Onceuponatime, alongwhileago, therewerefourlittlepeoplewhosenameswere:
Violet, Slingsby, GuyandLionel.
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。
, , andthesailwasyellowwithredstripes: and, whentheysetoff, theyonlytookasmallCattosteerandlookaftertheboat, besidesanelderlyQuangle-Wangle, whohadtocookthedinnerandmakethetea; forwhichpurposestheytookalargekettle.
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。
Forthefirsttendaystheysailedonbeautifully, andfoundplentytoeat, astherewerelotsoffish; andtheyhadonlytotakethemoutoftheseawithalongspoon, whentheQuangleWangleinstantlycookedthem; andthePussy-Catwasfedwiththebones, withwhichsheexpressedherselfpleased, onthewhole: sothatallthepartywereveryhappy.
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。
Duringthedaytime, Violetchieflyoccupiedherselfinputtingsaltwaterintoachurn; whileherthreebrotherschurneditviolently, inthehopethatitwouldturnintobutter, whichitseldomifeverdid; andintheeveningtheyallretiredintothetea-kettle, wheretheyallmanagedtosleepverycomfortably, whilePussyandtheQuangleWanglemanagedtheboat.
白天，薇兰一刻不停地把咸咸的海水舀进搅拌器，她的三个兄弟使劲儿搅拌，希望能搅成黄油，可怎么搅也搅不出来。晚上，他们躲进大水壶，在那儿舒舒服服地睡上一觉。而猫咪和“狂怪王”则照看着船。
