7. Kidnapped!

7 Kidnapped! "Oda Nobu's been kidnapped!" cried Arthur. "What should we do?" "Seems to me it's those ninjas who should be worried," chuckled Mrs. Lambchop. "If your famous friend is half the fierce warrior you boys say he is, I believe they'll have their hands full!" "Still, Harriet, a crime has been committed," Mr. Lambchop reminded his wife. "We must call the police at once and give them our report." Stanley shook his head. "Oda Nobu made me his personal ninja," he said. "It was my responsibility to protect him, and I didn't. Now it is my responsibility to find him." George Lambchop put a hand on his older son's shoulder. "Your mother and I have always taught you boys to live up to your responsibilities.

7绑架了!“Oda Nobu被绑架了!”阿瑟叫道。 “我们该怎么办?”“在我看来，应该担心的是那些忍者。”兰彻太太轻声笑着说。 “如果你那位大名鼎鼎的朋友有你们这些孩子所说的一半勇猛，我相信他们会忙得不可开交的!”“可是，哈丽特，犯罪已经发生了，”兰切普先生提醒他的妻子。 “我们必须马上报警，向他们报告。” 斯坦利摇了摇头。“Oda Nobu让我成为他的私人忍者，”他说。 “保护他是我的责任，但我没有。 现在找到他是我的责任了。” 乔治·兰普切把一只手放在他大儿子的肩上。 “孩子们，你们的母亲和我一直教导你们要不负责任。

However, there's school on Monday. That's a responsibility, too." "And besides," Arthur said, "all Oda Nobu has to do is use his Incredible Kick of Catastrophe. Those ninjas will wish they'd never been born!" Stanley thought sadly about what Oda Nobu had confided in him. The movie star was probably very afraid right now. And if the kidnappers found out he couldn't protect himself, his career would be over. "No," he told his family. "I must save him." "But where are we going to start?" asked Arthur. Stanley looked all around the garden. Something on the ground near the gate caught his attention. He walked over and picked it up. "How about here?" he said, and held it up for the others to see. It was an origami star, made from Oda Nobu's shiny paper. Stanley's family followed him, as he looked for more paper stars. "There!" Stanley called time after time as he ran ahead to pick up another one. "This way!"

然而，星期一有学校。 这也是一种责任。” “而且，”阿瑟说，“小田伸要做的就是使用他的巨灾一脚。 那些忍者会希望他们从来没有出生过!”斯坦利伤心地回想起织田信对他说过的话。 这位电影明星现在可能很害怕。 如果绑匪发现他无法保护自己，他的职业生涯就完了。 “不，”他告诉家人。“我必须救他。” “可我们从哪儿开始呢?”阿瑟问。 斯坦利环顾了花园四周。 大门附近地上的什么东西引起了他的注意。 他走过去把它捡了起来。 “这里怎么样?”他说着，举起来让其他人看。 那是一颗折纸星星，用Oda Nobu的闪亮纸做的。 斯坦利的家人跟着他，因为他在寻找更多的纸星星。 “有!”斯坦利一边喊着，一边跑到前面去捡另一只。 “这样!”

They hurried along like this for hours. Mrs. Lambchop, who was in excellent shape because of daily exercise, greatly enjoyed the hike. But Mr. Lambchop found himself huffing and puffing. "Too much time behind the desk at the office," he said. "I guess this should be a good lesson for me." Eventually, the stars led them to a footbridge that crossed a stream and then ran along a long row of trees. Finally, just as the sun was about to set, they came to a lake.

他们就这样匆匆地走了几个小时。 兰切普太太因为每天锻炼身体，身材非常好，她非常喜欢这次远足。 但兰姆切普先生发现自己气喘吁吁。 “在办公室办公桌后面呆的时间太长了，”他说。 “我想这对我来说应该是一个很好的教训。” 最后，星星把他们带到了一座人行桥上，桥上有一条小溪，然后沿着一长排树木奔跑。 最后，就在太阳即将落山的时候，他们来到了一个湖边。

At the shore, Stanley found one more paper star. He pointed to an island in the middle of the lake. On the island was a beautiful little pagoda. "There," Stanley said. "That's where Oda Nobu is." "But how are we going to get there?" Arthur asked. "I don't see any boats." Stanley thought a little and then smiled. "Who wants to go first?" he asked. Then he lay down and slipped onto the lake's surface.

在岸边，斯坦利又发现了一颗纸星星。 他指着湖中央的一个小岛。 岛上有一座美丽的小宝塔。 “好了，”斯坦利说。“那就是织田信所在的地方。” “但是我们怎么去那儿呢?”亚瑟问。 “我没有看到任何船。”斯坦利想了想，然后笑了。 “谁想先走?”他问。 然后他躺下，滑到湖面上。

One by one, Stanley ferried his family across to the island. He kicked as quietly as he could. In a few moments, they were all together again, crouching in the darkness outside the pagoda. "Now what?" asked Arthur. "Lift me up, Arthur," Stanley said. "I want to look in this window." Arthur gave his brother a boost, and Stanley peeked in the window. He did not see the four ninjas, but he did see Oda Nobu, gagged and tied to a chair, with his wrists bound together in his lap. Stanley hopped down. "He's in there," he reported. "They have him tied up."

斯坦利一个接一个地把他的家人送到岛上。 他尽量轻轻地踢着。 不一会儿，他们又聚在一起，蹲在宝塔外面的黑暗中。 “现在怎么办?”阿瑟问。“扶我起来，亚瑟。”斯坦利说。 “我想看看这扇窗户。” 阿瑟推了他弟弟一把，斯坦利从窗户往里偷看。 他没有看到那四个忍者，但他确实看到了织田信，被塞住嘴巴，绑在椅子上，手腕绑在腿上。 斯坦利跳了下来。“他在里面，”他报告说。 “他们把他绑起来了。”

"So what should we do?" asked Arthur. Stanley tried to think like a ninja. He remembered what Oda Nobu had said about the art of stealth. He looked down at the last origami star in his hand. "I have a plan, Arthur," he said. "Fold me up exactly as I say. First, my left foot to my right shoulder. Next…"

“那我们该怎么办?”阿瑟问。 斯坦利试着像忍者一样思考。 他想起了织田信说过的关于潜行的艺术。 他低头看着手中最后一颗折纸星星。 “我有个计划，亚瑟。”他说。 “照我说的把我包起来。 首先，把左脚放到右肩上。 下一个……”