9 We’re Going on a Hobyah Hunt!

CHAPTER 9 WE'RE GOING ON A HOBYAH HUNT! 'Jill?' I say. 'What are you doing here? And why are you dressed like that?' 'I'm on a hobyah hunt,' says Jill. 'What are you doing here?' 'We're on a camping holiday,' says Terry. 'This is our new camping ground level.' 'Oh, I didn't realise I'd climbed your tree,' says Jill. 'I was following some hobyah tracks through the forest

第九章我们要去霍比亚狩猎了！“吉尔?”我说。 “你在这儿干什么？”你为什么穿成这样？“我在找霍比亚，”吉尔说。 “你在这儿干什么？”“我们在露营度假，”特里说。 “这是我们新的露营地。“哦，我不知道我爬上了你的树。”吉尔说。 “我当时正沿着一些霍比亚人的足迹穿过森林

and they led me here.' 'Come and see our campsite,' says Terry. 'We've got a tent and everything!' 'And everyone,' I say. I introduce Jill to Jimmy and Wanda and explain to everyone that there was no need for them to be scared —the rustling in the bushes was just her. 'Yeah,' says Terry. 'She's hunting hobyahs… whatever they are.'

他们把我引到这里。“来看看我们的营地吧，”特里说。 “我们有帐篷和所有的东西！”“还有所有人，”我说。 我把吉尔介绍给吉米和旺达，并向大家解释说，他们没有必要害怕——灌木丛里的沙沙声只是她的声音。 “是的，”特里说。“她在猎霍比亚……不管那是什么东西。”

'You don't know what a hobyah is?' says Jill. 'Never heard of them,' says Terry. 'Me neither,' I say. 'Tell us more about these hobyahs,' says Wanda. 'I think our readers at GO AWAY! magazine will be very interested in them.'

“你不知道霍比亚是什么吗？”吉尔说。 “从来没听说过，”特里说。 “我也是，”我说。“给我们讲讲这些禁忌吧，”旺达说。 “我想我们《走开！》杂志会对它们很感兴趣的。”

'Well,' says Jill, 'they're mysterious little creatures that live in the woods. There have been many sightings, but nobody can quite agree on what they look like.' Some say they look like lizards. Some say they're more like cats. Some say they're cute like rabbits. Some say they're more like rats.

“嗯，”吉尔说，“它们是住在树林里的神秘的小生物。 有很多人看到过它们，但没人能完全确定它们长什么样。”有人说它们看起来像蜥蜴。 有人说它们更像猫。 有人说他们像兔子一样可爱。 有人说它们更像老鼠。

Some say they're like a possum… or a long-nosed potoroo. The only thing we know for sure is what they like to do: they skip, skip, skip

有人说它们像负鼠，或者长鼻子的袋鼠。 我们唯一确定的是他们喜欢做什么：他们跳，跳，跳

on the tips of their toes and sneak up on you at night… They put you in a bag and tie the bag up tight—

他们把你放在一个袋子里，然后把袋子绑得紧紧的