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波士顿。

Boston.

想想你曾经提供帮助的时刻。

Think about a time you offered help.

也许你帮大人做家务，或者帮同学完成项目。

Maybe you offered to help a grown-up with a chore or a classmate with a project.

我们即将认识一位勤奋的女性，她主动帮助别人，而作为回报，她得到了一份不断给予的礼物。

We're about to meet a hardworking woman who offers to help someone, and in return, she gets a gift that keeps on giving.

我是Rebecca Sheir，欢迎收听Circle Round，在这里，故事时间随时都在发生。

I'm Rebecca Sheir, and welcome to Circle Round, where story time happens all the time.

今天的故事叫《一块饼干，一个篮子》。

Today, our story is called "A Biscuit, A Basket."

这个故事在亚洲、欧洲、非洲以及南北美洲都有不同的版本流传。

Versions have been told by people across Asia, Europe, Africa, and North and South America.

我们主要参考了印度流传的版本。

We've taken most of our inspiration from versions told in India.

为了给大家带来这个民间故事，我们请来了很多优秀的人，其中包括萨拉·乔杜里，她出演了Disney+上的《布偶大混乱》和Hulu上的《霍莉·霍比》。

Some really great people came together to bring you our folktale, including Sara Chaudry, who stars in the "Muppets Mayhem" on Disney+ and "Holly Hobbie" on Hulu.

她还主演了获奖动画电影《养家之人》。

She also stars in the award-winning animated film, "The Breadwinner."

所以，大家围坐过来，一起听《一块饼干，一个篮子》吧。

So circle round, everyone, for "A Biscuit, A Basket."

米拉和她的妈妈住在乡下一座破旧的农舍里。

Myra and her mother lived in a tumbledown farmhouse in the countryside.

妈妈一天天变老，身体也越来越虚弱，所以米拉努力工作来养活她们俩。

Mother was getting older and frailer by the day, so Myra worked hard to support them both.

每天早上，她天一亮就起来，去鸡窝里捡鸡蛋。

Each morning, she rose bright and early to gather eggs from the chickens.

早上好，女士们。

Good morning, ladies.

昨晚你们表现怎么样？

How did we do last night?

然后她把鸡蛋拿到最近的村子去卖。

Then she sold the eggs in the nearest village.

新鲜鸡蛋！

Fresh eggs!

农场新鲜鸡蛋，快来看看。

Farm-fresh eggs here.

但那年夏天，鸡突然不下蛋了。

But one summer, the chickens stopped laying eggs.

米拉试了各种办法。

Myra tried everything.

她换了鸡食。

She changed their food.

她还在窝里铺了更软的稻草，但她和妈妈沮丧地发现，这一切都是白费力气。

She put softer straw in their nests, but she and Mother were dismayed to find it was all in vain.

迈拉，现在鸡都不下蛋了，我们该怎么办？

Myra, now that the chickens aren't laying any eggs, what are we going to do?

我们买不起新鸡群，但也挨不了饿。

We can't afford to buy a new flock, but we can't afford to starve either.

我知道，妈妈。

I know, Mother.

我知道。

I know.

要不我去大城市找份工作？

So how about I journey to the big city and find myself a job?

我赚点钱就回来，我们就能重新振作起来。

I'll make a bit of money, then I'll come back home, and we can get back on our feet.

哦，这听起来是个好主意，迈拉。

Oh, that sounds like a fine plan, Myra.

你一直是个勤奋又善良的女孩。

You've always been such a hardworking, kind-hearted girl.

祝你好运，亲爱的。

Good luck, my dear.

大城市离迈拉那座破旧的农舍很远。

The big city was far away from Myra's tumbledown farmhouse.

为了到达那里，她穿过了起伏的平原和湍急的河流。

To get there, she crossed rolling plains and rushing rivers.

她走过草地和牧场，当她穿过一片茂密的热带森林时，突然听到——

She walked through grassy fields and meadows, and as she was passing through a thick, jungly forest, she suddenly heard-

哦。

Oh.

一个声音。

A voice.

谁来帮帮我！

Someone help me!

求求了。

Please.

我动不了了。

I can't move.

