Chapter 1

CHAPTER 1 "IT CAME!" VAMPYRA SQUEALED. SHE was very excited. She was so excited that she ran in circles. Three circles to be exact. That is something you should keep in mind for the next time you are so happy that you cannot contain yourself—run in a circle, three times. Not four. That's too much, and you'll probably just get dizzy. Franky waved down at Vampyra from the window of Doctor Frankenstein. He was helping his grandfather with a new experiment.

第一章“它来了！”VAMPYRA叫苦不迭。 她非常兴奋。她太兴奋了，以致于在原地打转。 确切地说是三个圆。 下次当你高兴得无法控制自己的时候，你应该记住这一点——绕圈跑三圈。 不四。太多了，你可能会头晕。 弗兰克从弗兰肯斯坦博士的窗户向下向吸血鬼挥手。 他在帮祖父做一项新实验。

"Is that what I think it is?" Franky called down. "All the way from the desert sands, halfway around the world!" Vampyra said. She waved the postcard back and forth. "Hold on, I'll be right up."

“这是我想的那个东西吗？”弗兰克向下喊道。 “从沙漠的沙滩上一路走来，绕了半个地球！”Vampyra说。 她来回挥动着明信片。 “等一下，我马上就上来。”

Vampyra closed the mailbox. Then she wiggled her toes, snapped her fingers, and closed her eyes. POOF! Vampyra turned into a bat. She flew straight up and through the laboratory window of Castle Dracula. "Ta-da!" she said, handing Franky the postcard. "Wow!" said Franky. "This is the coolest!" "Looks hot to me," said Doctor Frankenstein, peeking over their shoulders. The postcard showed a great big pyramid in the middle of a desert. "All that sand? And sun? Do you know how warm I'd be in my lab coat if I lived there?"

吸血鬼关上了邮筒。 然后她扭动着脚趾，打着响指，闭上了眼睛。 噗!吸血鬼变成了蝙蝠。 她径直飞了起来，穿过了德古拉城堡实验室的窗户。 “哒哒！”她边说边把明信片递给弗兰克。 “哇！”弗兰克说。“这是最酷的！”“在我看来很热。”弗兰肯斯坦博士说，从他们的肩膀上偷看。 这张明信片展示了沙漠中央的一个巨大的金字塔。 “那么多沙子？”和太阳?你知道如果我住在那里，我穿着白大褂会有多暖和吗？”

"No, Grandpa," said Franky. "'Cool' means that it's something really awesome. It's, um… It's neat. You know, like something really great." "If you say so," Doctor Frankenstein said with a shrug. "We have to show Wolfy," said Vampyra. "Can I go out and play, Grandpa?" Franky asked. Doctor Frankenstein lifted his goggles from his face. "Would I be a 'cool' grandfather if I said yes?" "The coolest!" Franky said. Doctor Frankenstein winked at Franky and Vampyra. "Go on, then," he said. "I can take care of the rest of this contraption." Franky wasn't sure what Grandpa was building, but it had a lot of springs and bolts and bubbling tubes and coils. "Thanks, Grandpa!" said Franky.

“不，爷爷，”弗兰克说。 “‘酷’的意思是它真的很棒。 它，嗯，它很整洁。你知道，就像一些非常棒的东西。” “既然你这么说，”弗兰肯斯坦博士耸耸肩说。 “我们得让狼知道。”万皮拉说。 “爷爷，我能出去玩吗？”弗兰奇问道。 弗兰肯斯坦博士摘下了他的护目镜。 “如果我说是的话，我会成为一个‘酷’爷爷吗？”“最酷的!”佛朗基说。 弗兰肯斯坦博士对弗兰克和吸血鬼眨了眨眼。 “那就去吧，”他说。“我可以处理好这个奇妙装置的其余部分。” 弗兰克不知道爷爷在做什么，但里面有很多弹簧、螺栓、鼓泡的管子和线圈。 “谢谢，爷爷！”弗兰克说。

He and Vampyra raced all the way down the spiral steps and through the main hall and out the front gate of Castle Dracula. "Wolfy, look!" said Vampyra. Wolfy had just been on his way to visit his friends. "Is that from Neveen?" he asked. "Just arrived," said Franky. "She's going to be here in two weeks!" Wolfy howled in delight, and then he and Franky and Vampyra put their paws and claws together and danced in a circle. Three circles. Not four. That just would have made them dizzy.

他和吸血鬼一路跑下螺旋形台阶，穿过大厅，出了德古拉城堡的大门。 “狼，快看！” 狼刚去拜访他的朋友。 “这是妮芬送的吗？”他问。 “刚到，”弗兰基说。 “她两周后就要来了！”狼高兴地叫了起来，然后他和弗兰克还有吸血鬼把爪子和爪子放在一起，围成一个圈跳舞。 三个圆圈。不四。那只会让他们头晕。

Why were they so happy? What the heck was going on? The Junior Monster Scouts were about to have an exchange scout come stay with them for the summer. They would get to have a Monster Scout from another place visit Castle Dracula while they learned about each other's customs and culture. It was very exciting, and the first time they'd ever had the chance to do it. Neveen was their soon-to-be-guest's name, and she was from a great big pyramid in an even bigger desert that was halfway around the world! Isn't that cool?

他们为什么这么高兴？到底发生了什么？ 少年怪兽童子军即将有一个交换童子军来和他们一起过夏天。 他们将有一个来自另一个地方的怪物童子军参观德古拉城堡，同时他们了解彼此的习俗和文化。 这非常令人兴奋，也是他们第一次有机会这么做。 内文是他们即将成为客人的名字，她来自一个巨大的金字塔，在一个更大的沙漠，在半个地球！是不是很酷？