26 The Ravens Swoop Over

The Ravens Swoop Over They had only just finished the job when the Roly-Poly Bird came swooping in, screaming, 'They're coming back! They're coming back!' Quickly, the birds flew back on to the roof of the house. The monkeys rushed into their cage and stood upside down one on top of the other. A moment later, Mr and Mrs Twit came marching into the garden, each carrying a fearsome-looking gun. 'I'm glad to see those monkeys are still upside down,' said Mr Twit.

他们刚完成任务，那只罗利-波利鸟就飞了进来，尖叫着:“他们回来了!他们要回来了!”很快，鸟儿又飞回屋顶上。 猴子们冲进笼子，倒立着站在另一只的上面。 过了一会儿，特威特先生和特威特太太走进花园，每人都拿着一支看起来很可怕的枪。 推特先生说:“我很高兴看到那些猴子还是上下颠倒的。”

'They're too stupid to do anything else,' said Mrs Twit. 'Hey, look at all those cheeky birds still up there on the roof! Let's go inside and load our lovely new guns and then it'll be bang bang bang and Bird Pie for supper.' Just as Mr and Mrs Twit were about to enter the house, two black ravens swooped low over their heads. Each bird carried a paint-brush in its claw and each paint-brush was smeared with sticky glue. As the ravens whizzed over, they brushed a streak of sticky glue on to the tops of Mr and Mrs Twit's heads. They did it with the lightest touch but even so the Twits both felt it. 'What was that?' cried Mrs Twit. 'Some beastly bird has dropped his dirty droppings on my head!' 'On mine too!' shouted Mr Twit. 'I felt it! I felt it!'

“他们太笨了，什么也做不了，”特威特太太说。 “嘿，看那些厚脸皮的鸟还在屋顶上!”让我们进去给我们可爱的新枪装子弹，然后晚餐就会砰砰砰和鸟派。”就在特维特夫妇准备进屋时，两只黑乌鸦从他们头顶低低地飞了过来。 每只鸟的爪子里都拿着一支画笔，每个画笔上都涂上了胶水。 当乌鸦呼啸而过的时候，它们在特威特夫妇的头顶上刷了一层粘稠的胶水。 他们用最轻的触碰触了一下，但即便如此，Twits俩都能感觉到。 “那是什么?”特威特太太叫道。 “有只可恶的鸟把脏屎掉在我头上了!”“我的也一样!”推特先生喊道。 “我感觉到了!”我感觉到了!”

'Don't touch it!' cried Mrs Twit. 'You'll get it all over your hands! Come inside and we'll wash it off at the sink!' 'The filthy dirty brutes,' yelled Mr Twit. 'I'll bet they did it on purpose! Just wait till I've loaded up my gun!' Mrs Twit got the key from under the doormat (where Muggle-Wump had carefully replaced it) and into the house they went.

“别碰它!”特威特太太叫道。 “你会弄得满地都是!”进来吧，我们在水池里把它洗掉!“肮脏肮脏的畜生，”推特先生喊道。 “我敢打赌他们是故意的!”等我给枪装上子弹吧!”特威特夫人从门垫下面拿出钥匙(麻瓜瓦普小心翼翼地把钥匙放好了)，他们走进了屋子。