迈拉循着声音找去。

Myra tried to find where the voice was coming from.

她东走走西走走，在一片阳光斑驳的空地中央，她遇到了——

She walked this way and that, and in the middle of a sun-dappled clearing, what should she encounter but-

一只老虎？

A tiger?

没错。

Indeed.

一只大母老虎趴在地上。

A large female tiger was splayed out on the ground.

她那条大花斑的身体被一张大网给缠住了。

Her big striped body tangled in a big rope net.

哦，真高兴你路过这里。

Oh, I'm so glad you've come by.

我被这个猎人的陷阱困了好几个小时了，我还有饿着肚子的小老虎等着我回去呢。

I've been caught in this hunter's trap for hours, and I have hungry cubs who need me.

要是我不回去，它们肯定活不了。

They'll never survive if I don't come home.

你能帮我解开吗？

Can you please help free me?

迈拉善良的心让她想放了这只老虎，但她理智的头脑又犹豫了一下。

Myra's kind heart urged her to set the tiger free, but her sensible head thought twice.

我可以放了你，但你要保证不会反过来吃了我。

I could absolutely free you if you promise you won't turn around and eat me.

吃了你？

Eat you?

老虎的黄眼睛闪闪发光。

The tiger's yellow eyes sparkled.

我保证不会吃你。

I promise I won't eat you.

相反，如果你救了我和我幼崽的命，我会给你一个能让你受用一辈子的回报。

Instead, if you save my life and my cubs, I will reward you with something you can use for the rest of your life.

米拉被勾起了兴趣。

Myra was intrigued.

最近日子太难了。

Times were so hard lately.

也许值得看看老虎到底想给她什么。

Perhaps it was worth seeing what the tiger had in mind.

于是她从背包里掏出一把小刀，对准绳套，一刀割开了陷阱。

So she pulled a pocket knife from her knapsack, held it to the rope trap, and slashed the trap open.

老虎立刻跳了起来。

Immediately, the tiger sprang to her feet.

我自由了。

I'm free.

我自由了！

I'm free!

她跳起来，跑到一片灌木丛后面。

She leaped up and bounded behind a thicket of bushes.

当她再次出来时，头上顶着一个篮子。

When she came out again, balanced on her head was a basket.

这个篮子给你的。

This basket is for you.

迈拉注意到篮子虽然朴素但很结实，是用粗壮的竹子精心编织的。

Myra noticed that the basket was plain but sturdy, expertly woven from strong, thick bamboo.

谢谢你，老虎。

Thank you, Tiger.

我相信这个篮子用来装东西会很方便。

I'm sure this basket will come in very handy to hold things.

不过我和妈妈在那破旧的农舍里也没什么好装的东西，但是——

Not that Mother and I have many things to hold in our tumbledown farmhouse, but-

哦，不。这个篮子不是用来装东西的。

Oh, no. This basket isn't for holding things.

你叫什么名字？

What's your name?

麦拉。

Myra.

好的，麦拉。

Okay, Myra.

做好准备，看好了。

Brace yourself, and watch this.

老虎甩了甩头，把篮子抛向空中。

The tiger flicked her head and sent the basket sailing into the air.

篮子在空中翻了个底朝天，麦拉也吓坏了。

It flipped upside down as it flew, and Myra flipped out.

什么？

What?

不会吧。

No way.

因为篮子一翻过来，倒出来的竟然是一大堆饼干。

Because the moment the basket turned over, what should come pouring out but a shower of biscuits.

迈拉惊奇地看着那些香甜的黄油饼干——有些人可能会叫它们曲奇——在地上堆成了一堆。

Myra watched in wonder as sweet, buttery biscuits, what some of us might call cookies, collected in a pile on the ground.

当篮子正过来落地时，饼干就不再往外掉了。

When the basket landed right side up, the stream of biscuits stopped.

呃，刚才那真的发生了吗？

Um, did that really just happen?

那个篮子真的神奇地变出了这么一大堆饼干？

Did that basket just magically produce this big pile of biscuits?

是的。

It did.

而且它也会为你带来同样的效果，迈拉。

And it will do the same for you, Myra.

把它倒过来，你想要多少饼干就会涌出多少。

Turn it upside down, and all the biscuits you wish will come pouring out.

