Chapter 7

CHAPTER 7 WHILE THE MAN IN THE tall top hat and his crow assistant performed their final test to be absolutely certain the villagers were under their complete control, Franky, Vampyra, and George were putting their tickets to use. "Time for a little detective work," said Vampyra. Franky opened his Junior Monster Scout handbook and turned to the list of merit badges. "You know," he said, "I'll bet we can even get our Mystery Merit Badges if we solve this case." "I think you're right," said Vampyra. "This sure sounds like a mystery to me!"

当戴高礼帽的人和他的乌鸦助手进行最后的测试，以确保村民们完全在他们的控制之下时，弗兰克、Vampyra和乔治正在使用他们的票。 “该做点侦探工作了。”万皮拉说。 弗兰基打开他的少年怪兽童子军手册，翻到荣誉徽章的列表上。 “你知道，”他说，“我敢打赌，如果我们解决了这个案子，我们甚至可以得到神秘勋章。” “我认为你是对的。” “这对我来说确实是个谜！”

Franky, Vampyra, and George placed their tickets in the ticket box and climbed up the steps and through the door of the Fun House of Fun. Sprocket waited outside. The inside was, as you and I know, very fun. There was fun music playing, fun rugs on the ground, fun paint on the walls, and a very, very fun mirror right in the middle of the room. "Haha," said Franky. "I look super tall. The mirror stretched me out!" "Look at me," said Vampyra. "I look shorter and kind of flat!" "Aw, rats," said George. "I don't see anything at all." "Did someone say 'rats'?" said a very large rat, gnawing on a hunk of cheese. That was Boris, and he lived in the basement of Castle Dracula with all of the other rats. They were always sticking their cheese-covered noses into everyone's

弗兰克、Vampyra和乔治把他们的票放进票箱里，爬上台阶，穿过欢乐屋的门。 链轮在外面等着。正如你我所知，里面是非常有趣的。 那里放着有趣的音乐，地上铺着有趣的地毯，墙上涂着有趣的油漆，房间中央还有一面非常非常有趣的镜子。 “哈哈，”弗兰克说。“我看起来特别高。 镜子把我拉长了！”“看着我。”万皮拉说。 “我看起来更矮，而且有点平！”“哦，老鼠。”乔治说。 “我什么也没看见。” “有人说‘老鼠’吗？”一只很大的老鼠咬着一大块奶酪说。 那就是鲍里斯，他和其他老鼠一起住在德古拉城堡的地下室里。 他们总是把沾满奶酪的鼻子伸进别人的鼻子里

business. Boris was not alone. There were several other rats with him. But it was a good thing that Boris and the rats did stick their cheese-covered noses into this business because just as the Junior Monster Scouts were staring at the mirror, their eyes began to turn swirly and spiral and lose all focus… "Hey! Junior Monster Scouts," said Boris the rat. "We're talking to you. Over here! Wow… that's a fun mirror!"

业务。鲍里斯并不孤单。 还有其他几只老鼠和他在一起。 不过，鲍里斯和老鼠们把他们那满是奶酪的鼻子插进了这件事里，这是一件好事，因为就在少年怪兽侦察兵们盯着镜子的时候，他们的眼睛开始旋转，旋转，失去了焦点……小怪兽童子军。”老鼠鲍里斯说。 “我们在跟你说话。在这里!哇，这面镜子真有趣！”

Vampyra, Franky, and George heard Boris and turned from the mirror just in time. "Boris, what are you doing here?" asked Vampyra. "Hey, look at their eyes!" Franky said. "They're swirly spirals, just like everyone's outside!" George said Sure enough, Boris and the rats weren't eating their cheese anymore, and Boris didn't answer Vampyra's question. It wasn't because they were being rude—it was because they were hypnotized! Have you ever been hypnotized? No? I want you to do something. On the count of three, I want you to quack like a duck. Do you know how to quack like a duck? I'll bet you do. Okay, ready? One… two… three! Ah, very good. But guess what? I just hypnotized you! I made you quack like a duck. That was exactly what was happening to Boris and the rats, and Wolfy and the

吸血鬼、弗兰克和乔治听到鲍里斯的声音，及时地从镜子里转过身来。 “鲍里斯，你在这儿干什么？” “嘿，看他们的眼睛！”佛朗基说。 “它们是螺旋形的，就像外面的每个人一样！”乔治说：果然，鲍里斯和老鼠再也不吃奶酪了。鲍里斯没有回答Vampyra的问题。 这并不是因为他们无礼，而是因为他们被催眠了！你被催眠过吗？ 没有?我想让你做点什么。 数到三，我要你像鸭子一样嘎嘎叫。 你知道怎么像鸭子一样嘎嘎叫吗？ 我打赌你会的。好的,准备好了吗? 一……二……三！啊，很好。 但你猜怎么着？我刚刚催眠了你！我让你像鸭子一样嘎嘎叫。 鲍里斯和老鼠，还有狼和那只

cubs, and Peter, the mayor, the villagers… Wow, that is a lot of quacking and mooing and clucking and barking. That is a lot of noise. And do you know who doesn't like noise? Baron Von Grump. Which is why, at that exact moment, he made everyone stop making animal noises. No more quacking. No more mooing. No more clucking or barking. He made everyone be quiet. "Silence!" he said.

小熊们、彼得、镇长、村民们……哇，有很多嘎嘎叫、移动、咯咯叫和吠叫的声音。 噪音太大了。你知道谁不喜欢噪音吗？ 男爵·冯·格伦普。这就是为什么，在那一刻，他让所有人停止发出动物的声音。 不要再嘎嘎叫了。不要再动了。 不要再咯咯叫了。 他让每个人都安静下来。 “安静！”他说。

Everyone was absolutely silent. He took off his tall top hat and removed the rest of his disguise. "Ah, do you hear that, Edgar?" he asked. "Caw?" Edgar asked. "Exactly," said Baron Von Grump. "There's nothing to hear. Nothing! Because finally, the day has come. Finally, the villagers are quiet. No gum chewing, no smiling, no accordions or 'Hello, how do you do?' No walking, no talking, no singing or kite flying. Absolute silence.

每个人都鸦雀无声。 他摘下了高高的礼帽，卸下了其余的伪装。 “啊，你听见了吗，艾加？”他问。 “乌鸦叫?”埃德加问道。“没错。”冯·格朗普男爵说。 “没什么可听的。没有什么!因为这一天终于到来了。 村民们终于安静下来了。 不准嚼口香糖，不准微笑，不准拉手风琴，也不准说“你好，你好吗？”不准走路，不准说话，不准唱歌，不准放风筝。 绝对的沉默。