09-BOILING HOT TEA AND YAK CHEESE

BOILING HOT TEA AND YAK CHEESE We reached a small inn. Our new friends unloaded the luggage, and WE WENT IN. It looked sort of like a ski lodge inside. Rodents wearing warm hats and heavy coats sat around WOODEN TABLES, munching cheese. Others were squeaking away by the fire. The whole place was lit by oil lamps that cast an eerie glow on the room. I cleared my throat. "We are looking for a middle-aged rodent with orangish-brown fur," I told our guide. "He's not very tall and he wears glasses."

我们来到一家小客栈。 我们的新朋友卸下行李，我们走了进去。 里面看起来有点像滑雪小屋。 戴着暖和的帽子，穿着厚厚的外套的啮齿动物围坐在木桌周围，大嚼着奶酪。 其他人在火炉旁吱吱作响。 整个地方都被油灯照亮，在房间里投下一种怪异的光芒。 我清了清嗓子。“我们在找一只长着棕黄毛的中年啮齿动物，”我告诉导游。 “他个子不高，还戴着眼镜。”

Ratfur nibbled COME CHESSE and took a few sips of boiling hot tea. "Ummm, not very tall, you say? With orangish-brown fur? Wearing glasses?" he mumbled, "Say, I think I saw a rodent like him about six months ago." I was very excited. "You saw him? Where did he go? Please tell me, it's a matter of life or death!" I squeaked. Ratfur nibbled away on another piece of cheese. "Isn't this the best stuff?" he remarked. "It's yak cheese. Have you ever Seen a yak? They look like bulls, but their horns are long and curved. They are came and useful beasts. They

老鼠咬了一口奶酪，喝了几口滚烫的热茶。 “嗯，你说不是很高?” 有棕黄色皮毛的?戴眼镜?”他喃喃地说，“喂，我想我六个月前见过一只像他这样的啮齿动物。” 我非常兴奋。“你看见他了?” 他去哪儿了?请告诉我，这是生死攸关的事!”我发出“吱吱”的响声。 老鼠又啃了一块奶酪。 “这不是最好的东西吗?”他说。 “这是牦牛奶酪。你见过牦牛吗? 它们看起来像公牛，但它们的角又长又弯。 它们是温顺而有用的动物。 他们

give us MILK, fur, and fat. See the lamp over there? It uses Yak fat." I waited impatiently. I didn't want to rush our guide. If I got under his fur, he might not want to tell me anything. After nine more nibbles of cheese and fifteen more sips of tea, Ratfur sat back. Then he grabbed my paw and began to whisper. "Okay, here's the scoop," he began. "The mouse you mentioned didn't want anyone to know where he was going. But I heard him say something about CHOMOLUNGMA."

给我们牛奶、皮毛和脂肪。 看到那边的灯了吗?它用的是牦牛油。” 我不耐烦地等着。我不想催我们的导游。 如果我抓住他的毛，他可能什么都不想告诉我。 又吃了九口奶酪，又喝了十五口茶，拉弗坐了下来。 然后他抓住我的爪子，开始耳语。 “好吧，这是独家新闻，”他开始说。 “你提到的那只老鼠不想让任何人知道它要去哪里。 但我听到他说了一些关于CHOMOLUNGMA的事情。”

"Chomolungma?" I asked with a sigh of relief. "Well, in that case, finding him should be as easy as RUNNING up a clock! All we have to do is go to Chomolungma! By the way, how far is Chomolungma from here?" Ratfur gave me a funny look. "You can't go to Chomolungma," he squeaked. "Why?" I asked, surprised. "You've got to CLIMB Chomolungma! It's the Mother of the World!" I scratched my head. "The Mother of the World?" I asked. Ratfur nodded. "Tibetans call it Chomolungman, the MOTHER OF THE WORLD," he explained. "But you call it MOUSE EVEREST!!!

“Chomolungma ?”我松了一口气问道。 “好吧，既然这样，找到他就像跑钟一样容易!”我们要做的就是去珠穆朗玛!顺便问一下，珠穆朗玛离这里有多远?”拉弗奇怪地看了我一眼。 “你不能去珠穆朗玛，”他尖声说。 “为什么?”我惊讶地问。 “你必须爬珠穆朗玛!”它是世界之母!”我挠了挠头。 “世界之母?”我问。 Ratfur点点头。“西藏人称它为‘世界之母’，”他解释说。 “但你叫它‘老鼠珠穆朗玛峰’!!”