把它正过来，它就会停下来。

Turn it right side up, and it will stop.

你可以吃它们，也可以卖掉它们。

You can eat them, you can sell them.

不管怎样，你和你妈妈再也不会挨饿了。

Either way, you and your mother will never go hungry again.

这太神奇了，老虎。

This is amazing, Tiger.

谢谢你。

Thank you.

谢谢你，迈拉。

Thank you, Myra.

现在我该走了。

Now I must go.

我的孩子们在等我。

My cubs await.

老虎飞奔而去，米拉的心像蜂鸟的翅膀一样怦怦直跳。

As the tiger raced away, Myra's heart fluttered like a hummingbird's wings.

天哪。

My goodness.

既然有了这个魔法篮子，我就不用去城里找工作了。

Now that I have this magic basket, I don't need to go find work in the city.

我可以直接回家找妈妈，我们一起改变生活。

I can go straight home to Mother, and we can turn our life around.

哦，但天越来越晚，也越来越冷，我不想整夜赶路。

Oh, but it's getting late and cold, and I don't want to spend all night traveling.

我要走出森林，找个地方住一晚。

I'll head out of the forest and find myself a room somewhere.

让迈拉高兴的是，森林边上正好有一家小旅馆。

To Myra's delight, near the edge of the forest was an inn.

她手里提着篮子走进门，旅店老板笑着迎接她。

When she walked through the door, basket in hand, the innkeeper greeted her with a grin.

欢迎光临我这简陋的小店。

Welcome to my humble establishment.

有什么可以帮您的吗？

May I help you?

好的，谢谢。

Yes, please.

我想租一间房住一晚。

I would like to rent one room for the night.

一间房？

One room?

没问题。

No problem.

一共10个铜币。

That'll be 10 copper pieces.

好的。

Okay.

哦，哦，等等。

Oh, oh, wait.

迈拉感觉心一沉。

Myra felt her heart drop.

她怎么能忘了呢？

How could she forget?

你可能不信，但我身上没带钱。

You're not going to believe this, but I don't have any cash.

没钱？

No cash?

客栈老板的笑容立刻变成了怒目而视。

The innkeeper's grin quickly turned to a glare.

没钱就没房。

No cash, no room.

迈拉皱起了眉头。

Myra frowned.

她该怎么办呢？

What was she to do?

然后她想起来了，那个篮子。

And then she remembered, the basket.

老板，这样吧，我不用钱付房费，用饼干抵行不行？

Tell me, sir, instead of money, how about I pay for my room with biscuits?

饼干？

Biscuits?

旅店老板挑了挑眉毛。

The innkeeper arched an eyebrow.

那得看有多少饼干了。

How many biscuits are we talking about?

你要多少有多少。

As many as you want.

你的旅馆有餐厅，对吧？

Your inn has a restaurant, right?

有的。

It does.

那好，我给你足够多的饼干，够你明天招待所有客人。

Well, then, I'll give you enough biscuits to feed all of your customers tomorrow.

但是怎么做到？

But how?

这不重要。

That's not important.

相信我。

Just trust me.

我马上回来。

I'll be right back.

米拉不想泄露她的秘密，所以她走到院子里，躲在一排挂满毛巾、毯子和床单的晾衣绳后面。

Myra didn't want to give away her secret, so she went out to the courtyard and hid behind a clothesline draped with towels, blankets, and sheets.

她找到一个空洗衣袋，然后用篮子把饼干装满袋子。

She found an empty laundry bag, then used her basket to fill the bag with biscuits.

那只老虎告诉我这个篮子会派上用场，看，它现在帮我赚到了食宿。

That tiger told me this basket would come in handy, and look, it's earning me my room and board.

我只要在这家客栈住一晚，然后把篮子带回家给妈妈，我们就再也不会挨饿了。

I'll spend just one night at this inn, then I'll take the basket home to Mother, and we'll never go hungry again.

米拉不知道的是，院子里不止她一个人。

Little did Myra know, but she wasn't alone in the courtyard.

客栈老板偷偷跟在她后面，正躲在阴暗的角落里看着一切。

The innkeeper had secretly followed her and was watching everything from a shadowy corner.

