Chapter 4

CHAPTER 4 THE NEXT MORNING, THE JUNIOR Monster Scouts were up bright and early. The sun had just risen over the mountains when Wolfy, Vampyra, and Franky met out front of Castle Dracula. Even the Little Junior Monster Scouts were there, dressed in their new uniforms. Remember them? The Little Junior Monster Scouts were Wolfy's little brothers and his little sister, Fern. They were training to be Junior Monster Scouts one day. Franky's windup dog, Sprocket, ran in circles around them, chasing her own coiled spring tail.

第4章第二天早晨，少年怪兽侦察兵们一大早就起床了。 当狼、吸血鬼和弗兰克在德古拉城堡前相遇时，太阳刚刚从山上升起。 就连小怪兽童子军也在那里，穿着他们的新制服。 还记得他们吗?小怪兽童子军是狼的弟弟和妹妹弗恩。 他们正在接受训练，准备有一天成为少年怪兽童子军。 弗兰基的发条狗“链轮”在他们周围绕着圈跑，追逐着自己卷曲的弹簧尾巴。

"Do you think she's close?" Fern asked. "Is the desert far? When is she going to get here?" Since Fern asked questions, the rest of the Little Junior Monster Scouts started asking questions as well. "What's her favorite shape? I hope she likes polygons!" "Will she hop on one foot with us?" "Do you think she likes cheese? Do you think she likes stinky cheese?" "Has she ever been to a Snurgle Ball match?" There were lots of questions, more questions than I can list here. Wolfy was about to answer as many as he could (he was a very nice big brother), but Vampyra said, "Look! I think I see her!" Sure enough, something was flying toward them, straight for Castle Dracula. It

“你觉得她快到了吗？”蕨类植物问道。 “沙漠远吗？”她什么时候到这儿？”自从弗恩提出问题后，其他的小怪兽童子军也开始提出问题。 “她最喜欢什么形状？” 我希望她喜欢多边形！”“她会单脚和我们一起跳吗？”“你觉得她喜欢奶酪吗？” 你觉得她喜欢臭奶酪吗？”“她去过舞会的比赛吗？”有很多问题，我无法在这里一一列举。 狼想尽可能多地回答（他是一个非常好的哥哥），但是吸血鬼说：“看！我想我看见她了！”果然，有什么东西朝他们飞来，直奔德古拉城堡。 它

was Neveen, and she was riding on the back of a sphinx! A what? A sphinx. What's a sphinx? I'm glad you asked! A sphinx is a creature with the body of a lion, a cat's head, an eagle's wings, and a snake for a tail. There are different kinds of sphinxes, but this was the kind Neveen had as a pet. Her name was Cleo.

就是妮芬，她骑在狮身人面像的背上！一个什么? 斯芬克斯。什么是狮身人面像？ 我很高兴你问了！狮身人面像是一种有着狮子的身体，猫的头，鹰的翅膀，蛇的尾巴的生物。 有各种各样的狮身人面像，但这是妮芬养的宠物。 她的名字叫克莱奥。

But Cleo sounds dangerous, you might be thinking. A lion's body? A snake for a tail? Don't worry, Cleo wasn't dangerous. In fact, the second Neveen landed, Cleo gave Fern a great big hello lick with her great big cat tongue.

但你可能会想，Cleo听起来很危险。 狮子的身体？蛇做尾巴？ 别担心，克莱奥并不危险。 事实上，妮芬一落地，克莱奥就用她的大猫舌头给了芬一个大大的打招呼吻。

"I think she likes you," Neveen said, climbing down from Cleo's back. "Welcome to Castle Dracula!" Vampyra said. She gave Neveen a big hug—wrapped her arms right around Neveen's bandages. Bandages? Was Neveen hurt? No! (But that was very nice of you to ask). Neveen was a mummy, and mummies are wrapped in bandages. But Neveen was not just a mummy—she was a mummy princess! She lived in a great big pyramid, in a great big desert, with lots and lots of sand and sun and a river so wide and so long, it was like one giant water snake. And speaking of snakes, there were lots of those! Neveen had several pet snakes, but her dad, the king, told her she couldn't bring them. That was probably a good idea. Bringing snakes to your friend's house is usually not something your friend's parents will like.

“我觉得她喜欢你，”妮文说着，从克莱奥的背上爬了下来。 “欢迎来到德古拉城堡！”Vampyra说。 她给了妮芬一个大大的拥抱，双臂紧紧抱住了妮芬的绷带。 绷带吗?纳芬受伤了吗？ 不!（但你问得真好）。 妮文是一具木乃伊，木乃伊都裹着绷带。 但妮芬不仅仅是一具木乃伊——她是木乃伊公主！她住在一个巨大的金字塔里，在一个巨大的沙漠里，那里有很多很多的沙子和阳光，还有一条又宽又长的河流，就像一条巨大的水蛇。 说到蛇，那里有很多蛇！妮芬有几条宠物蛇，但她的父亲，国王，告诉她不能带蛇来。 这可能是个好主意。 把蛇带到你朋友家通常是你朋友的父母不喜欢的。

Don't believe me? Give it a try. Go ask one of your parents if you can have a friend over. Then ask them if they can bring their pet snakes. Snakes, more than one. Like a whole basket of snakes. See what I mean? "We've been counting down the days until you got here!" Franky said. "Me too!" said Neveen. "We can't wait to show you around!" Wolfy said. "Oh, I brought you something," said Neveen. She handed each of the Junior Monster Scouts a golden beetle pin. "They're called scarabs, and they're a good-luck charm." The Junior Monster Scouts were so excited. A good-luck scarab! I wish I had a good-luck scarab. Don't you wish you had one? You could put it right in your pocket and WHAM—instant good luck!

不相信我？试试吧。 去问问你的父母你能不能请个朋友过来。 然后问他们是否可以带他们的宠物蛇。 蛇，不止一条。就像一篮子蛇。 明白我的意思了吗？“我们一直在倒计时，直到你来！”佛朗基说。 “我也是！”妮文说。“我们迫不及待地想带你四处看看！”似狼的说。 “哦，我给你带了点东西，”妮文说。 她给了每个少年怪兽童子军一个金色的甲虫别针。 “它们叫圣甲虫，是一种好运符。” 少年怪兽童子军都很兴奋。 一只好运圣甲虫！我希望我有一只好运圣甲虫。 你不希望你有一个吗？ 你可以把它放在你的口袋里，然后砰的一声，好运马上就来了！