8 The Dungeon

CHAPTER 8 THE DUNGEON 'Mr Big Nose?!' says Terry. 'Is that you?' 'Of course it's me!' says Mr Big Nose. 'What are you two clowns doing here? You're supposed to be writing a book!' 'We are,' I say. 'At least, we were, but we got to page 54 and realised that you hadn't called to remind us about the deadline like you usually do, so we called you. But you weren't there. It looked suspicious, so we decided

第八章地牢里的大鼻子先生？！特里说。 “是你吗？”“当然是我！”大鼻子先生说。 “你们两个小丑在这儿干什么？” 你应该在写一本书！“是的，”我说。 “至少，我们是这样想的，但我们翻到第54页，发现你没有像往常一样打电话提醒我们截止日期，所以我们打电话给你。” 但你不在场。看起来很可疑，所以我们决定

to investigate and search for clues.'

调查并寻找线索。”

'And the trail of clues led you here?' says Mr Big Nose. 'Well, not exactly,' I say. 'We found a caterpillar in your office. We figured it must have seen what happened to you, and we took it to Jill's house so she could talk to it.' 'Ah,' says Mr Big Nose, 'so that's how you found me.' 'Well, no,' says Terry, 'because Jill had pricked her finger on a carrot and fallen asleep for 100 years.' 'So I kissed her to wake her up,' I say. 'Eeewww!' says Jill.

“是那些线索把你引到这儿来的？”大鼻子先生说。 “嗯，不完全是，”我说。 “我们在你的办公室里发现了一只毛毛虫。 我们想它一定看到了你的遭遇，就把它带到吉尔家，让她跟它谈谈。“啊，”大鼻子先生说，“原来你是这样找到我的。”“哦，不，”特里说，“因为吉尔被胡萝卜扎到了手指，睡了100年。”“所以我吻了她，想把她弄醒，”我说。 “Eeewww !吉尔说。

'I know what you mean,' says Terry. 'And it didn't work anyway, because Andy's not a real prince. So then we had to go on a long journey to find an actual prince. But the best we could come up with was a potato prince.' 'Oh, so that's why that potato was slobbering all over me,' says Jill. 'Yes,' I say, 'and I'm sorry about that, but at least you're awake now.' 'Yeah,' says Terry. 'And you can talk to the caterpillar and find out what happened to Mr Big Nose.'

“我明白你的意思，”特里说。 “不管怎样，这都没有用，因为安迪不是一个真正的王子。 所以我们不得不长途跋涉去寻找真正的王子。 但我们能想出的最好的办法是土豆王子。“哦，那就是那个土豆流我一身口水的原因。”吉尔说。 “是的，”我说，“对此我很抱歉，但至少你现在醒了。“是的，”特里说。 “你可以和毛毛虫谈谈，看看大鼻子先生出了什么事。”

'You fools!' shouts Mr Big Nose. 'You don't have to talk to a caterpillar! I'll tell you what happened—I was kidnapped by vegetables, that's what!'

“你傻瓜!大鼻子先生喊道。 “你不用跟毛毛虫说话！”我告诉你发生了什么——我被蔬菜绑架了，就是这样！”

'But why?' says Jill. 'Why would vegetables do such a thing?' 'Because I published Vegetable Patty's book, Fun with Vegetables, that's why. Apparently, they're a little upset about it.' 'So the book was a clue!' says Terry. 'I thought so!' 'You thought everything was a clue,' I say. 'Even your own hand!' 'Did not,' says Terry. 'Did so,' I say. 'Did not.' 'Did so times infinity!' I say, which wins the

“但是为什么呢?吉尔说。“为什么蔬菜会这样？”“因为我出版了蔬菜帕蒂的书《蔬菜的乐趣》，这就是原因。” 显然，他们对此有点不高兴。“这么说这本书是个线索！”特里说。 “我也这么想！”“你以为一切都是线索，”我说。 “甚至是你自己的手！”“没有，”特里说。 “是的，”我说。“没有。“做了无穷次！”我说，哪个赢了