【英语原版童书】彼得兔的故事（5）

Mr. McGregor was quite sure that Peter was somewhere in the tool-shed, perhaps hidden beneath a flower-pot.

He began to turn them over carefully, looking under each.

Presently¹ Peter sneezed—'Kertyschoo!' Mr. McGregor was after him in no time.

 

And tried to put his foot upon Peter, who jumped out of a window, upsetting three plants.

The window was too small for Mr. McGregor, and he was tired of running after Peter. He went back to his work.

1 presently   

adv.不久，一会儿；现在，目前

参考例句：

• I'll go to see your uncle presently.我一会儿就去看望你叔叔。
• He is presently living in New York.他目前住在纽约。