22 Capture!

Capture! The BFG had made thousands of journeys to and from Giant Country over the years, but he had never in his life made one quite like this, with nine huge helicopters roaring along just over his head. He had never before travelled in broad daylight either. He hadn't dared to. But this was different. Now he was doing it for the Queen of England herself and he was frightened of nobody. As he galloped across the British Isles with the helicopters thundering above him, people stood and gaped and wondered what on earth was going

捕捉!多年来，好心眼巨人已经往返巨人国几千次了，但他一生中从未有过这样一次，九架巨大的直升机在他头顶呼啸而过。 他以前也从来没有在光天化日之下旅行过。 他不敢这么做。但这次不一样。 现在他是在为英国女王本人做这件事，他谁也不怕。 当他疾驰穿过不列颠群岛，直升机在他头顶轰鸣时，人们站在那里目瞪口呆，想知道到底发生了什么

on. They had never seen the likes of it before. And they never would again. Every now and then, the pilots of the helicopters would catch a glimpse of a small girl wearing glasses crouching in the giant's right ear and waving to them. They always waved back. The pilots marvelled at the giant's speed and at the way he leaped across wide rivers and over huge houses. But they hadn't seen anything yet. 'Be careful to hang on tight!' the BFG said. 'We is going fast as a fizzlecrump!' The BFG changed into his famous top gear and all at once he began to fly forward as though there were springs in his legs and rockets in his toes. He went skimming over the earth like some magical hop-skip-and-jumper with his feet hardly ever touching the ground. As usual, Sophie had to crouch low in the crevice of his ear to save herself from being swept clean away. The nine pilots in their helicopters suddenly realized they were being left behind. The giant was streaking ahead. They opened their throttles to full speed, and even then they were only just able to keep up.

上。他们以前从未见过这样的场面。 他们再也不会这么做了。 时不时地，直升机的飞行员会瞥见一个戴眼镜的小女孩蹲在巨人的右耳向他们挥手。 他们总是挥手回应。飞行员们惊叹于巨人的速度，惊叹于他飞跃宽阔河流和巨大房屋的方式。 但他们什么也没看到。 “小心抓牢!”好心眼巨人说。 “我们的速度快得像一堆废柴!”好心眼巨人换上了他那著名的最高档位，突然开始向前飞，好像腿上有弹簧，脚趾上有火箭。 他像个有魔力的跳来跳去的人，在地上轻快地跑着，脚几乎没有碰到地面。 像往常一样，索菲不得不蹲在他的耳缝里，以免被他一扫而光。 直升机上的九名飞行员突然意识到他们被落在后面了。 巨人飞奔在前面。 他们把油门开到全速，即使这样，他们也只能勉强跟上。

In the leading machine, the Head of the Air Force was sitting beside the pilot. He had a world atlas on his knees and he kept staring first at the atlas, then at the ground below, trying to figure out where they were going. Frantically he turned the pages of the atlas. 'Where the devil are we going?' he cried. 'I haven't the foggiest idea,' the pilot answered. 'The Queen's orders were to follow the giant and that's exactly what I'm doing.' The pilot was a young Air Force officer with a bushy moustache. He was very proud of his moustache. He was also quite fearless and he loved adventure. He thought this was a super adventure. 'It's fun going to new places,' he said. 'New places!' shouted the Head of the Air Force. 'What the blazes d'you mean new places?'

在领头的机器里，空军司令坐在飞行员旁边。 他膝盖上放着一张世界地图集，他一直盯着地图集，然后盯着下面的地面，试图弄清楚他们要去哪里。 他疯狂地翻动着地图集。 “我们到底要去哪儿?”他叫道。 “我一点也不知道，”飞行员回答。 “女王的命令是跟随巨人，我就是这么做的。”飞行员是一位留着浓密小胡子的年轻空军军官。 他对自己的小胡子非常自豪。 他也很无所畏惧，喜欢冒险。 他认为这是一次超级冒险。 他说，去新的地方很有趣。 “新的地方!空军司令喊道。 "见鬼，你是说新地方吗? "

'This place we're flying over now isn't in the atlas, is it?' the pilot said, grinning. 'You're darn right it isn't in the atlas!' cried the Head of the Air Force. 'We've flown clear off the last page!' 'I expect that old giant knows where he's going,' the young pilot said. 'He's leading us to disaster!' cried the Head of the Air Force. He was shaking with fear. In the seat behind him sat the Head of the Army, who was even more terrified. 'You don't mean to tell me we've gone right out of the atlas?' he cried, leaning forward to look.

