He found a door in a wall; but it was locked, and there was no room for a fat little rabbit to squeeze underneath.
他在墙上发现了一扇门，但门是锁着的，而且门缝很窄，对于胖墩墩的彼得来说，根本就不可能从门底下钻过去。

An old mouse was running in and out over the stone doorstep, carrying peas and beans to her family in the wood. Peter asked her the way to the gate, but she had such a large pea in her mouth that she could not answer. She only shook her head at him. Peter began to cry.
有一只上了年纪的老鼠正在石阶上忙着进进出出的，看样子她是要把很多的豆子搬运到她森林的家里。彼得向她打听通往大门的路该怎么走，但她嘴里正嚼着的一颗大豌豆让她根本就无法说话。她只是看着彼得摇了摇头，彼得再次绝望了，他开始伤心地哭泣。

Then he tried to find his way straight across the garden, but he became more and more puzzled. Presently, he came to a pond where Mr. McGregor filled his water-cans. A white cat was staring at some gold-fish, she sat very, very still, but now and then the tip of her tail twitched as if it were alive. Peter thought it best to go away without speaking to her; he had heard about cats from his cousin, little Benjamin Bunny.
哭了一会儿，他开始想办法，希望能找到一条穿出菜园的路。可他的确是越来越摸不清东南西北了。走着走着，他来到了一个池塘边，也就是麦戈雷格先生往铁罐里灌水的地方。池塘岸边正蹲着一只小白猫，她一动不动地盯着水里的金鱼，静静地不发出一丝声响，倒是那毛茸茸的尾巴尖好像充满了生气似的，不时地晃来晃去。彼得的表哥－－兔子本杰明曾告诫过彼得要小心猫，所以彼得想还是不要惊动她，赶快逃走才为上策。

He went back towards the tool-shed, but suddenly, quite close to him, he heard the noise of a hoe—scr-r-ritch, scratch, scratch, scritch. Peter scuttered underneath the bushes. But presently, as nothing happened, he came out, and climbed upon a wheelbarrow and peeped over. The first thing he saw was Mr. McGregor hoeing onions. His back was turned towards Peter, and beyond him was the gate!
他又返回到了工具棚，但是突然，他听见了什么声音，近得就好像在他身边。对！是锄地的嘈杂声──哗，哗，哗，哗······彼得赶紧藏到了树丛下面。但是过了一会儿，看看好像没有什么事情发生，他又钻了出来，爬上了一辆手推车，站在上面往四周望去。他一眼看见麦戈雷格先生正在那里刨洋葱，幸好他背对着彼得，而他的不远处就是大门！

Peter got down very quietly off the wheelbarrow; and started running as fast as he could go, along a straight walk behind some black-currant bushes.Mr. McGregor caught sight of him at the corner, but Peter did not care. He slipped underneath the gate, and was safe at last in the wood outside the garden.
彼得悄悄地从手推车上下来，使出了全身的力气开始拼命地跑，能跑多快就跑多快，从醋栗丛的后面朝大门的方向径直跑了出去。麦戈雷格先生在角落里一眼就看见了他，但是彼得根本顾不了这些了，他从大门下一缩身滑了出去，最后终于安全地离开了菜园，又回到了他的大森林。

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