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Dick. Oh, Mother! We have been to the baker’s shop.
迪克：哦，媽媽！我們去過面包店了。
Fanny. We smelled our goose, Mother! The baker says it is nearly done. There are a dozen geese in his big oven. Oh, how good they smell!
范妮：我們聞到了烤鵝的香味，媽媽！面包師說快烤好了。他的大烤箱里有許多鵝。噢，它們聞起來真香！
Dick. And the sage and onions, too. Oh! oh! oh! oh!
迪克：還有鼠尾草和洋蔥。噢！噢！噢！噢！
[The two children dance up and down.]
[兩個孩子蹦蹦跳跳。]
Fanny. Oh, Dick, see Peter’s new collar! How fine he looks in it! Dick. It is father’s collar. Some day I can have one of father’s collars, too. Then I will go to walk in the Park. Doesn’t Peter look beautiful?
范妮：哦，迪克，快看彼得的新衣領！他看起來真帥氣！迪克，這是爸爸的衣領?？傆幸惶煳乙矔碛邪职值囊粋€衣領，然后我就去公園散步。彼得看起來難道不帥氣嗎？
[They dance around Peter.]
[他們圍著彼得跳躍。]
Mrs. Cratchit. Where can your dear father be?
克拉特基特夫人：你們親愛的爸爸去哪了？
And your brother, Tiny Tim? And Martha wasn’t as late as this last Christmas!
還有你們的弟弟，小提姆？瑪莎不會像去年圣誕節那樣遲到那么久吧！
[Martha comes in.]
[瑪莎走進屋。]
Fanny. Here’s Martha, Mother. Oh, Martha, there’s such a goose in the baker’s oven!
范妮：瑪莎來了，媽媽。噢，瑪莎，面包師的烤爐里烤著一只鵝！
Mrs. Cratchit. [ Taking off Martha's bonnet and shawl, and kissing her half a dozen times.] Why, bless your heart, my dear, how late you are!
克拉特基特夫人：[摘下瑪莎的帽子和披肩，親了她好幾次。]為什么，我的天哪，親愛的，你這么晚才來！
Martha. We worked till very late in the shop last night. Then we had to get up early this morning to clear everything away.
瑪莎：我們昨晚在店鋪工作到很晚，今天早上我們得早起，把所有東西都清理干凈。
Mrs. Cratchit. Well, never mind, so long as you have come. Sit down before the fire, my dear, and get warm.
克拉特基特夫人：沒關系，你來了就好。坐在火爐前吧，親愛的，烤暖和點。
Dick. Here’s Father coming! Hide, Martha, hide!
迪克：爸爸回來了！藏起來，瑪莎，藏起來！
[Martha hides behind the door as Bob Cratchit comes in. One end of a comforter hangs down before him, and the rest is wound tightly about his neck. His worn clothes are carefully mended and brushed. Tiny Tim, holding a crutch in his hand, is on his father’s shoulder.]
[鮑勃·克拉特基特進屋時，瑪莎躲到門后。圍巾的一頭垂在他胸前，其余部分緊緊地纏在他的脖子上。他的舊衣服經過細心地修補和擦拭。小提姆手里拿著拐杖，坐在父親肩上。]
Bob Cratchit. [Looking around.] Why, where’s our Martha?
鮑勃·克拉特基特：[環顧四周。]為什么我們的瑪莎沒來？
Fanny and Dick. Not coming!
范妮和迪克，也沒來！
Bob Cratchit. [ Surprised and disappointed.] Not coming? On Christmas Day?
鮑勃·克拉特基特：[感到驚訝又失望。]不來了嗎？在圣誕節這天？
[He puts Tiny Tim down.]
[他放下小提姆。]
Mrs. Cratchit. We must not make Father sad with our jokes. No, Martha is not coming, because she is already here.
克拉特基特夫人：我們不能讓爸爸因為我們開的玩笑而感到傷心。不，瑪莎不來了，因為她已經在這里了。
Martha. [Running out ] Here I am, Father! Merry Christmas to you!
瑪莎：[跑出來]我在這，爸爸！祝您圣誕快樂！
