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Luckily, the other guys had pulled around to the back in the getaway vehicle. And that side window definitely came in handy. We thought we were in the clear after we got out of the parking lot, but the security guard was right on our tail in his Hipp "Ö" Mobile.

幸运的是，其他人已经开着逃亡车绕到后门了。 这扇侧窗可真是帮了大忙。 我们开出停车场后还以为脱离危险了，结果保安开着他的河马‘奥’移动车死死跟在我们身后。

He chased us through traffic, and Rodrick couldn't shake him. Then we hit a red light and the security guard stopped his vehicle and approached the truck on foot. When the light turned green, Rodrick hit the gas and left the security guard in our dust.

他穿过车流追我们，罗德里克根本甩不掉他。 后来我们遇上红灯，保安停了车，徒步朝卡车走过来。 绿灯一亮，罗德里克猛踩油门，把保安远远甩在了身后。

Mackie was totally freaking out because he said we could go to jail for resisting arrest. Rodrick said a security guard at Hipp "O" Henry's couldn't actually put someone under arrest. Rodrick wasn't taking any chances, though. He took a few quick turns and then pulled the truck around the back of a Chinese restaurant. Then he cut the engine and the lights, and we waited it out until we were sure the coast was clear.

麦基整个人都吓傻了，他说我们拒捕的话是要坐牢的。 罗德里克说河马‘奥’亨利店的保安其实没有逮捕人的权力。 不过罗德里克也不想冒这个险。 他快速拐了几个弯，接着把卡车停到了一家中餐馆的后门。 然后他关掉引擎和车灯，我们一直等着，确认完全安全了才停下。

Mackie wanted to go back to Hipp'O" Henry's and return the monkey paw. But Rodrick said there was no time for that, because Löded Diper was supposed to be onstage at the Headless Chicken any minute. So he drove across town and parked the truck in the alleyway behind the club, then we went in through the back door. The manager was waiting for us inside, and she told the guys they needed to hurry up and get onstage because the crowd was starting to get restless. The problem was that we only had one drumstick, and that was still in the monkey's paw. And none of the guys could figure out how to pry it loose.

麦基想回河马‘奥’亨利店把猴爪还回去。 可罗德里克说没时间了，洛德戴普乐队马上要去无头鸡俱乐部登台了。 所以他开车穿城，把卡车停在俱乐部后方的巷子里，我们从后门进了场。 经理已经在里面等我们了，她叫大伙快点上台，因为观众都开始不耐烦了。 问题在于我们只有一根鼓棒，还被猴爪牢牢攥着。 所有人都想不出办法把鼓棒撬出来。

Then Drew had an idea. He connected a speaker wire to one of the wires dangling from the monkey paw, and when he did, the paw opened and let go of the drumstick. But when Drew disconnected the wires, the paw closed again. And this time it clamped shut on Mackie's LEG. SCREAM!!!

这时候德鲁想到了一个主意。 他把一根音箱线接在猴爪露出来的电线上，一接上，猴爪就张开松开了鼓棒。 可德鲁把电线拔掉之后，猴爪又合上了。 这一回它狠狠夹住了麦基的腿！救命啊！

That's when the club owner came backstage and told the guys that if they didn't get out there and start playing, she'd never hire them to play at the Headless Chicken again. And even though Mackie was having trouble walking with a giant robot monkey paw attached to his leg, he managed to get onstage with the rest of the band. The crowd seemed like they were in the mood to be entertained, but Löded Diper wasn't ready for their big moment.

就在这时俱乐部老板来到后台，说如果他们再不出去开演，以后永远都别想来无头鸡俱乐部演出了。 所以尽管麦基腿上夹着巨型机器猴爪，走路都费劲，他还是跟着乐队其他成员上了台。 观众看起来都挺期待看演出，可洛德戴普乐队完全没准备好迎接这个重要时刻。