02 Run, Little Billy! Run Run Run!

Run, Little Billy! Run Run Run! In a jiffy Little Billy had dropped silently on to the flowerbed below. In another jiffy he was out through the garden gate. And in yet another jiffy he was standing on the very edge of the great big dark Forest of Sin! He had made it! He had got there! And now the forest was all his to explore! Was he nervous? What?

快跑，小比利!快跑快跑!不一会儿，小比利就无声无息地落到了下面的花坛上。 又过了一会儿，他走出了花园的大门。 转眼之间，他就站在了罪恶的黑暗森林的边缘!他成功了!他做到了!现在整个森林都交给他去探索了!他紧张吗? 怎么啦？

Who said anything about being nervous? Hornswogglers? Vermicious Knids? What sort of rubbish was that? Little Billy hesitated. 'I'm not nervous,' he said. 'I'm not in the least bit nervous. Not me.' Very very slowly, he walked into the great forest. Giant trees were soon surrounding him on all sides and their branches made an almost solid roof high above his head, blotting out the sky. Here and there little shafts of sunlight shone through gaps in the roof. There was not a sound anywhere. It was like being among the dead men in an enormous empty green cathedral.

谁说要紧张了? Hornswogglers吗?Vermicious种类? 那是什么废话? 小比利犹豫了。“我不紧张，”他说。 “我一点也不紧张。 不是我。”他非常非常缓慢地走进大森林。 很快，高大的树木从四面八方包围了他，它们的树枝在他头顶上形成了一个几乎坚固的屋顶，遮住了天空。 阳光从屋顶的缝隙里不时地照进来。 周围一点声音也没有。 那感觉就像置身于一群死人之中，置身于一座巨大而空旷的绿色大教堂里。

When he had ventured some distance into the forest, Little Billy stopped and stood quite still, listening. He could hear nothing. Nothing at all. There was absolute silence. Or was there? Hold on just one second. What was that?

当他冒险进入森林一段距离后，小比利停了下来，静静地站在那里听着。 他什么也听不见。什么都没有。 四周一片寂静。 或者有吗?稍等一下。 那是什么?

Little Billy flicked his head round and stared into the everlasting gloom and doom of the forest. There it was again! There was no mistaking it this time. From far away, there came a very faint whoozing whiffling noise, like a small gusty wind blowing through the trees. Then it grew louder. Every second it was growing louder, and suddenly it was no longer a small wind, it was a fearsome swooshing whooshing whiffling snorting noise that sounded

小比利摇了摇头，凝视着森林里永恒的黑暗和厄运。 它又来了!这次没有错了。 从远处传来一阵微弱的呼哧呼哧的声音，就像一阵小阵风吹过树林。 然后声音越来越大。每一秒都在变得更响，突然间，那不再是一阵小风，而是一种可怕的嗖嗖、嗖嗖、嗖嗖、喷鼻的声音

as though some gigantic creature was breathing heavily through its nose as it galloped towards him. Little Billy turned and ran. Little Billy ran faster than he had ever run in his life before. But the swooshing whooshing whiffling snorting noise was coming after him. Worse still, it was getting louder. This meant that the thing, the maker of the noise, the galloping

仿佛有什么巨大的生物在向他飞奔而来的时候，正在用鼻子大口喘气。 小比利转身就跑。 小比利跑得比他以前任何时候都快。 但那嗖嗖、嗖嗖、嗖嗖、喷鼻的声音跟在他后面。 更糟糕的是，声音越来越大。 这意味着那个东西，那个发出声音的东西，那个疾驰的东西

creature, was getting closer. It was catching him up! Run, Little Billy! Run run run! He dodged around massive trees. He skipped over roots and brambles. He bent low to flash under boughs and bushes. He had wings on his feet he ran so fast. But still the fearsome swooshing whooshing whiffling snorting noise grew louder and louder as it came closer and closer.

怪物越来越近了。 它在追上他!快跑，小比利!快跑快跑!他在大树周围躲闪。 他跳过树根和荆棘。 他弯下腰，在树枝和灌木丛下闪避。 他的脚上长着翅膀，他跑得很快。 但是随着它越来越近，那可怕的嗖嗖、嗖嗖、呼啸、喷鼻的声音越来越响。