Chapter 10

CHAPTER 10 The early morning sun was turning the sky a cold but beautiful orange as Catface walked the cats back to their house. They were so exhausted that even with her ninja training Toto struggled to get over the gate. They poked their heads through the bars to say goodbye to Catface. 'Well, my little ones,' Catface said, 'that

第10章清晨的太阳把天空染成了一种寒冷但美丽的橙色，猫脸牵着猫回家。 他们太累了，即使经过忍者训练，托托也很难越过大门。 他们从栅栏里探出头来向猫脸道别。 “好吧，我的小家伙们，”猫脸说，“就是这样

was quite enough of an adventure for one night. I for one am tuckered out, but I'm so glad you caught me putting my snout in your bins. I want to thank you. I'm back with my father, and my people, and most importantly I'm proud of who I am: Catface the rat, who looks like a cat. It's all thanks to you two, my little warrior cats from Italy. And you, young lady—' he gestured a paw to Toto— 'must teach me some of those ninja moves!' 'I will!' said Toto. 'We'd heard London was a hectic town, but we hadn't expected it to be as crazy as this! Can we take a couple of nights off before we do it again?!' Catface smiled. 'Of course... see you both soon. He gave them a wink, tipped his hat,

一个晚上的冒险就够了。 我是累坏了，但我很高兴你发现我在你的垃圾桶里乱摸。 我想谢谢你。我回到了我的父亲和我的家人身边，最重要的是，我为自己感到骄傲：猫脸老鼠，长得像只猫。 这都要感谢你们两个，我的意大利小战士猫。 而你，小姐——”他向托托伸出一只爪子——“必须教我一些忍者的动作！“我会的！”托托说。 “我们听说伦敦是个热闹的城市，但没想到它会这么疯狂！”我们能不能先休息几个晚上再做？！”凹凸笑了。 “当然……再见。 他向他们眨了眨眼，脱帽致敬，

and headed off with a carefree walk into the dawn air, whistling as he went. The cats almost fell through the cat flap. They went straight to the kitchen, where they demolished the bowls of food left over

他一边吹着口哨，一边无忧无虑地走进黎明的空气。 猫差点从猫洞掉下去。 他们直接去了厨房，把剩下的碗都吃光了

from the night before, then padded upstairs to bed, where their parents were beginning to stir from a good night's sleep. 'You missing Italy any more, sis?' Silver said as they jumped up on to the foot of the bed. 'A bit, but you know, I think we'll fit in here just fine.' 'Me too,' said Silver. 'Night, sis...' 'Night, bro.' They fell fast asleep, curled up together, just as their parents' morning alarm went off and the lights flicked on. 'Come on, you two, up for breakfast, said Mamma. 'Toto, Silver, wakey-wakey...' 'We have the laziest cats in the world!' said Papa.

从前一天晚上开始，然后蹑手蹑脚地上楼睡觉，他们的父母正从一夜的酣睡中醒来。 “你还想念意大利吗，姐姐？ ”西尔弗说着，他们跳上了床脚。 “有点，不过你知道，我想我们会很适合这里的。“我也是，”西尔弗说。 “晚上,姐姐…“晚安，兄弟。”他们很快就睡着了，蜷缩在一起，就在他们父母的早晨闹钟响起，灯亮起的时候。 “来吧，你们两个，起来吃早饭吧，”妈妈说。 “托托，西尔弗，醒醒——醒醒……“我们家的猫是世界上最懒的！”爸爸说。

But neither cat heard. They were already dreaming about the craziest night of their short lives... Back at London Zoo, the night keepers were doing their last rounds. It had been a weird night. The animals had been making loads of noise for hours, but thankfully it was nearly the end of the keepers' shift. 'Come on, Derek, let's head back. I'm starving,' Norman said to his friend. He was looking forward to a nice fry up with lots of hot sweet tea. 'I'll be right with you, Norman. Just going to do one last check on the reptile house.' 'Right you are, well, get a move on.' Derek opened the heavy oak doors, and

但两只猫都没听见。他们已经在梦想着他们短暂生命中最疯狂的夜晚…… 回到伦敦动物园，夜班管理员正在进行最后一次巡逻。 这是一个奇怪的夜晚。 动物们已经制造了几个小时的噪音，但谢天谢地，饲养员的轮班快结束了。 “来吧，德里克，我们回去吧。 “我饿死了。”诺曼对他的朋友说。 他期待着一份美味的煎炸，配上很多热甜茶。 “我马上就来，诺曼。 我去最后检查一下爬行动物馆。“你说得对，好吧，快走吧。”德里克打开沉重的橡木门，然后

walked slowly around the reptile house, careful to keep his torchlight down so as not to wake up any of the animals. As he walked past the last tank he glanced inside, looked away, then did a double take. He rubbed his eyes and got on his walkie- talkie. 'ER... NORMAN... HOW MANY KING COBRAS ARE WE SUPPOSED TO HAVE?'

慢慢地绕着爬行动物的房子走着，小心地把火把的光压得小一点，以免吵醒任何动物。 当他走过最后一个水箱时，他向里面看了一眼，又看向别处，然后又看了两眼。 他揉了揉眼睛，拿起了对讲机。 “呃…诺曼……我们应该有多少条眼镜王蛇？”