Chapter 11

CHAPTER 11 BEFORE YOU BEGIN TO WORRY, I want to assure you that Baron Von Grump was okay. He wasn't hurt, not in any way. He was a bit stinky, and a bit slimy, and he may have had a banana peel on his shoulder and some old pudding on his sleeve, but otherwise he was fine. In fact, he was rather happy. Happy? Happy to be swallowed by a trash heap and surrounded by piles of gross garbage? That can't be right. But it was. You see, inside the trash heap it was quiet. Smelly, yes. But quiet. And there was his old picture, the one of young Baron Von Grump playing his violin. Speaking of violins, there it was, his most favorite thing in the whole world.

在你开始担心之前，我想向你保证，冯·格朗普男爵没事。 他没有受伤，一点都没有。 他身上有点臭，有点黏糊糊的，他的肩膀上可能有一个香蕉皮，袖子上可能有一些旧布丁，但除此之外，他还不错。 事实上，他相当高兴。 快乐吗?被垃圾堆吞没，被成堆的垃圾包围是不是很开心？ 这不可能是对的。但事实的确如此。 你看，在垃圾堆里很安静。 臭,是的。但安静。还有他的老照片，那是年轻的冯·格朗普男爵拉小提琴的照片。 说到小提琴，这就是他在这个世界上最喜欢的东西。

Baron Von Grump picked up his violin and pulled it close. "I'll have you fixed up in no time," he said. "New strings, a bit of polish, and a nice tuning." And so, you see, Baron Von Grump was quite fine, and quite happy. Edgar, however, was not. "Caw, caw!" he said. He flew in circles around the trash heap. The trash heap spun in circles, following the frantic crow. Edgar was very concerned about his best friend being swallowed whole by a giant trash heap. Wouldn't you be? Of course you would. That's because you're a good friend, and so was Edgar. "Edgar, I know you're upset," said Franky. "But together we might just be able to save the baron." "Caw?"

冯·格朗普男爵拿起他的小提琴，拉得很近。 “我马上就把你治好，”他说。 “新的琴弦，稍作润色，调得很好。” 所以，你看，冯·格朗普男爵很好，也很开心。 然而埃德加却不是。“呱，呱！”他说。 他绕着垃圾堆飞。 垃圾堆跟着狂乱的乌鸦转着圈。 埃德加非常担心他最好的朋友会被一个巨大的垃圾堆整个吞没。 你不会吗？你当然会。 那是因为你是个好朋友，埃德加也是。 “埃德加，我知道你很难过，”弗兰基说。 “但我们联手也许就能救下男爵。” “乌鸦叫?”

"Take this old boot and lure the trash heap to Stargazer's Point," said Franky. "Caw!" "I know it's gross," said Franky. "And yes, it smells like a hundred sweaty toes stepped in a puddle of old milk." "Caw?" "I'll be there shortly," said Franky. "There's one more thing I need to do." Edgar took the old, slop-stained boot in his beak. He flew above the trash heap, swooping down every once in a while to dangle it in front of the trash heap's mouth. "SNORGLE BELCH GLOBBLE MUCK!" said the trash heap. But no matter how much the trash heap tried, it just could not get that old boot. Edgar was too quick. With loops and swoops and dips and twirls, Edgar led that giant trash heap all the way out to Stargazer's Point.

“带上这只旧靴子，把那堆垃圾引到观星者角去。”弗兰基说。 “乌鸦叫!”“我知道这很恶心，”弗兰基说。 “是的，它闻起来就像一百个汗脚趾踩在一滩陈牛奶里。” “乌鸦叫?”“我马上就到，”弗兰基说。 “我还有一件事要做。” 埃德加把那只脏兮兮的旧靴子叼进嘴里。 他飞过垃圾堆，每隔一段时间就俯冲下来，把它吊在垃圾堆的嘴边。 “哼，嗝，环球垃圾！”垃圾堆说。 但不管垃圾堆怎么努力，就是收不到那只旧靴子。 埃德加动作太快了。埃德加带着那堆巨大的垃圾，盘旋着，俯冲着，旋转着，一直走到观星者角。

Wolfy stood atop a large rock at Stargazer's Point. He had been keeping an eye out for the trash heap. "Here they come!" he said. The trash heap was the biggest they had seen it yet. It was five times the size it had been when they had first seen it. It was headed straight for them, chasing Edgar. "What's Edgar doing here?" asked Vampyra. "And what's he doing with that old boot?" "And where's Franky?" Fern asked. "What do you want us to do with all this sweet, wonderful, stinky old garbage?" Boris asked. He and the rats had armfuls of trash. Vampyra remembered Franky's plan. "Put it in one nice pile, right here," she said. "Yoo-hoo," called Wolfy. "Over here!"

狼站在观星者角的一块大石头上。 他一直留意着那堆垃圾。 “他们来了！”他说。 那堆垃圾是他们见过的最大的。 它比他们第一次见到它时大了五倍。 它追着埃德加直奔他们而来。 “埃德加在这儿干什么？” “他拿着那只旧靴子干什么？”“弗兰克呢？”蕨类植物问道。 “你想让我们怎么处理这些又甜又棒又臭的旧垃圾？”鲍里斯问道。 他和老鼠们抱满了垃圾。 吸血鬼想起了弗兰基的计划。 “把它整齐地堆在一起，就在这里，”她说。 “嗬嗬，”狼叫道。“在这里!”

Edgar dropped the old boot atop the new pile of garbage. The trash heap lumbered forward. "HUNGRY!" It opened its mouth wide and gobbled up every bit of the trash they'd collected, including the old boot. It grew in size again. It grew three more times. It shook. It shivered. It rumbled and grumbled and quivered and quaked. "SNORGLE BELCH GLOBBLE MUCK!" it said. And then it let out the loudest, grossest, smelliest burp anyone had ever heard. BURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRP It was so loud and so long that it shot Baron Von Grump right out of the trash heap's belly. He landed with a splat, still holding his dear violin. "MORE GARBAGE EAT!" said the trash heap.

埃德加把旧靴子扔在新垃圾堆上。 那堆垃圾笨重地向前移动。 “饿了!”它张大了嘴巴，把他们收集的所有垃圾都吃光了，包括那只旧靴子。 它又变大了。它又长了三倍。 它摇了摇。它颤抖。它隆隆作响，咕咕哝哝，颤抖着，颤抖着。 “哼，嗝，环球垃圾！” 然后它发出了一声最响、最恶心、最难闻的饱嗝。 这声音太响了，太长了，把男爵从垃圾堆的肚子里射了出来。 他啪的一声落在地上，手里还握着他心爱的小提琴。 “更多的垃圾吃！”垃圾堆说。

It loomed over the Junior and Little Junior Monster Scouts, Baron Von Grump, Edgar, and Boris and the rats. It seemed there was no stopping the trash heap. It was still hungry.

它笼罩着小童子军和小童子军、冯·格朗普男爵、埃德加、鲍里斯和老鼠。 似乎无法阻止这堆垃圾。 它还是很饿。