒和一把新的刷锅刷。但她已经累得什么都做不了了。她先是在椅子上睡着了，后来又上床睡觉去了。

She fetched soft soap, and flannel, and a new scrubbing brush from the storeroom. But she was too tired to do any more. First she fell asleep in her chair, and then she went to bed.

"这房子还能再收拾干净吗？"可怜的蒂特尔鼠太太说道。

"Will it ever be tidy again?" said poor Mrs. Tittlemouse.

第二天早上她起得很早，开始了一场持续了两周的大扫除。

Next morning she got up very early and began a spring cleaning which lasted a fortnight.

她扫啊，擦啊，掸啊；还用蜂蜡擦亮了家具，把她的小锡勺磨得光亮。

She swept, and scrubbed, and dusted; and she rubbed up the furniture with beeswax, and polished her little tin spoons.

等到一切都整洁干净、美观漂亮之后，她举办了一个派对，邀请了另外五只小老鼠，没有邀请杰克逊先生。

When it was all beautifully neat and clean, she gave a party to five other little mice, without Mr. Jackson.

他闻到了派对的气味，爬上了土坡，但他怎么也挤不进门去。

He smelt the party and came up the bank, but he could not squeeze in at the door.

于是他们从窗户递给他几杯橡果壳装的蜜露，他一点也不觉得受了冷落。

So they handed him out acorn-cupfuls of honey-dew through the window, and he was not at all offended.

他坐在外面的阳光里，说道——"滴答，嗡嗡，嗡嗡！祝您身体健康，蒂特尔鼠太太！"

He sat outside in the sun, and said--"Tiddly, widdly, widdly! Your very good health, Mrs. Tittlemouse!"