Chapter 5

CHAPTER 5 BARON VON GRUMP HAD NOT slept in days. He thought that maybe with Baroness Von Grumpier spending most of her time in the village (doing whatever it is she was doing— he hadn't bothered to ask), he might finally have some peace and quiet, but no. All the beeping, and hammering, and digging, and sawing had kept him tossing and turning at night and pacing back and forth during the day. He'd paced so much, he'd worn holes in his socks! He had tried plugging his ears with cotton. He tried wearing earmuffs. He tried covering his ears with pillows. But none of these things worked. Even Edgar

第五章冯·格朗普男爵已经好几天没睡觉了。 他想，也许男爵夫人冯·格鲁皮埃大部分时间都在村子里（不管她在做什么——他都懒得问），他终于可以得到一些安宁了，但是没有。 所有的哔哔声、敲打声、挖洞声和锯锯声让他在夜里辗转反侧，白天又来回踱步。 他走得太远了，袜子都穿破了！他试过用棉花塞住耳朵。 他试着戴上耳罩。 他试着用枕头捂住耳朵。 但这些都不起作用。 甚至埃德加

had had enough. He'd left the windmill to sleep in the Gloomy Woods. It was much quieter there. And so Baron Von Grump did one of his least favorite things. He marched straight to the village, earmuffs, pillows, and all. He was going to find whoever was responsible and demand that they stop. And as much as he hated noise, he was going to make himself heard LOUD and clear! He passed the waving villagers without waving back. He ignored their "Good morning"s and their "How do you do this

我受够了。他离开风车，睡在幽暗的森林里。 那里安静多了。 于是冯·格朗普男爵做了一件他最不喜欢的事。 他带着耳套和枕头，径直向村子走去。 他要找出罪魁祸首并要求他们停止。 尽管他讨厌噪音，但他要让别人听到他大声而清晰地说话！他从挥手的村民身边走过，没有向他们招手。 他忽略了他们的“早上好”和“你是怎么做到的”

day?"s. He did not return their smiles, and he paid no mind to their kite flying, or gum chewing, or Snurgle Ball matches. He strode right into the middle of the construction, took a deep breath, and hollered as loud as he could: "Who is responsible for all this noise?" "Why, hello, dear cousin," said Baroness Von Grumpier. "Isn't it wonderful?" "You?" asked Baron Von Grump. "You're behind all of… this?" "I am," she said. "You're looking at the village's brand-new cheese factory!" Baron Von Grump's eyes widened. His toes curled. His nostrils flared. A factory meant workers, and trucks, and packages, and parcels. Workers and trucks and packages and parcels from morning to night, day in and day out. He might never sleep again. He might never hear his beloved

天?”年代。他没有回应他们的微笑，他也没有注意到他们放风筝，嚼口香糖，或者玩Snurgle Ball比赛。 他大步走到建筑中间，深吸了一口气，然后尽可能大声地喊道：“谁应该为这些噪音负责？”“喂，你好，亲爱的表妹，”男爵夫人冯·格鲁皮埃说。 “这不是很美妙吗？”“你？”冯·格伦男爵问。 “你是这一切的幕后黑手？”“是的，”她说。 “你现在看到的是村里全新的奶酪工厂！”冯·格朗普男爵睁大了眼睛。 他的脚趾翘了起来。他的鼻孔张开了。 工厂意味着工人、卡车、包裹和包裹。 工人、卡车、包裹和包裹从早到晚，日复一日。 他可能再也睡不着了。 他可能永远听不到他心爱的人的声音

violin. Why, he might never even hear himself think again! Baron Von Grump turned a light shade of red, kind of like a pale tomato. Then a little more red, like a rose. And finally, toes curled and nostrils flaring, he turned as red as a fire truck. But before he could say anything, Cleo landed beside him. She was very interested in the construction, but there was one thing Cleo loved even more than construction: riddles. Sphinxes love riddles. They love riddles so much, and here she was, right next to people she had never met and who had never heard her riddles. She was so excited to ask her riddles that she just blurted one out to the first person she saw (it was hard to miss him —he was as red as a fire truck)—Baron Von Grump.

小提琴。哎呀，他可能再也听不到自己思考了！冯·格朗普男爵变成了淡淡的红色，有点像一个苍白的西红柿。 然后再红一点，像玫瑰一样。 最后，他翘起脚趾，张大鼻孔，脸涨得像消防车一样红。 但他还没来得及说话，克莱奥就落在了他身边。 她对建筑很感兴趣，但有一样东西克莱奥比建筑更喜欢：谜语。 狮身人面像喜欢谜语。他们太喜欢猜谜了，而她就在这里，坐在一群她从未见过，也从未听过她猜谜的人旁边。 她是如此兴奋地问她的谜语，她只是脱口而出一个人，她看到的第一个人（很难错过他-他红得像一辆消防车）-男爵·冯·格朗普。

"What has a head and a tail but no body?" she asked. Baron Von Grump jumped back four feet (and seven inches, to be exact). He had no idea who this creature was, or where she had come from, or even what she was talking about. And he certainly had no answer for her question. "I don't know and I don't care!" he shouted. But if Baron Von Grump had known he was speaking with a sphinx, he might have tried a little harder to know, and he

“什么东西有头有尾，却没有身体？”她问。 冯·格朗普男爵向后跳了四英尺（准确地说是七英寸）。 他不知道这个人是谁，不知道她从哪里来，甚至不知道她在说什么。 对于她的问题，他当然没有答案。 “我不知道，我也不在乎！”他喊道。 但如果冯·格朗普男爵知道他在和一个狮身人面像说话，他可能会更努力地去了解，而他

definitely would have cared. You see, the thing about a sphinx's riddle is that if you don't answer correctly, the sphinx won't say "try again," or tell you you're getting warmer, or stick its tongue out at you and make silly faces. Oh no, that would be too easy! Where's the sport in that? No, the sphinx will turn you to stone! But wait, you might be thinking. You said that sphinxes weren't dangerous! You said they were harmless. Well, yes, I did, but… sphinxes can't really control this. They don't want to turn anyone to stone, but that's what happens when you can't answer their riddle. And they can't stop themselves from asking riddles. It's very tricky business. I don't know and I don't care was not the answer to the riddle. "Incorrect," said Cleo. Baron Von Grump's curled toes were the first things to turn to stone. Then his legs,

我肯定会在意的。 你看，狮身人面像的谜语是这样的，如果你没有回答正确，狮身人面像不会说“再试一次”，也不会告诉你你越来越热了，也不会向你伸出舌头，做鬼脸。 哦，不，那太容易了！那有什么好玩的？ 不，斯芬克斯会把你变成石头的！但是等等，你可能会想。 你说狮身人面像不危险！你说它们是无害的。 嗯，是的，我知道，但是，狮身人面像控制不了这个。 他们不想把任何人变成石头，但当你答不出他们的谜语时，就会发生这种事。 他们无法阻止自己猜谜语。 这是一件非常棘手的事情。 我不知道，我也不在乎不是这个谜的答案。 “不对，”克莱奥说。冯·格朗普男爵蜷曲的脚趾头是最先变成石头的东西。 然后是他的腿，