22 The Car Thief

The Car Thief written by Pam Holden illustrated by Pauline Whimp

《偷车贼》，作者帕姆·霍尔顿，插画宝琳·威普

Following his strong sense of smell and the empty feeling in his belly, Bouncer Bear walked out of the wilderness, where he belonged, and into the town. A large black bear, Bouncer blended beautifully into the dark night. While the people of the town were safely asleep in their beds, Bouncer sniffed the midnight air and moved further toward the sweet smell of ripe fruit.

凭借着强烈的嗅觉和肚子里空空的感觉，蹦蹦跳跳的熊走出了属于它的荒野，走进了小镇。 Bouncer是一只大黑熊，在漆黑的夜色中完美地融合在一起。 当镇上的人们在床上安然入睡时，Bouncer嗅着午夜的空气，向成熟水果的甜蜜气味走去。

With his nose and his hunger leading him, he soon came across a little yellow car, parked at the top of a hill. As Bouncer circled closer and closer to the car, his strong sense of smell told him that he was in the right place for food.

凭着他的鼻子和饥饿，他很快就发现了一辆停在山顶上的小黄车。 当Bouncer越来越靠近汽车时，他强烈的嗅觉告诉他，他是在正确的地方寻找食物。

While Bouncer looked in through the car window, he bumped into the door handle of the unlocked door, making the car door suddenly swing wide open. Quickly Bouncer squeezed his big body into the small car and started eating up all of the sweet fruit he'd been smelling. As he wriggled around inside the car, sniffing about for more sweet fruit to eat, he knocked the controls - BEEP! BEEP!

当Bouncer从车窗往里看的时候，他撞到了那扇没锁的门的门把手，车门突然大开了。 Bouncer很快地把他的大身体挤进了小车，开始吃他闻到的所有甜水果。 当他在车里扭动着，嗅着寻找更多的甜水果吃的时候，他敲了一下控制装置——哔!哔哔的声音!

Music played loudly and the horn tooted. The door slammed shut with a big bang. Bouncer began to panic. The more that big Bouncer panicked and moved around inside the little car, the worse things got. Soon the little yellow car was all broken up inside. Then slowly, the little yellow car with the big black bear inside it, began to move. It began to drive down the hill, getting faster and faster as it went!

音乐奏得很响，喇叭也吹响了。 门砰的一声关上了。 保镖开始惊慌起来。那个大保镖越是惊慌失措，在小车里走来走去，情况就越糟。 很快那辆小黄车就被撞得粉碎了。 然后慢慢地，小黄车和里面的大黑熊，开始移动。 它开始往山下开，越开越快!

CRASH! People rushed outside to see what was going on. There, at the bottom of the hill was a little yellow car, smashed against a big strong tree! TOOT! TOOT! went the car. As the people stared in fright, they could see that the little car had something in it but nobody wanted to go any closer for a better look. Someone called the Police.

崩溃!人们冲到外面去看发生了什么事。 在那里，在山脚下有一辆小黄车，撞在一棵高大的树上!嘟嘟声!嘟嘟声!车开了。 当人们惊恐地盯着看时，他们可以看到小车里有东西，但没有人愿意走近看得更清楚。 有人报了警。