31 The Feathery Farewell

The Feathery Farewell The beast went a few steps further than dustpans and brushes. It turned the canoe to glass, and then turned the glass into replacement windows. It got the postbox to eat up all the hate mail. With a wiggle of its fingers, it replaced the gnomes' gardening hats and tools with chef hats and cooking equipment—and ordered

这头野兽比簸箕和刷子走得更远。 它把独木舟变成了玻璃，然后又把玻璃变成了替换的窗户。 它让邮筒吃掉了所有的仇恨邮件。 手指一扭，它就把地精的园艺帽和工具换成了厨师帽和烹饪设备——然后下了命令

them to fix all the damage that had been done to Miss Muddle's sweet displays. Then, when the spider-tidiers had returned everything to some semblance of order, the beast started waking people up by slapping the Frisbees across their faces. The first person it woke up was Mortimer. Ebenezer and Bethany had lied him out of the canoe, but they hadn't untied him. They removed the bandages the beast had vomited out to reveal a pair of freshly grown talons.

来修复对马德尔小姐的甜蜜展示所造成的所有损害。 然后，当蜘蛛清洁工把一切都恢复到某种表面上的秩序时，这只野兽开始用飞盘拍打人们的脸来叫醒他们。 它叫醒的第一个人是莫蒂默。 埃比尼泽和伯大尼把他骗下了独木舟，但他们没有给他松绑。 他们解开了野兽呕吐出来的绷带，露出一对新长出来的爪子。

"Beast… beast…," the parrot murmured weakly, then more strongly as the life returned to his eyes. "Beast! Beast! I've got to stop the beast!" The beast gave Mortimer its best shot at a smile. The result was absolutely terrifying. "Many people have tried to kill me. Lady Morgana, the beast known only as Rapscallicus, the armies of Troy—at one point, a particularly vengeful goat named Bernard," said the beast. "But I think you came the closest. I'm curious. Why did you try?" "I did it for Claudette," said Mortimer. "Everything you did to her—" "You didn't do it for Claudette. You did it for yourself, out of fear and hatred. Trust me,

“野兽……野兽……”鹦鹉虚弱地嘟囔着，当他的眼睛恢复了活力时，他的声音变得更强烈了。 “野兽!野兽!我得去阻止那畜生！”那畜生竭力向摩梯末挤出一个微笑。 结果绝对是可怕的。 “很多人都想杀我。 莫嘉娜夫人，那只只叫拉普斯卡利卡斯的野兽，特洛伊的军队——还有一只名叫伯纳德的复仇心极强的山羊。”野兽说。 “但我认为你是最接近的。 我很好奇。你为什么要这样做？”“我这样做是为了克劳德特，”摩梯末说。 “你对她所做的一切——”“你不是为了克劳德特。 你这样做是出于恐惧和仇恨。 相信我,

I know," said Bethany. "Claudette had nothing to do with it." Mortimer struggled to sit up. He opened his beak. "Stay absolutely silent or I'll boil you into a soup," said the beast. "I'm a bit new to all this, but I think I might have a better way to make things right with Claudette." The beast wiggled its fingers to make one of the Frisbees slap Claudette in the face. Mortimer hadn't noticed she was in the sweetshop, and he welled up when he saw her. "Claudette!" he cried. "M-M-Morty?" said Claudette. She tried to stand up, but the beast used the Frisbee to slap her back down.

我知道，”宝芬妮说。“克劳德特与此事无关” 摩梯末挣扎着要坐起来。 他张开嘴。“绝对安静，否则我要把你煮成汤。”野兽说。 “我对这一切有点陌生，但我想我可能有更好的方法来解决和克劳德特的问题。” 这只野兽扭动着手指，让其中一个飞盘打在克劳德特的脸上。 摩梯末没有注意到她在糖果店里，当他看见她时，他的眼泪涌了出来。 “克劳德特！”“莫——莫——莫蒂？”克劳德特说。 她试图站起来，但野兽用飞盘把她拍了下来。

"Don't be a fool. Any sudden movements, and you'll probably perish. That would be really selfish of you, because I'm trying to show off," said the beast. "Bethany?" said Claudette. "You're alive.… Did I… did I…?" Bethany ran over to her. "Yes, you definitely helped save me, Claudette," she said. "Well, that's not really true," said the beast. "I could have turned you into a smoothie anytime I wanted to. You just got lucky that today happened to be the day my life changed forever." Bethany and Ebenezer flashed the beast a look. The beast rolled its three eyes. "All right, stay still. This might be a little tricky," said the beast. It wiggled its fingers

“别傻了。任何突然的动作，你都可能会死。 “那你就太自私了，因为我想炫耀一下。”野兽说。 “宝芬妮？”克劳德特说。 “你还活着。我……我……我……”宝芬妮向她跑过去。 “是的，你绝对帮了我的忙，克劳德特，”她说。 “嗯，这不是真的，”野兽说。 “只要我想，我随时都可以把你变成奶昔。 你很幸运，今天恰好是我的生活永远改变的一天。” 宝芬妮和埃比尼泽朝这只野兽看了一眼。 那只野兽转动着三只眼睛。 “好吧，别动。这可能有点棘手。”野兽说。 它扭动着手指