Chapter 2

CHAPTER 2 JUST AS WOLFY WAS GETTING ready to howl again, he heard something. He stopped. He listened. Wolfy was a very good listener. He had ears like a wolf. It sounded like someone was crying. It did not sound like a good cry, like when you get a new puppy or some ice cream and you're so happy that you cry. No, this sounded like a sad cry. "Hey," said Wolfy, "I hear someone." Wolfy followed the sound of crying. Vampyra and Franky went with him. The crying led them down past the graveyard, along the crooked trail, and right to the edge of the Gloomy Woods. A little boy sat by the

就在狼准备再次嚎叫时，他听到了什么声音。 他停住了。他听着。狼是一个很好的倾听者。 他的耳朵像狼一样。听起来像是有人在哭。 这听起来不像是一个好的哭声，就像你得到了一只新的小狗或一些冰淇淋，你高兴得哭了起来。 不，这听起来像是悲伤的哭声。 “嘿，”狼说，“我听到有人了。” 狼跟着哭声。 吸血鬼和弗兰基跟他一起去了。 哭声带着他们走过墓地，沿着弯弯曲曲的小路，一直走到幽暗森林的边缘。 一个小男孩坐在桌子旁边

side of the trail. It was Peter, the piper, from the village. He was crying into his hat. "What's wrong?" asked Wolfy. Peter jumped. "Don't eat me!" The junior monsters looked confused. Stop reading and look at the nearest person. Now say, "Don't eat me!" They look confused, don't they? They are probably giving you a funny look. That is the kind of look the junior monsters gave Peter. "Why would we eat you?" asked Vampyra. "Because you're monsters," said Peter. "Monsters eat people, right?" "We're friendly monsters," said Franky.

小路的一边。是彼得，村里的风笛手。 他躲在帽子里哭。 “怎么了？”狼问。 彼得吓了一跳。“别吃我！”小怪物们看起来很困惑。 停止阅读，看看最近的人。 现在说：“不要吃我！”他们看起来很困惑，不是吗？ 他们可能会用奇怪的眼神看你。 这就是小怪兽们给彼得的表情。 “我们为什么要吃你？” “因为你们是怪物。”彼得说。 “怪物吃人，对吧？”“我们是友好的怪物，”弗兰基说。

"Friendly monsters?" Peter asked. "The stories don't say anything about friendly monsters." "That's just it," said Vampyra. She swished her cape. "They're only stories!" "My dad says Baron Von Grump made up all of those stories about us," said Franky. "And everyone believed him." "Well, you're certainly not scary, like in the stories," said Peter. "I've never met a real monster before." "We're not just monsters. We are Junior Monster Scouts!" said Wolfy. "Why are you crying?" "I was playing a song on my flute, and when I turned around, my Shadow was gone!" Peter said. "Cheer up," said Franky. "We'll find your shadow!" He looked behind a bush. He looked under a rock. "Have you checked your pockets? Oh, hey, I found it! Look, there it

“友好的怪物?”彼得问。 “故事里没有提到任何友好的怪物。” “正是这样。”万皮拉说。 她挥动斗篷。“它们只是故事！”“我爸爸说冯·格朗普男爵编造了所有关于我们的故事，”弗兰克说。 “大家都相信了他。” “嗯，你当然不像故事里那样可怕。”彼得说。 “我从来没见过真正的怪物。” “我们不仅仅是怪物。我们是少年怪兽童子军！”狼说。 “你为什么哭？”“我正在用笛子吹一首歌，当我转过身来，我的影子不见了！”彼得说。 “振作起来，”弗兰基说。“我们会找到你的影子的！”他朝灌木丛后面看去。 他在岩石下面找。“你检查过你的口袋吗？” 哦，嘿，我找到了！看，在那里

is!" He pointed to Peter's shadow stretched out next to him. "Not that shadow," said Peter. "My kitten. Her name is Shadow." He started to cry again. Peter was very sad. Wolfy, Vampyra, and Franky did not like seeing anyone sad. "Don't worry," said Wolfy. "We'll help you find Shadow." "You will?" said Peter. He wiped his tears away. "We sure will," said Franky. "By paw or claw, by tooth or wing, Junior Monster Scouts can do anything!" said Vampyra.

啊!”他指了指旁边彼得的影子。 “不是那个影子。”彼得说。 “我的小猫。她的名字叫影子。” 他又哭了起来。彼得很伤心。 狼、吸血鬼和弗兰克不喜欢看到任何人伤心。 “别担心，”狼说。 “我们会帮你找到影子的。” “你愿意吗？”彼得说。他擦去眼泪。 “我们当然会的，”弗兰基说。 “靠爪子或爪子，靠牙齿或翅膀，少年怪物童子军可以做任何事情！”