Chapter 6

CHAPTER 6 NOW, IF YOU SAW ALL of your friends and family staring at nothing, with swirling spiral eyes, you would probably suspect that something was not right. Something was not right at all. This was exactly what Vampyra, Franky, and George thought. No matter how much they talked to them, no matter how many times they waved their hands in front of their eyes, no matter how many silly faces or goofy noises they made, nobody would even look in their direction. Not the villagers, not Peter, not even Wolfy or the cubs. "It's like we're invisible," said Vampyra.

第六章现在，如果你看到你所有的朋友和家人都睁着旋转的眼睛盯着什么也看，你可能会怀疑出了什么事。 有些事情不太对劲。 这正是吸血鬼、弗兰克和乔治所想的。 不管他们跟他们说多少话，不管他们在他们眼前挥手多少次，不管他们做了多少愚蠢的鬼脸，发出多少愚蠢的声音，没有人会朝他们的方向看一眼。 村民们不知道，彼得不知道，连狼和小熊们也不知道。 “就好像我们是隐形人一样。”

"Now you know how I feel," said George. "Woof," said Sprocket. She licked George's invisible hand. But then something even stranger happened. The man in the tall top hat stood before the hypnotized crowd of villagers (and Wolfy and the cubs). He placed a small platform on the ground. He stepped up onto the small platform. "Now that I have enough of you—" "Caw," said Edgar. "Well, most of you—" "Caw, caw." "Oh. Really? Well, that's even better than expected," said the man in the tall top hat to the crow sitting next to him. He turned back to the motionless villagers. "Now that I have all of you, it's time for a little test. Cluck like a chicken!"

“现在你知道我的感受了，”乔治说。 “汪，”链轮说。她舔了舔乔治看不见的手。 但是更奇怪的事情发生了。 戴着高顶礼帽的男人站在一群被催眠的村民面前（还有狼和小熊们）。 他在地上放了一个小平台。 他走上小平台。 “现在我受够了你——”“够了，”埃德加说。 “嗯，你们大多数人——”“汪汪，汪汪。” “哦。真的吗?“嗯，这比我想象的还要好，”戴高礼帽的人对坐在他旁边的乌鸦说。 他转向一动不动的村民。 “既然你们都来了，是时候做个小测试了。 像鸡一样咯咯叫！”

The mayor, Peter, the villagers, and Wolfy and the cubs all began to cluck like chickens. "Cluck, cluck, cluck," they all said, wiggling their arms like chickens and strutting around in circles with their heads bobbing back and forth. It was a very funny sight to see, and Franky, Vampyra, and George wanted to laugh, but they didn't. They knew that this top hat–wearing Fun House owner was very suspicious.

镇长、彼得、村民们、狼和小熊们都开始像小鸡一样咯咯叫起来。 “咯咯，咯咯，咯咯，”他们都说，像小鸡一样摆动着手臂，昂首阔步地绕着圈子，脑袋前后摆动。 这是一个非常有趣的景象，弗兰克、吸血鬼和乔治想笑，但他们没有笑。 他们知道这个戴着大礼帽的“欢乐屋”老板很可疑。

"Well, they certainly seem to be hypnotized," said the man in the tall top hat. "Caw, caw, caw." "Yes, of course, it never hurts to be sure," said the man in the tall top hat. "Now moo like a cow!" As you might have guessed, all of the villagers, and the mayor, and Peter, and Wolfy and the cubs began mooing like cows. Again, it was a funny sight, but the Junior Monster Scouts were not laughing. They were very worried. "What are they doing?" asked Vampyra. "They're mooing," said Franky. "Like cows." "I know that," said Vampyra. "I mean why are they mooing like cows?" "I think they're… hypnotized," said George. "Hypno-what?" Vampyra asked.

“嗯，他们显然是被催眠了，”戴高礼帽的男人说。 “汪汪，汪汪，汪汪。”“是的，当然，确定一下也无妨，”戴高礼帽的男人说。 “现在学牛叫！”你可能已经猜到了，所有的村民、镇长、彼得、狼和小熊们开始像牛一样移动起来。 这又是一幅滑稽的景象，但少年怪兽童子军们却笑不出来。 他们非常担心。“他们在干什么？” “他们在移动，”弗兰基说。 “就像奶牛。”“我知道。”万皮拉说。 “我的意思是，他们为什么像牛一样移动？”“我想他们……被催眠了。”乔治说。 “Hypno-what ?”Vampyra问道。

"You know, hypnotized," said George. "Like in a trance." "But what could have possibly hypnotized them?" Franky asked. "Well, let's retrace our steps," said Vampyra. "You know, like what you do when something is lost." "Let's start with Wolfy and the cubs," said George, "since we know everything they did before becoming hypnotized." "They came to the village with us," said Vampyra. "They bought tickets for the Fun House of Fun," said Franky. "Then they went inside the Fun House of Fun," said George. "And when they came out… they were hypno-sized," said Vampyra. "Hypnotized," said George. "That's what I said," Vampyra said.

“你知道，被催眠了。”乔治说。 “就像出神一样。”“可是，是什么东西把他们催眠了呢？”弗兰奇问道。 “好吧，我们回去吧。”万皮拉说。 “你知道，就像丢了东西时你会做的那样。” “让我们从狼和小熊们开始吧，”乔治说，“因为我们知道他们在被催眠之前所做的一切。” “他们和我们一起来到村子里。”万皮拉说。 “他们买了欢乐之家的票，”弗兰克说。 “然后他们进了欢乐屋。”乔治说。 Vampyra说：“当它们出来的时候……它们是催眠大小的。” “被催眠了。”乔治说。 “我就是这么说的。”万皮拉说。

"Aha!" said Franky. "Hypno-sized, hypnotized… whatever it is, it must have something to do with the Fun House of Fun," said Franky. "I'll bet you're right," said Vampyra. "They were normal when they went in and then not normal when they came out." "There's only one way to know," said George. "One of us is going to have to go in and check it out," said Franky. "Not one," Vampyra said. "All of us." She put her hand out. "A Junior Monster Scout and friends…" Franky put his hand on top of hers. "…stick together till the end," he finished. An invisible hand rested atop Franky's and Vampyra's hands.

“啊哈！”弗兰克说。“催眠大小，催眠……不管它是什么，它一定和欢乐之屋有关，”弗兰基说。 “我敢说你是对的。” “他们进去的时候很正常，出来的时候就不正常了。” “只有一个办法能知道，”乔治说。 “我们中的一个必须进去检查一下，”弗兰基说。 “一个也没有。”“我们所有人。” 她伸出手来。“少年怪兽童子军和朋友们……”弗兰基把手放在她的手上。 “……坚持到最后，”他说。 一只看不见的手放在弗兰克和吸血鬼的手上。