11 THE GIANT GORILLA

CHAPTER 11 THE GIANT GORILLA But before we could get back to finishing our book we had to clean up the mess the monkeys had made. Finally, after about a thousand million trillion gazillion years, we had everything back to normal and were ready to start work again. I had just finished writing the words, "Once upom another time," and Terry had just finished pointing out that I had misspelled "upon" again when the table began shaking.

但是，在我们继续写完书之前，我们必须先把猴子们弄得一团糟的东西清理干净。 最后，在大约十亿亿亿亿年后，我们让一切恢复正常，准备重新开始工作。 我刚写完“Once upon another time”，特里刚指出我又把“upon”拼错，桌子就开始摇晃了。

"Quit shaking the table!" I said. "I'm not shaking the table," said Terry. "I thought you were shaking the table." "I'm not shaking the table!" I said, as the treehouse began to sway. "Quit swaying the treehouse!" said Terry. "I'm not swaying the treehouse," I said. "I thought you were swaying the treehouse." "It's not me," said Terry. "I think it's that giant gorilla down there."

“别摇桌子了！”我说。 “我没有摇晃桌子，”特里说。 “我还以为你在摇桌子呢。” “我不会摇桌子的！”树屋开始摇晃时，我说。 “别晃树屋了！”特里说。 “我不会摇树屋的，”我说。 “我还以为你在摇树屋呢。” “不是我，”特里说。 “我想是下面那只巨大的大猩猩。”

"But why would a giant gorilla be shaking our tree?" I said. "Beats me," said Terry. "It's not like it's a banana tree." "Of course!" I said. "That's it! To the gorilla it is a banana tree...a giant banana tree!" "Huh?" said Terry. "Isn't it obvious?" I said. "The giant banana we catapulted must have landed on a distant tropical island...

“但是为什么一只巨大的大猩猩要摇我们的树呢？”我说。 “我不知道。”特里说。“这又不是香蕉树。” “当然!”我说。“就是它!对大猩猩来说，这是一棵香蕉树……一棵巨大的香蕉树！”“嗯？”特里说。 “这不是很明显吗？”我说。 “我们弹射的大香蕉一定落在了遥远的热带岛屿上……

where the giant gorilla lives... and it found the giant banana and ate it... mmm... ba-na-na! and loved it so much that it made a boat out of the giant banana peel...

大猩猩住的地方… 它找到了大香蕉，把它吃了…… 嗯…ba-na-na !而且非常喜欢它，它用巨大的香蕉皮做了一艘船……

and used its giant nostrils to track the giant banana's scent all the way back here... Hmm... ba.na.na. and is now shaking our tree in the mistaken belief that it's a giant banana tree." "It seems a little far-fetched," said Terry. "All that trouble for a banana?"

用它巨大的鼻孔一路追踪着大香蕉的气味…… 嗯…ba.na.na。现在正在摇晃我们的树，误以为这是一棵巨大的香蕉树。” “这似乎有点牵强，”特里说。 “为了一根香蕉大费周折？”

"A giant banana," I reminded him. "With extra giant-banana flavor." Just then we heard the unmistakable roar of a giant gorilla that has traveled across the ocean in a giant banana peel boat in search of giant bananas. "I think you could be right," said Terry. "It would certainly explain why it's here, shaking our tree. What are we going to do?" "Give it more giant bananas, of course!" I said. "We can't!" said Terry. "The monkeys broke the banana-enlarger!" "Can't you fix it?" "Maybe, but it would take too long!" said Terry. "They've completely pulled it apart!"

“一只大香蕉。”我提醒他。 “还有超大香蕉的味道。” 就在这时，我们听到了一只巨大的大猩猩的吼声，这只大猩猩乘坐一艘巨大的香蕉皮船穿越海洋，寻找巨大的香蕉。 “我想你可能是对的，”特里说。 “这当然可以解释为什么它会在这里，摇晃我们的树。 我们该怎么办呢？”“当然是给它更多的大香蕉！”我说。 “我们不能！”特里说。“猴子把香蕉放大器弄坏了！”“你不能修吗？”“也许吧，但那太花时间了！”特里说。 “他们把它完全拆了！”