Chapter 7

Chapter 7 A crew of chipmunks was now digging in the corner by the vegetable garden. They had hung their own sign too: RESTRICTED AREA—CHIPMUNKS ONLY. SHOOSH! FOOSH! PLIP! "What do you guys think you're doing?" Sugar demanded. "Digging a shelter. Chipmunks only," replied the chipmunk in charge. "Why?" asked Dirt. "What are you afraid of?" "We don't know. But you're digging, and the squirrels are digging, so clearly there's something to be afraid of, so we are digging our own, just in case."

一群花栗鼠正在菜园旁边的角落里挖土。 他们也挂了自己的牌子：“花鼠禁区”。 SHOOSH !FOOSH !PLIP !“你们这是在干什么？”糖问道。 “挖一个避难所。只给花栗鼠。”负责的花栗鼠回答。 “为什么？”泥土问。“你在怕什么？”“我们不知道。 但是你在挖，松鼠也在挖，所以很明显有什么可怕的东西，所以我们自己挖，以防万一。”

"Just in case... what?" asked Dirt. "Just in case the thing that we don't know about happens," said the chipmunk, suddenly trembling. A low grumble began to fill the air around them. "And I think it's happening right now!!" "What is that sound?" asked Sugar. "Are you flatulating?!!" "That's not a word, Sug—" said Dirt. The low grumble grew to a deafening ROOOOAAAARRRRRR!! The chipmunks tried to jump into their shelter, but the wind blew the pile of dirt right back into the hole, filling it up. "FOLLOW ME!!!" yelled Sugar, heading for the emergency tunnel inside the chickens' shelter. Dirt and the chipmunks fell in line behind Sugar while large white balls of hail began to pelt them.

“以防万一……什么？”泥土问。 “以防我们不知道的事情发生。”花栗鼠说，突然颤抖起来。 周围的空气中开始充满了低沉的抱怨声。 “我认为这正在发生！！”“那是什么声音？”糖问道。 “你在放屁吗？！！”“那不是一个词，苏格——”泥土说。 低沉的嘟囔声变成了震耳欲聋的呜——呜——呜——呜——呜！花栗鼠试图跳进他们的避难所，但风把那堆土吹回了洞里，把它填满了。 “跟我来！！”休格喊道，朝鸡窝里的紧急通道走去。 尘土和花栗鼠排在糖的后面，白色的大冰雹开始向它们飞来。

"IT'S A TORNADO!!" shrieked the squirrels. They jumped into their shelter, but it wasn't deep enough to protect them. They tried scurrying up the tree for safety, until the branches bent in the wind but dropping the squirrels back to the ground. "Now it's a hurricane!" yelled Poppy and Sweetie as buckets and Frisbees and lawn chairs spun past them. "GET DOWN! GET DOWN!" shouted Sugar. The chipmunks and the squirrels and the chickens got as low as they could, flattening themselves.

“这是龙卷风！！”松鼠们尖叫着。 他们跳进了避难所，但避难所不够深，无法保护他们。 为了安全起见，他们赶紧爬上树，直到树枝被风吹弯，松鼠们又掉到了地上。 “现在是飓风了！”波比和小甜甜喊道，水桶、飞盘和草坪椅从他们身边旋转而过。 “下来!趴下！”糖喊道。 花栗鼠、松鼠和鸡尽可能地趴在地上。

"THIS WAY!" A furry face was sticking out of the entrance to Sugar's emergency tunnel. The frightened animals dove in and traveled through the now-widened tunnel, just as something dark came hurtling toward the door, completely blocking out the sun.

“这样!”一张毛茸茸的脸从休格的紧急通道入口伸出来。 受惊的动物们跳了进去，穿过已经变宽的隧道，就在这时，一个黑暗的东西向门口冲来，把太阳完全挡住了。