Chapter 7

CHAPTER 7 NEVEEN'S SUNSTONE DID MAKE THE Gloomy Woods not so gloomy. At least not the area right around the Junior Monster Scouts. As long as they stayed close to Neveen, they had no problem not tripping over roots, or not bumping their heads on branches. The scary scampering sounds were nothing more than bushy-tailed squirrels. The glowing eyes were just long-legged deer watching them pass. The fresh pine and purple lilac created a beautiful aroma. With a little light, the Gloomy Woods really weren't so gloomy after all. "Cleo?" called Neveen. "Cleopatra!"

第七章尼文的太阳石的确使阴暗的森林不那么阴暗了。 至少在少年怪兽童子军附近没有。 只要它们靠近妮芬，它们就不会被树根绊倒，也不会把头撞到树枝上。 可怕的蹦蹦跳跳的声音只不过是毛茸茸的松鼠发出的。 那双发光的眼睛只是长腿鹿在看着他们走过。 新鲜的松木和紫丁香散发出美丽的香气。 只要有一点光亮，阴暗的森林就不那么阴暗了。 “克莱奥？”妮雯叫道。“克里欧佩特拉!”

They hollered her name. They howled. They made chicken noises. I'm not sure why they made chicken noises, but they did. But no matter how much they called, or how loudly they called, Cleo did not answer. "Maybe she's not here anymore," Vampyra said. "Yeah, maybe she went looking somewhere else to ask riddles," said Franky. Wolfy groaned. "She could be anywhere! The mayor, the villagers, even Baron Von Grump… They might be statues forever!" Fern tugged Wolfy's sleeve. "Look," she said, pointing at a nearby tree. "That looks just like your lucky beetle." "Scarab," Wolfy corrected. "Neveen said it's called a 'scarab.' But you're right, that does look just like it. Hey, everyone, check out what Fern found!"

他们喊着她的名字。它们嚎叫起来。 他们发出小鸡的叫声。我不知道他们为什么会发出鸡鸣，但他们确实发出了。 但是不管他们叫得多大声，叫得多大声，克莱奥就是不回答。 “也许她已经不在这里了。”万皮拉说。 “是啊，也许她去别的地方猜谜了。”弗兰基说。 似狼的呻吟着。“她可能在任何地方！”镇长、村民，甚至冯·格朗普男爵……他们可能永远都是雕像了！”芬拽了拽狼的袖子。 “看，”她指着附近的一棵树说。 “那看起来就像你的幸运甲虫。” “圣甲虫。”狼纠正道。 “内文说它叫‘圣甲虫’。”但你说得对，确实很像。 嘿，大家看看弗恩发现了什么！”

One of the trees had an image of a scarab carved into the bark. "Nice job, Fern!" said Vampyra. "We would have walked right past that." Franky took a closer look at the tree. It looked like something sharp had carved the scarab into the tree. Something with claws. Something that just might be a sphinx. Franky scratched his bolts. He did this when he was thinking. A small blue bolt of electricity crackled between his finger and the bolt on the side of his neck. That happened when he was thinking really, really hard.

其中一棵树的树皮上雕刻着圣甲虫的形象。 “干得好，芬！” “我们会直接从那里走过。” 弗兰克仔细看了看那棵树。 看起来这只圣甲虫是被什么锋利的东西刻在树上的。 有爪子的东西。有可能是狮身人面像。 弗兰克抓伤了螺栓。 他是在思考的时候这么做的。 一束蓝色的小电流在他的手指和脖子侧面的电流之间噼啪作响。 那是在他认真思考的时候发生的。

Franky unpinned his lucky scarab and placed it against the shape on the tree. It matched perfectly! As soon as he held the scarab against the matching shape on the tree, a bright golden line formed around it. There was a flash, and then a loud POP! Suddenly there was a stone tablet floating through the air. It was covered in strange symbols and pictures instead of the letters and words that the Junior Monster Scouts knew. "Magic!" said Vampyra. "No, hieroglyphics!" said Neveen. "That's how we write things back home. It's an ancient language. Cleo must have written this!" "Well, what's it say?" asked Wolfy. He tried to read it, but it was very confusing. "It says…" Neveen traced the pictures with her finger and read aloud. "What always runs but never walks, often murmurs but never

弗兰克解开他的幸运圣甲虫，把它贴在树上的形状上。 简直是绝配！当他把圣甲虫放在树上与之匹配的形状上时，一条明亮的金线围绕着它。 有一道闪光，然后是一声巨响！突然，一块石碑从空中飘过。 上面写满了奇怪的符号和图片，而不是少年怪兽童子军所知道的字母和单词。 “魔法！”“不，是象形文字！” “我们家乡就是这么写东西的。 这是一种古老的语言。这一定是克利奥写的！”“嗯，上面写了什么？”狼问。 他试着去读，但读起来很混乱。 “上面写着……”妮芬用手指描画着图画，大声念着。 “总是跑但从不走的东西，经常喃喃自语但从不。

talks, has a bed but never sleeps, has a mouth but never eats?" "That sounds like a riddle," said Vampyra. "Okay, Junior and Little Junior Monster Scouts," said Franky, "let's put our thinking caps on." "Do you have an extra?" Neveen asked. "An extra what?" asked Franky. "Thinking cap," said Neveen. "That's just a figure of speech," said Vampyra. "It just means that we need to think extra hard." "Well, that's for sure," Neveen said. "Because if I know Cleo, her riddles are not going to be easy!" "This visit is not going as planned," said Wolfy. It certainly was not. And are you thinking what I'm thinking, dear reader? Are you thinking that Neveen is right, that Cleo's

会说话，有床却从不睡觉，有嘴却从不吃饭？”“听起来像个谜语。”万皮拉说。 “好了，小怪兽童子军和小怪兽童子军，”弗兰基说，“让我们戴上思考帽。” “你有多余的吗？”Neveen问道。 “额外的什么？”弗兰基问。 “思考帽，”妮文说。 “那只是一种修辞。”万皮拉说。 “这只意味着我们需要更加努力地思考。” “嗯，那是肯定的，”内文说。 “因为如果我了解Cleo，她的谜语不会很容易！”“这次访问没有按计划进行，”狼说。 当然不是。亲爱的读者，你和我想的一样吗？ 你觉得内文是对的，克莱奥是对的吗

riddle is not easy at all? This riddle sure seems like a hard one! "Maybe we should think about this one part at a time," said Franky. "That's a good way to approach a riddle!" said Neveen. "Hmmm," said Vampyra. "What runs but never walks?" "A car!" said Wolfy. "A refrigerator!" said Fern. "My nose!" said Spike. None of those seemed like they would lead to the right answer. No one could figure out how a refrigerator, a car, or Spike's nose murmured, or had a mouth but never talked. "This is a really hard riddle," said Franky. "And the longer it takes us, the more of a chance that those statues will stay statues forever." "Or that we'll get turned to stone too!" said Wolfy.

里德尔一点也不容易？ 这个谜语看起来确实很难！“也许我们应该一次只考虑一部分，”弗兰基说。 “这是解谜语的好方法！” “嗯，”万皮拉说。什么东西会跑，但不会走？“一辆汽车！” “冰箱！”弗恩说。 “我的鼻子！”斯派克说。这些问题似乎都无法得出正确答案。 没有人能弄明白为什么冰箱、汽车、斯派克的鼻子会喃喃自语，或者有一张嘴却从不说话。 “这真是一个很难的谜语，”弗兰克说。 “我们花的时间越长，这些雕像就越有可能永远成为雕像。” “不然我们也会变成石头！”狼说。