13 The Very Good Gog

The Very Good Dog Don't think that you're getting your own way here," said Ebenezer that morning, as he held open the rickety old door. "One little trip around the neighborhood, and then we're bringing you straight back to this attic." "Thank you sooo much, Ebby-kneesies!" The beast climbed to its feet. It was still a

“很好的狗”那天早上，埃比尼泽扶着那扇摇摇晃晃的旧门说：“别以为你在这里为所欲为了。” “在附近转转，然后我们就把你直接带回这个阁楼。” “太谢谢你了，艾比膝！”野兽爬了起来。 它仍然是一个

little shaky, so it held out its tiny, sticky hands. Ebenezer folded his arms and refused to help. "I'm so looking forward to spending the day together." With great effort and slowness, the beast waddled out of the attic. "Whoasies! Goshykins!" it said, as its three eyes took in the house. "I don't think I can do all those stairs." "Yes, you can," snapped Ebenezer. He tried giving the beast a little shove from behind. "The quicker you do it, the quicker we'll be done." "Hmmykins," said the beast. "I think I might need a little help from my belly." The beast closed its three black eyes and shut its dribbling mouth. It wiggled its blob of a body from side to side and let out a deep

有点发抖，所以它伸出了又小又粘的手。 埃比尼泽抱着双臂拒绝帮忙。 “我很期待和你一起度过这一天。” 那只野兽费了很大的劲，慢慢地摇摇摆摆地走出了阁楼。 “Whoasies !Goshykins!”它说，三只眼睛盯着房子。 “我觉得我爬不了那么多楼梯。” “是的，你可以，”埃比尼泽厉声说。 他试着从后面推那只野兽一下。 “你做得越快，我们就能做得越快。” “哼米金斯，”野兽说。 “我想我可能需要一点肚子的帮助。” 那畜生闭上了三只黑眼睛，闭上了淌着口水的嘴巴。 它扭动着它那一团一团的身体，发出一声深深的叫声

hum. Then, a moment later, its eyes and mouth snapped open, and it vomited out a huge canoe. "This'll be much easier," said the beast. It plopped its body into the front and patted for Ebenezer to take one of the many seats behind. Ebenezer crossed his arms tighter and shook his head. The beast rolled its three eyes. "You better get in. Otherwise I could just whoosh away from you," said the beast. "Isn't it a better idea to keep an eye on me?"

嗡嗡声。过了一会儿，它的眼睛和嘴巴突然张开，吐出了一只巨大的独木舟。 “这样就容易多了。”野兽说。 它扑通一声跳到前面，拍了拍埃比尼泽，让他坐在后面的座位上。 埃比尼泽把双臂抱得更紧，摇了摇头。 那只野兽转动着三只眼睛。 “你最好进去。否则我就嗖的一声离开你。”野兽说。 “监视我不是更好吗？”

Reluctantly, Ebenezer stepped into the canoe. The beast clapped its tongues together in delight. "Beltyseats on, Ebby-kneesies!" said the beast. The beast wiggled its fingers and sent the canoe whooshing down the many flights of stairs, at roughly the speed of a cheetah who's just realized that they're late for their best friend's birthday party. It brought the canoe to a shuddering halt in the downstairs hallway. The beast jumped out and threw up a teeny, tiny anchor to make sure that it wouldn't go anywhere.

埃比尼泽不情愿地跨上了独木舟。 那野兽高兴得咂舌。 “拉上安全带，埃比的膝盖！”野兽说。 这只野兽扭动着手指，让独木舟嗖嗖地冲下许多楼梯，速度就像一只猎豹刚刚意识到自己在最好朋友的生日派对上迟到了一样。 它使独木舟在楼下的走廊上颤抖着停了下来。 野兽跳了出来，扔出一个很小很小的锚，以确保它不会去任何地方。

"That was sooooo coooolsies!" said the beast. "I loved hearing you scream with joysies!" "Those weren't joyful screams," said Ebenezer. He unbuckled his seat belt and got out of the canoe, his legs shaking like overexcited maracas. "They were just screams." The beast's face fell. "Oh dearsies. I'm really not very good at this do-goodingy, am I? I'm sure I can get better, though. Where firstykins? Shall we hit the streeties straightawaysies?" "Hold on a minute," said Ebenezer. "We're going to need to do something about your appearance. If people get one look at you, we could cause a wave of hysteria."

“那真是太……太……太……太……太……” “我喜欢听你高兴地尖叫！”埃比尼泽说：“那不是欢乐的尖叫。 他解开安全带，下了独木舟，双腿颤抖得像过度兴奋的沙球。 “他们只是尖叫。”野兽的脸垂了下来。 “哦dearsies。我真的不太擅长做善事，对吧？ 不过我相信我会好起来的。 firstykins哪里?我们马上到街上去好吗？”“等一下，”埃比尼泽说。 “我们需要对你的外表做点什么。 如果人们看你一眼，我们可能会引起一波歇斯底里。”

The beast chewed its tongues thoughtfully. It started to hum and wiggle again. "Oh no, what now?" asked Ebenezer. He removed the thumb-sized button from his pocket. "I warn you, if you so much as think of vomiting out any weapons, then I'll…" But the beast didn't vomit out any weapons. It vomited out a large three-piece suit.

野兽若有所思地嚼着舌头。 它又开始嗡嗡作响，扭动起来。 “哦，不，现在怎么办？”埃比尼泽问。 他从口袋里取出拇指大小的纽扣。 “我警告你，如果你想吐出任何武器，那么我就……”但是野兽没有吐出任何武器。 它吐出了一套大的三件套。