Chapter 6

CHAPTER 6 It was all going to plan. The cats had: Made it into the zoo. TICK! Survived the reptile house. BIG TICK! Not been killed and eaten by tigers. BIGGER TICK! And they knew where Brian was heading. MASSIVE TICK! Lastly, Silver had eaten an ice cream. TICKETY TICK!

第六章一切按计划进行 这些猫已经进入了动物园。 蜱虫!在爬行动物馆里活了下来。 大蜱虫!不是被老虎杀死吃掉的。 更大的蜱虫!他们知道布莱恩要去哪里。 大规模的蜱虫!最后，西尔弗吃了一个冰淇淋。 TICKETY蜱虫!

They made their way out of the zoo and down a steep slope towards the canal. The night air was freezing cold and the grass was crispy with frost under their paws, but getting warm was the last thing on their minds- they had a snake to catch! Before too long, they came to the sewer entrance. Neither Toto nor Silver really fancied going down there- it sounded like it was smelly, dirty and wet. And ever since

他们走出动物园，沿着陡坡朝运河走去。 夜晚的空气很冷，草地很脆，脚掌下结了霜，但他们根本不想暖和起来——他们有一条蛇要抓！没过多久，他们来到了下水道入口。 托托和西尔弗都不太想下去——听起来那里又臭又脏又湿。 从那以后

they'd found out where Brian was heading, Catface had been as quiet as a dormouse. 'Listen, chaps, Catface suddenly spoke up, looking nervous. 'There's something I've been meaning to tell you. We're about to enter a lair of rats. They'll be everywhere down there and they'll be scared of you, because you're cats. But not me... because they know me... because... I'm from there, because... I'm not exactly a cat, I'm more, how can I put it? Well. I'M A RAT.'

他们发现了布莱恩要去的地方，猫脸却像睡鼠一样安静。 “听着，伙计们，”猫脸突然开口，显得很紧张。 “有件事我一直想告诉你。 我们要进入一个老鼠窝了。 他们会到处都是，他们会害怕你们，因为你们是猫。 但不是我……因为他们了解我…… 因为…我来自那里，因为…… 我不完全是一只猫，我更像是，怎么说呢？ 好。我是一只老鼠。”

Toto stared, her mouth wide open. Silver did a backwards somersault. 'I knew it- I just knew it! You can't jump, you have funny teeth and you are way too weird for a cat. What happens now? Do we eat him?' 'No, we DO NOT eat him, Toto said. 'Catface, what are you talking about?' 'Well, as you know my nickname is Catface. It was given to me by my family, but not in a nice way. It's because I look so much like a cat and no one knows why. My real name is Alexandre Rattinoff- Alexandre after the man who discovered the Black Plague. Which, by the way, wasn't our fault, it was those pesky fleas. And the surname is RATtinoff, see...' 'Riflight, said Toto. 'But why do you

托托瞪着眼睛，嘴巴张得大大的。 西尔弗向后翻了一个筋斗。 “我就知道——我就是知道！”你不会跳，你的牙齿很奇怪，而且你对猫来说太奇怪了。 现在发生了什么？我们要吃他吗？“不，我们不吃它，”托托说。 “猫脸，你在说什么？”“嗯，你知道我的外号叫猫脸。” 这是我的家人给我的，但不是一种好的方式。 因为我长得太像只猫了，没人知道为什么。 我的真名是亚历山大·拉蒂诺夫——亚历山大以发现黑死病的人命名。 顺便说一句，那不是我们的错，是那些讨厌的跳蚤。 姓氏是RATtinoff，你看……”“是呀，”托托说。 “可你为什么……

live your life as a cat?' 'It's very simple, and also a bit complicated. I am from rat royalty- you can trace my family back to 1665. They survived the Great Fire of London, and since then the Rattinoffs have ruled Rat London, along with five other rat families, and I am the rightful heir to the throne. Unfortunately, I was far from welcome in polite rat society. Imagine! The heir born looking like our sworn enemy. To my father I was a disgrace, so I started leaving the sewers and coming up here, and I realised that I quite liked it. No one thought I was a rat. I was treated as one of them- one of you! I got to hang around street corners, I learnt to do a pretty decent meow, and everyone seemed to like

像猫一样生活？“很简单，也有点复杂。” 我来自鼠王族——你可以把我的家族追溯到1665年。 他们在伦敦大火中幸存了下来，从那以后，Rattinoffs家族和其他五个鼠族一起统治了鼠族伦敦，而我是合法的王位继承人。 不幸的是，在彬彬有礼的老鼠社会里，我一点也不受欢迎。 想象一下!继承人一出生就像我们的死敌。 对我父亲来说，我是一个耻辱，所以我开始离开下水道来到这里，我意识到我很喜欢这里。 没人认为我是叛徒。 我被当作他们中的一员——你们中的一员！我在街角转悠，学会了得体地喵喵叫，每个人似乎都很喜欢

me, so eventually I just became...' 'A cat,' said Toto. 'Exactly, said Catface. 'But when my father heard I was friends with the enemy, bringing shame on our good name, I was banished for good. And now I have to go down there and face him again. But there's a King Cobra on the loose, who just happens to love eating rats, and I do still love my family, so I guess I've got no choice. Are you still with me?' 'Of course we are, said Toto. 'Until a couple of hours ago we didn't really know anyone in this town. Now we couldn't imagine living anywhere else. That's down to you! Rat or cat, you're our friend, Catface ...or should we call you Alex?'

所以最后我变成了…“一只猫，”托托说。 “没错。”猫脸说。但当我父亲听说我与敌人为友，给我们的好名声蒙羞时，我就被永远驱逐了。 现在我得去那里再次面对他。 但有只眼镜王蛇在外面游荡，它碰巧喜欢吃老鼠，而我仍然爱我的家人，所以我想我别无选择。 你还在听我说吗？”“当然了，”托托说。 “直到几个小时前，我们才真正认识这个镇上的任何人。 现在我们无法想象住在别的地方。 这取决于你！不管是老鼠还是猫，你都是我们的朋友，猫脸……或者我们应该叫你亚历克斯？”