看看那些饼干。

Look at all those biscuits.

有了那个神奇的玩意儿，我可以发大财，卖不完的饼干，或者直接把篮子卖掉，然后带着比国王还多的金子退休。

I could make a fortune with that wondrous contraption, selling boundless amounts of biscuits, or selling the basket itself and retiring with more gold than a king.

不管怎样，我都要把它据为己有。

Either way, I shall make it my own.

你觉得迈拉的新篮子会带来什么结果？

What do you think will happen with Myra's new basket?

我们稍作休息后就会揭晓。

We'll find out after a quick break.

我是丽贝卡·谢尔。

I'm Rebecca Sheir.

欢迎回到《圆桌故事》。

Welcome back to Circle Round.

今天的故事叫《一块饼干，一个篮子》。

Today our story is called A Biscuit, A Basket.

休息前，迈拉打算用她魔法篮子里的饼干来支付客栈的住宿费。

Before the break, Myra was planning on paying for her stay at the inn with biscuits from her magic basket.

她躲在晾衣绳后面，把洗衣篮装得满满当当，全是饼干。

Hiding behind a clothesline, she filled a laundry basket till it was plump with biscuits.

她哪里知道，那个爱管闲事的旅店老板一直在盯着她的一举一动。

Little did she know, but the nosy innkeeper was watching her every move.

旅店老板赶回前台，正好迈拉拿着洗衣袋回来了。

The innkeeper raced back to the front desk just as Myra returned with the laundry bag.

给您，先生。

Here you go, sir.

这袋子里装的饼干，足够您明天招待所有餐厅的客人了。

This bag contains enough biscuits to feed all of your restaurant customers tomorrow.

谢谢。

Thank you.

不过，在给你房间钥匙之前，我想说，你手里那个篮子，我正好一直在找一个一模一样的。

But before I give you your room key, I wanted to say, that basket you're holding there, it just so happens I've been looking for one exactly like it.

你愿意多少钱卖？

How much would you sell it for?

卖它？

Sell it?

迈拉摇了摇头。

Myra shook her head.

先生，这个篮子不卖。

This basket isn't for sale, sir.

你确定吗？

Are you sure?

我愿意出任何价钱买它。

I'll give you anything for it.

你开个价吧。

Name your price.

恕我直言，我不会卖我的篮子。

With all due respect, I'm not selling my basket.

但我可以拿我的房间钥匙了。

But I will take my room key.

我赶了一天的路，非常累了。

I've been traveling all day, and I'm so very tired.

那好吧。

Very well, then.

这是你的钥匙。

Here's your key.

明天早上见。

See you in the morning.

迈拉旅途劳顿，累得不行，一躺下就睡着了。

Myra was so exhausted from her travels, she drifted off the moment she lay down.

到了半夜，她睡得正沉，连门被悄悄推开都没听见。

Come midnight, she was sleeping so deeply that she didn't hear her door creak open.

她也没看到旅店老板蹑手蹑脚地溜进她的房间。

And she didn't see the innkeeper come tiptoeing into her room.

他悄无声息地拿走了迈拉的魔法篮子，换了一个看起来一模一样的普通篮子。

Silently, he seized Myra's magic basket and replaced it with an ordinary basket that looked exactly the same.

然后，他把迈拉的篮子夹在胳膊下，悄悄溜回走廊，关上了门。

Then, with Myra's basket tucked under his arm, he crept back into the hall and closed the door.

几个小时后，当第一缕阳光照进房间时，迈拉醒了过来。

A few hours later, as the sun's first rays came streaming into the room, Myra woke up

多么美丽的早晨啊。

What a beautiful morning.

我想我可以在旅馆的餐厅停下来吃个早餐。

I suppose I could stop at the inn's restaurant for breakfast.

哦，但我太兴奋了，想赶紧把魔法篮子给妈妈看。

Oh, but I'm too excited to show my magic basket to Mother.

我收拾好东西就出发吧。

I'll just gather my things and be on my way.

迈拉抓起背包和她以为的魔法篮子，然后朝家走去。

Myra grabbed her knapsack, and what she thought was her magic basket, then set off toward home.

