Chapter 18

Chapter 18 How can we ever escape?" I cried. "They're too fast!" "Big hill," said Nina, turning my skateboard so we went down a side street. William and Wanda did the same. I looked ahead. It was the steepest hill in the whole city. "NO, NINA!" I shouted, but it was too late. She hopped on my skateboard, and William hopped on

第十八章我们怎样才能逃脱呢？”我哭了。 “他们太快了！”“大山。”尼娜说着，把我的滑板转了个方向，于是我们沿着一条小街走了下去。 威廉和旺达也这么做了。 我向前看。那是全城最陡的山。 “不,尼娜!”我喊道，但已经太晚了。 她跳上了我的滑板，威廉也跳上了

Wanda's. I felt gravity take over, pulling us down, down, down. Faster and faster! Just before we started to plunge down the hill I saw a street sign. It said ONE WAY. And it was pointing the other way! A huge busload of ostriches was coming right at us. "Duck!" yelled Wanda. "No, ostriches," I said. "NO! DUCK!" We both got our heads down just in time as Nina and William steered us under the bus. A huge tire roared by, just inches from my pot.

旺达。我感到地心引力控制了一切，把我们往下拉，往下拉，往下拉。 越来越快！就在我们开始下山之前，我看到了一个路牌。 上面写着单向。而它却指向另一个方向！一大车的鸵鸟正朝我们冲过来。 “快闪！”旺达喊道。“不，是鸵鸟，”我说。 “不!鸭子!”当尼娜和威廉把我们拉到巴士下面时，我们都及时低下了头。 一个巨大的轮胎呼啸而过，离我的花盆只有几英寸远。

"Big wheel," said Nina. We came out from under the bus and saw a whole fleet of taxis coming up the hill right at us. The taxi drivers honked and yelled. We dodged and swerved. A taxi's bumper bumped my pot, but Nina kept me from falling off.

“大轮子，”尼娜说。我们从公共汽车下面出来，看到一整个车队的出租车正朝我们驶来。 出租车司机一边按喇叭一边叫喊。 我们闪避，急转弯。一辆出租车的保险杠撞到了我的大麻，但妮娜没让我掉下去。

We barely squeaked between the last two taxis. We shot out into an empty lane. There was open road ahead of us, which was good since we were now speeding out of control! I looked back and saw Lulu Emu's bus, Koko Dodo's motorcycle, Mimi Kiwi's pickup truck, and the sloth's bicycle all stuck in a huge traffic jam. The giant pegleg pirate had bumped his shin on the ostrich bus and was sitting on the ground, crying like a baby. "Look out!" yelled Wanda. I turned around. "Look out!" I screamed. The street was ending. We were going so fast we couldn't stop. We were headed straight for a restaurant. It was Penguini's Linguini.

我们勉强挤过了最后两辆出租车。 我们迅速驶进一条空车道。 我们前面有开阔的道路，这很好，因为我们现在超速失控了！我回头一看，只见鸸鹋的公共汽车、多多的摩托车、咪咪的皮卡和树懒的自行车都被困在了严重的交通堵塞中。 那个巨大的假腿海盗在鸵鸟巴士上撞到了小腿，坐在地上哭得像个婴儿。 “小心！”旺达喊道。我转过身来。 “当心!”我尖叫起来。这条街到了尽头。 我们开得太快了，停不下来。 我们直奔一家餐馆。 这是企鹅的扁面条。

"Do you have a cell phone?" I asked Wanda. "Here you go," she said, handing it to me. I dialed the number and waited. "We're going to crash!" yelled Wanda. Penguini answered the phone. "Hello, Penguini's Linguini. Today's special is—" "HEY, PENGUINI! OPEN THE DOOR!" I yelled. The door swung open and we zoomed through. Penguini called, "Hey, Inspector Flytrap! Nina, you're looking good! I see you brought friends."

“你有手机吗？”我问旺达。 “给你，”她说着，把它递给了我。 我拨了号码，然后等着。 “我们要撞车了！”旺达喊道。 企鹅接了电话。 “你好，企鹅的Linguini。 今天的特别节目是——”“嘿，企鹅！快开门！”我喊道。 门开了，我们飞快地走了进去。 企鹅喊道：“嘿，捕蝇草探长！妮娜，你看起来不错！我看你带了朋友来。”

We crashed into his kitchen. Pots and pans and goats and skateboards and linguini went everywhere.

我们闯进了他的厨房。 锅碗瓢盆、山羊、滑板和意大利面到处都是。