12. Calling All Cavemen

CHAPTER 12 CALLING ALL CAVEPEOPLE "How are we ever going to get out of THIS mess?" asked Harold. "I don't know," said George. "But we're going to need Tippy Tinkletrousers if we ever want to get back home!" "Are you kidding?" said Harold. "We can't trust that guy! He can't even trust himself!" "I know," said George. "But Tippy has a time machine, and we don't. So we're going to have to defeat him!" "But we'd need an army to defeat that guy," said Harold. "So let's go get an army," said George.

第十二章呼唤所有的穴居人“我们怎样才能摆脱这个烂摊子？”哈罗德问。 “我不知道，”乔治说。 “但如果我们想回家，就需要提比·丁克尔裤子！”“你在开玩笑吧？”哈罗德说。 “我们不能相信那个家伙！”他甚至不能相信自己！”“我知道，”乔治说。 “但是蒂皮有时光机，而我们没有。 所以我们必须打败他！”“但我们需要一支军队才能打败那个家伙。”哈罗德说。 “那我们去找一支军队吧，”乔治说。

The four friends glided above the grassy plains as they followed the sounds of beating drums. Soon, they arrived at the forest. The drumming was getting louder. Crackers swooped down and landed behind some bushes near the caves. Just beyond them was the cavepeople village. George and Harold and Crackers and Sulu peeked over the thick bushes as they watched the cavepeople go about their daily routines. They seemed peaceful, so George decided to speak up. "Hello!" said George. "We come in peace! We are friends!" The cavepeople looked confused and startled. They did not seem to understand. "Maybe they don't speak English," said Harold. "Ellohay!" said George (who only spoke one other language). "Eway omecay inway eacepay! Eway areway iendsfray!" That didn't work either.

四个朋友随着鼓声在草地上滑行。 很快，他们来到了森林。 鼓声越来越响了。 爆竹俯冲下来，落在洞穴附近的灌木丛后面。 再往前就是穴居人的村庄。 乔治、哈罗德、克拉克斯和苏鲁从茂密的灌木丛中偷看着，看着穴居人过着日常生活。 他们似乎很平静，所以乔治决定说出来。 “你好！”乔治说。“我们为和平而来！”我们是朋友！”穴居人看起来又困惑又吃惊。 他们似乎不明白。 “也许他们不会说英语。”哈罗德说。 “你好！”乔治说（他只会说另一种语言）。 “好吧，好吧，好吧！”走开，朋友们！”这也没起作用。

The cavepeople grunted and sniffed at George and Harold and their pets. But they said nothing. Suddenly, off in the distance, the sounds of gigantic footsteps came thundering through the deep forest. Tippy was coming, and he was getting closer and closer with each terrifying stomp. "I KNOW YOU'RE IN THAT VILLAGE!" Tippy screamed. "But you can't hide from ME!!!"

穴居人对乔治、哈罗德和他们的宠物嘟嘟囔囔，嗤之以鼻。 但是他们什么也没说。突然，在远处，巨大的脚步声隆隆地穿过森林深处。 提比来了，他每一次可怕的跺脚，都离他越来越近。 “我知道你在那个村子里！”不安定的尖叫。 “但你躲不过我！！”

Tippy crashed through the trees and stomped into the village, kicking over huts and smooshing everything in sight. The terrified cavepeople grabbed their children and ran for the safety of the caves behind their village. George and Harold and Crackers and Sulu ran into the caves also, and hid with the cavepeople in the darkness as the destruction outside continued.

提比穿过树林，大步走进村子，踢翻了茅屋，把眼前的一切都踩得粉碎。 吓坏了的穴居人抓着自己的孩子，向村子后面的山洞里逃去。 乔治、哈罗德、克拉克斯和苏鲁也跑进了山洞，和山洞里的人一起躲在黑暗中，外面的破坏还在继续。

After a while, some caveteenagers started a campfire. The flickering light illuminated the massive walls of the caves as the cavepeople whimpered and huddled together in horror. "Wow!" said George. "Some army they turned out to be!" "It's not their fault," said Harold. "They've never seen giant Robo-Pants before. They're just scared!" "If we could only communicate with them," said George. "There's gotta be some way to reach them!" Harold looked up at the giant, blank walls of the cave. "How about pictures?" he asked. "Hey! Good idea," said George.

过了一会儿，一些洞穴里的青少年点起了篝火。 闪烁的灯光照亮了巨大的洞壁，洞穴里的人惊恐地啜泣着，挤在一起。 “哇！”乔治说。“原来是一支军队！”“这不是他们的错。”哈罗德说。 “他们以前从未见过巨大的机器裤。 他们只是害怕而已！”“要是我们能和他们交流就好了。”乔治说。 “一定有什么办法能找到他们的！”哈罗德抬头看着洞穴里巨大的空白墙壁。 “照片呢？”他问。 “嘿!好主意。”乔治说。

Harold walked over to the campfire and grabbed a charred, smoking stick from the burning cinders. Then he went to one side of the giant cave and started to create the world's first cave drawing. At first, the cavepeople were astonished. They had never seen anybody draw before. They laughed and pointed and jumped up and down every time Harold drew something new.

哈罗德走到篝火旁，从燃烧的煤渣中抓起一根烧焦的冒烟的木棍。 然后，他走到巨大洞穴的一边，开始创作世界上第一幅洞穴画。 起初，穴居人很惊讶。 他们以前从未见过有人画画。 每次哈罗德画新东西时，他们都笑着指指点点，跳上跳下。