15 The Barbary Dragon

CHAPTER 15 The Barbary Dragon Everything would have been fine if the pig had not caught a cold.

第十五章巴巴里龙如果猪没有感冒的话，一切都会好起来的。

They had pulled the anchor up in perfect silence. The ship started to move quietly out of the bay. Then, just as they were almost away, Gub-Gub sneezed. He sneezed so loudly that the pirates on the other ship rushed back upstairs. They looked back at their ship and saw it moving out to sea. The pirates pulled anchor and started after the doctor. They were expert sailors. In only a matter of moments they had moved the boat to the mouth of the bay. They were blocking Doctor Dolittle. He had no way to get back to the open sea. The pirate leader shook his fist at the doctor. "Aha! You are mine now!" he said. "You thought you could take off in my ship, did you? You are not a good enough sailor to escape me. That is why they call me the Barbary Dragon! No one is stronger than me." The pirate leader looked at all the animals with Doctor Dolittle. "I want that duck! And the pig! We will have a fine supper tonight." All the

他们在一片寂静中把锚拉了起来。 船开始悄悄地驶出海湾。 就在他们快要离开的时候，咕咕打了个喷嚏。 他打喷嚏打得那么响，另一艘船上的海盗都冲回楼上去了。 他们回头看了看他们的船，看到它正在向大海移动。 海盗们拉起锚，开始追赶医生。 他们是熟练的水手。一眨眼工夫，他们就把船开到了海湾口。 他们挡住了杜立德医生。 他没有办法回到大海。 海盗首领对医生挥舞着拳头。 “啊哈!你现在是我的了！”他说。 “你以为你可以坐我的船起飞，是吗？” 你不是一个好水手，逃不过我的手掌心。 这就是为什么他们叫我巴巴里龙！没有人比我更强大。” 海盗首领和杜立德医生一起看了看所有的动物。 “我要那只鸭子！”还有那只猪！今晚我们将有一顿丰盛的晚餐。” 所有的

other pirates laughed. Poor Gub-Gub started to cry. Dab-Dab started to think about an escape plan. Too-Too the owl leaned in to whisper in Doctor Dolittle's ear. "Keep him talking," he said. "Try to be nice so he doesn't become angry. If the rats were correct, our ship will sink very soon. And rats are never wrong. So be calm and keep him talking until the ship sinks." "But the rats said it would sink by tomorrow morning," Doctor Dolittle whispered. "You expect me to keep him talking until then? Well, I suppose we don't have much choice, do we? I wonder what I should talk about..." When Doctor Dolittle looked back at the pirates, he saw that their boat was closer still. The pirates were laughing. "I wonder which of us will catch the pig!" one of them yelled. They laughed some more. Poor Gub-Gub was scared. The pushmipullyu prepared for a fight. Although they were shy and

其他海盗都笑了。可怜的格格哭了起来。 哒哒开始考虑逃跑计划。 猫头鹰凑近身子，在杜立德医生耳边低语。 “让他说下去，”他说。 试着对他好一点，这样他就不会生气了。 如果老鼠是对的，我们的船很快就会沉没。 老鼠永远不会错。所以保持镇静，让他一直说下去，直到船沉没。” “可是老鼠说明天早上它就会沉下去。”杜立特医生低声说。 “你想让我在那之前一直让他说话？” 好吧，我想我们没有太多选择了，不是吗？ 我不知道该说些什么……” 当杜立德医生回头看海盗们时，他发现他们的船离他们更近了。 海盗们在笑。 “我想知道我们谁会抓住这头猪！”其中一个喊道。 他们又笑了起来。可怜的Gub-Gub吓坏了。 推手们准备战斗。 虽然他们很害羞

quiet creatures, pushmi-pullyus defend their friends. And Jip stood between the pig and the pirates, ready to protect Gub-Gub if necessary. Then the pirates stopped laughing. They became very serious. Something was upsetting them. They looked around them puzzled. Something was making them uneasy. "Thunder and lightning!" the Barbary Dragon called. "Men, the boat's leaking!" The pirates looked over the side. They were sinking! The boat was going lower and lower into the water. The front end went down first. It sank so low that the back end stuck straight up in the air. The pirates had to hold on to the rails. The sea rushed and roared in through all the windows and doors. At last the ship plunged right down to the bottom of the sea. The six bad men were left bobbing in the water. Some of them started to swim to shore. Others tried to get aboard the ship with Doctor Dolittle.

安静的生物，推拉式的保护他们的朋友。 吉普站在猪和海盗之间，准备在必要时保护咕咕。 然后海盗们停止了笑。 他们变得非常严肃。有什么事让他们心烦意乱。 他们困惑地环顾四周。 有些事情让他们感到不安。 “雷电交加！”巴巴里巨龙喊道。 “伙计们，船漏水了！”海盗们从船边往外看。 他们在下沉！船在水里越陷越深。 车头先掉下去了。 它沉得很低，船尾直插在空中。 海盗们不得不抓住栏杆。 大海呼啸着冲进所有的窗户和门。 最后，船直接沉入海底。 那六个坏蛋被抛在水里上下浮动。 他们中的一些人开始游向岸边。 其他人则试图和杜立德医生一起上船。

Jip kept close guard by the rails, though. He nipped and barked as any of them tried to climb up. The pirates started to panic. Then one of them noticed something swimming near them in the water. "Sharks!" one of them yelled. "Please. Let us aboard. The sharks will eat us!" Doctor Dolittle looked in the water by the pirates. He saw the large gray fish swimming in the deep. He had to agree that this looked like a very bad situation. One of the sharks popped his head out of the water. "Are you Doctor Dolittle?"

不过，吉普一直守在铁轨旁。 只要有人想爬上去，他就会咬他们，叫他们。 海盗们开始惊慌起来。 这时，他们中的一个人注意到有什么东西在他们附近的水中游动。 “鲨鱼！”其中一个喊道。 “请。让我们上船吧。鲨鱼会吃掉我们的！”杜立德医生在海盗旁边往水里看。 他看见那条灰色的大鱼在深海里游来游去。 他不得不承认，这看起来是一个非常糟糕的情况。 其中一条鲨鱼把头探出水面。 “你是杜立德医生吗？”

"Yes," the doctor said. "You've heard of me?" "There's no creature on land or in water who hasn't heard of you," the shark said. "Are these men bothering you? We know all about these pirates, too. If you like, we could eat them for you." "Oh, well," Doctor Dolittle said, "that's kind of you to offer, but I don't think it's necessary. You could do us another favor, though. Would you mind keeping all the pirates in the bay until

“是的，”医生说。“你听说过我吗？”“陆地上和水中的生物都听说过你，”鲨鱼说。 “这些人打扰你了吗？” 我们也知道这些海盗。 如果你愿意，我们可以帮你吃。” “哦，好吧，”杜立德医生说，“你的好意，但我认为没有必要。 不过你可以再帮我们一个忙。 你能不能把所有海盗都关在海湾里，直到