Chapter 4

CHAPTER 4 'BRIAN? ESCAPED? BRIAN? HOW CAN THIS BE? IT'S IMPOSSIBLE!' ranted Catface, his face sheet-white. Toto and Silver looked at each other blankly. Brian? 'This is a disaster! We'll have to evacuate the whole of Camden now!' Catface continued. 'Thank you, Robert. Best of luck, eh. Are you heading out of town?'

第四章布莱恩？逃脱吗? 布莱恩?这怎么可能呢？这是不可能的!猫脸怒吼道，脸色惨白。 托托和西尔弗茫然地面面相觑。 布莱恩?“这是一场灾难！”我们现在必须疏散整个卡姆登！”凹凸继续说。 “谢谢你，罗伯特。祝你好运。 你要出城吗？”

'Don't worry about me,' chirped Robert. 'I've got these bad boys,' he said, flapping his wings. 'I can fly- Brian can't. It's you guys who need to worry- he'll be coming this way for sure. I'm off to squawk at more animals!' 'This is bad, kids, as bad as it gets,' said Catface. 'We are in deep doo-doo.' Silver fell about laughing. 'Deep doo-doo! Brilliant. Toto, he said DOO-DOO!' 'My friends, you don't understand,' said Catface. 'We have to get you two safely home. Then I must be on my way, back to

“别为我担心，”罗伯特叽叽喳喳地说。 “我抓住了这些坏孩子。”他一边说，一边拍打着翅膀。 “我会飞——布莱恩不会。你们需要担心的是——他肯定会朝这边来的。 我要去和更多的动物尖叫了！“糟透了，孩子们，糟透了。”猫脸说。 “我们陷入了深深的困境。”西尔弗大笑起来。 “大麻烦!辉煌。托托，他说嘟嘟！“我的朋友们，你们不明白，”猫脸说。 “我们得把你们俩安全送回家。 那我一定是在回去的路上了

my family to warn them, and then I think I might make for the country... high ground -Scotland, perhaps. I've got more family there. I can get the morning train and be there by lunchtime...' 'I'm sorry,' said Toto, 'but WHO IS BRIAN? And why is everyone so scared of someone called... Brian?' 'Listen very carefully,' said Catface. 'You have no idea what Brian is capable of. He's clever, he's silent, and he is almost impossible for humans to catch. Brian is the stuff of legend, a ghost story that mummy animals tell their kids to make them behave. "'If you don't eat all your dinner, Brian will come and gobble you up." Only it's not a made-up story, it's true! If he

我的家人警告他们，然后我想我可能会回到这个国家…… 高地——也许是苏格兰。 我在那里有更多的家人。 我可以搭早班火车，在午餐时间赶到那里。“我很抱歉，”托托说，“但是谁是布莱恩？” 为什么每个人都这么害怕一个叫… 布莱恩?“仔细听着，”猫脸说。 “你根本不知道布莱恩能干出什么来。 他很聪明，很沉默，而且人类几乎不可能抓到他。 布莱恩是传说中的人物，是动物妈妈告诉孩子们让他们听话的鬼故事。 “如果你不吃完你的晚餐，布莱恩会来把你吃掉的。” 只不过这不是杜撰的故事，这是真的！如果他

comes this way, which he will, as there are so many of us to... gobble... we're all doomed. We have to get you inside.' 'But what is Brian?' asked Toto. 'Brian,' sighed Catface, 'is a snake. And no ordinary snake... He is the famous King Cobra of London Zoo, one of the deadliest snakes in the world. Everyone has feared this day from the moment he was given a home there. Now that he has escaped, he will eat whatever he finds: birds, snakes, you, me. He will then try to mate and have babies—' 'UGH, GROSS!' exclaimed Silver. 'Thanks for that,' continued Catface. 'If he finds a lady cobra, and there are

从这边来，他会的，因为我们这么多人…… 吞噬……我们都完蛋了。 我们得把你弄进去。“但布莱恩是什么？”托托问。 “布莱恩，”猫脸叹道，“是条蛇。 而且不是普通的蛇……他是伦敦动物园著名的眼镜王蛇，是世界上最致命的蛇之一。 从他在那里安家的那一刻起，每个人都在担心这一天。 现在他已经逃走了，他会吃他找到的一切：鸟，蛇，你，我。 然后他会尝试交配并生孩子——”“呃，恶心！西尔弗叫道。 “谢谢你。”猫脸继续说。 “如果他找到一条眼镜蛇，确实有

many in captivity around London, they will have forty or fifty babies, and do you know who they will eat? ALL OF US.' 'But... he's called Brian. He doesn't sound that scary,' said Silver. 'I know, replied Catface. 'It's a ridiculous name. I'm sure it was given to him to make him sound a bit cuddly and friendly, two things he absolutely isn't. Now, back to your house, you two, and don't come out again until he is caught. 'You said he's impossible for humans to catch. Why don't we have a go?' asked Toto. 'Have you taken leave of your senses?' asked Catface. 'He's one of the most dangerous animals on the planet, and you want to go off on some adventure to find

许多被囚禁在伦敦周围，他们会生四五十个孩子，你知道他们会吃谁吗？ 我们所有人。“但是……他叫布莱恩。 “他听起来没那么可怕。”西尔弗说。 “我知道，”猫脸回答。“这是个可笑的名字。 我敢肯定，给他注射这种药是为了让他听起来有点可爱和友好，但他绝对不是。 现在，你们两个回你们的房子去，在抓住他之前不要再出来。 “你说过人类不可能抓到他。 我们为什么不试试呢？托托问。 “你疯了吗？”猫脸问。 “它是这个星球上最危险的动物之一，你想去冒险寻找它

him? And just suppose we do track him down, what then? I can't fight him- no one can. We have to get to safety now! They trudged back to the house where they had started their night-time adventure only a few hours before. Catface was about to help them over the gate, when Toto turned around, a steely look in her eye. 'Listen,' said Toto. 'This is your home, right? If you run now, you'll never come back. We've just got here, and we love it already. Yes, it's a bit cold, and your pasta is nowhere near as good as ours, but look at this street. All the animals live happily alongside each other. This is our home and I for one want to fight for it. So I'm not running away—'

他吗?假设我们真的找到他了，然后呢？ 我打不过他，没人能。 我们现在必须去安全的地方！他们艰难地回到几小时前刚刚开始夜间冒险的房子。 猫脸正要帮助他们越过大门，托托转过身来，眼睛里有一种钢铁般的神情。 “听着，”托托说。“这是你的家，对吗？” 如果你现在跑，你就再也不会回来了。 我们刚到这里，就已经爱上这里了。 是的，有点冷，你们的意大利面也远不如我们的好吃，但看看这条街。 所有的动物都幸福地生活在一起。 这是我们的家，我想为之奋斗。 所以我没有逃跑——”