Chapter 1

CHAPTER 1 'RATTY DAYS ARE HEEERRREEE AGAIIINNNNNNNN, yes they are, yes they are, oooohhhh bbbabyyy!' the singer blasted out, as he finished his set with a bow. 'You've been a great audience, thank you and good night!' he called to the wild crowd.

第1章肮脏的日子又来了，是的，是的，是的，宝贝！这位歌手在结束了他的表演后大声说道。 “你们是伟大的观众，谢谢你们，晚安！”他向狂乱的人群喊道。

'CATFACE, CATFACE, CATFACE! they chanted, as he wiped the sweat from his brow, waved to the adoring throng one last time and made his way off stage. TOTO THE NINJA CAT and the gang had come to see their friend play at the legendary PAWS ROBINSON JAZZ AND MILK BAR IN SOHO IN LONDON. All the hippest cats, dogs, ferrets, foxes and even pigeons were here tonight. Paws Robinson welcomed every kind of animal- you just had to be cool, which meant: be true to your animal self; no cat or any other kind of fights; love your neighbour; and love your music. This was certainly the place to be. Toto was enjoying the last night off she'd be having for a while. Tomorrow some human diplomats would be arriving from France, and their animal equivalents would be coming with them. So, she'd be on duty looking after the FRENCH ANIMAL AMBASSADOR Monsieur Raton Laveur.

“猫脸，猫脸，猫脸！”当他擦去额头上的汗水，最后一次向崇拜的人群挥手，然后离开舞台时，他们高呼着口号。 忍者猫托托和他的朋友们来到伦敦苏活区著名的爪子罗宾逊爵士和牛奶酒吧看他们的朋友表演。 所有最时髦的猫，狗，雪貂，狐狸，甚至鸽子今晚都在这里。 爪子罗宾逊欢迎每一种动物——你只需要保持冷静，这意味着：忠于你的动物自我；没有猫或任何其他类型的打架；爱你的邻居；热爱你的音乐。 这当然是该去的地方。 托托正在享受这最后一个可以休息的夜晚。 明天会有一些人类外交官从法国来，他们的动物代表也会来。 所以，她将值班照顾法国动物大使拉顿·拉沃尔先生。

For Toto and her boss, Larry, babysitting animal diplomats would be an easy security assignment, and after all the adventures she'd had since becoming a fully fledged NINJA CAT, 'easy' sounded just fine. Catface had made his way down the stairs at the side of the stage, and was weaving his way across the floor to where his friends were seated at a candle-lit table. Dressed in a black roll-neck sweater and a midnight- blue velvet jacket, topped off with a beret and dark shades, he certainly looked the part of a jazz crooner! Around the table with Toto were: Her cheeky, but brave and loyal brother Silver, who, because Toto was almost totally blind, acted as her eyes and considered himself to be her deputy- even though he unintentionally caused as many problems as he solved!

对于托托和她的老板拉里来说，照看动物外交官将是一项简单的安全任务，在她成为一只成熟的忍者猫之后经历了所有的冒险之后，“简单”听起来还不错。 猫脸从舞台边上走下楼梯，穿过舞池，向他的朋友们走去，他们坐在一张点着蜡烛的桌子旁。 他穿着一件黑色翻领毛衣和一件午夜蓝色的天鹅绒夹克，戴着贝雷帽和深色墨镜，看起来确实像一个爵士歌手！和托托一起坐在桌子旁的是：托托的哥哥西尔弗，他厚脸皮，但勇敢而忠诚，因为托托几乎完全失明了，他充当了托托的眼睛，把自己当作她的代理人——尽管他无意中造成的问题和他解决的问题一样多！

Her newly adopted brother Socks, who'd joined the family from Battersea Dogs & Cats Home, although he still kept in touch with his gang of street urchins: the Battersea Bruisers Toto's boss Larry, head of the UK branch of the Ancient Order of International Ninja Cats And their police dog friend, sheila snarlingfoot, who was head of Criminal Investigation Animals (CIA) and had been put in charge of planning security during the ambassador's visit As Catface slid into a chair, a huge, fluffy, brown-and- red cat wearing a fedora hat appeared behind him.

她新收养的弟弟索克斯从巴特西猫狗之家加入了这个家庭，尽管他仍然和他的街头顽童们保持着联系。“猫脸”的老板、“国际忍者猫古代骑士团”英国分会的会长拉里和他们的警犬朋友希拉·斯纳林富特。希拉曾是美国刑事调查动物局（CIA）的局长，在大使来访期间负责安全计划。“猫脸”坐到椅子上时，一只戴着软呢帽的棕红色大猫出现在他身后。

'Catface, my friend, THAT WAS IMMENSE... wild set, he drawled in an American accent. Everyone gasped as they realised it was the legendary PAWS ROBINSON HIMSELF! He was the owner of the club and was one of the finest cat jazz musicians in the world. 'Y'all must come round again some time so I can have dinner with this crazy gang of misfits,' he said, and then put a huge, warm paw on Toto's shoulder.

“猫脸，我的朋友，那太了不起了…… 他在荒蛮的环境中，带着美国口音慢吞吞地说话。 每个人都倒吸了一口气，因为他们意识到这是传说中的爪子罗宾逊本人！他是俱乐部的老板，也是世界上最优秀的猫爵士音乐家之一。 “你们什么时候一定要再来，这样我就可以和这群疯狂的不合群的人一起吃晚饭了，”他说，然后把一只温暖的大爪子放在托托的肩膀上。