Chapter 6

CHAPTER 6 "SHE'S PROBABLY HEADED FOR THE new factory," said Neveen. "She loves things being built." But when Franky, Wolfy, Vampyra, Neveen, Fern, and the Little Junior Monster Scouts all reached the village, they were too late. Cleo was nowhere to be found, and everywhere they turned, there was a villager, or a construction worker, or even a trash- carrying rat standing as still as stone. Well, that makes sense… because they were stone. Stone statues. There was a woman flying a kite. A man carrying a basket of radishes. An old woman knitting in her rocking chair. Three kids in

第六章“她可能去新工厂了，”纳文说。 “她喜欢正在建造的东西。” 但是当弗兰基、狼、吸血鬼、妮文、芬和小童子军们都赶到村子时，已经太晚了。 克利奥无处可寻，无论他们转到哪里，都有一个村民，一个建筑工人，甚至一只搬垃圾的老鼠像石头一样一动不动地站着。 嗯，这说得通，因为它们是石头。 石头雕像。有一个女人在放风筝。 一个人提着一篮子萝卜。 一位老妇人坐在摇椅上织毛衣。 三个孩子

the middle of a unicycle race. All the people doing all the things were now stone. Even the mayor. Even Baron Von Grump. Even Baroness Von Grumpier. "They're… They're stone," Franky said. He knocked very lightly on Baron Von Grump's shoulder. Neveen twisted the ends of her bandages. "Cleo must have asked them a riddle." "And that turned them to stone?" Wolfy asked. He looked left, right, up, and down for Cleo. He did not want to be asked a riddle and turned to stone.

独轮车比赛的中间。 所有的人，做所有的事，现在都变成了石头。 就连市长也不例外。甚至连男爵·冯·格朗普也不例外。 甚至男爵夫人冯·格鲁皮耶。 “它们是……它们是石头，”弗兰基说。 他轻轻地敲了敲冯·格朗普男爵的肩膀。 妮芬扭了扭她的绷带的末端。 “克利奥一定是问了他们一个谜语。” “于是他们就变成了石头？”似狼的问道。 他左顾右盼，上上下下寻找克莱奥。 他不愿被问出谜语，于是变成了石头。

"No," said Neveen. "You only turn to stone if you get the answer wrong." "Yikes!" said Fern. "Well, what do we do?" Vampyra asked. "How do we turn them back?" "I never should have let Cleo off her leash," said Neveen. "This is all my fault."

“不，”妮文说。“如果你回答错了，你只会变成石头。” “哎呀！”芬说。“那么，我们该怎么办呢？”Vampyra问道。 “我们怎么让他们回来？”“我不应该放开克莱奥，”内文说。 “这都是我的错。”

Fern tapped on Baroness Von Grumpier's foot. "Do you think they are going to stay stone?" she asked. "Not if we can find Cleo and get her to reverse the effects," Neveen said. "Wait, she can do that?" Vampyra asked. "She can," said Neveen. "But only because she turned them to stone in the first place." "She could be anywhere!" Wolfy howled. "She could be halfway back to the desert by now." Just then Edgar swooped down from the sky and settled on Baron Von Grump's stone shoulder. "Caw?" he asked. He lightly pecked Baron Von Grump's shoulder. Then a little harder. Then even harder. When he realized he was tapping pure stone, he gave it a few more serious pecks before giving up altogether. "Caw," he sighed.

芬轻轻地拍了拍冯·格鲁皮埃男爵夫人的脚。 “你认为他们会一直是石头吗？”她问。 “如果我们能找到Cleo并让她扭转这种影响，就不会。”Neveen说。 “等等，她能做到？”Vampyra问道。 “她能，”妮文说。“但那只是因为她一开始就把它们变成了石头。” “她可能在任何地方！”似狼的嚎叫起来。 “她现在可能已经在回沙漠的路上了。” 就在这时，埃德加从天上俯冲下来，落在冯·格朗普男爵的石肩上。 “怎么了？”他问。他轻轻地啄了一下冯·格朗普男爵的肩膀。 然后再用力一点。然后更困难。 当他意识到自己敲的是一块纯石头时，他又认真地啄了几下，然后完全放弃了。 “哇，”他叹了口气。

"Edgar, have you seen a sphinx?" Franky asked. "Caw?" "A sphinx," said Vampyra. "She has the body of a lion." "And the head of a cat," said Wolfy. "And eagle wings," Franky added. "Don't forget the snake for a tail," said Fern. "And she likes to ask a lot of riffles," said Spike, the youngest cub in the Little Junior Monster Scouts troop. "You mean riddles," said Neveen. "Her name is Cleo." Edgar bobbed his head up and down and pointed his wing toward the Gloomy Woods. He'd just tucked his beak under his feathers for a nice nap when she'd landed in his tree, asking him riddles. Edgar, however, had not answered. And by not answering, he was not turned to stone. He simply flew up, up, and

“埃德加，你见过斯芬克斯吗？”弗兰奇问道。 “乌鸦叫?”“是斯芬克斯。” “她有一头狮子的身体。” “还有猫的头，”狼说。 “还有鹰的翅膀，”弗兰基补充道。 “别忘了蛇还有尾巴，”弗恩说。 “她喜欢问很多问题，”斯派克说，他是小怪兽童子军中最小的幼崽。 “你是说谜语吗？” “她叫克莱奥。”埃德加上下摆动着他的头，把他的翅膀指向幽暗的森林。 他刚把嘴塞到羽毛下面，美美地睡了一觉，她就落在他的树上，问他谜语。 然而艾加没有回答。 由于没有回答，他并没有变成石头。 他只是飞起来，飞起来，然后

away, hoping to find another nice spot to roost and rest. And then he saw Baron Von Grump standing here, in the village of all places! But now he knew why. He had been turned to stone. "Looks like Cleo went into the Gloomy Woods," said Vampyra. "I know what that means," Wolfy said. Franky nodded. "Gloomy or not, we have to go in and find her." The Gloomy Woods were very, very dark. It was so dark that you could hardly see anything, not even your own hand. And there were so many trees. Trees and branches just waiting for you to run into them, or roots waiting to tangle and trip you. The Junior Monster Scouts had gone into the woods once before, when they helped Peter the piper find his kitten, Shadow. They knew

走了，希望能找到另一个栖息和休息的好地方。 然后他看见冯·格朗普男爵站在这里，在所有地方的村庄里！但现在他知道为什么了。 他已经变成了石头。 “看来克利奥进了幽暗森林。” “我知道那是什么意思，”狼说。 佛朗基点点头。“不管是不是郁闷，我们都得进去找她。” 幽暗的森林非常非常黑暗。 天太黑了，你几乎什么也看不见，甚至连自己的手也看不见。 那里有很多树。 树木和树枝等着你去撞，树根等着你去纠结和绊倒。 少年怪兽童子军曾经进过一次森林，当时他们帮助吹笛手彼得找到了他的小猫“影子”。 他们知道