Chapter 3

CHAPTER 3 'I didn't know London was so big!' said Toto, as they ambled down a side street near Whitehall, just by the Houses of Parliament. 'My dear, replied Catface, 'we've barely scratched the surface. We'll have to make this a regular outing. It would be my pleasure. As they turned into an otherwise quiet street, Silver noticed a lot of parked cars and men in uniform milling around.

第三章我不知道伦敦这么大！当他们沿着白厅附近的一条小街走下去，就在议会大厦旁边的时候，托托说道。 “亲爱的，”猫脸回答，“我们才刚刚触及皮毛。 我们得把这当成定期出游。 这是我的荣幸。当他们拐进一条原本安静的街道时，西尔弗注意到许多停着的汽车和穿制服的人在周围转来转去。

'Where are we now, Catface?' he asked. 'This all looks pretty important.' 'Indeed,' said Catface. 'This is 10 Downing Street, the home of the human Prime Minister- the person in charge of the whole country! Before I take you home I want to introduce you to a dear friend of mine. Now, hop up on that ledge so none of these fine police officers see us. They get a bit funny about loads of cats around here!

“我们现在在哪儿，猫脸？”他问。 “这一切看起来都很重要。“是啊，”猫脸说。 “这是唐宁街10号，人类首相的家——掌管整个国家的人！”在我带你回家之前，我想把你介绍给我的一个好朋友。 现在，跳到窗台上别让这些好警察看到我们。 他们对这里的一大堆猫感到有点好笑！

The narrow ledge was about two floors up and ran the length of the houses in the street. For humans it would have been a big climb and a big drop- for cats it was a piece of cake. They walked along it till they were almost over the door of 10 Downing Street itself. Toto and Silver were working out how to jump down, when ahead of them Catface suddenly lost his footing and slipped, hurtling towards the ground. 'Toto!' Silver cried. 'Now would be a very good time to show off your ninj—' But his sister had already disappeared into the darkness below.

狭窄的窗台大约有两层楼高，和街上的房子一样长。 对人类来说，这可能是一次大的攀登和大的跌落，而对猫来说，这是小菜一碟。 他们沿着这条路走，一直走到唐宁街10号的门口。 托托和西尔弗正在想办法跳下去，就在他们前面，猫脸突然失去了立足点，滑了一跤，朝地面冲去。 “托托!”银哭了。“现在正是展示你的ninj的好时机——”但是他的妹妹已经消失在下面的黑暗中了。

Toto knew that a) she was in a really bad mood with her brother for mentioning the NINJ word and b) she'd better hurry, as Catface was about to get squished. Luckily (although for a ninja, luck wasn't too necessary), she could just make out his shape, and more importantly, she could hear the almighty scream coming from his mouth. Toto caught up with Catface a metre or so off the ground and positioned her body so that she'd take the brunt of the fall.

托托知道，a)她对哥哥提起NINJ这个词很生气，b)她最好快点，猫脸就要被压扁了。 幸运的是（虽然对于忍者来说，运气不是太必要），她能辨认出他的形状，更重要的是，她能听到他嘴里发出的强大的尖叫声。 托托在离地面一米左右的地方追上了猫脸，并调整了自己的身体，这样她就能承受掉下来的冲击力。

Then, just as they were about to hit the ground, and the thought of Catface landing on her wasn't exactly top of Toto's wish list, she effortlessly pushed him off. He landed safely in a pile of leaves, while she landed nimbly on her feet.

然后，就在他们要着地的时候，猫脸落在她身上的想法并不是托托最希望看到的，她毫不费力地把猫脸推了下来。 他安全地落在一堆树叶上，而她则灵活地站了起来。

'Well, that was rather SPECTACULAR,' said a white and grey tabby cat, who was leaning against the door of Number 10, a martini glass full of milk in his paw and a bowler hat at a jaunty angle on his head. 'Catface, my dear friend, you do know how to make an entrance!' Catface brushed himself down and tried to regain some composure. 'Just a slip, my good chum. Happens all the... er... time.' 'Hmm, just as well this young lady was on hand to save the day, hey? So, aren't you going to introduce us?' said the tabby cat. 'Of course! It's the reason we're here!' replied Catface. 'Allow me to present two young friends of mine, recently moved here from Puglia in Italy, from smashing families

一只白灰相间的虎斑猫倚在唐宁街10号的门上说：“嗯，那真是太壮观了。”它的爪子端着一杯装满牛奶的马提尼酒，头上神气十足地歪戴着一顶圆顶礼帽。 “猫脸，我亲爱的朋友，你真会插嘴！”猫脸掸了掸身上的毛，试图恢复镇静。 “只是一个疏忽，我的好朋友。 经常发生……呃…时间。“嗯，幸亏有这位年轻的女士在身边，挽救了局面，是吗？” 你不给我们介绍一下吗？虎斑猫说。 “当然!这就是我们在这里的原因！猫脸回答。 请允许我介绍我的两位年轻朋友，他们刚从意大利普利亚搬到这里，他们的家庭四分五裂