Chapter 3

CHAPTER 3 The sleek train sped past the West London suburbs and into the rolling fields of the English countryside. As the mid-summer sun set, the gentle rocking motion of the carriage lulled Toto into a deep slumber. She fell into a dream that there was a huge plate of CAMEMBERT in front of her. The GOOEY FRENCH CHEESE had been one of her favourites,

光滑的火车疾驰而过西伦敦郊区，进入英国乡村起伏的田野。 当仲夏的太阳落山时，马车的轻柔摇晃使托托进入了沉睡。 她做了一个梦，梦见在她面前有一大盘卡门培尔干酪。 粘稠的法国奶酪是她的最爱之一，

but she hadn't been able to stomach it since her duel on board a barge full of the stuff, when she had almost been slain by ARCHDUKE FERDICAT. In her dream, the Camembert on her plate grew in size until it covered the table, then the floor. It began to ooze through the cracks in the door and the windows and it kept growing until the WHOLE ROOM was filled with the OVERWHELMING SMELL and she had to leap on to the chandelier to escape and— A jolt from the giant locomotive awoke her. She sat bolt upright, the sun now long gone, replaced by a CLOUDLESS MOONLIT SKY which illuminated the cabin and made it easier for her to get her bearings.

但自从她在一艘满载这种东西的驳船上决斗，差点被费迪卡大公杀死之后，她就再也忍受不了了。 在她的梦里，盘子里的卡门培尔奶酪越来越大，直到满了桌子，然后满了地板。 它开始从门和窗户的缝隙里渗出来，越来越大，直到整个房间都充满了难闻的气味，她只好跳到枝形吊灯上逃走——巨大的火车头猛地一震，把她惊醒了。 她笔直地坐着，太阳早已不见了，取而代之的是万里无云、月光皎洁的天空，照亮了船舱，使她更容易找到方向。

Rubbing the sleep from her eyes, she glanced over at the other bed in the berth where she could make out the shape of her brother, curled around his own bushy tail, fast asleep and SNORING GENTLY. No waking you- belly full of milk, I'd imagine, she thought. She lay back on her bed and tried to drift off again... looking out the window, up at the ceiling, and around the cabin. She could make out the shadowy shapes of the beautiful iron luggage rack above her, the white porcelain washbasin and, in the corner of the room, the tall hat stand that— Wait a minute! she thought. There was no hat stand there when I came to bed. The ninja LEAPED OUT OF HER BED

她揉了揉睡眼，瞥了一眼铺位上的另一张床，在那里她可以辨认出她哥哥的身影，蜷缩在自己毛茸茸的尾巴上，睡得很熟，轻轻地打着呼噜。 不会吵醒你的——我想肚子里满是牛奶，她想。 她躺回床上，试图再次入睡。 看看窗外，看看天花板，看看小屋。 她能辨认出头顶上漂亮的铁行李架的影子，白瓷脸盆的影子，还有房间角落里高高的帽架——等一下！她想。 当我上床时，那里没有帽子架。 忍者从床上跳了起来

just in time as the hat stand came to life and brought a lethal wooden rolling pin CRASHING down, missing Toto by a hair's breadth and SMASHING the bedside lamp. The hat stand- which, it was now obvious to Toto, was actually a GIGANTIC SIBERIAN CAT- looked down and sneered, 'I'm the ticket inspector! And it looks like you don't have a valid one to be on this train.' He cackled and took another swing at Toto's head. Once more she evaded the blow and dived across to her brother's bed, accidentally landing with one foot on his head.

就在帽架活跃起来的时候，一根致命的木擀面杖轰然落下，差一点就砸中托托，砸坏了床头的灯。 帽架——托托现在明白了，它实际上是一只巨大的西伯利亚猫——低头嘲笑道：“我是检票员！而且看来你没有有效证件可以上这列火车。”他咯咯地笑着，又朝托托的头打了一拳。 她又一次躲开了那一击，冲到哥哥的床前，不小心一只脚踩在了他的头上。