"Oh, that's just the Wild Wood," said the Rat shortly.

“噢，那就是野树林。”水鼠简短地说。

"Beyond the Wild Wood comes the Wide World," said the Rat.

“穿过野树林的那一边是广阔世界。”水鼠说。

The cleaning and preparation for cooking the rat is also quite a process. The small feet and tail are first cut off on a wood chopping block.

清洗和准备烹调这些田鼠也破费功夫.小爪子和尾巴首先在一个木头墩子上被切掉 从耳朵后面切开 这样可以把整个皮扯下来 之后砍连着皮毛的头.

Soon the Mole and the Rat were warm and dry, and the dangers of the Wild Wood seemed a long way away, like a bad dream.

很快他们就烤干了衣服，也感觉暖和了，野树林的危险像一场恶梦显得已很遥远。

'That? O, that's just the Wild Wood, ' said the Rat shortly. 'We don't go there very much, we river-bankers. '

“那个吗？哦，那就是野林。”河鼠简略地回答，“我们河上居民很少去那边。”