Chapter 2

CHAPTER 2 FRANKY AND VAMPYRA WERE NOT the only ones who heard Wolfy's howl. All the way down the crooked trail, over the river, and clear across the village, two sets of ears perked up at the sound. Two sets of ears (that's four ears total, in case you were wondering) attached to two heads, atop two rather miserable bodies. If you had not guessed yet, these ears belonged to Baron Von Grump and his visiting cousin, Baroness Von Grumpier. They lived in the windmill on the edge of the village. A rather empty windmill since Baroness Von Grumpier had recently thrown

不是只有弗兰克和吸血鬼听到了狼的嚎叫。 沿着弯弯曲曲的小路，越过河流，穿过村庄，两只耳朵都竖起来了。 两对耳朵（如果你想知道的话，总共是四只耳朵）连着两个脑袋，顶在两个可怜的身体上。 如果你还没有猜到，这些耳朵属于冯·格鲁普男爵和他来访的表妹冯·格鲁普男爵夫人。 他们住在村庄边上的风车里。 自从冯·格鲁皮埃男爵夫人最近扔了之后，风车就空无一人了

away all of Baron Von Grump's things. But that's a whole other story—our previous story, to be exact. But there they sat, in an empty windmill, glaring at each other. Wolfy's howl interrupted their glaring. "That blasted wolf and his loud howling!" muttered Baron Von Grump. "How am I supposed to sit here and glare with all that noise?" Edgar, his friend and pet crow, bobbed his head and fluffed his wings. Wolfy's howl had woken him from his nap. "Finally!" squealed Baroness Von Grumpier. "Some noise! I simply cannot

拿走了所有男爵的东西。 但那完全是另一个故事了——确切地说，是我们之前的故事。 但是他们坐在那里，在一个空的风车里，互相怒目而视。 狼的嚎叫打断了他们的怒视。 “那只该死的狼，还有它那响亮的嚎叫！”冯·格朗普男爵咕哝道。 “我怎么能坐在这里对着这些噪音怒目而视呢？”埃德加，他的朋友和宠物乌鸦，摇着头，拍打着翅膀。 狼的嚎叫把他从午睡中吵醒了。 “终于！”冯·格鲁皮埃男爵夫人尖叫道。 “一些噪音!我就是做不到

stand to glare in silence. It's about time there was some commotion around here." Wilma, her friend and pet toad, flicked out her tongue and snatched a fly from the wall. Wilma didn't care one way or the other about Wolfy's howl. She was just hungry for flies. Baroness Von Grumpier threw open the shutters and gazed out at the village. "If only there were more noise," she said. "Things are entirely too quiet. If there's one thing I cannot stand, it's silence." Baron Von Grump's eyebrows drew very close together. So close together that they might have been mistaken for one eyebrow. His face grew red. His mustache twitched. He wished his cousin would just stop talking. He did not want noise. It was the thing he liked least of all! "Maybe you should… go home?" Baron Von Grump said. He tried to smile. It looked

站着默默地怒视。 是时候来点骚动了。” 她的朋友和宠物蟾蜍威尔玛伸出舌头，从墙上抓了一只苍蝇。 薇玛根本不在乎狼的嚎叫。 她只是想吃苍蝇。 冯·格鲁皮埃男爵夫人打开百叶窗，凝视着窗外的村庄。 “要是有更多的噪音就好了，”她说。 “一切都太安静了。 如果说有什么是我不能忍受的，那就是沉默。” 冯·格朗普男爵的眉毛抿得很紧。 靠得太近了，可能会被误认为是一条眉毛。 他的脸变红了。他的胡子抽搐了一下。 他希望他的表弟不要再说话了。 他不想吵闹。这是他最不喜欢的东西！“也许你应该……回家？”冯·格朗普男爵说。 他试图微笑。它看起来

like he'd eaten his least favorite food, something he thought was too gross and too yucky to ever swallow. Do you have a food you really don't like at all? Maybe something like mashed lima-bean-and-earthworm pudding? Pretend you have just swallowed a big spoonful of mashed lima-bean-and-earthworm pudding.… Now smile at someone. That's what Baron Von Grump's smile looked like. "I can't," she said. "Why not?" "Because all my bags are missing," she said. "No suitcase, no satchel, no bags or boxes." Baron Von Grump's fake smile slipped away. They weren't missing. He knew exactly where they were. The same place all his furniture and belongings were: at the bottom of the living trash heap on Stargazer's Point. How did he know this? Because he was the

就像他吃了他最不喜欢的食物，一些他认为太恶心、太恶心而无法下咽的东西。 你有不喜欢的食物吗？ 比如泥利马豆蚯蚓布丁？ 假装你刚刚吞下了一大勺泥豆泥和蚯蚓布丁。现在对别人微笑。 这就是冯·格朗普男爵的笑容。 “我不能，”她说。“为什么不?”“因为我所有的包都不见了，”她说。 “没有手提箱，没有挎包，没有袋子或盒子。” 冯·格朗普男爵的假笑消失了。 他们没有失踪。他很清楚他们在哪里。 他所有的家具和物品都在同一个地方：在占星者角的生活垃圾堆的底部。 他是怎么知道的？因为他是

one who had thrown her boxes, bags, suitcase, and satchel away! As you can see, they were not very nice to each other. They were the opposite of nice. "Why do you need bags if you have no stuff?" Baron Von Grump asked. "I suppose I don't," said Baroness Von Grumpier. Baron Von Grump grinned. "Because I'm staying a bit longer than planned, cousin," she said. Baron Von Grump's grin disappeared. Baroness Von Grumpier clapped her hands together. "This village has so much potential! Why, when I'm done with this place, it'll be the noisiest, busiest, most hectic village you've ever seen! There will be factories and high-rise buildings and lots and lots of roads and bridges and traffic. Come, Wilma, we have work to do!"

一个把她的盒子、袋子、手提箱和挎包都扔了的人！正如你所看到的，他们对彼此不太好。 他们完全不是好人。 “如果你没有东西，你为什么需要袋子？”冯·格伦普男爵问道。 “我想我不知道，”冯·格鲁皮埃男爵夫人说。 冯·格伦普男爵咧嘴一笑。“因为我要比计划待的时间长一点，表妹，”她说。 冯·格朗普男爵的笑容消失了。 冯·格鲁皮埃男爵夫人拍了拍手。 “这个村子有这么大的潜力！嘿，等我把这个地方弄完，这将是你所见过的最吵闹、最繁忙、最忙乱的村庄！那里将会有工厂和高层建筑，还有很多很多的道路、桥梁和交通。 来吧，薇玛，我们有活要干！”

Before Baron Von Grump could say anything, Baroness Von Grumpier swept out the door with Wilma. She slammed the door as loud as she could for good measure. Then opened it and slammed it again.

冯·格鲁普男爵还没来得及说话，冯·格鲁普男爵夫人就带着威尔玛扫地出门了。 她还尽可能大声地关上了门。 然后打开它，又砰地一声关上。