Once upon a time, a long while ago, there were four little people whose names were:
Violet, Slingsby, Guy and Lionel.
在很久很久以前，有四个小孩子，他们是：
薇兰、史林白，盖伊和赖内。
and they all thought they should like to see the world. So they bought a large boat to sail quite round the world by sea, and then they were to come back on the other side by land. The boat was painted blue with green spots, and the sail was yellow with red stripes: and, when they set off, they only took a small Cat to steer and look after the boat, besides an elderly Quangle-Wangle, who had to cook the dinner and make the tea; for which purposes they took a large kettle.
他们都寻思着要去环游世界开开眼界。有一次，他们真的买来艘大船准备环游世界，然后走陆路从另一条线路回来。他们的船儿是蓝色的，带绿点儿；船帆是黄色的，画着红条条。他们远航的时候，带了只小猫咪上船，猫咪不但负责掌舵，还料理船上的杂务。船上还有个老怪兽，名叫“狂怪王”，负责做饭煮茶；他们还带了把大水壶上船。
For the first ten days they sailed on beautifully, and found plenty to eat, as there were lots of fish; and they had only to take them out of the sea with a long spoon, when the QuangleWangle instantly cooked them; and the Pussy-Cat was fed with the bones, with which she expressed herself pleased, on the whole: so that all the party were very happy.
头十天里，大伙儿航行得挺顺利。海里好多鱼，他们不愁没吃的；他们用勺子在海里一舀就舀上来一条，赶紧让“狂怪王”煮成美味；鱼骨头呢，就留给小猫咪吃了，她吃得挺满意。一路上，大伙儿可开心了。
During the daytime, Violet chiefly occupied herself in putting salt water into a churn; while her three brothers churned it violently, in the hope that it would turn into butter, which it seldom if ever did; and in the evening they all retired into the tea-kettle, where they all managed to sleep very comfortably, while Pussy and the QuangleWangle managed the boat.