Chapter 16

Chapter 16 Nina pushed me over to where the rose lay on the sidewalk. "We've got it now!" I shouted victoriously. The rose straightened up and brushed itself off. "I am not an 'it,'" said the rose. "I am a 'she.' My name is Wanda." "Oh," I said. I felt like a real jerk. "I'm sorry. I did not expect a talking rose." "I did not expect a talking Venus flytrap," said Wanda.

妮娜把我推到人行道上玫瑰的地方。 “我们现在找到了！”我胜利地喊道。 玫瑰挺直身子，拂去身上的毛。 “我不是它，”玫瑰说。 “我是‘她’。”我叫旺达。” “哦，”我说。我觉得自己真是个混蛋。 “我很抱歉。我没想到会有一朵会说话的玫瑰。” “我没想到会有一只会说话的捕蝇草，”旺达说。

Then we took a good look at each other. "WOWZER!" I thought, "That is one beautiful plant! Her leaves! Her petals! Her stem! Her beautiful rosy eyes!" "I did not expect such a beautiful rose," I said. "And I did not expect such a handsome Venus flytrap," said Wanda. It was love at first sight! "Please do not take me back to the greenhouse," said Wanda. "I want to be free." I did not expect that, either. "You mean, you don't want to go back to Snooty la Tooty Gardens?" I asked. "I thought you were being kidnapped." "No! I was trying to escape from that awful place! This really nice goat was trying to help me." "Hi! My name is William," said the goat.

然后我们仔细地看了对方一眼。 “WOWZER !”我想：“那是一棵美丽的植物！她的离开!她的花瓣!她干!她那美丽的玫瑰色眼睛！”“我没想到会有这么漂亮的玫瑰，”我说。 旺达说：“没想到捕蝇草这么漂亮。” 那是一见钟情！“请不要带我回温室。”旺达说。 “我想要自由。”我也没有想到这一点。 “你的意思是，你不想回到史努比·拉·图蒂花园？”我问。 “我以为你被绑架了。” “不!我是想逃离那个可怕的地方！这只善良的山羊想帮助我。” “嗨!我叫威廉，”山羊说。

"Hello, William, my name is Inspector Flytrap, and this is my assistant, Nina the Goat." William looked at Nina. "I did not expect such a beautiful goat," he said to Nina. I expected Nina to say "Big deal," but she did not. She said, "William, you are the goat I have dreamed of all my life. Let me kiss you! Kissy-kissy smooch- smooch!" And then she kissed him. I did not expect that, and I don't think William did, either.

“你好，威廉，我是捕蝇草探长，这是我的助手，山羊尼娜。” 威廉看着尼娜。“我没想到会有这么漂亮的山羊，”他对尼娜说。 我以为妮娜会说“有什么大不了的”但她没有。 她说：“威廉，你就是我一生梦寐以求的那只山羊。 让我吻你！亲——亲——亲！”然后她吻了他。 我没想到会这样，我想威廉也没想到。

I was wondering if Wanda might give me a kiss, too, when I heard a roaring motor. A big pickup truck screeched to a halt in the street next to the park. "Oh no!" cried Wanda. "It's Mimi Kiwi!" "Duh!" said Mimi Kiwi, looking out of the window at us. "Put the rose in the truck, Flytrap." "Are you going to take me back to the greenhouse?" asked Wanda. "Duh!" said Mimi Kiwi. Wanda looked at me with tears in her beautiful rosy eyes. "I want to stay with you!" I turned to Mimi Kiwi. "Mimi, I love this rose. I will not help you take her back to the greenhouse." Then I turned to the goats. "Nina! William! Will you help us escape?" Nina and William got Wanda's pot back on her skateboard. I picked up the pickle paperweight.

我在想旺达会不会也给我一个吻，这时我听到了发动机的轰鸣声。 一辆大皮卡在公园旁边的街道上嘎吱一声停了下来。 “哦，不！”旺达叫道。“是Mimi Kiwi!”“呸！”咪咪说，看着窗外的我们。 “把玫瑰放到卡车里，捕蝇草。” “你要带我回温室吗？”旺达问。 “呸！”咪咪说。旺达看着我，她美丽的玫瑰色的眼睛里含着泪水。 “我想和你在一起！”我转向咪咪·奇维。 “咪咪，我喜欢这朵玫瑰。我不会帮你把她带回温室的。” 然后我转向山羊。 “妮娜!威廉!你会帮我们逃跑吗？”妮娜和威廉把旺达的大麻放回滑板上了。 我拿起泡菜镇纸。

"Let's go!" I hollered. "Wait!" shouted Mimi Kiwi. "If I don't get the rose back, then you didn't really solve the mystery." "Big deal," I said.

“我们走吧!”我大声喊道。“等等！”咪咪喊道。 “如果我没有拿回玫瑰，那么你就没有真正解开这个谜。” “有什么大不了的，”我说。