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Soon the fire was burning brightly again.
很快，火又燒得旺了起來。
So Irene went to a drawer and got a tablecloth.
于是，艾琳走到一個抽屜旁，拿出了一張桌布。
Then she started to set the table for dinner.
接著便開始為晚飯擺桌子。
"Mistress, shut me!" called out the drawer.
“小主人，關(guān)上！”抽屜喊道。
"Oh, bother!" cried Irene, as she slammed the drawer in so hard that she knocked down a cup.
“噢，真討厭！”艾琳大聲叫道。她砰的一聲使勁兒關(guān)上了抽屜，卻震掉了一個茶杯。
"Mistress, hang me up!" cried the cup.
“小主人，把我掛起來！”茶杯喊道。
"Oh, stay there and be quiet," Irene answered. "Very well, mistress," said the cup.
“好吧，待在那兒，安靜點兒。”艾琳回答道。“非常好，小主人！”茶杯說。
"That is better," thought Irene. "If they will only be quiet, I can do things when I have time."
“這樣就好多了，”艾琳想，“只要他們能夠安靜下來，我就有時間做自己的事情了。”
In the cupboard she found a little pie, white bread and butter, ripe strawberries and sweet cream.
她在櫥柜里找到了一個小餡餅、白面包、黃油、熟草莓和甜奶油。
You may be sure she liked her dinner.
可以肯定，她的晚餐一定吃得很開心。
After Irene had finished eating, she piled up the dishes.
吃完飯后，艾琳把碟子堆到了一起。
"I can wash them by and by," she thought. But as she turned away, the dishes cried," Mistress, mistress, wash us! Please wash us!"
她想：“我可以慢慢地來洗他們。”但她剛一轉(zhuǎn)身，碟子們便叫了起來：“小主人，小主人，洗我們吧！請洗我們吧！”
"In a minute," said Irene. "Just wait a minute."
“等一會兒，就等一會兒。”艾琳說。
"Very well, mistress," answered the dishes.
“好的，小主人。”碟子們回答說。
Irene lay down to take a nap.
艾琳伏下來，打了個盹兒。
How pleasant it was, lying there!
趴著多快活啊！
Not a sound was to be heard except the tick of the clock, as it said:
除了時鐘的嘀嗒聲，什么聲音也聽不到。正在這時，時鐘說道：
"The minutes fly, one by one, Tick, tick!
“時間流逝，分分秒秒，嘀嗒，嘀嗒！
Lazy, lazy, nothing done, Tick, tick!"
“懶惰，懶惰，什么事也做不成，嘀嗒，嘀嗒！”
