《书虫》系列第二级：《五个孩子和沙精 》第二章.docVIP

《书虫》系列第二级：《五个孩子和沙精 》第二章 2?The?Children?Wish?to?Be?Rich? 2?孩子们希望变得富有? The?next?morning?Martha?took?Baby?out?with?her?and?the?children?decided?to?go?back?to?the?gravel-pit?to?look?for?the?Psammead?again.?At?first?they?could?not?find?it.?Perhaps?it?wasnt?really?here，Robert?said?.?But?they?began?to?dig?into?the?sand?with?their?hands?and?suddenly?they?came?to?the?brown?furry?body?of?the?Psammead.?It?sat?up?and?shook?the?sand?out?of?its?fur.?? 第二天早晨，马莎带着小弟弟出去了，孩子们决定回砾石坑那儿再去找赛米德。开头他们没有找到。“也许它不一定真在这里，”罗伯特说。可他们还是开始用手挖沙子，忽然他们触到了赛米德褐色的、毛绒绒的身体。它坐起来抖掉毛上的沙子。? ??How?are?you?today？Anthea?asked.? “你好吗？”安西娅问。? ?Well，I?didnt?sleep?very?well，but?thank?you?for?asking，the?Psammead?answered.?? “嗯，我没睡好，但谢谢你的问候。”赛米德回答。? ?Can?you?give?wishes?today？Robert?said.??Because?wed?like?to?have?two，if?we?can.?But?one?is?a?very?little?wish.??? “今天你能给人实现愿望吗？”罗伯特说，“因为如果可以的话我们想要实现两个愿望。不过有一个是非常小的愿望。”? ?Well，?all?right，?said?the?Psammead，?looking?at?Robert?with?its?long?eyes.??Lets?have?the?little?wish?first.??? “那么，好吧。”赛米德说，用它的柄眼看着罗伯特。“先来实现这个小愿望吧。”? ??Martha?mustnt?know?about?the?wishes，Robert?said.??I?mean，?she?mustnt?see?anything?different?about?us.?And?can?you?do?that?for?every?wish?on?every?day？? “不能让马莎知道愿望的事。”罗伯特说，“我的意思是她不能看出我们有什么变化。你能每天对每个愿望都这样办吗？”? The?Psammead?went?a?little?bigger?and?then?went?small?again.??Ive?done?that，it?said.??It?was?easy.?Whats?the?next?wish？? 赛米德变大了一点儿，然后又变小了。“我把那个办好了。”它说，“这容易。下一个愿望是什么？”? ?We?wish，?said?Robert?slowly，?to?be?very?rich.??? “我们希望，”罗伯特慢慢地说，“变得非常有钱。”? ?How?much?money?do?you?want？asked?the?Psammead.?It?wont?do?you?much?good，?of?course，it?said?quietly?to?itself.?Well，?how?much——?and?do?you?want?it?in?gold?or?notes？? “你们想要多少钱？”赛米德问道。“这当然对你们没什么好处，”它在心里默念着。“好吧，要多少——还有，想要金子还是钞票？”? ?Gold，?please，Robert?said.?Millions！? “请给我们金子，”罗伯特说，“几百万！”? A?full?gravel-pit，all?right？said?the?Psammead，sounding?bored.??But?get?out?before?I?begin，?or?youll?die? HYPERLINK /w/underneath \t _blank underneath?it.?? “满满一砾石坑，行了吧？”赛米德说，听起来它不耐烦了。“可在我开始之前先走开，不然你们会被压死的。”? Its?thin?arms?got?very?l