Chapter 1

TOTO THE NINJA CAT AND THE GREAT SNAKE ESCAPE DERMOT O'LEARY

忍者猫托托和大蛇逃离了德莫特·奥莱利

CHAPTER 1 Toto was having the best dream of her life (featuring an enormous pepperoni pizza, a bucket of cheesy pasta and, to finish, her furry face buried in a massive tiramisu), when she found herself RUDELY transported back to a cold London night.

第1章托托正在做她一生中最美好的梦（一个巨大的意大利辣香肠披萨，一桶奶酪意大利面，最后，她毛茸茸的脸埋在一大杯提拉米苏里），这时她发现自己被粗鲁地带回了伦敦的一个寒冷的夜晚。

CRASH, BANG and, while we're at it, WALLOP doesn't even come close to the terrible noise that disturbed the silence on the otherwise sleepy street. It was the kind of night where you and I would be tucked up in bed with an extra blanket and a hot-water bottle. The kind of night where no one in their right mind would get out of bed until the lazy winter sun rises and makes it just about OK to face the new day. And that's just for us humans. For cats? FORGET ABOUT IT! No cat would be seen dead getting out of a snuggly bed when it was this cold. They'd never be able to show their furry faces in polite cat society again. No. 'Best leave it to the foxes and the rats, most cats would say. 'Let's get some shut-eye

“撞击声”、“砰”和“撞击声”，当我们在这里的时候，“撞击声”甚至没有接近可怕的噪音，打破了原本昏昏欲睡的街道上的寂静。 这是那种你和我都被窝在床上的夜晚，外加一条毯子和一个热水瓶。 在这样的夜晚，没有一个头脑正常的人会从床上爬起来，直到慵懒的冬日太阳升起，让人可以面对新的一天。 这只是针对我们人类的。 猫吗?忘了它吧！在这么冷的天气里，没有猫会从舒适的床上爬起来。 它们再也不能在礼貌的猫社会里露出毛茸茸的脸了。 否。大多数猫会说，最好还是把它留给狐狸和老鼠吧。 “我们去睡一会儿吧。

and I'll see you some time tomorrow about, oh, let's say, eleven-ish...' Which is why Toto was annoyed, tired and just a little bit scared when she heard the ALMIGHTIEST DIN coming from the bins outside. Toto looked at her parents. They'll sort this out, won't they? she thought. They hadn't moved a muscle. They weren't even stirring. 'Honestly, Toto muttered to herself, 'who are the cats and who are the humans here? We're supposed to be the ones who sleep all the time, and you're supposed to be the ones who get us food, pet us, lavish us with attention, groom us, open doors for us, turn on taps for us to drink water,

我明天找个时间见你，哦，大概11点吧……”这就是为什么当托托听到从外面的箱子里传来的最强大的喧闹声时，她感到烦恼、疲倦和有点害怕的原因。 托托看着她的父母。 他们会解决这个问题的，不是吗？ 她想。他们一动也不动。 他们甚至都不动。 “老实说，”托托自言自语地说，“谁是猫，谁是人？ 我们应该是整天睡觉的人，而你应该是给我们拿食物的人，爱抚我们，给予我们足够的关注，给我们打扮，为我们开门，为我们打开水龙头喝水的人，

massage our feet, and most importantly... GETUP WHEN THERE ARE SCARY NOISES OUTSIDE! It's a fair deal... but to recap: WE are supposed to be the sleepers!' She looked over at her brother Silver, who, as his name suggests, had silver and white fur, with a big bushy tail and white paws.

按摩脚部，最重要的是… 外面有可怕的声音时就起床！这是公平的交易…… 但总结一下：我们应该是睡觉的人！”她看了看弟弟西尔弗，正如他的名字所示，西尔弗长着银白色的皮毛，还有一条毛茸茸的大尾巴和白色的爪子。

Toto, on the other hand, was a big ball of black, grey and brown fur, especially with her winter coat on. She had a ruff around her neck, which made her look like a cat that wouldn't be out of place in Elizabethan England, as opposed to where she was really from- a place called Puglia, in the heel of Italy. She and Silver were stray cats and they had arrived in London only three weeks ago, after they were rescued by two kind humans, who they now called Mum and Dad. (Or, as Toto would say, Mamma and Papa.) The ones who currently lay snoring in their bed. 'Silver, whispered Toto. 'SILVER! Did you hear that? I think it came from outside, from the bins... OUR BINS!'

另一方面，托托是一个由黑色、灰色和棕色皮毛组成的大球，尤其是穿上冬衣之后。 她脖子上围着一条皱领，这使她看起来像一只猫，在伊丽莎白时代的英国不会显得格格不入，而不是她真正来自的地方——一个叫普利亚的地方，在意大利的脚跟。 她和西尔弗是流浪猫，三周前才来到伦敦，被两个善良的人救了出来，他们现在称他们为妈妈和爸爸。 （或者，用托托的话来说，是妈妈和爸爸。）那些现在躺在床上打鼾的人。 “西尔弗，”托托低声说。“银!你听到了吗？ 我想是从外面，从垃圾桶里… 我们的箱子!”