精靈鼠小弟 第6期:鼠小弟給父母帶來的問題

But anyway, the key stuck, and was a great inconvenience to anyone trying to play the piano.

不管怎樣，反正那個琴鍵是滯住了，這對任何來試彈這架鋼琴的人來說，都非常的不方便。

It bothered George particularly when he was playing the "Scarf Dance", which was rather lively.

當喬治在這上面彈奏"Scarf Dance"這首相當活潑的樂曲時，這個琴鍵便格外的給他找麻煩。

It was George who had the idea of stationing Stuart inside the piano to push the key up the second it was played.

因此喬治想出一個主意，讓斯圖亞特站到鋼琴里，當他該彈這個鍵時，就讓斯圖亞特去推它。

This was no easy job for Stuart, as he had to crouch down between the felt hammers so that he wouldn't get hit on the head.

這對斯圖亞特來說可不是個輕松活兒。他不得不因此蹲在裹著絨布的小木槌中間，才不會被打著腦袋。

But Stuart liked it just the same: it was exciting inside the piano, dodging about, and the noise was quite terrific.

可斯圖亞特還是喜歡這個活兒：在鋼琴里面聽著很棒的聲音，來回跳動時，非常的刺激。

Sometimes after a long session he would emerge quite deaf, as though he had just stepped out of an airplane after a long jouey; and it would be some little time before he really felt normal again.

有時，在里面呆久了會使他的耳朵變得很聾，就像在長途旅行后剛下飛機時一樣，而且在他恢復正常的聽覺之前，只有很少的休息時間。

Mr. and Mrs. Little often discussed Stuart quietly between themselves when he wasn't around, for they had never quite recovered from the shock and surprise of having a mouse in the family.

利特爾先生和太太在斯圖亞特不在場時總是在悄悄地談論他，因為他們從未從家里有了一只老鼠的震動與驚奇中恢復過來。

He was so very tiny and he presented so many problems to his parents.

他是這么小，而且還給他的父母帶來了這么多的問題。

Mr. Little said that, for one thing, there must be no references to "mice" in their conversation.

利特爾先生說，首先，在他們的談話中不許再用"老鼠"這個詞。

He made Mrs. Little tear from the nursery song book the page about the "three blind mice, see how they run.

他還讓利特爾太太從兒歌書里把寫有"三只瞎老鼠，看他們怎樣跑"字樣的這一頁撕下來。