They would have reached the nursery in time had it not been that the little stars here watching the

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They would have reached the nursery in time had it not been that the little stars here watching them
翻译哦，关键是那个had it not been ~

=if it had not been
虚拟语气中had 可以提前省略if表假设

他们必须在天黑之前赶到托儿所。
the little stars here watching them 是一个比喻，星星看着他们，就是天黑的意思

楼上怎么可以这么翻译呢？不懂完全可以不说啊！这明明是讲过去的，直译意思是：如果不是那些小星星看着他们的话，他们应该会及时到达苗圃（或者幼儿园，都是这个词）。也就是说，他们没有及时到达苗圃。
（本人在美国十年了，英文应该问题不大，远远谈不上专家，绝对不会跟当地人说得一样好，但至少自信比国内大多数人的英语强一点）