Chapter 2

CHAPTER 2 VAMPYRA, WOLFY, AND FRANKY HAD not made it very far when a loud BOOM shook the treetops. "Was that thunder?" asked Wolfy. A flash of light lit up the night sky. "Was that lightning?" asked Vampyra. A sharp crack and crackle sent jagged sparks across the sky. "Are those fireworks?" said Franky. BOOM! FLASH! CRACK! CRACKLE! "I don't think that's thunder," said Franky. "Or lightning," Wolfy said. "Or fireworks," said Vampyra.

吸血鬼、狼和弗兰克还没走多远，一声巨响就震动了树梢。 “那是雷声吗？”狼问。 一道闪光照亮了夜空。 “那是闪电吗？” 一声尖锐的噼啪声把参差不齐的火花划过天空。 “那些是烟花吗？”弗兰克说。 繁荣!闪光!裂缝!裂纹!“我不认为那是雷声，”弗兰基说。 “或者闪电，”狼说。 “或者放烟火。”万皮拉说。

Franky, Wolfy, and Vampyra were right. It was not thunder, or lightning, or fireworks. And it was not coming from the cloudy sky. It was coming from the tallest tower of Castle Dracula, where Franky's grandfather Doctor Frankenstein lived. A bright green flash of light burst out of the top window of the tower. "Help!" someone yelled. "That sounded like my cousin Igor Junior!" said Franky. "It sounds like he needs our help," said Wolfy.

弗兰克、狼和吸血鬼是对的。 那不是雷声，不是闪电，也不是焰火。 而且它不是来自多云的天空。 它来自德古拉城堡最高的塔楼，弗兰基的祖父弗兰肯斯坦博士就住在那里。 一道明亮的绿光从塔顶的窗户里射了出来。 “救命！”有人喊道。“听起来像我表哥小伊戈尔！”弗兰基说。 “听起来他需要我们的帮助，”狼说。

"If someone is in trouble, better get there on the double!" Vampyra said. Franky, Wolfy, and Vampyra put their hands together and said, "Junior Monster Scouts to the rescue! Let's go!"

“如果有人遇到麻烦，最好马上赶到！”Vampyra说。 弗兰克、狼和吸血鬼把手放在一起说：“小怪兽童子军来救我们了！我们走吧!”

They turned right back around and raced up the road, back to Castle Dracula and away from the party. But not everyone heard the cry for help. Not everyone thought something dangerous might be happening. In fact, the villagers thought the bright lights and loud booms and flashes and crackling crackles were a wonderful, spectacular fireworks show.

他们转过身来，沿着大路跑回德古拉城堡，离开了那群人。 但并不是每个人都听到了呼救声。 并非所有人都认为可能会发生危险的事情。 事实上，村民们认为明亮的灯光、巨大的轰隆声、闪光声和噼啪声是一场精彩壮观的烟花表演。

They oohed. They aahed. They clapped their hands and whistled. "What a splendid birthday gift for our village!" said the mayor. "Strike up the band! Sound the flügelhorns!" He cleared his throat and fluffed out his magnificent mustache. "Friends, neighbors, villagers one and all, won't you join me in song?" Hat in hand, the mayor began. "Happy birthday to us, happy birthday to us..." The whole village joined in. You can join in too, but not yet. We'll come back to the birthday song in a moment. Right now, Igor Junior needs some help.

他们为对方。他们大呼小叫。他们拍手吹口哨。 “给我们村的生日礼物真是太棒了！”镇长说。 “开始演奏吧！”吹响鹿角号！”他清了清嗓子，捋了捋他那漂亮的胡子。 “朋友们，邻居们，全体村民们，你们愿意和我一起唱歌吗？”市长手拿帽子开始讲话。 “祝我们生日快乐，祝我们生日快乐……” 全村的人都参加了。 你也可以加入，但不是现在。 我们一会儿再回来讲生日歌。 现在，小伊戈尔需要帮助。