Chapter 3

CHAPTER 3 MRS. LAGOON WAITED UNTIL THE JUNIOR Monster Scouts had changed into their bathing suits before continuing Laguna's swimming lessons. The rain was light and warm and kind of refreshing. It was like being squirted with a hundred little squirt guns filled with warm water. Except not in your eye, because nobody likes that. Laguna waded out into the water until she was up to her waist. Franky, Wolfy, and Vampyra stood at the edge of the river. "Come on, guys," said Laguna. "The water feels nice." Wolfy dipped his toe in. "Feels nice from right here," he said.

第三章泻湖太太一直等到少年怪兽童子军换好泳装，才继续给拉古娜上游泳课。 雨下得很轻，很温暖，让人感到清爽。 就像被一百支装满温水的小水枪喷了一样。 除了你的眼睛，因为没人喜欢那样。 拉古娜涉水到齐腰深的水里。 弗兰克、狼和吸血鬼站在河边。 “来吧，伙计们，”拉古娜说。 “水摸起来很舒服。”狼把脚趾伸进水里。 “在这里感觉很好，”他说。

"Do any of you know how to swim?" asked Mrs. Lagoon. "I can doggy paddle," said Wolfy. "I can float," said Franky. "I prefer to keep my wings dry," Vampyra said, turning into a bat and then back into herself. "Laguna," said Mrs. Lagoon, "why don't you show the Junior Monster Scouts what you've learned so far?" Laguna smiled. She had an audience now. Sometimes it's fun to do things when you have an audience. Sometimes they clap and cheer and say things like "Wow!" and "Way to go!" and "I wish I could do that!" That is exactly what happened with Laguna. While she swam back and forth, kicking her legs and moving her arms, Franky, Wolfy, and Vampyra were saying those very same things.

“你们有人会游泳吗？”泻湖太太问。 “我会狗刨，”狼说。 “我能浮起来，”弗兰基说。 “我宁愿让翅膀保持干燥。”Vampyra说着，变成了一只蝙蝠，然后又变回了自己。 “拉古纳，”泻湖太太说，“你为什么不给少年怪兽童子军们看看你学到的东西呢？”拉古纳笑了。 她现在有听众了。有时候当你有观众的时候做一些事情是很有趣的。 有时他们鼓掌欢呼，说“哇！”、“干得好！”和“我希望我也能做到！”这正是拉古纳的情况。 当她游来游去，踢腿动胳膊的时候，弗兰克、狼和吸血鬼也在说同样的话。

When she was finished, they clapped and cheered some more. "You sure are a good swimmer," said Franky. "Thanks," said Laguna. "But I still don't know if I'm ready to go out there." She pointed to the middle of the river. "I can touch the ground here. I can't touch there." Mrs. Lagoon said, "If you can swim here, then you can swim there. It just takes courage. And I'll be right there with you to help you if you get tired." Laguna still did not seem convinced. It can be very scary to do something when you haven't done it before. "I'd feel a lot better if the Junior Monster Scouts were swimming too," said Laguna. She looked at Franky. Franky looked at Wolfy. Wolfy looked at Vampyra. Vampyra looked at her feet.

她讲完后，他们又鼓掌欢呼起来。 “你确实是个游泳好手，”弗兰基说。 “谢谢，”拉古娜说。“但我仍然不知道我是否准备好了。” 她指着河中央。 “我可以触摸到这里的地面。 我不能碰那里。”泻湖太太说：“如果你能在这里游，那么你也能在那里游。 这需要勇气。如果你累了，我会在你身边帮助你。” 拉古纳似乎仍然不服气。 做一些你以前没有做过的事情是非常可怕的。 “如果少年怪兽童子军也在游泳，我会感觉好多了，”拉古娜说。 她看着弗兰克。弗兰克看着狼。 狼看着吸血鬼。吸血鬼看着她的脚。

"Okay," said Wolfy, taking one full step into the water. "I can't believe I'm doing this, but… I'll take swimming lessons too." "You will?" asked Laguna. Franky gulped and stepped into the water. "Me too."

“好吧，”狼说着，向水里迈了整整一步。 “我真不敢相信我要这么做，但是……我还要上游泳课。” “你会吗？”拉古娜问。弗兰克大口咽了口气，跨进了水里。 “我也是。”

"Oh, yay!" said Laguna. Vampyra sighed and stepped in next to them. "Ah, what the heck," she said. "Oh, you brave Junior Monster Scouts!" said Mrs. Lagoon. "We'll have you swimming in no time. Now, the first step is…" Mrs. Lagoon and Laguna began the Junior Monster Scouts' swimming lessons. Baron Von Grump marched back and forth across the creaky floor of his leaky windmill. He placed a bucket here. He placed a bucket there. And with every new bucket, with every plink and plunk and plink-plunk of water, he grew even more grumpy than he already was. Edgar hopped from one leak to another, stuffing straw into holes. But every time he plugged one hole, another one sprang a leak. "Caw, caw!" said Edgar.

“哦，耶！”拉古娜说。吸血鬼叹了口气，走到他们身边。 “啊，管他呢，”她说。 “哦，你们这些勇敢的少年怪兽童子军！” “我们很快就会让你游泳。 现在，第一步是……”泻湖太太和拉古娜开始了少年怪兽童子军的游泳课。 冯·格朗普男爵在他漏水的风车的咯吱作响的地板上走来走去。 他在这里放了一个桶。他在那里放了一个桶。 随着每一个新桶，每一滴水的叮当声，他变得比以前更暴躁了。 埃德加从一个漏洞跳到另一个漏洞，把稻草塞进洞里。 但每次他堵上一个洞，另一个就会漏水。 “哇哇，哇哇！”艾加说。