她穿过了茂密的热带丛林。

She passed through the thick, jungly forest.

她走过草地和牧场。

She walked through grassy fields and meadows.

她穿过了连绵起伏的平原和湍急的河流。

She crossed rolling plains and rushing rivers.

当她终于到达那座破旧的农舍时，她紧紧抱住母亲，讲述了她在森林里遇到一只老虎并把它放生的故事。

And when at last she reached her tumbledown farmhouse, she wrapped Mother in a hug and told her the story of how she had met a tiger in the forest and set her free.

然后，为了感谢我把它从陷阱里救出来，它就把这个篮子送给了我。

And then, to show her gratitude for being freed from the trap, she gave me this basket.

但这可不是普通的篮子。

But it's no ordinary basket.

你来看看这个。

Check this out.

迈拉笑得合不拢嘴，她拿起篮子，把它倒了过来。

Myra was smiling from ear to ear as she took the basket and turned it upside down.

但就在这时……

But then...

怎么了？

What?

她的笑容消失了。

Her smile vanished.

没有饼干出来。

No biscuits are coming out.

这个篮子应该能神奇地变出饼干来。

This basket is supposed to magically produce biscuits.

我再试一次。

Let me try again.

于是她又试了一次。

So she did.

但还是……

But still...

迈拉，我没看到任何饼干。

Myra, I'm not seeing any biscuits.

也许篮子在你旅途中损坏了，失去了魔力？

Perhaps the basket got damaged during your journey and lost its powers?

我觉得不太可能，但肯定有什么原因。

I don't see how it could have, but there must be some explanation.

让我想想。

Let me think.

迈拉一边回想发生的一切，心里又急又乱。

Myra's mind and heart raced as she thought back to everything that happened.

老虎给了她篮子，然后她在客栈停下来，用篮子给了客栈老板一些饼干，然后他求她把篮子卖给他，但她拒绝了。然后……

The tiger gave her the basket, then she stopped at the inn, then she used the basket to give the innkeeper some biscuits, then he begged her to sell him the basket, but she said no. And then...

哎呀，天哪。

Oh, dear.

妈妈，我想我知道是怎么回事了。

Mother, I think I know what happened.

一定是客栈老板偷了我的篮子，换了一个一模一样的给我。

The innkeeper must have stolen my basket and replaced it with one that looks just like it.

哦，我得回客栈把我的魔法篮子拿回来。

Oh, I must return to the inn and get my magic basket.

我保证不会去太久。

I won't be gone long, I promise.

但当迈拉赶到客栈，要求店主把篮子还给她时……

But when Myra reached the inn and demanded that the innkeeper give back her basket...

店主，把我的篮子还给我。

Innkeeper, give me back my basket

……那个贪婪的男人只是茫然地看着她，什么也没给。

... the greedy man gave her nothing but a blank look.

把篮子还给你？

Give you back your basket?

我明明看见你走的时候手里拿着一个篮子。

I could've sworn I saw you leave with a basket in your arms.

是的，但那个不是——

Yes, but that one wasn't-

听着，我很忙。

Look, I'm a busy man.

我可没时间陪你瞎折腾。

I don't have time for any nonsense.

所以，你要是既不打算住店，也不打算在我这儿吃饭，那就赶紧离开我的地盘，不然我就报警，告你非法闯入，让你交罚款。

So, if you aren't going to rent a room, and you aren't going to eat at my restaurant, then you'd better get off my property before I call the police and have you fined for trespassing.

迈拉不知道该怎么办才好。

Myra didn't know what to do.

于是，她眼里含着泪，心里满是痛苦，低着头，拖着步子走出了门。

So with tears in her eyes and anguish in her heart, she hung her head and trudged out the door.

很快，她又回到了那片茂密的热带丛林里。

Soon she found herself back in the thick, jungly forest.

她叹了口气，一屁股坐在一根木头上，开始哭了起来。

She heaved a sigh, then plunked down on a log and began to cry.

可就在这时，突然……

But then, all of a sudden...

迈拉，是你吗？

Myra, is that you?

迈拉抬起头，看到了那只老虎。

Myra looked up, and there was the tiger.