“我们现在飞过的这个地方不在地图上，是吗?”飞行员咧嘴笑着说。 “你说得对，地图集上没有!”空军司令喊道。 “我们已经飞出最后一页了!”“我希望那个老巨人知道他要去哪里，”年轻的飞行员说。 “他在把我们引向灾难!”空军司令喊道。 他吓得浑身发抖。在他身后的座位上坐着陆军司令，他更害怕了。 “你不会是说我们已经从地图集上消失了吧?”他叫道，探身向前看。

'That's exactly what I am telling you!' cried the Air Force man. 'Look for yourself. Here's the very last map in the whole flaming atlas! We went off that over an hour ago!' He turned the page. As in all atlases, there were two completely blank pages at the very end. 'So now we must be somewhere here,' he said, putting a finger on one of the blank pages. 'Where's here?' cried the Head of the Army. The young pilot was still grinning broadly. He said to them, 'That's why they always put two blank pages at the back of the atlas. They're for new countries. You're meant to fill them in yourself.' The Head of the Air Force glanced down at the ground below. 'Just look at this godforsaken desert!' he cried. 'All the trees are dead and all the rocks are blue!' 'The giant has stopped,' the young pilot said. 'He's waving us down.' The pilots throttled back the engines and all nine helicopters landed safely on the great yellow wasteland. Then each of them lowered a ramp from its belly. Nine jeeps, one from each helicopter, were driven down the ramps. Each jeep

“这正是我要告诉你的!”空军士兵叫道。 “你自己去找吧。这是整个火焰地图集的最后一张地图!我们一个多小时前就离开了!”他翻了一页。 和所有地图集一样，地图集的最后有两页完全空白。 “那么现在我们一定在这里的某个地方，”他说着，把一个手指放在一张空白的纸上。 “在哪儿呢?陆军司令喊道。 年轻的飞行员仍然咧着嘴笑。 他对他们说:“这就是为什么他们总是在地图集的后面放两页空白。 它们是为新国家准备的。 你应该自己去填。”空军司令看了看下面的地面。 “看看这荒凉的沙漠!”他叫道。 “所有的树都死了，所有的石头都是蓝色的!”“巨人停了下来，”年轻的飞行员说。 “他在挥手让我们下来。”飞行员们放慢了引擎的速度，九架直升机全部安全降落在黄色的荒原上。 然后，它们每只都从腹部放下一个斜坡。 九辆吉普车，每架直升机各一辆，从坡道上开下来。 每一辆吉普车

contained six soldiers and a vast quantity of thick rope and heavy chains. 'I don't see any giants,' the Head of the Army said. 'The giants is all just out of sight over there,' the BFG told him. 'But if you is taking these sloshbuckling noisy bellypoppers any closer, all the giants is waking up at once and then pop goes the weasel.' 'So you want us to proceed by jeep?' the Head of the Army said. 'Yes,' the BFG said. 'But you must all be very very hushy quiet. No roaring of motors. No shouting. No mucking about. No piggery-jokery.' The BFG, with Sophie still in his ear, trotted forward and the jeeps followed close behind. Suddenly the most dreadful rumbling noise was heard by everyone. The Head of the Army went pea-green in the face. 'Those are guns!' he cried. 'There is a battle raging somewhere up ahead of us! Turn back, the lot of you! Let's get out of here!' 'Pigspiffle!' the BFG said. 'Those noises is not guns.'

里面有六名士兵和大量的粗绳子和沉重的铁链。 “我没看见巨人，”陆军司令说。 “那边的巨人都看不见了。”好心眼巨人告诉他。 “但如果你把这些摇摇晃晃、吵吵闹闹的大腹便便靠近一点，所有的巨人都会立刻醒来，然后黄鼠狼就会消失。”“那么你要我们坐吉普车走?”陆军司令说。 “是的，”好心眼巨人说。“但是你们都必须非常非常安静。 没有发动机的轰鸣。没有大喊大叫。 别胡闹了。没有piggery-jokery。”好心眼巨人小跑着向前，吉普车紧紧跟在后面，索菲还在耳边。 突然，大家都听到了最可怕的隆隆声。 陆军司令的脸涨得青豆绿的。 “那些是枪!”他叫道。 “在我们前面的某个地方正在进行一场战斗!”退后，你们所有人!我们离开这里吧!“Pigspiffle !好心眼巨人说。 “那些声音不是枪声。”