09 The Bloodbottler

The Bloodbottler Suddenly, a tremendous thumping noise came from outside the cave entrance and a voice like thunder shouted, 'Runt! Is you there, Runt? I is hearing you jabbeling! Who is you jabbeling to, Runt?' 'Look out!' cried the BFG. 'It's the Bloodbottler!' But before he had finished speaking, the stone was rolled aside and a fiftyfoot giant, more than twice as tall and wide as the BFG, came striding into the cave. He was naked except for a dirty little piece of cloth around his bottom. Sophie was on the table-top. The enormous partly eaten snozzcumber was lying near her. She ducked behind it. The creature came clumping into the cave and stood towering over the BFG. 'Who was you jabbeling to in here just now?' he boomed. 'I is jabbeling to myself,' the BFG answered.

突然，从洞口外面传来一阵巨大的砰砰声，一个雷鸣般的声音喊道:“矮子!你在吗，小鬼? 我听到你在胡说!你在跟谁说话呢，矮子?“小心!”好心眼巨人叫道。 “是装血人!”但他话还没说完，石头就被滚到一边，一个五十英尺高的巨人，比好心眼巨人高两倍还多，大步走进了山洞。 他一丝不挂，只在屁股上缠了一小块脏布。 索菲坐在桌上。 那只吃了一半的巨大的鼻涕虫躺在她身边。 她躲到它后面。那怪物步履蹒跚地走进山洞，高高耸立在好心眼巨人的上方。 “你刚才在这儿跟谁说话呢?”他大声说。 “我在自言自语。”好心眼巨人回答。

'Pilfflefizz!' shouted the Bloodbottler. 'Bugswallop!' he boomed. 'You is talking to a human bean, that's what I is thinking!' 'No no!' cried the BFG. 'Yus yus!' boomed the Bloodbottler. 'I is guessing you has snitched away a human bean and brought it back to your bunghole as a pet! So now I is winkling it out and guzzling it as extra snacks before my supper!' The poor BFG was very nervous. 'There's nno one in here,' he stammered. 'W-why don't you Heave me alone?'

“Pilfflefizz !装血人喊道。 “Bugswallop !他大声说。“你在和一个豆子说话，我就是这么想的!”“不不!”好心眼巨人叫道。 “玉玉!装血人大声说。 “我猜你偷了一颗人类的豆子，把它带回了你的窝里当宠物!”所以现在我把它抖出来，作为晚饭前的额外零食大口大口地吃!”可怜的好心眼巨人非常紧张。 “这里一个人也没有。”他结结巴巴地说。 “你——你为什么不让我一个人呆着?”

The Bloodbottler pointed a finger as large as a tree-trunk at the BFG. 'Runty little scumscrewer!' he shouted. 'Piffling little swishfiggler! Squimpy little bottle-wart! Prunty little pogswizzler! I is now going to search the primroses!' He grabbed the BFG by the arm. 'And you is going to help me do it. Us together is going to winkle out this tasteful little human bean!' he shouted. The BFG had intended to whisk Sophie off the table as soon as he got the chance and hide her behind his back, but now there was no hope of doing this. Sophie peered around the chewed-off end of the enormous snozzcumber, watching the two giants as they moved away down the cave. The Bloodbottler was a gruesome sight. His skin was reddish-brown. There was black hair sprouting on his chest and arms and on his stomach. The hair on his head was long and dark and tangled. His foul face was round and squashylooking. The eyes were tiny black holes. The nose was small and flat. But the mouth was huge. It spread right across the face almost ear to ear, and it had lips that were like two gigantic purple frankfurters lying one on top of the other. Craggy yellow teeth stuck out between the two purple

装血人用树干般粗的手指指着好心眼巨人。 “又矮又小的人渣!”他喊道。 “卑鄙的小飞贼!”邋遢的小瓶子!小傻瓜!我现在要去找报春花了!”他抓住BFG的胳膊。 “你要帮我做这件事。 我们要一起把这个美味的小豆豆捞出来!他喊道。 好心眼巨人本来打算一有机会就把索菲从桌子上带走，藏在背后，但现在他的计划落空了。 苏菲从被咬掉的那一头向四周张望，看着两个巨人顺着洞穴往下走。 装血者是个可怕的景象。 他的皮肤是红褐色的。 他的胸部、手臂和肚子上都长出了黑毛。 他头上的头发又长又黑，纠结在一起。 他那张丑陋的脸又圆又扁。 眼睛是微小的黑洞。 鼻子又小又平。 但它的嘴很大。它的嘴唇就像两个巨大的紫色法兰克福香肠，一个叠在另一个上面。 两颗紫色的牙齿之间露出了粗糙的黄色牙齿

