Chapter 14

CHAPTER 14 BARON VON GRUMP GLARED OUT his window. He grumped and he glared. He glared and he grumped. Edgar perched on his shoulder and glared as well. "Junior Monster Scouts," he grumbled. "Caw-caw caw-caw caw," grumbled Edgar. Baron Von Grump put his eye to his telescope and peered out over the village, over the covered bridge, beyond the Gloomy Woods, past the old graveyard, and to the top of the hill. There, in the great stone castle, Dracula's castle, the monsters were celebrating. They were celebrating how they

第十四章冯·格朗普男爵怒视着窗外。 他满腹牢骚，怒目而视。他怒目而视，满腹牢骚。 埃德加坐在他的肩膀上，也瞪着他。 “少年怪兽童子军。”他抱怨道。 “喵——喵——喵——喵，”艾加嘟囔着。 冯·格朗普男爵用望远镜向外望去，越过村庄，越过有盖的桥，越过幽暗的森林，越过古老的墓地，一直望到山顶。 在那里，在巨大的石头城堡里，德古拉的城堡里，怪物们正在庆祝。 他们在庆祝他们是如何

had foiled him. Him, Baron Von Grump! That would never do. Why, the monsters were the very reason Baron Von Grump had never been recognized for his musical talent! Ever since that day when he was just a young lad, onstage at the village talent show, prepared to play the song he had practiced over and over and over so that he might win the trophy... those meddling monsters had come in and scared everyone. Scared him so much that he'd pulled the bow across the

挫败了他。他，冯·格伦男爵！那绝对不行。 为什么，这些怪物就是为什么冯·格朗普男爵的音乐天赋从未得到认可的原因！从他还是个小伙子的那一天起，他就站在村里才艺表演的舞台上，准备演奏那首他为了赢得奖杯而反复练习过的歌…… 那些爱管闲事的怪物进来了，把大家都吓坏了。 吓得他把弓拉过了河

strings in a terrible, earsplitting screech. No one had wanted to hear him play after that. No one would listen. Oh, how Baron Von Grump hated monsters. He hated monsters more than he hated smiling, talking, breathing, "good mornings," or gum-chewing. "Laugh now, you pesky monsters," he growled. "You may have won this round, but you have not seen the last of Baron Von Grump!" "Caw! Caw!" said Edgar. Baron Von Grump pulled his shutters closed... right onto his telescope. The telescope spun around and slapped into his big, bushy, black eyebrows. Baron Von Grump fell back onto the floor with a loud THUMP. "I meant to do that," he said, rubbing his eyebrows.

琴弦发出可怕的、震耳欲聋的尖叫声。 从那以后就没人想听他演奏了。 没人愿意听。哦，男爵Von Grump多么讨厌怪物。 比起讨厌微笑、说话、呼吸、“早上好”或嚼口香糖，他更讨厌怪物。 “笑吧，你们这些讨厌的怪物。”他咆哮道。 “你也许赢了这一轮，但你还没有看到冯·格朗普男爵的最后一面！”“乌鸦叫!叫！”艾加说。 冯·格朗普男爵关上了百叶窗…… 就在他的望远镜上。望远镜转了个圈，拍在他又粗又黑的大眉毛上。 冯·格朗普男爵砰的一声倒在地板上。 “我是有意这么做的。”他揉着眉毛说。