" And s'pose we got afloat on the ocean, " said Trot, " where would we drift to, and how long would it take us to get there" ?

“假设我们漂浮在海面上，”小跑说，“我们会漂到哪里去，我们要花多长时间才能到达那里”？

" Your mother will influence you too much; I shall not be judged fairly, it will get afloat that I am not a good girl, and the witch story will be added to make me blacker! "

“你母亲会对你施加太多的影响；我不会受到公正的看待，人们会到处流传，说我不是一个好姑娘，那个巫女事件再加上来，使我的形象变得更糟。”