The Water Babies (2)
Tom suddenly found himself to be less than four inches long. The fairies had turned him into a water baby. He swam downstream， passing salmon going upstream. On the banks were men fishing. One of them fell into the swift current， rolled over and sank to the bottom of a deep hole. Tom saw that it was his old master， Mr. Grimes. Fairies carried the body away.
突然間，湯姆發現自己縮到了不到4英寸長。仙女們已將他變成小水娃。他往下游，與逆流而上的鮭魚擦身而過。溪邊有人在釣魚，其中一個掉進急流里，翻了個滾，沉入一個深深的洞底。湯姆看到那是他的老主人格蘭姆斯先生。仙女們把他的軀體帶走了。
Tom reached the sea in the autumn. One day a man and a little girl were walking on the rocks at water's edge. She was Ellie， the same little girl Tom had seen in the great house. The man groped with his net in the weeds and caught little Tom by accident. Tom bit the man's finger and dropped back into the water. Excited， Ellie slipped and hit her head on a rock. That night， fairies came to her bed and carried her away.
湯姆終于在秋天游到了大海。有一天，一個男人和一個小女孩在水邊的巖石上行走。她叫埃利，就是湯姆在大宅里見到的小女孩。那個男人撒下網子在海草中搜索，碰巧把小湯姆抓了上來。湯姆咬了他的手指，趁機跳回水里。埃利很興奮，沒小心滑了一跤，頭撞到一塊巖石上。那天晚上，仙女們來到她床前將她帶走了。
Tom found many water babies living in the sea. A kind fairy lady visited them from time to time. But Tom was naughty： he teased the crabs and anemones and stole sweets from the fairy's cupboard. As punishment， he was turned into a sea urchin. The fairy also found a girl to give Tom some schooling.
湯姆發現好多小水娃生活在海里，有個慈祥的仙女時常來探望他們。但是湯姆太頑皮了，常去戲弄螃蟹和海葵，還到仙女的櫥柜里去偷糖果。他被處罰變成了海膽。那個仙女還找了一個女孩來給他上課。
So she taught Tom every day of the week； only on Sundays she always went away home， and the kind fairy took her place. And， before she had taught many Sundays， his prickles had vanished quite away， and his skin was smooth and clean again.
于是她每天都來教湯姆，只是每到星期日她總要回家，而由那個慈祥的仙女來代課。她代了不到幾個星期日，湯姆身上的刺就漸漸消失了，皮膚又變得細嫩清潔了。
"Dear me！" said the little girl； "why， I know you now. You are the same little chimney sweep who came into my bedroom. "Dear me！" cried Tom. "And I know you， too， now. You are the very little white lady whom I saw in bed."
"天啊，"小女孩叫道，"咳，我現在認出你了。你就是那個闖進我臥室的掃煙囪的小孩。" "天啊，"湯姆也叫起來，"我現在也認出你了，你就是那個我看到躺在床上的一身白的小姐。"
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