22 Muggle-Wump Has an Idea

Muggle-Wump Has an Idea As soon as Mr and Mrs Twit had disappeared down the road, the monkeys all flipped back on to their feet the right way up. 'Quick, get the key!' Muggle-Wump called out to the Roly-Poly Bird, who was still sitting on the roof of the house. 'What key?' shouted the Roly-Poly Bird. 'The key to the door of our cage,' cried Muggle-Wump. 'It's hanging on a nail in the workshed. That's where he always puts it.'

特威夫妇刚从路上消失，猴子们就一个个倒立起来。 “快，去拿钥匙!”麻瓜威普朝仍然坐在屋顶上的罗利-波利鸟喊道。 “什么钥匙?罗利-波利鸟喊道。 “我们笼子门的钥匙。”麻瓜瓦普叫道。 “它挂在工作间的钉子上。 他总是这样放的。”

The Roly-Poly Bird flew down and came back with the key in his beak. Muggle-Wump reached a hand through the bars of the cage and took the key. He put it in the lock and turned it. The door opened. All four monkeys leapt out together. 'We are free!' cried the two little ones. 'Where shall we go, Dad? Where shall we hide?' 'Don't get excited,' said Muggle-Wump. 'Calm down, everybody. Before we escape from this beastly place we have one very important thing to do.' 'What?' they asked him. 'We're going to turn those terrible Twits UPSIDE DOWN!' 'We're going to what?' they cried. 'You must be joking, Dad!' 'I'm not joking,' Muggle-Wump said. 'We're going to turn both Mr and Mrs Twit UPSIDE DOWN with their legs in the air!' 'Don't be ridiculous,' the Roly-Poly Bird said. 'How can we possibly turn those two maggoty old monsters upside down?'

罗利-波利鸟飞了下来，嘴里叼着钥匙回来了。 麻瓜瓦普从笼子的栅栏里伸出一只手，拿了钥匙。 他把它放进锁里，转动了一下。 门开了。四只猴子一起跳了出来。 “我们自由了!”两个小家伙叫道。 “我们去哪儿，爸爸?”我们躲在哪里?“别激动。”麻瓜瓦普说。 “大家冷静下来。在我们逃离这个可怕的地方之前我们有一件很重要的事要做。“什么?他们问他。 “我们要把那些可怕的笨蛋打倒!”“我们要去什么?”他们叫道。 “你一定是在开玩笑，爸爸!”“我不是在开玩笑。”麻瓜瓦普说。 “我们要把特威特先生和特威特太太的腿都翘起来!”“别傻了，”罗利-波利鸟说。 “我们怎么可能把那两个长满蛆的老怪物倒过来呢?”

'We can, we can!' cried Muggle-Wump. 'We are going to make them stand on their heads for hours and hours! Perhaps for ever! Let them see what it feels like for a change!' 'How?' said the Roly-Poly Bird. 'Just tell me how.' Muggle-Wump laid his head on one side and a tiny twinkling little smile touched the corners of his mouth. 'Now and again,' he said, 'but not very often, I have a brilliant idea. This is one of them. Follow me, my friends, follow me.' He scampered off towards the house and the three other monkeys and the Roly-Poly Bird went after him.

“我们能，我们能!”麻瓜瓦普叫道。 “我们要让他们倒立好几个小时!”也许是永远!让他们看看这是什么感觉!“如何?胖嘟嘟的小鸟说。 “告诉我怎么做。”麻瓜瓦普把头歪向一边，嘴角闪过一丝微笑。 “偶尔，”他说，“但不是经常，我有一个绝妙的主意。 这是其中之一。跟我来，我的朋友们，跟我来。”他向房子跑去，另外三只猴子和罗利-波利鸟跟在他后面。

'Buckets and paint-brushes!' cried Muggle-Wump. 'That's what we want next! There are plenty in the workshed! Hurry up, everyone! Get a bucket and a paint-brush!' Inside Mr Twit's workshed there was an enormous barrel of HUGTIGHT sticky glue, the stuff he used for catching birds. 'Fill your buckets!' Muggle-Wump ordered. 'We are now going into the big house!'

“水桶和画笔!”麻瓜瓦普叫道。 “这就是我们接下来想要的!”车间里有很多呢!大家快点!拿个桶和画笔来!”在特维特先生的工作棚里，有一个巨大的HUGTIGHT胶桶，他用来抓鸟的东西。 “把水桶装满!”Muggle-Wump命令。 “我们现在要进那所大房子了!”

Mrs Twit had hidden the key to the front door under the mat and Muggle-Wump had seen her doing it, so it was easy for them to get in. In they went, all four monkeys, with their buckets of sticky glue. Then came the Roly-Poly Bird flying in after them, with a bucket in his beak and a brush in his claw.

特威特夫人把前门的钥匙藏在了席子下面，麻瓜威普看见了她这么做，所以他们很容易进去。 四只猴子都带着装满胶水的桶走了进去。 接着，那只罗利鸟也跟着飞了进来，嘴里叼着一个水桶，爪子里抓着一把刷子。