Chapter 1

CHAPTER 1 "ON YOUR MARK," SAID FRANKY. "Get set," said Vampyra. "Float!" Wolfy said. Franky, Vampyra, and Wolfy set their paper boats in the river and watched them sail away. It was springtime, and the April showers had made a wet, muddy mess of everything. Yesterday, the Junior Monster Scouts had raced frogs across the lily pads in the swamp. Today, they were racing boats in the river.

第一章“各就各位，”弗兰克说。 “准备。”万皮拉说。“浮动!”似狼的说。 弗兰克、吸血鬼和狼把他们的纸船放在河里，看着他们扬帆而去。 时值春天，四月的阵雨把一切弄得又湿又泥泞。 昨天，少年怪兽童子军让青蛙在沼泽里的睡莲花丛里赛跑。 今天，他们在河里赛艇。

"Look at them go!" said Franky. "I'll bet they go all the way to the waterfall," Wolfy said. "I wonder whose boat will win the race." Franky and Wolfy ran along the riverbank, following the boats. Vampyra spun three times in a circle and POOF, turned into a bat. She flittered ahead of them, flapping her bat wings. She was practicing for her Flying Merit Badge. "Come on, slowpokes," she said. "What's taking you so long?" "No fair!" Wolfy said. "You can fly." "And you don't have to run through this mud," said Franky. "It's slowing me down!" "Excuses, excuses," Vampyra teased. Wolfy dropped to all fours and raced ahead of Franky. "Race you to the waterfall, Vampyra!" "You're on," she said.

“看他们走！”弗兰基说。 “我敢打赌他们会一路走到瀑布那里，”狼说。 “我想知道谁的船会赢得比赛。” 弗兰克和灰太狼跟着小船沿着河岸跑。 吸血鬼转了三圈就变成了一只蝙蝠。 她扇动着蝙蝠般的翅膀，在他们前面飞着。 她在为她的飞行奖章练习。 “来吧，慢性子，”她说。 “你怎么这么久才来？”“不公平!”似狼的说。 “你能飞。”“你也不用跑过这泥地，”弗兰基说。 “它拖慢了我的速度！”“借口，借口。”吸血鬼揶揄道。 狼四脚朝天，跑到弗兰克的前面。 “看谁先到瀑布，吸血鬼！”“你上场了，”她说。

"Guys?" said Franky. But Wolfy and Vampyra pulled ahead of Franky and even ahead of the boats. "You go ahead," he said. "I'll just keep an eye on the boats." The boats, however, did not need much keeping an eye on. They bobbed and swirled and raced along the river while Franky did his best to keep up. The Junior Monster Scouts were not the only ones enjoying the light rain. The villagers were also celebrating spring. No afternoon showers were going to keep them inside. They put on their raincoats, rain hats, and rain boots, and they jumped from puddle to puddle with resounding kersplashes! They stomped and splashed and sang in the rain. "Attention, villagers!" said the mayor. "I declare an umbrella contest!" He wiped the

“伙计们？”弗兰克说。但是狼和吸血鬼跑在了弗兰克的前面，甚至跑在了小船的前面。 “你去吧，”他说。“我就盯着那些船。” 然而，这些船并不需要太多的监视。 他们在河边上下浮动，旋转，奔跑，而弗兰基尽力跟上。 享受小雨的不只是少年怪兽童子军。 村民们也在庆祝春天。 下午的阵雨也不能让他们呆在家里。 他们穿上雨衣、防雨帽和雨靴，从一个水坑跳到另一个水坑，溅起了响亮的水花！他们在雨中跺脚、溅水、唱歌。 “村民们，请注意！” “我宣布举行一场雨伞比赛！”他擦了擦。

rain from his mustache. "Prize goes to the best decorated umbrella!" "There should be a parade!" said Peter, the young piper. "Quack, quack!" said the ducks, paddling about in a deep puddle. And just in case you don't speak duck, "quack, quack" means Yes, we should have a rainy day parade and an umbrella contest, and we will be the judges. "Oh, this will be splendiferous!" said the mayor. But not everybody was enjoying the rain. Not everybody was excited about umbrellas and puddles and parades. "Caw, caw!" said Edgar, Baron Von Grump's friend and pet crow. "Yes," said the baron, "of course I—"

雨水从他的胡子上落下。“最佳装饰伞获奖！”“应该有一个游行！”年轻的吹笛手彼得说。 “呱，呱！”鸭子们在一个很深的水坑里游来游去。 以防你不会说鸭子语，“嘎嘎，嘎嘎”的意思是是的，我们应该举行雨天游行和雨伞比赛，我们将担任评委。 “噢，这太棒了！”市长说。 但并不是每个人都喜欢下雨。 不是每个人都对雨伞、水坑和游行感到兴奋。 “叫，叫！”冯·格朗普男爵的朋友兼宠物乌鸦埃德加说。 “是的，”男爵说，“我当然——”

PLINK! A big, wet drop of water fell from the ceiling and landed directly on the tip of his nose. "Don't you think I know that we need another—" PLINK! PLUNK!! Two big, wet drops of water dripped from the leaky ceiling of the crooked old windmill and fell right atop Baron Von Grump's head. "—bucket," growled Baron Von Grump. "Caw, caw!" said Edgar. "Well, don't just sit there. Grab an empty —" PLINK! PLUNK! PLINK!! Three big, wet drops of water dripped from the ceiling in three different spots. "—pail," said Baron Von Grump. He moved one bucket. PLINK. He adjusted a pail. PLUNK. He slid a can over to

叮铃声!一颗又大又湿的水珠从天花板上掉下来，直接落在他的鼻尖上。 “你以为我不知道我们需要另一个——”砰砰作响!两颗湿漉漉的大水滴从歪歪斜斜的老风车漏水的天花板上滴下来，正好落在冯·格朗普男爵的头上。 “——桶！”冯·格朗普男爵咆哮道。 “哇哇，哇哇！”艾加说。“好吧，别光坐在那儿。 拿一个空的——“叮！”砰砰作响!叮铃声!三颗又大又湿的水珠从天花板上三个不同的地方滴下来。 “——桶。”冯·格朗普男爵说。 他移动了一个桶。叮铃声。 他调整了一个桶。砰砰作响。 他把一个罐头滑过去