Chapter 8

CHAPTER 8 Toto could scarcely believe it. The last time she'd encountered her nemesis, he had escaped on a balloon from the top of the Holt Stage at the Catstonbury Music Festival. She'd often wondered where he'd ended up since then, but he was the last animal she expected to meet here. 'Get behind me NOW,' Toto commanded her brothers and Catface. She took up her fighting pose, ready to face off with the Archduke.

第八章托托简直不敢相信。 上一次她遇到她的宿敌，是在卡斯顿伯里音乐节（Catstonbury Music Festival）上，他乘气球从霍尔特舞台（Holt Stage）顶层逃走。 从那以后，她常常想知道它最后去了哪里，但它是她最不希望在这里遇到的动物。 “现在到我后面去，”托托命令她的兄弟们和猫脸。 她摆出格斗姿势，准备与大公决一死战。

'Calm down, Toto. As hard as this will be for you to understand, I come in peace. 'PEACE? You don't know the meaning of the word,' scoffed Silver. 'That's hurtful,' replied ADF. 'I might have some issues with it, but I know its meaning. It means not fighting... Doesn't it?' he asked, a little unsure. 'See! Get him, sis,' yelled Socks. 'Toto, before you and I engage in combat- which, I admit, would be A LOT OF FUN; I haven't had a good dust-up for ages- hear me out. Then, if you don't believe me and you REALLY want to, we can fight. And if you win, I promise you can take me back to Larry and lock me up and throw away the key, blah blah blah. Deal?' 'I'm listening,' the ninja replied warily. 'Thank you,' he answered sarcastically as he sat down, leaning back casually on one of the passed-

“冷静点，托托。虽然你很难理解，但我是为和平而来的。 “和平?“你不知道这个词的意思，”西尔弗嘲笑道。 “这太伤人了，”ADF回答。 “我可能有一些问题，但我知道它的意思。 意思是不打架……不是吗?他有点不确定地问。 “看!“抓住他，姐姐。”索克斯喊道。 “托托，在你和我决斗之前——我承认，决斗是很有趣的；我好久没好好吵架了——听我把话说完。 然后，如果你不相信我，而你真的想相信我，我们可以打架。 如果你赢了，我保证你可以带我去找拉里把我锁起来，扔掉钥匙，等等。 交易吗?“我在听，”忍者小心翼翼地回答。 “谢谢你，”他一边坐下来，一边讽刺地回答，随随便便地靠在一张经过的椅子上

out dogs. 'Here, Socks, my dear young man, could you help me get these boots off? They're terribly uncomfortable.' Incredibly, the little cat obliged; it was clear ADF was quite the charmer when he wanted to be. 'Oh, hello, Catface old chum. Nice to see you again,' he beamed. 'I say, do you remember the night back when Larry and I were at ninja school together and the three of us were so hungry we broke in and stole that whole fillet of beef from the Savoy... Only naughty

狗。“来，袜子，我亲爱的年轻人，你能帮我脱下这双靴子吗？” 它们让人非常不舒服。”令人难以置信的是，小猫答应了；很明显，只要ADF愿意，他就会很有魅力。 “哦，你好，猫脸的老朋友。 “很高兴再次见到你，”他微笑着说。 “我说，你还记得我和拉里一起在忍者学校的那个晚上吗？我们三个人太饿了，就闯了进去，从萨沃伊餐厅偷了一整块牛肉……” 只淘气的

thing Larry has ever done! Wonderful night 'Wasn't it?' replied Catface. 'The most marvellous evening. I tell you what, the look on the chef's fa—' 'AHEM, Toto interrupted, glaring at Catface. 'Ah, yes, sorry, well, you do know we were good friends once and he always has been very charming. The little ninja turned back to ADF. 'You are on the list of the world's most wanted animals, you have tried to kill me at least twice, you are the sworn enemy of my mentor, and you are currently in charge of an army about to march on Edinburgh destroying everything in its path. So STOP CHARMING EVERYONE and start explaining yourself!' 'All right, all right! Why does it all have to be so "business" with you goodies? You need to relax.' Toto made to unsheathe her claws and ADF held his paws up in defeat- 'OK, you win!'- then crossed his legs and settled into his story:

