10 Banana Bill

10. BANANA BILL "Would you like more?" asked Banana Bill as a monkey thrust a heavily laden plate toward Jim and Matilda. "Um, no thanks. I think I've had enough," said Jim with a burp. "Me too," said Matilda. "I feel kind of sick." Jim and Matilda were sitting on Banana Bill's veranda, outside his tree house. They could see Jim's dad and Nugget beneath them, playing tag with the monkeys.

10. “你们还想再来点吗？”香蕉比尔问，一只猴子把盛满食物的盘子递给吉姆和玛蒂尔达。 “嗯，不用了，谢谢。我想我已经喝够了。”吉姆打了个嗝说。 “我也是。”玛蒂尔达说。“我觉得有点不舒服。” 吉姆和玛蒂尔达坐在香蕉比尔树屋外面的阳台上。 他们可以看到吉姆的爸爸和纽格特在他们下面和猴子们玩捉迷藏。

"You escaped from the Pirate Cruncher," said Matilda. "Got any advice?" "Turn back!" said Banana Bill, wide-eyed. "We can't be turnin' back now," Jim said, sighing. "That beast has Grandpa's leg, and Grandpa won't rest until he gets it back! How did ye escape?"

“你从海盗粉碎器里逃出来了。”玛蒂尔达说。 “有什么建议吗？”“转回去！”香蕉比尔睁大了眼睛说。 “我们现在不能回头了，”吉姆叹了口气说。 “那只野兽夺走了爷爷的腿，爷爷不把它夺回来是不会休息的！”你是怎么逃出来的？”

"I was lucky," said Banana Bill. "If I were you, I'd turn back and get yer grandpa a new peg leg. But if ye really need t'know, it's all about the parrots! The monster don't like parrots!" "So how did that help you escape?" asked Jim. "I'd been livin' in his belly," said Bill, suddenly looking less cheery. "That place is full of pirates because he swallows 'em whole. Most 'ave been there for years, y'know, deep down in the dark, with the stomach acid bubblin' away beside 'em. I'd been there for one hundred days 'n' nights, and I had my trusty parrot, Gertrude, with me. She were the only parrot, though.

“我很幸运，”香蕉比尔说。 “如果我是你，我会回去给你爷爷买一个新的假腿。 但如果你真的想知道，这都是关于鹦鹉的！怪物不喜欢鹦鹉！”“那你是怎么逃出来的？”吉姆问。 “我一直住在他肚子里。”比尔说，突然显得不那么高兴了。 “那个地方到处都是海盗，因为他把他们整个吞下去。 大多数人已经在那里呆了很多年了，你知道，在黑暗的深处，胃酸在他们身边冒着气泡。 我已经在那里呆了一百个日夜，我还带着我那只值得信赖的鹦鹉格特鲁德。 不过，她是唯一的鹦鹉。

The rest of them swashbucklers had lost their birds. For some reason the Cruncher never ate the parrots, at least not if he could help it. I were hidin' Gertrude under this hat when he ate me, keepin' her safe from harm, or so I thought." "Never ate the parrots...?" muttered Matilda. "So one mornin', Gertrude weren't there when I woke. Her perch were empty, so I went lookin' for her. I could hear her squawkin', and up in his mouth she were. So I climbed up, clingin' to bits of driftwood that were stuck in his throat,

其余的虚张声势的人都丢了他们的鸟。 由于某种原因，克朗彻从来不吃鹦鹉，至少在他力所能及的情况下是不吃的。 他吃我的时候，我正把格特露藏在这顶帽子下面，保护她不受伤害，至少我是这么想的。” “你从来没有吃过鹦鹉……”玛蒂尔达喃喃地说。 “所以有一天早上，我醒来时格特鲁德不在。 她的栖木空了，所以我去找她。 我能听到她在叫，她就在他嘴里。 所以我爬了上去，抓住卡在他喉咙里的浮木碎片，

wadin' through dribble and seaweed. She were flyin' about, hollerin' and squawkin', and all in a flap. And then it 'appened. The Cruncher did this almighty sneeze." Banana Bill stroked Gertrude and gave a teary smile. "Allergic to scarlet macaws!" said Matilda. "Of course!"

穿过运球和海藻。 她到处乱飞，又叫又叫，一气之下。 然后就发生了。克朗彻打了个大喷嚏。” 香蕉比尔抚摸着格特露，含泪一笑。 “对猩红色金刚鹦鹉过敏！”玛蒂尔达说。 “当然!”

"Aye, 'tis true, Matilda!" Bill continued. "When he sneezed, we were thrown in the sea, along with everythin' else that were in his gob. Lucky for me, there were a chunk of deck that landed with a splash beside us. I ain't never been a swimmer, so I grabbed 'old of it. Me 'n' Gertrude drifted for days until we were washed up 'ere. And I've been livin' with them monkeys ever since. It ain't a bad life, is it, Gertrude!" "So we need parrots! A lot of parrots!" said Matilda, with a huge smile. "This island is full of them!"

“是啊，这倒是真的，玛蒂尔达！”比尔继续。 “当他打喷嚏的时候，我们和他嘴里的其他东西一起被扔进了海里。 幸运的是，有一大块甲板落在我们旁边，溅起了水花。 我从来没有游过泳，所以我抓住了它。 我和格特鲁德在海上漂流了好几天，最后才被冲上了岸。 从那以后我就一直和那些猴子住在一起。 这生活并不坏，是吧，格特露！”“所以我们需要鹦鹉！”很多鹦鹉！”玛蒂尔达笑着说。 “这个岛上到处都是他们！”