At the unexpected apparition, no one dared even to breathe. One could almost hear a fly go by. Those poor Marionettes, one and all, trembled like leaves in a storm.

• 没料到班主突然出现，他们谁也不敢喘气，几乎连一只苍蝇飞过都能听见。那些可怜的木偶一个个像暴风雨中的树叶那样瑟瑟发抖。