拉里做过的最糟糕的事！美妙的夜晚，不是吗？猫脸回答。 “最美妙的夜晚。 我告诉你，厨师脸上的表情——”“咳咳，”托托打断他的话，瞪着猫脸。 “啊，是的，对不起，你知道我们曾经是好朋友，他一直很迷人。 小忍者转身回到ADF。 “你在世界头号通缉动物的名单上，你至少两次试图杀死我，你是我导师的死敌，你现在指挥着一支即将向爱丁堡进军的军队，摧毁了前进道路上的一切。 所以不要再讨好每个人了，开始解释你自己吧！“好吧，好吧！”为什么这一切都要跟你们这些好人扯上“生意”关系？ 你需要放松。”托托伸出爪子，ADF失败地举起爪子——“好吧，你赢了！——然后他跷起二郎腿，开始讲起他的故事来：

'After you defeated King Roderick the Spotlessly Clean I tracked him down and enlisted his help. I needed a new army for my plans for world domination and since you sent my last two armies to prison, which was quite unsporting of you, I came up with a frankly ingenious plan. "Generals Drummond and Munro" would take over the correctional facility at Glenview and let the army come to US! All we needed to do was send the good animals back home, keep the really naughty ones here by making sure they failed their tasks, then get them onside and hey presto: you've got yourself an army of wrong'uns. Ta da! Why are you telling us? Hasn't it worked?' Toto asked. 'It HAS worked... too well. You might not have realised how big the camp has become, but we have over a THOUSAND animals who will do our bidding, Roderick has beefed up on an all-protein diet so he's

“在你打败了一尘不染的罗德里克国王之后，我找到了他并得到了他的帮助。 我需要一支新的军队来实现我统治世界的计划既然你把我的前两支军队送进了监狱，这是你很不厚道的行为，我想出了一个巧妙的计划。 “德拉蒙德将军和门罗将军”会接管格伦维尤的监狱，让军队来美国！我们所要做的就是把乖动物送回家，把淘气的留在这里，确保它们没能完成任务，然后把它们弄进来，转眼之间，你就有了一支由坏人组成的军队。 助教哒!你为什么要告诉我们？ 还没起作用吗？”托托问道。 “它起作用了……太好了。 你可能没有意识到这个营地有多大，但我们有一千多只动物会听从我们的命令，罗德里克已经加强了全蛋白质饮食，所以他

in incredible shape, and WE ARE MARCHING ON EDINBURGH TONIGHT. Our plan is to take Edinburgh, then head south, conquering every city as we go, ending up in London, where we vanquish you and Larry, putting an end to the Ninja Cats, and I finally get to run the show. Et voilà.' Toto was still confused... VERY CONFUSED. 'He's up to something, sis. Get him, Silver yelled. 'I'm not up to anything, my young Italian friend, so if it's all the same to you, can we leave the "get him" until you've heard me out. After all, I've saved all of your lives already, twice!' 'WHAT?' gasped Toto. 'Of course I have,' ADF said with glee. 'Who else did you think saved you? Up the mountain, who do you think pulled you all to safety? And who exactly do you think lit the fire that guided you to the island? Moi!' 'But we thought that was Felis,' Toto muttered to

我们今晚将向爱丁堡进军。 我们的计划是拿下爱丁堡，然后南下，征服沿途的每座城市，最后到达伦敦，在那里打败你和拉里，消灭忍者猫，我就能掌控一切了。 果不其然。”托托还是很困惑…… 很困惑。“他在搞什么鬼，姐姐。 抓住他，西尔弗喊道。“我什么也没干，我年轻的意大利朋友，所以如果你不介意的话，在你听我把话说完之前，我们能不能先别说‘干掉他’。” 毕竟，我已经救了你们所有人的命，两次！“什么?托托喘着气说。 “当然了，”ADF高兴地说。 “你以为还有谁救了你？” 在山上，你以为是谁把你们拉到安全地带的？ 你觉得是谁点的火指引你来到岛上的？ 莫伊!“可是我们以为那是菲利斯，”托托喃喃地说