but they lead mysterious lives of their own as well.

但是，它们又有自己神秘的生活方式。

At first she decided to go to the police,

一开始拉姆齐太太打算报告警察，

It is all very well for such things to occur in fiction.

这种事发生在小说中是无可非议的。

In spite of national differences, certain funny situations have a universal appeal.

尽管民族不同，有些滑稽的情节却能产生普遍的效果。

What a relief it was when the boulders suddenly disappeared, giving way to a stretch of plain where the only obstacles were clumps of bushes.

突然大石块不见了，前面是一片平地，唯一的障碍只有一簇簇灌木丛。这使我们长长地松了口气。

They had little difficulty in finding it,

他们没费多大事儿就找到了盘子。