4 Part 04

'By Gad!' cried the Duke. 'That's the Duchess's bedroom! He's after her jewels! Call the police! Summon the army! Bring up the cannon! Charge with the Light Brigade!' But even as he spoke the Pelican was flying up into the air. As he flew, he turned himself upside-down and tipped the window-cleaning water out of his beak. Then I saw the top half of that marvellous patented beak sliding out of his head, ready for action. 'What's that crazy bird up to?' cried the Duke. 'Wait and see,' shouted the Monkey. 'Hold your breath, old man! Hold your nose! Hold your horses and watch the Pelly go!'

迦得的!公爵喊道。“那是公爵夫人的卧室!”他想要她的珠宝!快报警!召集军队!把大炮调上来!和轻骑兵一起冲锋!”但就在他说话的时候，鹈鹕已经飞上了天空。 他一边飞，一边把身子倒过来，把擦窗户的水从嘴里倒了出来。 然后，我看见它那奇特的、专利般的喙的上半部分从头上滑了出来，准备行动了。 “那只疯鸟在干什么?”公爵喊道。 “等着瞧吧!”猴子喊道。 “屏住呼吸，老头!”捏住鼻子!别着急，看着Pelly走吧!”

Like a bullet the Pelican flew in through the open window, and five seconds later out he came again with his great orange beak firmly closed. He landed on the lawn beside the Duke. A tremendous banging noise was coming from inside the Pelican's beak. It sounded as though someone was using a sledgehammer against it from the inside. 'He's got him!' cried the Monkey. 'Pelly's got the burglar in his beak!' 'Well done, sir!' shouted the Duke, hopping about with excitement. Suddenly he pulled the handle of his walking-stick upwards, and out of the hollow inside of the stick itself he drew a long thin sharp shining sword. 'I'll run him through!' he shouted, flourishing the sword like a fencer. 'Open up, Pelican! Let me get at him! I'll run the bounder through before he knows what's happened to him! I'll spike him like a pat of butter! I'll feed his gizzards to my foxhounds!' But the Pelican did not open his beak. He kept it firmly closed and shook his head at the Duke.

鹈鹕像子弹一样从开着的窗户飞了进来，五秒钟后又出来了，它那桔黄色的大嘴紧闭着。 他降落在公爵旁边的草坪上。 从鹈鹕的嘴里传来了巨大的砰砰声。 听起来好像有人在里面用大锤砸它。 “他抓住他了!”猴子叫道。 “佩利把飞贼叼在嘴里了!”“干得好，先生!”公爵喊道，兴奋得跳来跳去。 突然，他把手杖的柄往上一拉，从手杖的空心里抽出一把又长又细又锋利、闪闪发光的剑。 “我要把他打穿!”他喊道，像击剑手一样挥舞着剑。 “开门，鹈鹕!”让我抓住他!在他知道发生了什么事之前，我要把他干掉!我要像钉黄油一样钉死他!我要拿他的砂囊喂我的猎犬!”但是鹈鹕没有张开嘴。 他紧闭着门，朝公爵摇了摇头。

The Giraffe shouted, 'The burglar is armed with a pistol, Your Grace! If Pelly lets him out now he'll shoot us all!' 'He can be armed with a machine-gun for all I care!' bellowed the Duke, his massive moustaches bristling like brushwood. 'I'll handle the blighter! Open up, sir! Open up!' Suddenly there was an ear-splitting BANG and the Pelican leaped twenty feet into the air. So did the Duke. 'Watch out!' the Duke shouted, taking ten rapid paces backwards. 'He's trying to shoot his way out!' And pointing his sword at the Pelican, he bellowed, 'Keep that beak closed, sir! Don't you dare let him out! He'll murder us all!' 'Shake him up, Pelly!' cried the Giraffe. 'Rattle his bones! Teach him not to do it again!' The Pelican shook his head so fast from side to side that the beak became a blur and the man inside must have felt he was being scrambled like eggs.

长颈鹿喊道:“窃贼有一把手枪，陛下!如果佩利现在放他出来，他会把我们都杀了!“就算他拿着机关枪，我也不在乎!”公爵吼道，他那浓密的胡子像灌木丛一样竖了起来。 “我来对付这家伙!”开门，先生!打开!”突然，一声震耳欲聋的巨响，鹈鹕跳到了20英尺高的空中。 公爵也一样。“小心!”公爵喊道，向后退了十步。 “他想开枪逃出去!”他用剑指着鹈鹕，吼道:“闭上你的嘴，先生!你竟敢让他出去!他会把我们都杀了!“把他摇起来，佩莉!”长颈鹿叫道。 “敲他的骨头!”教训他别再这样做了!”鹈鹕迅速地左右摇着头，鸟嘴变得模糊了，里面的人一定觉得自己像鸡蛋一样被炒了。

'Well done, Pelly!' cried the Giraffe. 'You're doing a great job! Keep on shaking him so he doesn't fire that pistol again!'

“干得好，佩莉!”长颈鹿叫道。 “你做得很棒!”继续摇晃他，这样他就不会再开枪了!”

At this point, a lady with an enormous chest and flaming orange hair came flying out of the house screaming, 'My jewels! Somebody's stolen my jewels! My diamond tiara! My diamond necklace! My diamond bracelets! My diamond earrings! My diamond rings! They've had the lot! My rooms have been ransacked!'

正在这时，一个有着巨大胸部和火红色头发的女士从房子里飞了出来，尖叫着:“我的珠宝!有人偷了我的珠宝!我的钻石头饰!我的钻石项链!我的钻石手镯!我的钻石耳环!我的钻戒!他们吃得太多了!我的房间被洗劫了!”

And then this massive female, who fifty-five years ago had been a world-famous opera-singer, suddenly burst into song. 'My diamonds are over the ocean, My diamonds are over the sea, My diamonds were pinched from my bedroom, Oh, bring back my diamonds to me.' We were so bowled over by the power of the lady's lungs that all of us, excepting the Pelican, who had to keep his beak closed, joined in the chorus.

接着，这位身材魁梧的女性，55年前还是世界著名的歌剧演唱家，突然唱起歌来。 “我的钻石在海洋的另一边，我的钻石在海洋的另一边，我的钻石被人从我的卧室里偷走了，哦，把我的钻石还给我。”我们都被这位女士的肺的力量所震撼，除了那只鹈鹕，它不得不闭着嘴，我们所有人都加入了合唱。