Chapter 3

CHAPTER 3 THE JUNIOR MONSTER SCOUTS COULD hardly contain themselves over the next couple of weeks. They were so excited that Neveen was coming to stay with them that every day felt like a hundred days. Franky had drawn a big red circle on the day she was due to arrive, and every morning they put an X on the current day's spot. Every day they got closer and closer to Neveen arriving. The only thing keeping them from going completely bonkers was watching the construction of the new factory being built in the village.

第三章在接下来的几个星期里，少年怪兽侦察兵们几乎控制不住自己。 妮芬要来和他们住在一起，他们非常兴奋，每天都感觉像过了一百天。 弗兰基在她预计到达的那一天画了一个大红圈，每天早上他们都在当天的位置上画一个X。 每一天，他们离妮芬的到来越来越近了。 唯一能让他们不发疯的是看着村子里正在兴建的新工厂。

A new factory? In the village? That is exactly what it was, and where it was. After Baroness Von Grumpier left the windmill and slammed the door (twice), she went directly to the mayor. First she complimented the mayor's magnificent

新工厂？在村里？ 这就是它的原貌，它的位置。 冯·格鲁皮埃男爵夫人离开风车并砰地关上了门（两次）后，她直接去见了市长。 她首先称赞了市长的气派

mustache. The easiest way to get the mayor to agree to anything was to compliment him on his mustache. He was very fond of it. Then Baroness Von Grumpier told him that she wanted to build a new factory. A cheese factory. And that she wanted to build it right there in the village. "But why here?" the mayor asked. "Because here is where you make cheese," Baroness Von Grumpier had said. "We could make a lot of cheese," said the mayor. "Wheels of cheese as far as the eye can see," said Baroness Von Grumpier. "It'll be noisy," the mayor said. "Factories make noise, you know. All those machines clanking and whirling and slamming and spinning." "I know," said Baroness Von Grumpier, smiling. "It'll be busy," he said.

胡子。要让市长同意任何事情，最简单的方法就是称赞他的胡子。 他非常喜欢它。这时，冯·格鲁皮埃男爵夫人告诉他，她想建一座新工厂。 奶酪工厂。她想把它建在村子里。 “但为什么在这里？”市长问。 “因为这里是你做奶酪的地方，”男爵夫人冯·格鲁皮耶说。 “我们可以做很多奶酪，”市长说。 “一望无际的奶酪轮子，”男爵夫人冯·格鲁皮耶说。 “会很吵的，”市长说。 “你知道，工厂制造噪音。 所有那些机器叮当作响，旋转着，砰的一声，旋转着。” “我知道，”男爵夫人冯·格鲁皮埃微笑着说。 “会很忙的，”他说。

"Oh, I know," Baroness Von Grumpier said, smiling even more. "And it will definitely bring more people to the village." "I'm counting on it," said Baroness Von Grumpier, smiling so wide that the corners of her mouth touched her ears. And just like that, the very next day there were bulldozers and dump trucks and construction workers in hard hats hammering and sawing. It was busy, it was noisy, and it was driving Baron Von Grump bananas! But we're not going to pay too much attention to Baron Von Grump right now. I think we're both more interested in what the Junior Monster Scouts were doing. They were watching the days of the calendar pass by, anxiously waiting for Neveen to arrive. And when they weren't doing that, they watched the ongoing

“哦，我知道了，”男爵夫人冯·格鲁皮埃说，笑得更厉害了。 “这肯定会给村里带来更多的人。” “我就指望着呢，”冯·格鲁皮埃男爵夫人说，她笑得那么开心，嘴角都碰到了耳朵。 就像这样，第二天就有推土机、自卸卡车和戴着安全帽的建筑工人在那里敲打和锯。 它很忙，很吵，它把男爵·冯·格朗普逼疯了！但我们现在不会太关注男爵·冯·格朗普。 我觉得我们都更感兴趣的是少年怪兽童子军在做什么。 他们看着日历上的日子一天天过去，焦急地等待着妮芬的到来。 当他们不这么做的时候，他们会观察正在进行的事情

construction in the village. There were lots of workers and lots of machines, and the new building was going up fast. It was going to be a big factory with three giant chimneys and lots and lots of room for making cheese. Trucks would come from far and wide to pick up the wedges and wheels and drive them off to faraway places. Honking trucks. Rumbling trucks. Trucks with backup beeps and smoggy smoke belching out of them. One day while the Junior Monster Scouts watched a crane hoist one of the chimneys into place, Vampyra noticed someone waving her hands in the air and jabbing her finger at the map the mayor held. "Who is that lady standing by the mayor?" Vampyra asked. "She looks very familiar," said Wolfy. "She kind of looks like Baron Von Grump," said Franky.

村子里的建筑。 有很多工人和很多机器，新大楼建得很快。 这将是一个大工厂，有三个巨大的烟囱，还有很多很多做奶酪的地方。 卡车会从四面八方赶来，把楔子和轮子运到很远的地方。 鸣笛卡车。隆隆作响的卡车。 卡车后面有哔哔声，浓烟滚滚。 一天，当少年怪兽侦察兵们看着起重机把一个烟囱吊起来的时候，Vampyra注意到有人在空中挥舞着双手，用手指戳着市长手里的地图。 “站在市长身边的那位女士是谁？”Vampyra问道。 “她看起来很眼熟，”狼说。 “她有点像冯·格朗普男爵，”弗兰基说。

"Oh yeah," said Boris, the leader of the village's rats and the head of garbage removal, "that's Baroness Von Grumpier. The baron's cousin. She's the one building the cheese factory." He rubbed his belly and licked his lips. Boris loved cheese. "To celebrate the village's soon-to-be new factory, she's hosting a Villager Appreciation Day tomorrow. She's going to give out all kinds of free cheese!" But free cheese or no free cheese, the Junior Monster Scouts had other plans: tomorrow was the day that Neveen was finally going to arrive!

“哦，对了，”村里负责老鼠和垃圾清理的鲍里斯说，“那是冯·格鲁皮埃男爵夫人。 男爵的堂兄。她是建造奶酪工厂的人。” 他揉了揉肚子，舔了舔嘴唇。 鲍里斯喜欢奶酪。为了庆祝村里即将建成的新工厂，她明天要举办一个村民感谢日。 她要分发各种免费的奶酪！”但是不管有没有免费奶酪，少年怪兽童子军有别的计划：明天是妮文最终到达的日子！