11 Ten Unlucky Pirates

CHAPTER 11 TEN UNLUCKY PIRATES "Open up!" yells Captain Woodenhead, pounding on the door. "Sorry," I say. "Members only!"

第十一章十个倒霉的海盗“开门！”伍登黑德船长使劲敲门，喊道。 “对不起，”我说。“成员只!”

"Now, come on, Andy," says Captain Woodenhead. "Let me and my crew in. I promise nothing bad will happen. Forgive and forget, that's my motto." "But what about that stuff you said on the beach about 'making us pay' and how you were going to claim our treehouse for yourself?" Captain Woodenhead roars with laughter. "Oh, don't take any notice of that!" he says. "That was just silly pirate talk! All we want is to come in, take off our boots, rest our weary, waterlogged bones for a couple of days, and then we'll be on our way."

“现在，来吧，安迪，”伍德黑德船长说。 “让我和我的船员进去。我保证不会发生什么坏事。 原谅和忘记，这是我的座右铭。” “但是你在海滩上说的‘让我们付出代价’，以及你打算把我们的树屋占为己有，那是怎么回事？”伍登黑德上尉哈哈大笑。 “哦，别理会那些！”他说。 “那只是愚蠢的海盗谈话！”我们只想进去，脱下靴子，让我们疲惫的、浸透了水的骨头休息几天，然后我们就上路了。”

"Sorry," I say, "but I'm afraid the answer is still no." "All right, then you leave me no option—we're going to blast our way in!" says Captain Woodenhead, suddenly turning nasty again. "Men, prepare the cannon!"

“对不起，”我说，“但恐怕答案仍然是否定的。” “好吧，那你让我别无选择——我们要炸开一条路进来！”伍登黑德上尉说，突然又变得凶狠起来。 “伙计们，准备大炮！”

"Oh no!" says Terry. "What are we going to do?" "Let them in," I say. "Are you crazy?" says Jill. "You're just going to let them in?" "Yes," I say. "I know it sounds crazy, but I just had an idea. Do you remember that nursery rhyme where all the pirates get killed one at a time?" "Of course!" says Jill. "Ten Unlucky Pirates is one of my favorites. But how is a nursery rhyme going to help us now, even if it does have ten pirates in it?"

“哦，不！”特里说。“我们该怎么办？”“让他们进来，”我说。 “你疯了吗？”吉尔说。 “你就这么让他们进来？”“是的，”我说。 “我知道这听起来很疯狂，但我有个主意。 你还记得那首童谣吗，所有的海盗一次一个被杀死？”“当然！”吉尔说。 “《十个不幸的海盗》是我的最爱之一。 但是现在一首童谣有什么用呢，即使里面有十个海盗？”

"Well," I say, "even the craziest nursery rhymes have a grain of truth in them. Take Hey Diddle Diddle for instance. Everybody thinks it's just a made-up story about a cow jumping over the moon, but in 1864 in Dorset, England, a cow really did jump over the moon." "Really?" says Terry.

“嗯，”我说，“即使是最疯狂的童谣也有一点真理。 以Hey Diddle Diddle为例。 每个人都认为这只是一个关于牛跳过月亮的虚构故事，但1864年在英国的多塞特，真的有一头牛跳过了月亮。” “真的吗？”特里说。

"Yes!" I say. "And in Rock-a-Bye Baby, there is a baby in a cradle in the treetops and when the wind blows, the cradle falls down. Well, scientific studies show that if you put a baby in a cradle in the treetops and the wind blows, the cradle—and baby—really will fall down." "That's incredible!" says Terry. "Who would ever have thought that?"

“是的!”我说。在《摇滚再见宝贝》中，有一个婴儿躺在树顶的摇篮里，风一吹，摇篮就掉了下来。 嗯，科学研究表明，如果你把一个婴儿放在摇篮里，放在树梢上，然后风吹，摇篮和婴儿真的会掉下来。” “太不可思议了！”特里说。 “谁会想到这一点呢？”