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，有四個小孩子，他們是：
薇蘭、史林白，蓋伊和賴內。
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.
他們都尋思著要去環遊世界開開眼界。有一次，他們真的買來艘大船準備環遊世界，然後走陸路從另一條線路回來。他們的船兒是藍色的，帶綠點兒；船帆是黃色的，畫著紅條條。他們遠航的時候，帶了隻小貓咪上船，貓咪不但負責掌舵，還料理船上的雜務。船上還有個老怪獸，名叫“狂怪王”，負責做飯煮茶；他們還帶了把大水壺上船。
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.
頭十天裏，大夥兒航行得挺順利。海裏好多魚，他們不愁沒吃的；他們用勺子在海裏一舀就舀上來一條，趕緊讓“狂怪王”煮成美味；魚骨頭呢，就留給小貓咪吃了，她吃得挺滿意。一路上，大夥兒可開心了。
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.