32 The Changed Mind

The Changed Mind Ever the kind and wonderful parrot, Claudette said she completely understood how annoying it could be when people asked you constant questions while you were trying to organize a party. She flew out of the shop with Mortimer and promised that they wouldn't return until the party was in full swing.

克劳德特曾经是一只善良又可爱的鹦鹉，她说她完全理解当你试图组织一个聚会时，人们不断地问你问题是多么烦人。 她和摩梯末一起飞出了商店，并答应在聚会进行到最热烈的时候才回来。

The impatient beast was just about to wake up the rest of the neighborhood, when another puddle appeared. Out popped Mr. Nickle. He was followed by Agents Hughie, Louie, and Stewie—all of whom had a variety of parrots clinging on to them. "Where's Claudette?" demanded Mr. Nickle. "She stole a D.o.R.R.i.S. puddler, and she's really in no fit state to travel." "She is now. I've cured her," boasted the beast. The old man squinted at the beast. "There's something different about your voice," he said. "Is there? Oh dearsies," said the beast. It dialed down the slither in its voice and doubled down on the humiliating baby talk to disguise the fact that its mind was back. "I'm

这只不耐烦的野兽正要唤醒邻居们，这时又出现了一个水坑。 尼克先生跳了出来。紧随其后的是特工休吉、路易和斯蒂威——他们都有各种各样的鹦鹉粘在他们身上。 “克劳德特在哪儿？”尼克尔先生问。 “她偷了一辆d.r.r.i.s.水坑车，她真的不适合旅行。” “她现在是。我把她治好了。”野兽得意地说。 老人眯着眼睛看那只野兽。 “你的声音有点不一样，”他说。 “是吗?哦，亲爱的。”野兽说。 它降低了滑溜的声音，加大了羞辱性的婴儿语，以掩饰它的思想已经回来的事实。 “我

ever-wever so sorrykins if you don't like my voicey-woicey no moresies." Mr. Nickle grunted, satisfied. He picked up the snapped high-tech umbrella and looked around at the sleeping bodies on the floor. "Strange sort of party," he barked. "Sure everything's okay?" "Oh yes," said Ebenezer. "This is what all parties are like these days. Would you like to stay?" "Thanks for the offer, but better not. I was in the middle of tracking the Jackal of Mars when these Dorrises called me in." Mr. Nickle shook his head crossly at the three Dorrises for wasting his time. Then he fished in his pockets and presented a new button to Ebenezer.

无论如何，如果你不喜欢我的声音，我很抱歉，我没有钱。” 尼克尔先生满意地哼了一声。 他拿起那把断了的高科技雨伞，环顾着地板上睡着的尸体。 “奇怪的聚会。”他吼道。 “确定一切都好吗？”“哦，是的，”埃比尼泽说。 “现在所有的派对都是这样的。 你想留下来吗？”“谢谢你的好意，但最好还是不要了。 我正在追踪火星豺狼的时候，这些多莉丝把我叫了进去。” 尼克先生生气地摇着头，责怪三个多莉丝浪费了他的时间。 然后他在口袋里摸了摸，拿出一颗新纽扣给埃比尼泽。

"Thought you'd better have this back as well—in case of any emergencies," he said. "Just keep it out of Bethany's way this time." "Don't worry, wrinkly-pants. No more calls from me," said Bethany. "I've realized you're right. The beast has actually changed." Mr. Nickle squinted suspiciously at Bethany, Ebenezer, and the beast, not quite able to place what had changed. The parrots jumped off Agents Hughie, Louie, and Stewie. They had all hitched a ride to see Claudette, but the promise of a party made sure that they were all going to stay. "We'll be fine with the beast," said Ebenezer. "Yeah, nothing's too big for us two to handle," said Bethany. "We're a team on this."

“我想你最好把这个也拿回去，以防万一。”他说。 “这次别让宝芬妮挡道” “别担心，皱巴巴的。 我再也不打电话了，”宝芬妮说。 “我意识到你是对的。 这头野兽实际上已经变了。” 尼克先生怀疑地眯起眼睛看着伯大尼、埃比尼泽和那只野兽，不知道发生了什么变化。 鹦鹉从休吉、路易和斯图伊探员身上跳了下来。 他们都是搭顺风车去看克劳德特的，但派对的承诺确保了他们都要留下来。 埃比尼泽说：“我们和野兽在一起会很好。” “是啊，没有什么事是我们两个人处理不了的，”宝芬妮说。 “我们在这件事上是一个团队。”

"Byesie-wyesies, Nickle-Wickle!" said the beast. Mr. Nickle squinted suspiciously again. Then, with a shrug, he opened a puddle portal, and he and the three Dorrises disappeared. "Well, that was humiliating," said the beast. It added even more than the usual slither to its voice to make up for all the baby talk. "But I guess not as humiliating as this party is going to be." The beast held out its sticky, slimy hands. Bethany took one and Ebenezer the other. The beast got the hoatzin stink-box to leak out a gas that would make the neighborhood slightly more susceptible to suggestions, while the Frisbees woke everyone up. As the party guests yawned and got to their feet, Bethany,

“拜拜——拜拜，尼克——威克！” 尼克先生又怀疑地眯起眼睛。 然后，他耸了耸肩，打开了一个水坑的传送门，他和三个多莉丝消失了。 “嗯，这太丢脸了，”野兽说。 它的声音比平常更滑，以弥补所有的婴儿语。 “但我想不会像这个派对那么丢人。” 那畜生伸出它黏糊糊的手。 宝芬妮拿了一个，埃比尼泽拿了一个。 这只野兽让hoatzin臭气箱泄漏出一种气体，让邻居们更容易受到建议的影响，而飞盘唤醒了所有人。 当聚会上的客人们打着哈欠站起来时，宝芬妮，

Ebenezer, and the beast took a series of deep bows. "Thank you, thank you!" said Ebenezer. "Oh, you're far too kind!" "We do hope you enjoyed our little showsies," said the beast. "Gaah—our little SHOW! Not showsies." "We really liked how involved you all got in our performance," said Bethany. The three of them bowed again. The neighbors, partly influenced by the susceptibility gas, and partly because they didn't know what else to do, began to clap. Dr. Barnacle looked to her arm and saw that it was completely healed. The lizard lady didn't know how, but the scarf around her neck seemed even softer and more soothing than she remembered.

埃比尼泽和那头野兽接连深深地鞠了一躬。 “谢谢，谢谢！”埃比尼泽说。 “哦，你太好了！”“我们希望你喜欢我们的小表演。”野兽说。 “啊——我们的小表演！”不是showsies。” “我们真的很喜欢你们参与我们的表演，”宝芬妮说。 他们三个又鞠了一躬。 邻居们，一部分是受敏感气体的影响，一部分是因为他们不知道还能做什么，开始鼓掌。 巴纳克尔医生看了看她的手臂，发现它已经完全愈合了。 蜥蜴女士不知道是怎么回事，但她脖子上的围巾似乎比她记忆中的更柔软、更抚慰。