Chapter 9

CHAPTER 9 FRANKY, VAMPYRA, AND IGOR JUNIOR rushed to the window to see what Wolfy was looking at. "All I see is darkness," said Igor Junior. "That's just it," said Wolfy. "There's supposed to be a big birthday celebration for the village." "With popcorn," Franky said. "And the first ever Monster Mash competition that I worked so hard for."

第九章弗兰克、吸血鬼和小伊戈尔冲到窗前，想看看狼在看什么。 “我只看到一片黑暗，”小伊戈尔说。 “就是这样，”狼说。 “村里应该有一个盛大的生日庆祝活动。” “爆米花，”弗兰基说。 “这是我第一次为《怪物土豆泥》比赛付出这么大的努力。”

"And a merry-go-round," said Vampyra. "Let's not forget the merry-go-round." "That sounds fun," said Igor Junior. "Exactly," said Wolfy. "But it sure doesn't look like anyone is having fun down there."

“还有旋转木马。”万皮拉说。 “别忘了旋转木马。” “听起来很有趣，”小伊戈尔说。 “没错，”狼说。“但看起来肯定没有人在那里玩得开心。”

"What's everyone looking at?" said a very large rat with a very large belly, munching on a wedge of cheese. None of the Junior Monster Scouts were surprised to see him. He was the leader of all the rats and lived in the basement of Castle Dracula. He was a very nice rat, even if he had bad manners, like chewing cheese with his mouth open. "The village," Wolfy said. "There's no birthday celebration." "It's so dark," said Vampyra. "Oh yeah," said the rat. He waved his cheese in the air. "The power is out." Igor Junior peered out the window. "Look! There's a candle in the Old Windmill!" "The villagers need light!" said Vampyra. "Electricity!" "Good thing Doctor Frankenstein has his own power," said Wolfy.

“大家都在看什么？”一只肚子很大的大老鼠说，嘴里嚼着一块奶酪。 少年怪兽童子军看到他没有一个感到惊讶。 他是所有老鼠的首领，住在德古拉城堡的地下室里。 他是一只非常好的老鼠，即使他有一些不礼貌的行为，比如张着嘴嚼奶酪。 “村庄，”狼说。 “没有生日庆祝活动。” “太黑了。”万皮拉说。 “哦，是的，”老鼠说。他在空中挥舞着他的奶酪。 “停电了。”小伊戈尔向窗外张望。 “看!老风车里有一支蜡烛！”“村民们需要光！”万皮拉说。 “电!”“好在弗兰肯斯坦博士有他自己的力量，”狼说。

Franky scratched his bolts. He did this when he was thinking really hard. He thought of his mechanical monster for the village's first ever Monster Mash competition. He thought of Doctor Frankenstein's laboratory. He thought of what Wolfy had just said. He thought of the lever that Igor Junior was not supposed to touch but had touched anyway. "Boris," said Franky. (Boris was the name of the large rat with bad manners.) "Can you gather all the rats and bring them here?" "What?" asked Boris. "Now? We're having a cheese party!" "You know what goes great with cheese?" asked Franky. "More cheese?" Boris asked. "He has a point," said Wolfy. "Popcorn," said Franky. "Cheese-covered popcorn."

弗兰克抓伤了螺栓。 他是在认真思考的时候这么做的。 他想到他的机械怪物要参加村里的第一次怪物大赛。 他想到了弗兰肯斯坦博士的实验室。 他想着狼刚才说的话。 他想到了小伊戈尔不应该碰的杠杆，但他还是碰了。 “鲍里斯，”弗兰克说。（鲍里斯是那只不懂礼貌的大老鼠的名字。）“你能把所有的老鼠都聚集到这里来吗？”“什么？”鲍里斯问。 “现在?我们要开个奶酪派对！”“你知道什么和奶酪最搭吗？”弗兰基问。 “更多的奶酪?”鲍里斯问道。 “他说得有道理，”狼说。 “爆米花，”弗兰基说。“Cheese-covered爆米花。”

"Say no more," said Boris. He ran off to gather the rest of the rats. Wolfy's stomach grumbled and growled. "All this talk of popcorn is making me hungry." Franky wrapped his arms around his friends. "I've got a plan."

“别再说了。”鲍里斯说。 他跑去召集其余的老鼠。 狼的肚子咕咕叫着。 “说了这么多爆米花我都饿了。” 弗兰克拥抱着他的朋友们。 “我有个计划。”