In an old house in Paris

that was covered with vines

巴黎有栋老房子

是一栋爬满葡萄藤的老房子



lived twelve little girls

in two straight lines.

里面住着十二个女孩，

她们总是排成两排

In two straight lines

they broke their bread

他们排成两排，

把面包撕成小块吃



and brushed their teeth

然后刷牙

and went to bed.

睡觉


They smiled at the good

他们开心的时候会笑，

and frowned at the bad

不高兴的时候会皱眉，


and sometimes

they were very sad.

有的时候他们也会特别难过。

They left the house

at half past nine

in two straight lines

每天早上九点半的时候，

她们排成两排出去。


in rain or shine--

不论雨天还是晴天，


The smallest one was Madeline.

She was not afraid of mice--

他们中最小的那一个就是玛德琳，

她不怕老鼠—


she loved winter，

snow，and ice.

她喜欢冬天、雪还有冰。

To the tiger in the zoo

Madeline just said，

"Pooh-pooh，"

对动物园的老虎，

玛德琳敢说：“噗~噗！”


and nobody knew so well

how to frighten Miss Clavel.

她最知道怎么让克拉菲老师吓倒。

In the middle of one night

Miss Clavel turned on her light

and said，"Something is not right！"

一天半夜，克拉薇老师打开灯，

说道：“好像有什么不对劲儿。”


Little Madeline sat in bed，

cried and cried；

her eyes were red.

小玛德琳坐在床上，

哇哇大哭，哭得眼睛都红了。

And soon after Dr. Cohn came，

he rushed out to the phone

很快，科恩医生来了。


and he dialed：DANton-ten-six—

"Nurse，" he said，

"it's an appendix！"

他赶忙去打电话，

拨通了“DANton-10-6-”,

“护士，”他说，“是阑尾炎！”

Everybody had to cry—

not a single eye was dry.

每个人都哭了，

没有一个人的眼睛是干的。

Madeline was in his arms

in a blanket safe and warm.

玛德琳裹着毯子

躺在科恩医生的臂弯里，

又安全又温暖。


In a car with a red light

they drove out into the night.

车子闪着红灯，

驶向夜幕中。

Madeline woke up two hours later，

in a room with flowers.

两个小时以后，玛德琳醒来了，

在一个插满了鲜花的病房里。


Madeline soon ate and drank.

On her bed there was a crank，

and a crank on the

ceiling had the habit

of sometimes looking like a rabbit.

很快，她就又能吃又能喝了。

在她的床上有个升降的手柄，

印在天花板上，

有时候看上去就像是个兔子。


Outside were birds，

trees，and sky—

and so ten days passed quickly by.

外面有树、小鸟还有天空。

就这样，十天很快就过去了。

One nice morning Miss Clavel said—

"Isn't this a fine—

一个美好的早晨，克拉薇老师说，

"这难道不是一个


day to visit Madeline."

探望玛德琳的好日子吗！”


VISITORS FROM TWO TO FOUR

read a sign outside her door.

病房的门上贴着

“访客时间2点到4点”的标识。

Tiptoeing with solemn face，

with some flowers and a vase，

女孩们拿着花儿和花瓶垫着脚，

小心翼翼地走了进来。


in they walked and then

said，"Ahhh，"

when they saw the toys and candy

and the dollhouse from Papa.

当他们看见玩具和糖果，

还有爸爸送的玩偶之家时，

都“哇——”地叫了起来。

But the biggest surprise by far—

on her stomach was a scar！

但是，最让他们感到吃惊的是，

玛德琳的肚子上有一个伤疤！


"Good-by，" they said，

"we'll come again，"

and the little girls

left in the rain.

“再见，”他们说，

“我们还会再来的！”

说完，女孩们就在雨中离开了。

（good-by n. [美国英语] =

goodbye，good-bye）


They went home and

broke their bread

brushed their teeth

and went to bed.

他们回了家，把面包撕成小块吃，

然后刷了牙，

就去睡觉了。


In the middle of the night

Miss Clavel turned on

the light and said，

"Something is not right！"

半夜的时候，

克拉薇老师打开灯，

自言自语道；“好像有什么不对劲儿。”

And afraid of a disaster

她很害怕会发生什么大事。


Miss Clavel ran fast

and fast，

克拉薇老师跑得越来越快，


and she said，"Please children do—

tell me what is troubling you？"

她跑到女孩那里，

问：“孩子们，快告诉我，

你们都怎么了？”

And all the little girls cried，"Boohoo,

we want to have our appendix out，too！"

然后，所有女孩们都“呜呜”地哭着说，

“我们也想得阑尾炎。”


"Good night，little girls！

Thank the lord you are well！

And now go to sleep！"

said Miss Clavel.

And she turned out the light--

and closed the door--

and that's all there is--

there isn't any more.

“晚安，女孩们！

感谢上帝，你们都好好的。

好了，现在都去睡觉吧！"

克拉薇老师说。

接着，她熄了灯，关上了门，

就是这样。

结束了。