Chapter 1

CHAPTER 1 WOLFY TOOK A DEEP BREATH. He looked to the sky. He leaned way back and let out the biggest, longest, loudest howl he could. It was a very good howl. It was such a good howl that it went right past the forest, over the covered bridge, through the village, and all the way to the Old Windmill. "That was a good one!" said Franky Stein. "I'll bet they could hear that howl all the way back at the castle!" said Vampyra. "Thanks!" said Wolfy. He was very proud of himself. Tonight was the Junior Monster Scout meeting, and Wolfy wanted to earn his Howling Merit Badge.

第一章狼深深地吸了一口气。 他望着天空。他向后靠了靠，发出了最大、最长、最响亮的嚎叫。 那是一声非常好听的嚎叫。这一声嗥叫是如此美妙，它越过了森林，越过了有顶棚的桥，穿过了村庄，一直传到老风车那里。 “这是个好主意！”弗兰克·斯坦说。 “我敢打赌，他们在城堡里一路都能听到那嚎叫！” “谢谢！”狼说。他为自己感到非常自豪。 今晚是少年怪兽童子军的会议，狼想获得他的嚎叫功绩徽章。

In fact, Wolfy's howl was such a good howl that it reached right through the open window of the Old Windmill, right into the ears of Baron Von Grump. Baron Von Grump was always grumpy. Everything about him was grumpy. Even his eyebrows were grumpy. They were like two big, black, bushy, grumpy caterpillars crawling across his forehead. They were even blacker than Edgar, his pet crow. "What was that noise?" he sneered. "That sounded like a howl. A monstrous howl. Oh, how I despise those wretched monsters!"

事实上，狼的嗥叫非常好听，穿过老风车开着的窗户，直传到冯·格朗普男爵的耳朵里。 冯·格朗普男爵总是脾气暴躁。 他的一切都很暴躁。 就连他的眉毛都显得很暴躁。 它们就像两条黑色的、毛茸茸的、脾气暴躁的大毛毛虫爬过他的额头。 他们甚至比他的宠物乌鸦埃德加还要黑。 “那是什么声音？”他冷笑道。 那声音听起来像嚎叫。 可怕的嚎叫。啊，我多么鄙视那些可恶的怪物！”

Edgar hopped onto the windowsill and peered out over the village. "Caw, caw!" Edgar did not like monsters either.

埃德加跳上窗台，眺望着村子。 “乌鸦叫,高高的!”埃德加也不喜欢怪物。

Baron Von Grump did not like noise. Baron Von Grump did not like anything, really, except for playing his violin and making plans. Baron Von Grump loved making plans. He loved that almost as much as he loved playing his violin. So you see, Baron Von Grump loved two things. And everything else, he did not.

冯·格伦普男爵不喜欢噪音。 冯·格朗普男爵什么都不喜欢，真的，除了拉小提琴和制定计划。 冯·格朗普男爵喜欢制定计划。 他喜欢这个，就像他喜欢拉小提琴一样。 所以你看，冯·格朗普男爵喜欢两样东西。 其他的一切，他都没有。

Okay, he loved Edgar, too. Three things. Baron Von Grump loved three things. Baron Von Grump looked out his window and glared at the village. Edgar glared with him. Today was the village cheese festival, and all of the villagers were busy setting up. "Look at them!" he said. "Smiling, talking, singing, why... they're even chewing gum! I cannot stand when people chew gum... or sing, or talk, or smile. These villagers are almost as bad as those miserable monsters." See? Baron Von Grump did not like anything besides making plans and his violin and Edgar. With all of this noise Baron Von Grump could not concentrate. If he could not concentrate, he could not play his violin. If he could not play his violin, he would become even grumpier than the grump he already was. And that is a lot of grump. "I have a plan!" he said with a sly smirk.

好吧，他也爱埃德加。 三件事。冯·格朗普男爵喜欢三样东西。 冯·格朗普男爵望着窗外，怒视着村子。 埃德加瞪着他。今天是村里的奶酪节，所有的村民都忙着准备。 “看看他们！”他说。“微笑，谈话，唱歌，为什么…… 他们甚至还在嚼口香糖！我不能忍受人们嚼口香糖。 或唱歌，或说话，或微笑。 这些村民几乎和那些可怜的怪物一样坏。” 看到了吗?冯·格朗普男爵除了制定计划、他的小提琴和埃德加以外，什么都不喜欢。 吵闹声使冯·格朗普男爵无法集中注意力。 如果他不能集中注意力，他就拉不了小提琴。 如果他不会拉小提琴，他会变得比现在更暴躁。 这是一大堆牢骚。 “我有个计划！”他狡黠地傻笑着说。

"Caw! Caw!" said Edgar. A plan! This made Baron Von Grump happy for one half of a second. Make a smile. Just a little one. Barely twitch the corners of your mouth. Now stop. That was how long Baron Von Grump was happy. That was not very long, was it? Edgar hopped onto Baron Von Grump's shoulder. Baron Von Grump slammed his shutters closed. He knew just what to do to get rid of all of those smiling, talking, singing, gum- chewing villagers. He knew just how to chase them away.

“乌鸦叫!叫！”艾加说。一个计划!这让冯·格朗普男爵高兴了半秒。 微笑。只是一个小的。 几乎不动你的嘴角。 现在停止。这就是男爵格朗普快乐的时间。 时间不长，对吧？ 埃德加跳到冯·格朗普男爵的肩膀上。 冯·格朗普男爵砰地关上百叶窗。 他知道该怎么做才能摆脱那些微笑、说话、唱歌、嚼口香糖的村民。 他知道怎么把它们赶走。