frankfurter lips, and rivers of spit ran down over the chin. It was not in the least difficult to believe that this ghastly brute ate men, women and children every night. The Bloodbottler, still holding the BFG by the arm, was examining the rows and rows of bottles. 'You and your pibbling bottles!' he shouted. 'What is you putting in them?' 'Nothing that would interest you,' the BFG answered. 'You is only interested in guzzling human beans.' 'And you is dotty as a dogswoggler!' cried the Bloodbottler. Soon the Bloodbottler would be coming back, Sophie told herself, and he was bound to search the table-top. But she couldn't possibly jump off the table. It was twelve feet high. She'd break a leg. The snozzcumber, although it was as thick as a perambulator, was not going to hide her if the Bloodbottler picked it up. She examined the chewed-off end. It had large seeds in the middle, each one as big as a melon. They were embedded in soft slimy stuff. Taking care to stay out of sight, Sophie reached forward and scooped away half a

他的嘴唇像法兰克福香肠，口水像河流一样从下巴流下。 这只可怕的野兽每天晚上都吃男人、女人和孩子，这一点也不难相信。 装血人仍然抓着好心眼巨人的手臂，正在检查一排排的瓶子。 “你和你的小瓶子!”他喊道。 “你在里面放什么?”“你不会感兴趣的，”好心眼巨人回答。 “你只对吃人豆感兴趣。“你就像个狗贩子一样疯疯癫癫的!”装血人喊道。 装血者很快就要回来了，索菲对自己说，他一定会搜查桌面的。 但她不可能从桌子上跳下去。 它有12英尺高。她会摔断腿的。 虽然鼻塞像婴儿车一样厚，但如果装血瓶者把它捡起来，它是藏不住她的。 她检查了被咬掉的那一端。 它的中间有很大的种子，每一个都像一个甜瓜那么大。 它们嵌在柔软粘稠的东西里。 索菲小心翼翼地躲在别人的视线之外，伸手抓起了半个

dozen of these seeds. This left a hole in the middle of the snozzcumber large enough for her to crouch in so long as she rolled herself up into a ball. She crawled into it. It was a wet and slimy hidingplace, but what did that matter if it was going to save her from being eaten. The Bloodbottler and the BFG were coming back towards the table now. The BFG was nearly fainting with fear. Any moment, he was telling himself, Sophie would be discovered and eaten. Suddenly, the Bloodbottler grabbed the halfeaten snozzcumber. The BFG stared at the bare table. Sophie, where is you? he thought desperately. You cannot possibly be jumpelling off that high table, so where is you hiding, Sophie? 'So this is the filthing rotsome glubbage you is eating!' boomed the Bloodbottler, holding up the partly eaten snozzcumber. 'You must be cockles to be guzzling such rubbsquash!' For a moment, the Bloodbottler seemed to have forgotten about his search for Sophie. The BFG decided to lead him further off the track. 'That is the scrumdiddlyumptious snozzcumber,' he said. 'I is guzzling it gleefully every night and

一打这种种子。这就在鼻子中间留下了一个洞，只要她把自己卷成一个球，就足够蹲进去了。 她爬了进去。这是一个又湿又黏的藏身之处，但如果这能使她免于被吃掉，那又有什么关系呢? 装血者和好心眼巨人正朝桌子走过来。 好心眼巨人吓得差点昏倒。 他告诉自己，索菲随时都会被发现，被吃掉。 突然，装血者抓住了那只吃了一半的鼻涕虫。 好心眼巨人盯着空荡荡的桌子。 苏菲，你在哪里?他绝望地想。 你不可能从高桌上跳下去，所以你躲在哪里，索菲? “原来这就是你吃的恶心的垃圾!”装血者大声说，举起那只吃了一半的鼻涕虫。 “你喝这种垃圾饮料，一定是疯了!”一时间，装血人似乎忘记了他在寻找索菲。 好心眼巨人决定把他引到更远的地方。 他说:“这是一个非常美味的数字。” “我每天晚上都兴高采烈地喝