Chapter 4

CHAPTER 4 The rest of the night passed uneventfully, and Toto was even able to get a couple of hours sleep.

第四章这一夜的其余时间平安无事地过去了，托托甚至还能睡上两个钟头。

The cats woke to Catface knocking gently on their door, bringing them each a mug of warm milk. As the sun rose over the West Country fields, they felt the train start to slow and eventually it hissed to a stop. THEY HAD REACHED OTTERVIL! 'Righty-ho, my friends.' Catface slapped his knees. 'We must be hasty with our ablutions, our transport to the festival awaits!' Minutes later, the small felines and their friend hopped off the train, and it pulled away in a cloud of dust, leaving a platform full of animals of all shapes and sizes to file out of the quaint, red-brick station, where A FLEET OF SHETLAND PONIES decked in white and yellow flowers were waiting to

猫醒了，猫脸轻轻地敲着他们的门，给他们每人端来一杯热牛奶。 当太阳从西乡村的田野升起时，他们感到火车开始减速，最后嘶嘶地停了下来。 他们到了水獭村！“对了，朋友们。”猫脸拍了拍膝盖。 “我们必须赶快洗个澡，我们要坐车去过节了！”几分钟后，这两只小猫和它们的朋友跳下火车，火车在一团灰尘中开走了，站台上满是各种形状和大小的动物，它们排队离开这个古色古香的红砖车站，一群戴着白色和黄色花朵的设得兰小马正在那里等着

transport the festivalgoers to site. Jonny and the band had already been whisked away by his security and were making their way to the festival in true rock-star style, flown by air in woven baskets carried by serious-looking common buzzards. 'Now, our lift should be along any minute ...Ah, here we are, right on cue!' Catface took off his hat and waved at the strange sight coming into view. A huge powerful St Bernard dog was towing what looked like a BACK-TO- FRONT WHEELBARROW, ridden by an otter wearing a blue and white checked neck scarf. 'Lutra!' Catface cried. 'Over here!'

运送参加节日的人到现场。 乔尼和他的乐队已经被他的保安带走了，他们正以真正的摇滚明星的方式前往音乐节，他们被装在编织的篮子里，由一副严肃的普通秃鹫抬着。 “好了，我们的电梯随时都可能来……啊，我们来了，来得正是时候！”猫脸脱下帽子，对眼前出现的奇怪景象挥了挥手。 一只巨大而有力的圣伯纳犬正拖着一辆看起来像前后手推车的东西，骑着它的是一只戴着蓝白格子围巾的水獭。 “Lutra !”凹凸哭了。“在这里!”

'Catface, my dear friend, so good to see you,' the otter called, as she dismounted the wheelbarrow. 'And, finally, I get to meet the two cats you've been telling me so much about. Toto and Silver, welcome to CATSTONBURY! It's such a pleasure to have you with us this weekend.' She hugged the cats warmly. 'SO THAT IS AN OTTER!' whispered Toto to her brother. 'I've never smelled a scent

“猫脸，我亲爱的朋友，见到你真高兴，”水獭叫道，她从小推车上下来。 “最后，我终于可以见到你一直跟我提起的那两只猫了。 托托和西尔弗，欢迎来到卡斯顿伯里！很高兴这个周末你能和我们在一起。”她热情地拥抱着猫。 “原来那是一只水獭！”托托低声对她哥哥说。 “我从来没有闻到过气味

quite like it... a little bit of fast-flowing river with a dash of earthy woodiness- lovely? Silver leaned in close to add quietly, 'Oh yeah, the hair, the fur, those eyes- she's really pretty. I think Catface might have the hots for her!' 'Let's get going, I don't want you guys to miss a thing.' Lutra helped the cats to clamber into the wheelbarrow and called out, 'Full steam ahead, Gregory!' 'All right, all right, I'll go as fast as I can. The long-suffering St Bernard winked at the cats. The guests settled into the cushioned barrow and felt the warm country breeze in their whiskers as they trundled along the lanes that led to the festival and- hopefully -a weekend of excitement.

非常喜欢……一点点湍急的河流带着一丝质朴的森林气息——可爱吗？ 西尔弗凑近一点，平静地补充说：“哦，是啊，她的头发，皮毛，那双眼睛——她真的很漂亮。 我想猫脸可能看上她了！“我们走吧，我不想让你们错过任何事情。”卢特拉扶着猫爬上手推车，大声喊道：“全速前进，格里高利！”“好吧，好吧，我尽可能快地去。” 长期受苦的圣伯纳犬对猫眨了眨眼睛。 客人们在铺着软垫的手推车里坐下来，感受着胡须上温暖的乡村微风，他们沿着通往音乐节的小路漫步，希望这是一个激动人心的周末。

Toto started to relax. She tried to put the incident on the train behind her. With all the crimes she had solved in the last six months there could be scores of baddies looking to get even. Maybe it had nothing to do with Jonny. She told herself to forget about the pampered rock star, and resolved to focus on having a couple of days of FUN. The annual animal music festival of Catstonbury had been held on the same site down in the West Country for nearly fifty years. Started by Lutra's grandad, her parents had picked up the baton and, for the last five years, the young otter herself had taken the reins. As otters had founded it, the festival had originally been called Otterfest. It was a place

托托开始放松下来。她试图把火车上发生的事抛诸脑后。 在过去的六个月里，她破获了那么多案件，可能会有很多坏人想报复她。 也许这和乔尼无关。 她告诉自己忘掉那个被宠坏的摇滚明星，决心专注于享受几天的乐趣。 一年一度的卡斯顿伯里动物音乐节在西部乡村的同一地点举行了近50年。 从Lutra的爷爷开始，她的父母拿起了接力棒，在过去的五年里，小水獭自己掌权。 由于是水獭们创立的，这个节日最初被称为水獭节。 那是一个地方