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Then he said, "What is Christmas? It's pretty, and it's lots of fun, and it makes you feel good from the inside out. But what is it?"
然后他說：什么是圣誕節？那個太好玩了，很有趣，能讓你由內而外感到舒心。但它究竟是什么？”
I don't know, said Father, and he rumbled back to sleep.
我不知道。他爸爸說，說完，打著呼嚕又睡著了。
I don't know, said Mother, and she tumbled back to sleep.
我不知道。他媽媽說，說完，轉了個身又睡著了。
I don't know, said Uncle and Aunt, and they grumbled back to sleep.
我不知道。他叔叔、阿姨說，說完，他們也咕咕噥噥地又睡著了。
Then Paddy waked them all up again and said, "I must find out what Christmas is, because I want one very much.
這時候，培迪又把他們全部弄醒了，說：我一定要弄清楚圣誕節是什么，因為我很想要過一個圣誕節。
If you don't tell me, I'll go down and ask the people in the log house; and you know what they do to bear-cubs."
如果你們不告訴我，我就下去問木屋里的人們；你們是知道他們怎么對待熊寶寶的。
This frightened the grown-up bears so much that Uncle said he would go at once and find out what Christmas is.
這可嚇壞了成年的大熊們，他的叔叔說他馬上就去搞清楚圣誕節是什么。
Down the mountain-side he went to the little log house.
他順著山坡走到了小木屋邊。
He listened and looked and sniffed.
他又是聽又是看，還用鼻子仔細地嗅了嗅。
Then he came back to Paddy.
接著回到了培迪那里。
Christmas, he said," is holly, and evergreen trees, and cedar branches, and things like that.
圣誕節呢，他說，就是冬青啊、常青樹啊，或是雪松的樹枝啊，以及像這類的東西。
You get them and trim the house and sing songs, and that is Christmas, " Then all the grown-up bears went back to sleep.
你可以拿這些東西裝飾一下屋子，再唱唱歌什么的，那便是圣誕節了。然后，所有的成年大熊又回去睡覺了。
