Chapter 10

CHAPTER 10 THE PLAN WAS WORKING! The faster the windmill spun in the opposite direction, the more the big, dark, stormy rain cloud was pulled away from the lake. The windmill pulled the cloud over the village. It pulled the cloud right over top of itself, where it hung for a moment, pouring down buckets of rain. Rain ran down the roof. Rain poured out of the gutters. Rain pooled around the old windmill like a castle moat, and then… the cloud was pulled straight through the spinning blades of the old windmill and SPLOOSH! That big ol' rain cloud broke up into a hundred little, fluffy clouds, which drifted

第十章计划成功了！风车向相反的方向旋转得越快，那片又大又黑的暴雨云就被吹离湖面越多。 风车把云拉到村庄上空。 它把云拉到自己的头顶上，停了一会儿，倾盆大雨倾盆而下。 雨水顺着屋顶流下来。雨水从排水沟里倾泻而出。 雨水像城堡的护城河一样聚集在老风车周围，然后……云被拉过老风车旋转的叶片，噗的一声！那片巨大的雨云分裂成一百朵蓬松的小云，飘来飘去

along like lazy lily pads. Even the sun found a nice place in the sky to stretch out its rays. One by one, the villagers opened their doors. "The wind is gone!" they said. One by one, they peeked their heads out. "The rain has stopped!" they said. One by one, they slipped on their galoshes. "Look at those puddles!" And one by one, they stepped outside and jumped from puddle to puddle. (Really, what good are galoshes if you can't jump in puddles with them?) With the storm gone, the villagers could come outside and have fun! Vampyra and Annabelle flew back down to the village. Edgar, on the other hand, had had enough. First cranking this way and then cranking that way? His feathers were flat-out exhausted. He collapsed on the

就像慵懒的睡莲。 甚至太阳也在天空中找到了一个很好的地方来伸展它的光芒。 村民们一个接一个地打开门。 “风停了！”他们说。 他们一个接一个地探出头来。 “雨停了！”他们说。 他们一个接一个地穿上套鞋。 “看那些水坑！”他们一个接一个地走到外面，从一个水坑跳到另一个水坑。 （说真的，如果你不能穿着胶鞋在水坑里跳，那胶鞋还有什么用？）暴风雨过去了，村民们可以出去玩了！吸血鬼和安娜贝利飞回了村子。 另一方面，埃德加已经受够了。 先这样转，再那样转？ 他的羽毛已经筋疲力尽了。 他瘫倒在地上。

rickety roof of the old windmill, drying his feathers. Baron Von Grump spit the frog out of his mouth. "Ribbit!" said the frog. That means Thank you! Baron Von Grump tugged at his beard. He pulled at his hair. He had a pretty good idea of who had foiled his plan. He had a pretty good idea of who was to blame for all of this mess. He lifted his spyglass to his eye and peered out over the village. He saw exactly who he'd suspected of ruining his plan. It was that furry wolf boy, and the large one with the bolts in his neck. And that batty girl with the pointy teeth. "Why, you Junior Monster Scouts!" he hollered. "You have foiled me for the last time!"

摇摇晃晃的老风车的屋顶，晒着他的羽毛。 冯·格朗普男爵把青蛙从嘴里吐了出来。 “兔子！”青蛙说。这意味着谢谢你！冯·格朗普男爵扯了扯他的胡子。 他拉扯自己的头发。他很清楚是谁破坏了他的计划。 他很清楚谁该为这一切混乱负责。 他把望远镜举到眼前，向村子里眺望。 他看清了他怀疑是谁破坏了他的计划。 就是那个毛绒绒的小狼孩，脖子上挂着螺栓的大个子。 还有那个长着尖牙的疯女孩。 “为什么，你们这些年轻的怪物童子军！”他喊道。 “你最后一次挫败了我！”

He shook his fist. He stomped his feet. But nobody heard him. They didn't hear one word! Not the Junior Monster Scouts, not the villagers, not even the ducks. How could they have heard anything? They were too busy splashing in puddles with their fancy galoshes. They were too busy quacking and cheering. It's hard to hear angry ranting when quacking and galoshes are involved. No sooner had Franky and Wolfy reached the village than a bright rainbow appeared in the sky. It started from the middle of the lake, where Laguna and Mrs. Lagoon were having a celebration swim, and stretched all the way over the covered bridge, over the village, and right into the window where Baron Von Grump stood ranting. "Oh, look," said the mayor. "The baron is waving at us. Everyone wave to the baron!"

他挥舞着拳头。他跺着脚。 但是没有人听到他的声音。他们一个字也没听见！少年怪兽童子军不行，村民不行，鸭子也不行。 他们怎么可能听到什么呢？ 他们正忙着穿着花哨的套鞋在水坑里戏水。 他们忙着嘎嘎叫和欢呼。 当嘎嘎叫和套鞋出现时，很难听到愤怒的咆哮。 弗兰克和狼刚到村子，天空就出现了一道明亮的彩虹。 河水从湖中央拉古娜和拉古娜夫人庆祝游泳的地方开始，一直延伸到有盖的桥上，越过村庄，一直延伸到冯·格朗普男爵站在那里咆哮的窗户里。 “哦，看，”市长说。 “男爵在向我们招手。 大家都向男爵挥手！”

But Baron Von Grump was not waving. Baron Von Grump was blindly trying to feel for the windowsill. The rainbow was so bright, and so blinding, and right in his eyes. He could not see a thing! He reached this way. He reached that way. He reached too far… and fell out of his window, landing with a SPLASH in the giant puddles around his windmill. "Quack," said a duck, swimming circles around Baron Von Grump. "Ribbit," said a frog, leaping atop Baron Von Grump's head. Baron Von Grump waved a white sock. "I surrender," he moaned.

但冯·格朗普男爵并没有挥手。 冯·格朗普男爵正盲目地摸索着窗台。 彩虹是那么明亮，那么炫目，就在他的眼睛里。 他什么也看不见！他往这边走。 他向那边走去。他走得太远了，从窗户掉了出去，扑通一声落在风车周围的大水坑里。 “呱！”一只鸭子围着冯·格朗普男爵游来游去。 “兔子。”一只青蛙说，跳到冯·格朗普男爵的头上。 冯·格朗普男爵挥舞着一只白袜子。 “我投降，”他呻吟道。