Chapter 11

CHAPTER 11 BARON VON GRUMP'S SMILE HAD gone from a big grin to a little twitch, to a thin line, to a frown. A full, frumpy, sour frown. Baron Von Grump was angry. He was so angry that he hopped up and down. He stomped his feet. He wrinkled his eyebrows. He even shook his fist in the air and yelled, "I am so angry!" "Caw! Caw!" said Edgar. Edgar was angry too.

第十一章男爵·冯·格伦普的笑容从咧嘴大笑变成微微抽搐，变成一条细线，再变成皱眉。 愁眉苦脸、愁眉苦脸。 冯·格朗普男爵很生气。 他气得跳上跳下。 他跺着脚。他皱起眉毛。 他甚至在空中挥舞着拳头，喊道：“我太生气了！”“乌鸦叫!叫！”艾加说。 埃德加也生气了。

First it had been the villagers. Then it had been those cheese-nibbling rats. And then, when things had finally gone quiet, when he'd finally picked his violin back up and set the bow against the strings so that he could tune it, someone had howled. A long, loud, rolling howl. Then a kitten. A hissing, spitting kitten. Then there had been a boy with a flute. No, a boy playing a flute, and three little monsters all smiling and, and, and... breathing! Breathing can be very, very loud.

首先是村民。 然后是那些啃奶酪的老鼠。 然后，当一切终于平静下来，当他终于拿起小提琴，把琴弓对准琴弦，准备调音时，有人在嚎叫。 一声长长的、响亮的、滚动的嚎叫。 然后是一只小猫。一只嘶嘶、吐痰的小猫。 还有一个吹笛子的男孩。 不，一个男孩在吹笛子，三个小怪物在笑，还有…… 呼吸!呼吸的声音会非常非常大。

Everything was loud to Baron Von Grump. His own breathing was loud. His hollering, hopping, and stomping was loud. He could barely hear himself think. With the rats gone, the villagers would move back in. With the villagers back, there would be more smiling, and singing, and gum-chewing, and "good mornings." There would be laughing and breathing and good cheer. "I am so angry!" roared Baron Von Grump, pacing and stomping around. See? He was really, really angry. Think of some time when you were really angry. Think of when you had to go to bed early, or eat lima beans, or clean up your toys before you could go out and play. That probably made you angry, right? Well, Baron Von Grump was even angrier than that! Like, a hundred times angrier. Maybe a zillion times.

对冯·格伦男爵来说，一切都很嘈杂。 他自己的呼吸声也很响。 他的喊叫、跳跃和跺脚声音很大。 他几乎听不见自己在想什么。 老鼠走了，村民们就会搬回来。 村民们回来了，会有更多的微笑、唱歌、嚼口香糖和“早上好”。 会有笑声，呼吸和欢乐。 “我太生气了！”冯·格朗普男爵咆哮着，踱来踱去。 看到了吗?他非常非常生气。 想想你真正生气的时候。 想想那些你不得不早早上床睡觉，或者吃青豆，或者在你出去玩之前清理你的玩具的日子。 这可能让你很生气，对吧？ 嗯，冯·格朗普男爵比这更生气！就像，一百倍的愤怒。 也许无数次。

"Caw! Caw!" said Edgar. "Stop cawing!" hollered Baron Von Grump. He shook his fist at Edgar and stomped some more. Edgar's little eyes twinkled mischievously. "Caw?" He flew up to the top rafter and stayed out of Baron Von Grump's way. "Argh!" yelled Baron Von Grump. He stuffed cotton into his ears and slammed his shutters closed. That was how angry he was.

“乌鸦叫!叫！”艾加说。“别叫了！”冯·格朗普男爵喊道。 他朝艾加晃了晃拳头，又跺了几下。 埃德加的小眼睛调皮地眨着。 “乌鸦叫?”他飞到最高的椽子上，躲开了冯·格朗普男爵。 “啊！”冯·格朗普男爵喊道。 他把棉花塞进耳朵里，砰地关上百叶窗。 他就是这么生气。