Chapter 5

CHAPTER 5 IF YOU WERE STANDING OUTSIDE Baron Von Grump's windmill at this particular moment, you would have heard an unusual sound. Well, unusual for the windmill. The kind of sound that one would not expect to hear coming from inside Baron Von Grump's windmill: whistling. Yes, you heard me correctly. Whistling. A cheerful, high-pitched tune being whistled. Of course, we know it was not Baron Von Grump. He was in the village buying cheese. That must mean that it was none other than Baroness Von Grumpier. Baroness Von Grumpier whistling? A cheerful whistling? That can't be right. She's

第五章如果此刻你站在冯·格朗普男爵的风车外面，你会听到一种不同寻常的声音。 这对风车来说很不寻常。 一种人们不会想到会从冯·格朗普男爵的风车里听到的声音：口哨声。 是的，你没听错。 吹口哨。吹着欢快的高音曲调。 当然，我们知道这不是Baron Von Grump。 他在村里买奶酪。 那一定意味着那不是别人，正是冯·格鲁皮埃男爵夫人。 男爵夫人吹口哨？ 欢快的口哨声？这不可能是对的。 她是

supposed to be even grumpier than the baron. And that's a LOT of grump. But that's exactly who it was, and that's exactly what she was doing. However, it wasn't exactly because she was cheerful. No, her whistling was because she was doing something awful, something she knew would annoy her cousin so much that he would grit his teeth, and flare his nostrils, and maybe even tug on his beard. That made Baroness Von Grumpier smile, and that was why she whistled. "Croak," said Wilma. The large, warty toad sat on Baron Von Grump's pillow, watching Baroness Von Grumpier as she flitted about the windmill, whistling. That doesn't sound very awful, does it? Well, that is because I haven't told you the rest of what she was doing. Baroness Von Grumpier was gathering all of Baron

应该比男爵还暴躁。 这是一大堆牢骚。 但确实是这样，她也确实是这么做的。 然而，这并不完全是因为她心情愉快。 不，她吹口哨是因为她在做一件可怕的事，她知道这件事会让她的表弟非常恼火，他会咬紧牙关，鼻孔张开，甚至可能会扯胡子。 这使冯·格鲁皮埃男爵夫人笑了，这就是她吹口哨的原因。 “呱呱，”威尔玛说。那只长满疣子的大癞蛤蟆坐在冯·格鲁普男爵的枕头上，看着冯·格鲁普男爵夫人吹着口哨在风车周围飞来飞去。 这听起来不是很可怕，对吧？ 那是因为我还没告诉你她做了什么。 冯·格鲁皮埃男爵夫人正在召集男爵的所有人

Von Grump's things and putting them in one big pile. "I quite agree, Wilma," said Baroness Von Grumpier. "Good riddance to all this rubbish." "Croak," said Wilma. "Oh yes, I nearly forgot," said Baroness Von Grumpier. She snatched Baron Von Grump's favorite picture off the wall, the picture of a young (happy) Baron Von Grump playing his violin, and threw it into the pile. But that's so mean, you might say. See? I told you that she was doing something awful, and that she was a very grumpy, very miserable person. Don't let her whistling fool you. But then she did something even more awful than throwing the picture into the pile.

把冯·格朗普的东西堆成一大堆。 “我完全同意，威尔玛，”冯·格鲁皮埃男爵夫人说。 “总算摆脱了这些垃圾。” “呱呱，”威尔玛说。“哦，是的，我差点忘了，”男爵夫人冯·格鲁皮耶说。 她从墙上抢过冯·格朗普男爵最喜欢的照片，那是一张年轻的（快乐的）冯·格朗普男爵拉小提琴的照片，然后把它扔进了那堆东西里。 但你可能会说，这太刻薄了。 看到了吗?我告诉过你她做了很糟糕的事，而且她脾气很坏，很痛苦。 别让她吹口哨骗了你。 但后来她做了一件比把画扔进那堆画更可怕的事。

"Croak," said Wilma. "Of course! Ah, what would I do without you, Wilma?" Baroness Von Grumpier picked up Baron Von Grump's most prized possession. His favorite thing in the whole world. The only thing that ever gave him any joy. You guessed it. She picked up Baron Von Grump's violin, and without a second thought, she tossed it right over her shoulder. It landed atop the pile with a loud KER-SPLOING! as two of the strings snapped.

“呱呱，”威尔玛说。“当然!啊，没有你我该怎么办，薇玛？”冯·格鲁普男爵夫人拿起了冯·格鲁普男爵最珍贵的东西。 这是他最喜欢的东西。 唯一能给他带来快乐的事。 你猜对了。她拿起冯·格朗普男爵的小提琴，毫不犹豫地把它扔到肩上。 它落在了堆上，发出一声巨响！两根弦断了。

"Well, that's about everything," said Baroness Von Grumpier. "Croak," said Wilma. "Yes, my dear," said Baroness Von Grumpier. "I really am doing him a favor, aren't I? This place was so… cluttered. Now then, let's be rid of it all." Do you remember when I said that it was a mistake that Baron Von Grump and Edgar did not take the horse and cart to reach the village? Baroness Von Grumpier loaded the entire pile of Baron Von Grump's things, including his favorite picture and prized violin, into the cart. And then she and Wilma started off, away from the windmill. "Let's find a place to dump this garbage," said Baroness Von Grumpier. "I simply cannot stand clutter." And off they went, clattering down the road with a cartful of Baron Von Grump's possessions.

“嗯，这就是一切，”男爵夫人冯·格鲁皮耶说。 “呱呱，”威尔玛说。“是的，亲爱的，”冯·格鲁皮埃男爵夫人说。 “我真是在帮他的忙，不是吗？” 这地方太……乱了。 现在，让我们摆脱这一切吧。” 你还记得我说过冯·格朗普男爵和埃德加没有乘马车去村子是个错误吗？ 冯·格鲁普男爵夫人把冯·格鲁普男爵所有的东西，包括他最喜欢的照片和珍贵的小提琴，都装进了车里。 然后她和威尔玛离开了风车。 “我们找个地方扔这些垃圾吧，”男爵夫人冯·格鲁皮耶说。 “我简直无法忍受杂乱。” 他们就这样走了，拖着一车冯·格朗普男爵的东西，咔嗒咔嗒地走在路上。