Chapter 8

CHAPTER 8 "THERE'S THE MOUTH OF THE river," said Franky, pointing to where the lake emptied into the wide ribbon of water that ran all the way to the edge of the cliffs. "I don't see Cleo," said Neveen. "Maybe our friend Laguna saw her," said Vampyra. "She lives in the lake and swims in this river all the time." Wolfy proudly pointed to his Swimming Merit Badge. "Mrs. Lagoon taught us all how to swim." Fern tugged her brother's scout sash. "Wolfy?" "Yes, Fern?" he asked.

第八章“这就是河口，”弗兰基指着湖水流入宽阔的带状水域的地方说，那条带状水域一直流到悬崖边上。 “我没看见克莱奥，”妮文说。 “也许我们的朋友拉古娜看见她了。”万皮拉说。 “她住在湖里，一直在这条河里游泳。” 狼骄傲地指着他的游泳奖章。 “泻湖太太教我们怎么游泳。” 芬拉了拉她哥哥的童子军腰带。 “似狼的?”“怎么了，芬？”他问。

"I don't think Laguna is going to be able to tell us where Cleo went," Fern said. Fern was right. Neither Laguna nor Mrs. Lagoon were going to be able to tell the Junior Monster Scouts anything. They were sitting beside the river, very still and very much turned to stone. Not only were they turned to stone, but so were five fish all lying along the riverbank, and several ducks. "We're too late," said Neveen. "And at this rate, there won't be anyone not turned to stone besides us." The Junior Monster Scouts were beginning to feel very deflated. They had no

“我不认为拉古纳能告诉我们克利奥去了哪里，”弗恩说。 弗恩说得对。拉古娜和泻湖太太都不能告诉少年怪兽童子军任何事情。 他们坐在河边，非常安静，几乎变成了石头。 它们不仅变成了石头，河岸上躺着的五条鱼和几只鸭子也变成了石头。 “我们太晚了。”妮文说。 “照这样下去，除了我们以外，没有人不变成石头了。” 少年怪兽侦察兵们开始感到非常泄气。 他们没有

one to tell them where Cleo went, and they had to stop her before every person, monster, fish, duck, frog, and rat was turned to stone! Wolfy picked his way along the riverbank. "Aha! Look what I just found!" said Wolfy, holding up a large, round, smooth river stone. "Cleo left us another clue." The stone had a picture of a beetle on it, just like the tree in the Gloomy Woods had. Wolfy did what Franky had done. He placed his own lucky scarab on the picture, and just like the tree in the Gloomy Woods, the stone began to glow. There was another bright flash and another loud POP, and then a floating stone tablet appeared. Neveen read the hieroglyphics. "Everyone has me, but nobody wants me —yet I'm still collected and regularly emptied. What am I?" "That's another tough one," said Vampyra.

他们必须在所有人、怪物、鱼、鸭子、青蛙和老鼠都变成石头之前阻止她！狼沿着河岸选择了他的路。 “啊哈!看我找到了什么！”狼说着，举起一块又大又圆又光滑的河边石头。 “克利奥又给我们留下了一条线索。” 这块石头上有一只甲虫的图案，就像黑暗森林里的那棵树一样。 狼做了弗兰克做过的事。 他把自己的幸运圣甲虫放在画上，就像黑暗森林里的树一样，石头开始发光。 又是一道明亮的闪光和一声巨响，然后一块漂浮的石碑出现了。 甚至连象形文字都看不懂。 “每个人都有我，但没有人想要我——但我仍然收集并定期清空。 我是什么？”“这又是一个棘手的问题。”万皮拉说。

"It's too tough," said Fern. "But what does everyone have?" said Wolfy. "Fur?" "I don't have fur," said Neveen. "I have bandages. What about skin? Hair? Claws?" "What about a shadow?" asked Vampyra, looking at Wolfy's shadow on the water. "Everyone has a shadow!" "They do," said Franky, "but people don't want to get rid of their shadow." "I love my shadow," said Spike. "You can make funny animals with it. Look, here's a giraffe!" Spike made a shadow puppet of a long-necked giraffe. "And what is collected and then emptied?" Wolfy asked. Wolfy's lucky scarab began to glow, just like Franky's had. A crinkled tin can appeared in the grass, rolling along the riverbank.

“太难了，”弗恩说。 “但是每个人都有什么呢？”狼说。 “毛?”“我没有皮草，”妮文说。 “我有绷带。那皮肤呢？ 头发吗?爪子吗?”“那影子呢？”吸血鬼看着水面上狼的影子问。 “每个人都有一个影子！”“是的，”弗兰基说，“但是人们不想摆脱自己的影子。” “我爱我的影子，”斯派克说。 “你可以用它制作有趣的动物。 看，这是一只长颈鹿！”斯派克做了一个长脖子长颈鹿的皮影木偶。 “什么东西被收集起来然后倒空？”似狼的问道。 狼的幸运圣甲虫开始发光，就像弗兰基的一样。 一个皱巴巴的锡罐出现在草地上，沿着河岸滚动着。

"Look at that," said Vampyra. "Litter!" She picked up the can. "I'll make sure this gets thrown away." Wolfy jumped in the air and howled. "It's a clue," he said. "And I think you just figured it out, Vampyra." "I did?" she asked. "What is collected but emptied?" asked Wolfy. Vampyra held the crinkled "Ohhhhh… garbage!" regularly can up.

“看那个。”万皮拉说。 “垃圾!”她拿起罐头。 “我会把这个扔掉的。” 狼跳到空中，嚎叫着。 “这是一条线索，”他说。“我想你已经明白了，吸血鬼。” “是吗？”她问。狼问：“什么东西被收集起来了，但是倒空了？” 吸血鬼抱着皱巴巴的“哦……垃圾！”有规律地往上爬。

"Everyone has it, but nobody wants it," said Franky. "Except for maybe Boris and the rats, but I'd say they're an exception." "Could Cleo be at Stargazer's Point?" asked little Fern. "Only one way to find out," said Wolfy. "Everyone, follow me!" Wolfy led the Junior Monster Scouts, Little Junior Monster Scouts, and Neveen away from the river's mouth and out to Stargazer's Point. That was where the village's trash was dumped, and that was where they hoped they'd find Cleo and help her realize that this wasn't just a game, that the villagers couldn't stay stone forever.

“每个人都有，但没人想要，”弗兰基说。 “也许除了鲍里斯和老鼠，但我得说他们是例外。” “克利奥会在占星者角吗？”小弗恩问。 “只有一个办法可以知道，”狼说。 “大家跟我来！”狼带着小怪兽童子军、小怪兽童子军和妮芬离开了河口，来到了观星者角。 那是村里的垃圾被倾倒的地方，他们希望在那里找到Cleo，帮助她意识到这不仅仅是一场游戏，村民们不可能永远呆在石头里。