你为什么哭？

Why are you crying?

发生什么事了？

What happened?

迈拉强忍住眼泪，把一切都告诉了老虎。

Myra choked back tears as she told the tiger everything.

所以那个贪婪的旅店老板偷了你的篮子，是吗？

So that greedy innkeeper stole your basket, did he?

嗯，我知道有个办法能解决这件事。

Well, I know a way to make things right.

等一下。

Hang on.

老虎甩了甩条纹尾巴，跳到了灌木丛后面。

The tiger flicked her striped tail and leaped behind a bush.

当她出来的时候，头上又顶着一个竹篮子。

When she came back out, balanced on her head was another bamboo basket.

那个篮子和第一个看起来一模一样。

It looked exactly like the first one.

哇，老虎，太厉害了。

Oh, wow, Tiger.

那又是一个魔法篮子吗？

Is that another magic basket?

是的。

It is.

但这个篮子不是给你的。

But this basket isn't for you.

这是给那个客栈老板的。

It's for the innkeeper.

给客栈老板的？

For the innkeeper?

你真的要我把这个魔法篮子给那个满嘴谎话、骗人的无赖吗？

You seriously want me to give this magic basket to that lying, cheating scoundrel?

是的。

I do.

但这是给他的，而且只能给他，你可别想着用它的魔法。

But it's for him, and him alone, so don't you go trying to use its magic.

迈拉虽然很困惑，但她相信这位新认识的猫咪朋友。

Myra was confused, but she trusted her new feline friend.

那好吧。

All right then.

我会把篮子交给客栈老板。

I'll give the basket to the innkeeper.

谢谢你，老虎。

Thank you, Tiger.

不客气，迈拉。

My pleasure, Myra.

说完，老虎就跳走了，迈拉也飞快地跑回了客栈。

And with that, the tiger bounded away, and Myra went barreling back to the inn.

客栈老板一看到她，就皱起了眉头。

When the innkeeper saw her, he glowered.

又是你。

You again.

我猜你是想把你的篮子要回去吧。

I suppose you're going to demand to get your basket back.

其实不是，我找到了另一个篮子。

Actually, no. I've found another one.

一个很特别的篮子。

A very special one.

迈拉把她的新篮子递了过去。

Myra held out her new basket.

我想用这个很特别的篮子换一间房。

And I'd like to swap this very special basket for a room.

客栈老板的眼睛一下子亮了起来。

The innkeeper's eyes lit up.

想想上一个篮子能做什么，谁知道这个篮子里藏着什么魔法力量呢？

Considering what the last basket could do, who knew what magic powers lay inside this one?

他心里激动不已，但表面上却装作若无其事。

He thrilled at the thought, but he pretended to play it cool.

你愿意用你的篮子换一间房？

You'd swap your basket for a room?

行。

All right.

好吧。

Fine.

这笔交易我接受。

That deal works for me.

太好了。

Wonderful.

给你。

Here you go.

好了，晚安。

Good night, now.

当迈拉沿着走廊走向她的房间时，旅店老板决定等所有客人都睡着后再试试他的新篮子。

As Myra walked down the hall to her room, the innkeeper decided he would wait until all his guests were sleeping before he took his new basket for a spin.

于是，几个小时后，等大家都睡下了，旅店老板走进办公室，关上了门。

So, hours later, once everyone had turned in for the night, the innkeeper went into his office and shut the door.

哦，我简直等不及想看看这个新篮子里会冒出什么来。

Oh, I can hardly wait to see what will come streaming out of this new basket.

又是饼干吗？

Will it be biscuits again?

还是硬币呢？

Or coins, perhaps?

或者是珠宝？

Or jewels?

哦，只有一个办法能知道。

Oh, there's only one way to find out.

旅店老板满怀期待，双手颤抖着把篮子高高举起。

The innkeeper's hands trembled with anticipation as he held the basket up high.

然后他把篮子翻了过来。

Then he flipped it over.

你猜他看到了什么？

And do you know what he saw?

好吧，他没有看到饼干、金币或珠宝。

Well, he didn't see a stream of biscuits, or coins, or jewels.

相反，他看到了一群蚊子。

Instead, he saw a swarm of mosquitoes.

