Chapter 7

CHAPTER 7 Slowly and methodically, the cats lowered themselves down from the rooftop. Catface almost slipped a couple of times, so Toto helped him out, but it was clear his balance had improved a lot during his training with Brenda.

第七章猫们慢慢地、有条不紊地从屋顶上下来。 猫脸几乎滑了几次，所以托托帮助他，但很明显，在布伦达的训练中，他的平衡能力有了很大的提高。

When they hit the ground, they hid in the shadows to get their bearings. 'OK Catface, where now?' Toto asked. 'My instinct says this way,' he said, pointing to the right where row after row of old warehouses jutted out into the river. 'My father used to bring me here all the time when he was smuggling cheese himself back in the day. If we get challenged remember to act, well, you know, CUT-THROATY: Unfortunately, as they slunk around the corner trying to look as cut-throaty as possible, they came face-to-face with an enormous, growling, salivating, ferocious, and worryingly HUNGRY-LOOKING Doberman dog.

当他们落地后，他们躲在阴影里确定方位。 “好了，猫脸，现在去哪儿？”托托问道。 “我的直觉告诉我是这样的，”他指着右边的地方说，那里一排又一排的旧仓库伸出河中。 “我父亲以前走私奶酪的时候总是带我来这里。 如果我们受到挑战，记得要表现得，嗯，你知道的，凶狠：不幸的是，当他们偷偷溜过角落，试图让自己看起来尽可能凶狠时，他们遇到了一只巨大的、咆哮着、流口水的、凶猛的、看起来饿得令人担忧的杜宾狗。

'No one move a muscle,' whispered Silver, although there was no danger of that for Catface. He looked like he'd been frozen into a rat statue! 'I don't recognise you rapscallions, the beast growled, her eyes narrowing. She looked like she wanted to devour them. 'Tell me, What's the best way to enjoy NORWEGIAN PRAWNS?' 'Err,' Silver spluttered. He turned to see if his sister had an answer to this strange question, but there was no one in the place she'd been standing half a second ago.

“谁也不许动，”西尔弗小声说，虽然猫脸没有危险。 他看起来就像被冻成了一个老鼠雕像！“我不认识你们这些流氓，”那畜生咆哮着，眼睛眯了起来。 她看起来想把它们吞了。 “告诉我，吃挪威虾的最好方法是什么？”“呃。”西尔弗气急冲冲地说。 他转过身来，想看看妹妹是否能回答这个奇怪的问题，但她半秒钟前站的地方一个人也没有。

Instead, there was a whirl of black and brown fur whizzing past his ear, as Toto launched herself right at the dog's fearsome jaws. 'Wait, Toto, DON'T!' Catface shouted, aghast. But it was too late, the little ninja's back foot connected with the big dog and shot her back through a crate of wooden pallets knocking her clean out. 'Have you lost your mind, Catface?' asked Silver. 'That thing was going to kill us.' 'Actually, I rather think she wasn't, Catface replied as the group gathered around the passed-out dog. 'That was the code question for our undercover police force. Oh, if only I'd realised sooner... she's on our side!'

相反，当托托扑向狗可怕的下巴时，一团黑棕色的皮毛在他耳边呼啸而过。 “等等，托托，不要！”猫脸叫道，吓呆了。 但是已经太迟了，小忍者的后脚碰到了大狗，把它射穿了一个木托盘箱，把它打晕了。 “你疯了吗，猫脸？”西尔弗问。 “那东西会要了我们的命。“事实上，我觉得她不是，”猫脸回答道，这时大家都围在那条昏倒的狗身边。 这是我们便衣警察的暗号问题。 哦，要是我早点意识到就好了…… 她站在我们这边！”

Catface shook the dog gently to try and revive her. 'Mayo- the best way to enjoy Norwegian prawns is with mayo!' he muttered. 'Oh no, we're not working with A DOG!' moaned Silver. 'Listen- I might be greedy. And you, Catface, are quite vain. 'Well you do have me there, admitted Catface.

猫脸轻轻地摇了摇狗，想使她苏醒过来。 “蛋黄酱——挪威大虾最好的吃法就是配蛋黄酱！”他喃喃地说。 “哦，不，我们不是在和狗一起工作！”西尔弗呻吟道。 “听着——我可能很贪婪。 而你，猫脸，太自负了。 “好吧，你说得对，猫脸承认。

'But,' continued Silver, 'dogs are idiots, they simply can't be trusted. They're too EXCITABLE, they LICK EVERYONE, and frankly, they SMELL. We cannot buddy up with a dog on Toto's first mission.' 'Well it might be YOUR first mission, but let me assure you it's NOT mine,' the Doberman retorted, catching them all by surprise as she sat up and rubbed her head. 'So, if you'd be so kind, please don't do that again, it really hurt.' 'Sorry about that, the training kicked in, said Toto. 'No hard feelings. I'm sorry about the whole "grr, angry dog thing"- you gave me a start when you came around the corner. I'm undercover, so got to stay in character and

“但是，”西尔弗继续说，“狗是白痴，它们根本不值得信任。 他们太兴奋了，他们舔每个人，坦率地说，他们很臭。 我们不能在托托的第一次任务中和狗狗搭档。“好吧，这可能是你们的第一次任务，但我向你们保证，这不是我的。”杜宾狗反驳道，她坐起来揉了揉头，吓了大家一跳。 “所以，如果你能好心一点，请不要再这样做了，真的很痛。”“对不起，训练开始了。”托托说。 “别生气。我很抱歉我刚才说的“哎呀，愤怒的狗”——你从拐角处过来的时候吓了我一跳。 我是卧底，所以得保持角色