Chapter 3

CHAPTER 3 WHEN SOMEONE SAYS, "I'M RIGHT here!" and you look and there is nobody there, that can be very confusing. You might think that there is something wrong with your eyes. Or maybe that you are hearing things. Or maybe even that someone is playing a prank on you. That's exactly what the Junior Monster Scouts thought. They thought that someone was trying to play a funny trick on them. "Peter, is that you?" asked Franky. Peter, the piper, was a friend of the Junior Monster Scouts. They had helped him find his cat, Shadow, when she was lost in the Gloomy Woods.

当有人说：“我就在这里！”而你看了看，却没有人在那里，这是很令人困惑的。 你可能会认为你的眼睛有问题。 或者你听到了一些东西。 或者甚至有人在对你恶作剧。 少年怪兽童子军就是这么想的。 他们认为有人想对他们开个玩笑。 “彼得，是你吗？”弗兰基问。 吹笛手彼得是少年怪兽童子军的朋友。 当他的猫“影子”在阴暗的森林里走失时，他们曾帮助他找到过它。

"Who's Peter?" the voice asked. "Who said that?" asked Wolfy. "Where are you?" asked Vampyra. "Come out and show yourself. Stop playing tricks!" "I'm right here," the voice said. "I told you guys…" "Wolfy, look!" said Fern, the littlest of the little wolf cubs. She pointed to where a rock floated up off the ground and stopped. It hung in midair all by itself. But… it wasn't all by itself. There was a hand holding it. An invisible hand that belonged to an invisible boy. Because it was invisible, nobody could see it. I'll give you an example. I'm going to tell you how this story ends, but I'm going to write it in invisible ink. Ready? Okay, just read the next line and you'll know how the story ends: Well, what do you think? Good ending, right? Were you surprised? Wait… what?

“彼得是谁？”那个声音问道。 “谁说的？”狼问。 “你在哪儿？” “出来，露出你自己。 别耍花招了！”“我就在这里。”那个声音说。 “小狼，快看！”最小的小狼崽弗恩说。 她指了指一块石头从地上浮起来，然后停了下来。 它独自悬在半空中。 但是，这并不是它自己造成的。 有一只手握着它。 一只看不见的手属于一个看不见的男孩。 因为它是看不见的，所以没有人能看到它。 我给你们举个例子。我要告诉你这个故事的结局，但我要用隐形墨水写。 准备好了吗?好吧，读下一行你就知道故事的结局了：嗯，你觉得怎么样？ 好结局，对吧？你感到惊讶吗？ 等等……什么?

You couldn't read it? No, of course you couldn't read it. It was invisible. And that is exactly what the Junior Monster Scouts saw when they looked at where the rock was floating… nothing. "Whoa," said Wolfy. "That rock is talking!" "It's not the rock, it's me," said the voice. "I'm invisible!" "That explains why we can't see you," said Franky. "That's the problem," said the voice. "Nobody can see me. I'm just an invisible boy." "What's your name?" asked Vampyra. "George," said the invisible boy. "Hey, can I pet your dog?" "You sure can, George," said Franky. "Hey, she likes you!" Sure enough, Sprocket wagged her tail and licked the space where George must

你看不懂？不，你当然看不懂。 它是看不见的。这正是少年怪物侦察兵在观察岩石漂浮的地方时所看到的……什么也没有。 “哇，”狼说。“那块石头在说话！”“不是石头的问题，是我的问题。”那声音说。 “我看不见了!”“这就解释了为什么我们看不见你，”弗兰基说。 “这就是问题所在，”那声音说。 “没人能看见我。我只是一个隐形的男孩。” “你叫什么名字？” “乔治。”隐形的男孩说。 “嘿，我能摸摸你的狗吗？”“你当然可以，乔治，”弗兰克说。 “嘿，她喜欢你！”果然，链轮摇着尾巴，舔着乔治该舔的地方

have been standing. To everyone else, it looked like she was licking the air. "I guess that answers my question as to why I've never seen you in the village before," Vampyra said. "What does?" asked George. "Being invisible," she said. "Oh no," said George, "I don't live here. I've only just arrived. I was hoping that maybe someone might see me." "It must be tough when nobody can see you," Wolfy said. "And lonely," said George. "My brother is a Junior Monster Scout," said Fern. She stood as tall as she could (which was not very tall at all, but she tried). "He'll help you!" "You will?" George asked. "Of course," said Wolfy. "We all will. That's what we do!"

一直站着。在其他人看来，她像是在舔空气。 “我想这就回答了我的问题，为什么我以前从来没有在村里见过你。”万皮拉说。 “有什么关系？”乔治问。 “隐形，”她说。 “哦，不，”乔治说，“我不住在这里。 我才刚到。我希望也许有人会看到我。” “没人能看见你的时候一定很难受，”狼说。 “而且孤独。”乔治说。 “我哥哥是少年怪兽童子军，”弗恩说。 她尽可能地站得高些（其实并不高，但她尽力了）。 “他会帮你的！”“你会吗?”乔治问。 “当然，”狼说。“我们都会的。 这就是我们的工作！”

"And you can even come to our campfire tonight," said Vampyra. "We're having s'mores!" "Wow, thanks, Junior Monster Scouts," George said. But the scouts did not get a chance to say "you're welcome" (which is a very nice thing to say when someone says "thanks"). Because at that moment, a very large, very colorful wagon pulled by four very large horses bounced its way up the road. It was not the wagon, or the horses, that interrupted their conversation. It was the man driving the large, colorful wagon, and his equally colorful cape and silly glasses and tall top hat. "Gather round, gather round," he said, riding his large, colorful wagon right into the middle of the village. "Stop flying your kites. Stop gazing at clouds. Put down your

“今晚你甚至可以到我们的营火旁来。”万皮拉说。 “我们要吃s'mores!”“哇，谢谢，少年怪兽童子军。”乔治说。 但侦察员们没有机会说“不客气”（当有人说“谢谢”时，这是一件非常好的事情）。 因为就在那一刻，一辆非常大的、颜色非常鲜艳的马车被四匹非常大的马拉着，在路上颠簸而上。 打断他们谈话的不是马车，也不是马。 那就是那个驾着一辆色彩斑斓的大马车的人，他穿着同样色彩斑斓的斗篷，戴着一副傻乎乎的眼镜和一顶高高的礼帽。 “围过来，围过来，”他一边说，一边骑着他那辆色彩鲜艳的大马车直奔村庄中央。 “别放风筝了。别盯着云看了。 放下你的

unicycles and gather around. Step right up, step right up, to my Fun House of… FUN!"

骑独轮车，围过来。 来吧，来吧，来我的欢乐之家！”