10 The True Story of the Loch Ness Monster

The True Story of the LOCH NESS MONSTER NEARLY A CENTURY AGO, two naughty boys tumbled out of a cinema. Their eyes blinking in the daylight, they were in shock and awe. The pair had watched the greatest film they had ever seen in their lives.

尼斯湖水怪的真实故事将近一个世纪以前，两个淘气的男孩从一家电影院摔了出来。 他们的眼睛在日光下眨着，他们感到震惊和敬畏。 这对夫妇观看了他们一生中看过的最伟大的电影。

KING KONG. It was an epic story about a giant gorilla who was stolen from his island home, imprisoned onboard an ocean liner and taken to be put on display in New York City. KING KONG ended up escaping and came to a tragic end falling from the Empire State Building. All this felt like a million miles away from the boys' quiet life on the bonny banks of Loch Ness, one of the largest lochs in Scotland. Donald and Angus had been friends since before they could remember. Now twelve years old, they spent all

金刚。这是一个史诗般的故事，讲述了一只巨大的大猩猩从他在岛上的家被偷走，被囚禁在一艘远洋客轮上，并被带到纽约市展出。 金刚最终逃脱了，并以从帝国大厦坠落的悲剧告终。 这一切似乎与男孩们在苏格兰最大的湖泊之一尼斯湖美丽湖岸上的平静生活相去甚远。 唐老鸭和安格斯从记事起就是朋友了。 现在十二岁，他们花光了一切

day playing together. Angus had a younger sister, Rose, who was only ten. Rose was unable to hear or speak. She was a clever little girl, who loved to devour books about myths and LEGENDS. Her imagination was so strong that she would write her own stories and illustrate them beautifully. Ever since they had watched the movie, Angus and Donald's games all involved KING KONG. One would pretend to be the giant gorilla scaling the Empire State Building, or, in their case, the ruins of a castle that overlooked the loch. Meanwhile, the other would play at being a pilot in a biplane, delivering the fatal shot that toppled KING KONG. It was the most thrilling game ever.

一天一起玩。安格斯有一个妹妹，罗斯，年仅十岁。 罗斯听不见，也说不出话来。 她是一个聪明的小女孩，喜欢读神话和传说的书。 她的想象力是如此强大，以至于她会写自己的故事，并为它们配上精美的插图。 自从他们看了这部电影，安格斯和唐老鸭的游戏都和金刚有关。 一个人会假装自己是一只爬上帝国大厦的巨型大猩猩，或者，在他们的情况下，是一座俯瞰湖泊的城堡废墟。 与此同时，另一个将扮演双翼飞机的飞行员，发射致命的一枪，推翻金刚。 这是有史以来最激动人心的比赛。

Sometimes Rose would observe them from a distance and smile at how silly the pair looked. One evening, as they walked home along the edge of the water, Donald looked sad. "What's the matter?" asked Angus. Donald was the taller one. Angus was shorter with wonderfully knobbly knees and a fantastic explosion of ginger hair. "It's silly." "What's silly?" "Why can't we live in New York City where they've got monsters as big as skyscrapers?" This made Angus laugh. "HA! HA! You daft thing!

有时，罗斯会远远地看着他们，笑着说他们俩看起来是多么傻。 一天晚上，当他们沿着水边走回家时，唐纳德看起来很伤心。 “怎么了？”安格斯问。 唐纳德比较高。 安格斯个子较矮，膝头多瘤，一头浓密的姜黄色头发。 “这是愚蠢的。”“什么傻?”“为什么我们不能住在纽约，那里有摩天大楼那么大的怪物？”这使安格斯笑了。 “哈!哈!你这个笨蛋！

You do know that KING KONG fella isn't real?" Donald pretended to look shocked. "You're joking!" Then he couldn't help but smile. "Course I know KING KONG isn't real- I am not completely glaikit- but wouldn't it be marvellous if we had our own beastie here in little old Loch Ness?" "But nothing ever happens here," replied Angus. He picked up a stone and expertly skimmed it across the loch. PING! PING! PING! They both looked out as the stone bounced and then sank with a plop!

你知道那个金刚不是真的吧？”唐纳德假装很震惊。 “你在开玩笑吧!”然后他忍不住笑了。 “当然，我知道金刚不是真的——我也不是很高兴——但是，如果我们在小小的古老的尼斯湖中也有自己的怪兽，那不是很奇妙吗？”“但这里从来没有发生过什么事。”安格斯回答。 他捡起一块石头，熟练地把它掠过湖面。 萍!萍!萍!他们俩都向外看，只见石头弹起，然后扑通一声沉了下去！