哎哟！

Ow!

哎哟！

Ow!

他也感觉到了，那些饥饿的小家伙们在他身上到处咬来咬去。

He felt them too, as the hungry little critters bit and nipped him all over.

吵闹声把熟睡的迈拉吵醒了。

The commotion woke up Myra, who'd been fast asleep.

她冲到办公室，推开门，发现旅店老板在地上打滚。

She sprinted to the office, threw the door open, and found the innkeeper writhing on the floor.

他旁边是那个篮子，翻了过来，源源不断地涌出蚊子。

Beside him was the basket, turned upside down and sending out an endless stream of mosquitoes.

迈拉一下子明白了老虎的计谋。

All at once, Myra understood the tiger's plan.

她跳出房间，关上门，然后从走廊里喊道。

She jumped out of the room, shut the door, then called out from the hallway.

“嘿，旅店老板！

"Hey, Innkeeper!

你想要这个新篮子，现在你得到了。”

You wanted this new basket, and now you've got it.

但如果你想让我的小朋友们飞走，那你最好把偷走的第一个篮子还回来。

But if you'd like my little friends to buzz off, then you'd better give back the first basket you stole.

现在！

Now!"

你想要回你的第一个篮子？

"You want your first basket back?

哎哟。

Ouch.

好吧。

Fine.

我还给你。

I'll give it back.

哎哟！

Ow!

快让这些蚊子走开吧。

Just make these mosquitoes go away.

哎哟！

Ow!"

迈拉深吸一口气，然后打开了门。

Myra took a breath, then opened the door.

她眼疾手快地把篮子翻正，蚊子立刻消失在里面，就像被吸尘器吸回去一样。

Quick as a wink, she turned the basket right side up, and the mosquitoes disappeared inside, as if sucked back in by a vacuum.

旅店老板躺在地上，胸口起伏，手指不停地挠着。

The innkeeper lay on the floor, his chest heaving, his fingers scratching.

“好吧，小姑娘。

"All right, missy.

哎哟。

Ouch.

离开我的地盘，把这两个篮子都带走。

Get off my property and take both of those baskets with you.

我这辈子都不想再见到你，或者你的任何一个魔法篮子。”

I don't want to see you or another one of your magic baskets for as long as I live."

于是迈拉带着两个篮子匆匆赶回家，一回到那座破旧的农舍，她和妈妈就尽情享用第一个篮子里的饼干，又吃又卖。

And so Myra hurried home with both baskets, and once she got back to her tumbledown farmhouse, she and Mother used the first basket to their heart's content, eating and selling biscuits.

“现在我们再也不会挨饿了，迈拉。”

"And now we'll never go hungry again, Myra.

“这都多亏了你。”

All thanks to you.

“但你的第二个篮子该怎么处理呢？”

But what should we do with your second basket?"

迈拉嘴角露出一丝狡黠的微笑。

A sly smile crossed Myra's lips.

“嗯，一开始我确实想把它扔掉。”

"Well, at first I was tempted to get rid of it.

“但不如我们把它藏在一个安全的地方，以备不时之需？”

But how about we stash it away somewhere safe, just in case we need it?"

妈妈同意了。

Mother agreed.

你难道不会也这么做吗？

And wouldn't you, too?

毕竟，当你在这个广阔而充满惊喜的世界里前行时，你永远不知道什么时候会遇到麻烦。

After all, as you make your way through this spacious and surprising world, you never know when something might come back to bite you.

现在轮到你了。

Now it's your turn.

帮助别人不仅能让对方开心，也能让你自己开心。

Helping someone doesn't just brighten their day, it can brighten yours, too.

这里有个有趣的游戏，可以让你明白这个道理。

Here's a fun game to show you how.

选一些你有很多的东西：书、玩具、积木、袜子。

Pick something you have a lot of: books, toys, blocks, socks.

请一位大人帮你把这些东西散落在你的卧室里。

Ask a grown-up to help you scatter these items around your bedroom.

然后，让大人帮你计时，看你能多快把所有东西放进一个袋子、盒子或篮子里。

Now, have your grown-up time you as you hurry to put all your items into a bag, box, or basket.