Chapter 8

CHAPTER 8 The rats who lived in the sewers on the way to St John's Wood looked on in awe as their king, his banished son and two cats slithered by at great speed... on the back of a giant snake. 'I imagine I'll have some explaining to do when I get back to Ratborough!' the king said, as he waved to his confused subjects. 'The papers will have a field day. Still, it

第八章在去圣约翰森林的路上，住在阴沟里的老鼠敬畏地看着他们的国王、他被放逐的儿子和两只猫飞快地滑过…… 在一条巨蛇的背上。 “我想，等我回到拉特伯勒，我得好好解释一番了！”国王一边向困惑的臣民挥手，一边说。 报纸们将会大做文章。 尽管如此,它

takes me back to the old days- I used these tunnels to escape after the Great Cheese Heist. Happy times! Ah, we're nearly here. Take the next left, then after ten or so metres there should be a ladder to the nearest drain. Sure enough, the king's directions were spot on, and they reached St John's Wood in no time. Under the cover of darkness, the rather odd-looking party of two cats, two rats and a snake made their way out of a drain and into the shrubbery that bordered a block of flats. Brenda was apparently being held on the second floor. 'OK, here's the plan,' said Toto. 'Silver and I will scale the wall. We'll scope the place to see if Brenda's there, then call down to you

把我带回到过去——我在奶酪大劫案后用这些隧道逃跑。 幸福时光!啊，我们快到了。 下一个路口左转，过十米左右就会有一个梯子通往最近的排水沟。 果然，国王的指示非常准确，他们很快就到达了圣约翰森林。 在夜幕的掩护下，两只猫、两只老鼠和一条蛇组成的奇怪的队伍从排水沟里出来，进入了一栋公寓楼旁边的灌木丛里。 布伦达显然被关在二楼。 “好吧，计划是这样的，”托托说。 “西尔弗和我去翻墙。 我们先搜查一下，看看布兰达在不在，然后再给你打电话

guys. Er... she won't try to eat us, will she?' 'Good point,' said Brian. 'Maybe I should come with you.' 'You can climb?' asked Silver. 'Of course, I just don't have paws, or claws, or fingers, or thumbs... but other than that... He shrugged, or he would have done, but he didn't have any shoulders. Toto and Silver started their climb. Brian wrapped himself around a drainpipe and slithered up. Before too long they'd reached a window ledge on the second floor. 'This should be it,' said Brian, peering in. They could see they were in the right place. Silver described the scene to Toto. The front room was full of row upon row of tanks containing lizards, frogs and snakes,

人。呃…她不会想吃我们的，对吧？“说得好，”布莱恩说。 “也许我应该和你一起去。“你会爬？”西尔弗问。 “当然，我只是没有爪子，没有爪子，没有手指，没有拇指…… 但除此之外……他耸了耸肩，否则他会这么做的，但他没有肩膀。 托托和西尔弗开始往上爬。 布莱恩把自己裹在排水管上，爬了上去。 没过多久，他们就来到了二楼的窗台上。 “应该就是这里了，”布莱恩说着朝里面看了看。 他们可以看到他们在正确的地方。 西尔弗向托托描述了当时的情景。 前屋摆满了一排排的水箱，里面装着蜥蜴、青蛙和蛇，

and at the very end was a big snake just like Brian, fast asleep. 'There she is. Isn't she a beauty?' sighed Brian. Silver gulped. 'Not sure I fancy going in there, sis,' he said. 'I think we might look a bit too much like breakfast.' 'We have no choice,' said Toto. She looked up and could just about make out that the top window was open. 'Look, I'll try to make it in through there, and I'll open the bottom window from the other side. Then, Brian, you go and wake Brenda up, tell her not to eat us, and we'll all get out of here. Sound like a plan?' Silver put two paws up, while Brian smiled a big, goofy, lovestruck grin, his

最后是一条像布莱恩一样的大蛇，睡得很熟。 “她来了。她不是很漂亮吗？布莱恩叹了口气。 银一饮而尽。“我不太想进去，姐姐，”他说。 “我觉得我们看起来有点太像早餐了。”“我们没有办法，”托托说。 她抬头一看，勉强能看出顶楼的窗户是开着的。 “瞧，我会设法从那里进去，然后从另一边打开底下的窗户。 然后，布莱恩，你去叫醒布兰达，告诉她不要吃我们，我们就都离开这里。 听起来像个计划吗？”西尔弗抬起两只爪子，布莱恩露出一个大大的、傻傻的、被爱情迷住的笑容，那是他的

forked tongue hanging to one side. 'Weird,' said Toto, 'but I think that's a yes. Toto climbed stealthily to the window, scrambled through and dropped silently down into the room. She couldn't see much, but the sky outside was getting brighter, which gave her just enough light to make out some shapes. So far, all was going to plan, she just had to get the bottom window open and... A light went on in the hall, and she could hear footsteps. 'Someone's coming! Hide!' she whispered to Brian and Silver. They ducked out of the way, but Toto was stranded. Quickly, she ninja-chopped the padlock of the first tank she got to, and scrambled

分叉的舌头垂向一边。 “真奇怪，”托托说，“不过我想这是对的。 托托蹑手蹑脚地爬到窗前，爬了进去，悄悄地掉到屋里去了。 她看不太清楚，但外面的天空越来越亮，这给了她足够的光线来辨认一些形状。 到目前为止，一切都在按计划进行，她只需要打开底部的窗户…… 大厅里亮起了灯，她听到了脚步声。 “有人来了!隐藏!她低声对布莱恩和西尔弗说。 他们闪开了，但是托托被困住了。 她迅速地像忍者一样砍断了她到达的第一辆坦克的挂锁，然后爬了起来