08 Little Billy Hung On Tight

Little Billy Hung On Tight Little Billy hung on tight. Oh, it was thrilling to be flying on the back of this great swan! It was wonderful to be up in the air and to feel the air swishing past his face. He hung on very tightly to Swan's feathers. And suddenly, there it was just below them, the huge billow of orange-red smoke and steam coming from the nostrils of the awesome Gruncher. The smoke enveloped the beast completely, and yet through the smoke, as they got very close, Little Billy could just make out the enormous black shadow of some hairy monster.

小比利坚持住小比利坚持住了。 哦，坐在这只大天鹅的背上飞行真是令人兴奋!站在空中，感觉空气从脸上呼啸而过，真是太美妙了。 他紧紧地抓着天鹅的羽毛。 突然，它就在他们的下面，巨大的橙红色的烟雾和蒸汽从可怕的格伦彻的鼻孔里冒出来。 烟雾把野兽完全笼罩住了，然而，当他们走近时，小比利只能透过烟雾辨认出某个毛茸茸的怪物的巨大黑影。

The snorting grew louder, and as the brute got more and more excited by the nearness of the delicious Little Billy smell, the smoke began coming out faster and faster, whoomphwhoomph, whoomph-whoomph, whoomph-whoomph. Little Billy could feel the monster getting closer, whoomphwhoomph, whoomph-whoomph, whoomph-whoomph. Swan was flying back and forth right in front of the snorting cloud of smoke, tempting and tantalizing the beast and driving him mad with greed. The beast, or rather the cloud of smoke, kept lunging at Little Billy, but Swan was too quick for him and jinked away every time. The snorting grew louder and more ferocious every second, and the whoomph- whoomphs of thick hot steam came pouring out, thicker than ever.

鼻息声越来越响，当野兽闻到小比利的香味越来越兴奋时，烟也越来越快地冒了出来，呜，呜，呜，呜。 小比利能感觉到怪物越来越近了，呜，呜，呜，呜。 天鹅在喷着鼻息的烟雾前飞来飞去，诱惑着野兽，使它贪婪得发疯。 那只野兽，或者更确切地说是那团烟，一直扑向小比利，但天鹅动作太快，每次都躲开了。 鼻息声一秒比一秒更响，也更凶狠，浓重的热蒸汽“呼呼——呼呼”地喷了出来，比以往任何时候都浓。

Once, Swan looked round to see if Little Billy was all right. Little Billy nodded and smiled, and he could swear Swan nodded and smiled back at him. At last, Swan must have decided they had done enough teasing. The great thick orange-red cloud was leaping up and down in a frenzy of hunger

有一次，天鹅环顾四周，看看小比利是否还好。 小比利点头微笑，他可以发誓天鹅也对他点头微笑。 最后，斯旺肯定觉得他们戏弄得够多了。 厚厚的橙红色的大云团在饥饿的狂乱中上下跳跃

and desire, and the whole forest was echoing with the snorts and growls of the awesome creature. Swan glided round and headed in a straight line towards the edge of the forest, and of course the vast cloud of smoke came hurtling after him. Swan was very careful to fly low all the time, keeping just in front of the Gruncher, leading him on and on, threading a path carefully through the great trees in the forest. The scent of human food was very strong in the Gruncher's nostrils, and he must have been thinking that so long as he kept going flat out, he would catch his meal in the end. Suddenly, right in front of them, on the edge of the forest, was the lake. The Gruncher, hurtling

还有欲望，整个森林都回荡着这个可怕生物的鼻息和咆哮。 天鹅转了一圈，朝着森林的边缘直线飞去，当然，巨大的烟云在它后面疾驰而来。 天鹅一直小心翼翼地低空飞行，就在Gruncher的前面，领着他往前走啊走，小心翼翼地穿过森林里的大树。 人类食物的气味在Gruncher的鼻孔里非常强烈，他一定在想，只要他一直全力以赴，他最终会抓到这顿饭的。 突然，在他们的正前方，在森林的边缘，出现了一个湖。 Gruncher，飞驰着

along right behind them, was interested only in the glorious human scent he was following. Swan flew straight towards the lake. He skimmed low over the water. The Gruncher kept going. Little Billy, looking back, saw the Gruncher plunging right into the lake, and then the whole lake seemed to erupt in a mass of boiling steaming frothing bubbling water.

就在他们后面，他只对他所追寻的人类的香味感兴趣。 天鹅径直朝湖边飞去。 他低低地掠过水面。 Gruncher继续往前走。小比利回头一看，只见克朗彻一头扎进了湖里，然后整个湖似乎都喷出了一团沸腾的、冒着泡沫的水。

For a brief moment, the terrible Red-Hot Smoke-Belching Gruncher made the lake boil and smoke like a volcano, then the fire went out and the awesome beast disappeared under the waves.

刹那间，可怕的喷出红烟的Gruncher使湖面沸腾，像火山一样冒烟，然后火熄灭了，可怕的野兽消失在海浪下。