9 Human Soup

CHAPTER 9 HUMAN SOUP 'Well, this is another fine mess you've gotten us all into, Terry,' I say, as we sit in a pot of water suspended over a fire surrounded by a mob of angry vegetables. 'It's not my fault,' says Terry. 'It was your idea to come to this stupid castle.' 'Only because Jill pricked her finger on a carrot,' I say. 'If it's anybody's fault, it's Jill's.'

第九章人肉汤“喂，特里，你又把我们大家弄得一团糟。”我说，我们坐在一锅水里，悬在火上，周围是一群愤怒的蔬菜。 “这不是我的错，”特里说。 “来这个愚蠢的城堡是你的主意。“那是因为吉尔被胡萝卜扎到了手指，”我说。 “如果是谁的错，那就是吉尔的错。”

'That's got nothing to do with it!' says Jill. 'It's obviously Mr Big Nose's fault for upsetting the vegetables by publishing that mean book.' 'It's not my fault,' says Mr Big Nose. 'It's Vegetable Patty's fault for writing it!'

“那跟这件事没有关系！”吉尔说。 “显然是大鼻子先生的错，他出版了那本卑鄙的书，扰乱了蔬菜的秩序。“这不是我的错，”大鼻子先生说。 “是蔬菜帕蒂写的错！”

'Yes, it's Vegetable Patty's fault,' I say to the eggplants. 'You should catch her and put her in the pot and let us all go free. We love vegetables!' 'Yes, vegetables are the best!' says Terry. 'Long live vegetables!' 'Who are you trying to fool?' says one of the eggplants. 'I've read your books! You and Andy hate vegetables!' 'No, we don't,' I say. 'It's fruit we hate- we've got a whole room in our treehouse just for smashing watermelons!'

“是的，这是蔬菜帕蒂的错，”我对茄子说。 “你应该抓住她，把她放进锅里，让我们都自由。 我们爱吃蔬菜！“是的，蔬菜是最好的！”特里说。 “蔬菜万岁！”“你想愚弄谁？”其中一个茄子说。 “我读过你的书！”你和安迪都讨厌蔬菜！“不，我们没有，”我说。 “我们讨厌的是水果——我们的树屋里有一整个房间就是用来砸西瓜的！”

'Yes, but you also have a vegetable vaporiser,' says the eggplant. 'That was Andy's idea,' says Terry. 'And what about the rocket-powered carrot-launcher?' says the eggplant. 'Whose idea was that?' 'Well,' says Terry, 'that was mine, but the carrots enjoy it!' 'No, they don't! And flying beetroots don't like people riding on them, either. That's why we set them free.'

“是的，但你也有一个蔬菜蒸发器，”茄子说。 “那是安迪的主意，”特里说。 “那火箭驱动的胡萝卜发射器呢？”茄子说。 “这是谁的主意？”“嗯，”特里说，“那是我的，但是胡萝卜喜欢吃！”“不，他们没有！”飞行的甜菜根也不喜欢人们骑在它们身上。 这就是我们释放它们的原因。”

'So that's where our flying beetroots went!' I say. 'Another mystery solved!' says Terry. 'Excuse me,' says Jill to the eggplant, 'I don't hate vegetables and I'd never dream of hurting one so could you let me go please?' 'No way!' snaps the eggplant. 'You feed truckloads of poor defenceless vegetables to your animals every day. That's why we sent that cursed carrot to your house to put you to sleep.'

“原来我们的飞甜菜根就是去那儿了！”我说。 “又一个谜团解开了！”特里说。 “对不起，”吉尔对茄子说，“我不讨厌蔬菜，我从来没有想过要伤害蔬菜，所以你能让我走吗？”“不可能！”茄子说。 “你每天给你的动物喂几卡车毫无抵抗力的蔬菜。 所以我们才把那根该死的胡萝卜送到你家，让你睡着。”

'So that's why Jill was asleep!' I say. 'She wasn't cursed —the carrot was!' 'Another mystery solved!' says Terry. 'We are GREAT detectives. We have solved every mystery that we had today!'

“所以吉尔才睡着了！”我说。 “她没有被诅咒——胡萝卜被诅咒了！”“又一个谜解开了！”特里说。 “我们是伟大的侦探。我们已经解开了今天所有的谜团！”