Chapter 10

CHAPTER 10 CASTLE DRACULA WAS VERY BIG. It had lots of rooms and lots of stairs and lots of towers for Cleo to hide in. But when the Junior Monster Scouts ran across the drawbridge and into the front hall, they found her curled up in front of the fireplace. It was a big fireplace, but Cleo was even bigger. Imagine finding a creature the size of a car curled up in front of your fireplace.

德古拉城堡非常大。 它有许多房间、许多楼梯和许多塔楼供克莱奥藏身。 但是当少年怪兽童子军跑过吊桥进入前厅时，他们发现她蜷缩在壁炉前。 这是一个很大的壁炉，但克利奥更大。 想象一下，发现一个汽车大小的生物蜷缩在你的壁炉前。

"All that flying around and asking riddles must have tired her out" said Neveen. "I hope she's not too tired to turn everyone back to normal," said Franky. Neveen sat down next to her pet sphinx and gently stroked her soft fur. Cleo yawned in her sleep and stretched her long legs and large paws. Her eagle wings unfurled, and her snake tail rattled. She was so comfortable that she began to purr. She opened one yellow eye, and then the other. When she saw the Junior Monster Scouts and Little Junior Monster Scouts all

“飞来飞去，又猜谜语，一定把她累坏了。” “我希望她不会太累，让大家恢复正常，”弗兰基说。 妮芬坐在她的宠物狮身人面像旁边，轻轻地抚摸着它柔软的皮毛。 克莱奥在睡梦中打着哈欠，伸展着她的长腿和大爪子。 她展开鹰翼，蛇尾嘎嘎作响。 她舒服得开始呜呜叫起来。 她睁开一只黄色的眼睛，又睁开另一只。 当她看到少年怪兽童子军和少年怪兽童子军时

gathered behind Neveen, she sat up and let out a very loud meow. "Cleopatra," said Neveen. "Have you been asking people riddles?" "Meow," said Cleo. That meant "Yes." "And did you turn them to stone?" asked Neveen. "Meow meow," said Cleo. That meant "Yes, because they did not answer my riddle correctly." "That is not a nice thing to do, Cleo," said Neveen. "Especially not when we're guests here." Cleo meowed and licked her paw. "Meow meow meow," she said. "I know that's the rule of riddles," said Neveen, "but we're not in the desert. We're not back home with the pyramids. We're guests here, and we should be on our best behavior."

聚集在妮芬身后，她坐了起来，大声地喵了一声。 “克利奥帕特拉，”妮文说。“你一直在问别人谜语吗？”“喵，”克莱奥说。 这意味着“是”。“你把它们变成石头了吗？”妮雯问。 “喵喵，”克莱奥说。意思是“是的，因为他们没有猜对我的谜语。” “这可不是一件好事，克莱奥，”妮文说。 “尤其是当我们是客人的时候。” 克莱奥喵喵叫着，舔着她的爪子。 “喵喵喵，”她说。 “我知道这是谜语的规则，”妮文说，“但我们不是在沙漠里。 我们又不是带着金字塔回家。 我们是这里的客人，我们应该举止得体。”

Cleo twitched her tail and rubbed her paw behind her ear. Franky raised his hand. "I have a new game. What if we answer one more riddle, Cleo?" Franky asked. "If we get it right, you turn everyone back. If we get it wrong… then you can turn us to stone." "Franky!" Vampyra said. "What are you thinking?" Wolfy said. "I don't wanna be turned to stone!" said Fern. The other Little Junior Monster Scouts agreed. Franky smiled. "Any problem can be solved when all your friends get involved," he said. "I think we've gotten pretty good at these riddles, and I'll bet we can solve this one too." "Okay," said Wolfy. "If you think so," said Vampyra. "Ask away, Cleo," said Fern.

克莱奥扭动着尾巴，用爪子在耳后摩擦。 弗兰克举起了手。“我有一个新游戏。 我们再回答一个谜语怎么样，克利奥？”弗兰奇问道。 “如果我们做对了，你就把所有人都赶走了。 如果我们做错了……你可以把我们变成石头。” “佛朗基!”Vampyra说。“你在想什么？”似狼的说。 “我可不想变成石头！”芬说。 其他的小童子军也同意了。 弗兰奇笑了。“当你所有的朋友都参与进来时，任何问题都可以解决，”他说。 “我想我们已经很擅长这些谜语了，我敢打赌我们也能解开这个。” “好吧，”狼说。“如果你这样想的话。”万皮拉说。 “说吧，克莱奥，”弗恩说。

Cleo thought for a moment. She was excited to ask the Junior Monster Scouts a riddle, but she wasn't sure which one. She had so many! Finally, she sat up straight, cleared her throat, and spoke in a language they could all understand. (If all her riddles were in meows, nobody would ever be able to solve them!) This is what Cleo asked: "What do you find at the end of a rainbow?" The Junior Monster Scouts and Little Junior Monster Scouts gathered in a circle. "Okay, what's at the end of a rainbow?" Franky asked. "Grass," said Wolfy. "It ends in the grass." "But what if it lands in the lake?" Vampyra asked. "Maybe it's water." "Could be water or grass," said Franky, "so that can't be it. What about gold? Everyone knows that leprechauns hide their pots of gold at the end of the rainbow."

克利奥想了一会儿。 她很兴奋地想问少年怪兽童子军一个谜语，但她不确定是哪个。 她有这么多！最后，她坐直了身子，清了清嗓子，用一种大家都听得懂的语言说话了。 （如果她所有的谜语都是喵喵叫的，那就没人能解开了！）克莱奥是这样问的：“你在彩虹的尽头发现了什么？”少年怪兽童子军和少年怪兽童子军围成一圈。 “好吧，彩虹的尽头是什么？”弗兰奇问道。 “草，”狼说。“它的尽头是草地。” “但如果它落在湖里怎么办？”Vampyra问道。 “也许是水。”“可能是水，也可能是草，”弗兰基说，“所以不可能是那个。 黄金呢？大家都知道小矮妖把金子藏在彩虹的尽头。”

Fern listened while the Junior Monster Scouts puzzled over the answer. She was thinking too. Sometimes it helped her to write down parts of the questions. She used her little claw to scratch RAINBOW on the stone castle floor. Do you know the answer to the riddle? What do you find at the end of a rainbow? The clue is right in front of you.… RAINBOW. Franky, Wolfy, and Vampyra stopped puzzling. They looked at what Fern had written, and then, at the same time, the answer came to them. It was right there in front of their faces. The answer to Cleo's last riddle was—

弗恩听着，小童子军们在琢磨着答案。 她也在思考。有时它能帮她记下部分问题。 她用她的小爪子在城堡的石头地板上抓着彩虹。 你知道这个谜语的答案吗？ 你在彩虹的尽头发现了什么？ 线索就在你面前。彩虹。 弗兰克、狼和吸血鬼不再迷惑了。 他们看着弗恩写的东西，同时，他们想到了答案。 就在他们面前。 克莱奥最后一个谜语的答案是——