Chapter 5

CHAPTER 5 There were no street lamps in the zoo, so only the moon and stars lit up the cold night sky. The cats stuck to the shadows as they tiptoed past the African Bird Safari and the Gorilla Kingdom. Toto didn't fancy coming face-to-face with a huge silverback gorilla, even though Catface had assured her they actually posed no danger to a little Italian cat.

动物园里没有路灯，只有月亮和星星照亮了寒冷的夜空。 当他们蹑手蹑脚走过非洲鸟类野生动物园和大猩猩王国时，猫们躲在阴影里。 托托不喜欢与一只巨大的银背大猩猩面对面，尽管猫脸向她保证，它们实际上对一只小意大利猫没有威胁。

Better safe than sorry, thought Toto, as they skirted round the bend. Then, looming out of the darkness, there it was: the entrance to Tiger Territory, marked by a wooden arch emblazoned with a picture of a tiger. Its hard stare seemed to be looking right at them.

他们绕过弯道的时候，托托想，安全总比遗憾好。 然后，从黑暗中隐约出现了：老虎领地的入口，标志是一个装饰着老虎图片的木制拱门。 它那严厉的目光似乎正盯着他们。

'Here we are,' said Catface in a small voice. 'Let's do this. Then we can find Silver and get out of here.' 'Catface... um... how exactly should we do this?' Toto asked. 'Well,' said Catface, 'if by some miracle we don't get torn to shreds in the next thirty seconds, I suggest we show respect by making sure we're lower than them. And bow. They like bowing.' 'That shouldn't be too hard,' Toto replied as she jumped up on to the roof of the enclosure. 'They're going to be quite a lot bigger than us!' Catface was struggling to jump high enough. He's really bad at jumping for a cat,

“我们到了。”猫脸小声说。 “我们开始吧。然后我们就能找到小银，离开这里。“畸形…… 嗯…我们到底应该怎么做？”托托问道。 “好吧，”猫脸说，“如果我们在接下来的三十秒内没有奇迹般地被撕成碎片，我建议我们表示尊重，确保我们比他们低。 和弓。他们喜欢鞠躬。“这不会太难的，”托托回答说，她跳上了围栏的屋顶。 “它们会比我们大得多！”猫脸挣扎着要跳得足够高。 他真的不擅长为猫跳跃，

thought Toto, but he did have that big meal out of our bins earlier, plus all the food on our tour of London. Perhaps he's still a bit full? Eventually Catface made it on to the roof, then they both jumped down as silently as possible into the long grass and started walking slowly through the undergrowth. After a minute or two they heard something- faint at first, but getting louder as they drew closer. 'Strange,' whispered Catface. 'Doesn't sound like a tiger.' 'That's because it isn't. IT'S SILVER!' Toto set off at a run through the undergrowth until she reached a clearing. She could just about make out Silver, clinging to the top of a giant pole.

托托想，但他之前确实从我们的垃圾桶里拿了一顿大餐，加上我们在伦敦旅行时吃的所有食物。 也许他还是有点饱？ 猫脸终于爬上了屋顶，然后他们俩尽可能不出声地跳到长长的草丛里，开始在灌木丛中慢慢地走着。 过了一两分钟，他们听到了什么声音——起初很微弱，但越靠近越响。 “奇怪。”猫脸小声说。 “听起来不像老虎。””“那是因为它不是。 这是银!”托托跑过矮树丛，跑到一块空地上。 她几乎能认出西尔弗，他紧紧抓住一根大柱子的顶端。

'What are you doing up there? Get down now!' Toto hissed. 'Have you any idea how dangerous this is? Don't you know where you are?' 'Yes, thanks for stating the obvious, sis,' Silver called down. 'I'm really sorry- I just saw the raw meat up here and went for it. I didn't know it belonged to... you know... them! He gestured behind Toto and Catface with his paw. They both turned, knowing full well what was behind them, but praying that Silver might just be mistaken...

“你在上面干什么？” 马上趴下！”托托发出嘘嘘的声音。 “你知道这有多危险吗？” 你不知道你在哪里吗？“是的，谢谢你这么说，姐姐，”西尔弗朝下喊道。 “我真的很抱歉——我刚看到这里有生肉，就拿了下来。” 我不知道它属于…… 你知道的…他们!他在托托和猫脸背后用爪子做了个手势。 两人都转过身来，心里很清楚身后是什么，但还是祈祷西尔弗搞错了……

Keep cool, Toto told herself. You're a ninja, remember. Silver wasn't mistaken. Hungry? Yes. Greedy? A bit. Foolish? Definitely. But there was nothing wrong with Silver's eyesight. Toto could make out two enormous shadows in the moonlight, stalking slowly and deliberately towards them. The tigers broke through the long grass and stood majestically before them, two sets of bright fiery eyes shining in the darkness. 'Er, now might be a good time to bow,' said Catface. Toto swept one paw and stooped low, as if she was bowing in front of the queen. 'Let me handle this, little one. Catface cleared his throat, took off his hat and made

保持冷静，托托告诉自己。 记住，你是忍者。西尔弗没有弄错。 饿了吗?是。贪婪?一点。 愚蠢的?肯定。但是西尔弗的视力并没有问题。 托托在月光下可以看见两个巨大的影子，慢慢地、不慌不忙地向他们走来。 老虎从茂密的草丛中突围出来，威严地站在他们面前，两双炯炯有神的眼睛在黑暗中闪闪发光。 “嗯，现在也许是鞠躬的好时机。”猫脸说。 托托抬起一只爪子，弯下腰，好像在王后面前鞠躬似的。 “让我来处理吧，小家伙。 猫脸清了清嗓子，摘下帽子，做了个动作