14 Aaa-Choooo!

14. AM-CHood! The vehicle was moving up the Pirate Cruncher's tongue. Jim's mom was checking the ropes and chains to be sure they would all hold together when they landed in the sea. Jim thought he could hear the monster sniffling, even with the parrots secured in the cage. He was waiting on the back of the car-boat, ready to set them free. When his mom climbed in and gave the all clear, he turned the key in the padlock.

14. AM-CHood !那辆车正沿着海盗克朗彻的舌头往上走。 吉姆的妈妈正在检查绳子和铁链，以确保他们在海上着陆时能紧紧地系在一起。 吉姆觉得即使鹦鹉被关在笼子里，他也能听到怪物在抽泣。 他在汽车船的后面等着，准备放他们自由。 当他的妈妈爬进房间，示意一切正常时，他转动了锁上的钥匙。

"Hold tight, boys!" Jim shouted, jumping into the passenger seat and quickly fastening his seatbelt as the parrots swarmed into the upper reaches of the monster's cavernous mouth. The parrots soon had an effect. There were great rumbles all around, a deep gurgling from down in the Cruncher's throat, and its colossal tongue began to shake and slide. The car-boat and rafts were thrown from side to side,

“抓紧了，孩子们！”吉姆喊道，跳上副驾驶座位，迅速系好安全带，而鹦鹉们则蜂拥进了这只怪物洞穴状的嘴巴的上半部分。 鹦鹉很快就起了作用。 四周响起了巨大的隆隆声，克朗彻的喉咙里发出了低沉的汩汩声，它那巨大的舌头开始颤抖和滑动。 汽车船和木筏被抛来抛去，

and everyone held on tight as the parrots futtered above their heads. The Cruncher took a deep breath, and a gust of warm air hit them like a hurricane, hurling seaweed, bones, and debris all around. Before it caught its breath, the beast inhaled again. Sitting in the front of the vehicle felt like riding a roller coaster, thought Jim, as the tongue puckered up into the roof of the Cruncher's mouth. He grabbed hold of the dashboard as another gust of sea air blasted past them. He heard the shouts of the old pirates, who were clinging to their rafts as they swung above the Cruncher's gaping throat. And then...

鹦鹉在他们头顶上叽叽喳喳地叫着，每个人都紧紧地抓着他们。 克朗彻深吸了一口气，一股暖风像飓风一样袭击了他们，把海藻、骨头和碎片扔得到处都是。 在它喘不过气来之前，它又吸了一口气。 坐在车的前部感觉就像坐过山车一样，吉姆想，他的舌头撅起到克朗彻的上颚。 他抓住仪表盘，又一阵海风从他们身边吹过。 他听到老海盗们的喊叫声，他们抓着木筏在克朗彻张开的喉咙上方荡来荡去。 然后……

AAAA... AAAAAAA... AAA-CHOOOOOO! They flew through the air, landing in the sea with an almighty splash, the rafts strung out behind it. Some pirates lost their grip and fell into the sea but were thrown life belts by their mates and dragged alongside as Jim's mom floored the vehicle's accelerator. One rickety pirate was standing on a plank of wood, gripping a length of rope and screaming as he surfed along behind the rearmost raft.

AAAA级……AAAAAAA……AAA-CHOOOOOO !他们从空中飞过，扑通一声落在海里，木筏在后面拖着。 一些海盗失去了控制，掉进了海里，但他们的同伴扔给他们救生带，并把他们拖到旁边，吉姆的妈妈踩下了汽车的加速器。 一个摇摇晃晃的海盗站在一块木板上，抓着一根绳子，一边尖叫着，一边在最后面的木筏后面冲浪。

Fortunately for him, the Pirate Cruncher was still dazed and sniffling, rubbing its nostrils with a tattered sail gripped in its tentacle. With a happy flap of his wings, Squawk appeared from nowhere and perched himself on Grandpa's hat. "Eh? What!?" said Grandpa, suddenly waking and sitting bolt upright on the backseat. "Five gobstoppers and a packet of... Oh. Um. Where's the cursed beast? Where's it gone? Where's me leg?" "The beast is behind ye, Grandpa!" Jim answered. "And yer leg's on the seat."

对他来说幸运的是，海盗克朗奇还在晕头晕脑地抽泣着，用触手抓着一块破帆擦着鼻孔。 呱呱高兴地扇动着翅膀，不知从哪儿冒出来，停在爷爷的帽子上。 “嗯?什么？”爷爷说，突然醒了过来，在后座上坐直了身子。 “五个跳跳糖和一包……” 哦。嗯。被诅咒的野兽在哪里？ 它去哪儿了？我的腿呢？”“野兽就在你后面，爷爷！”吉姆回答道。 “你的腿在座位上。”

Grandpa pulled out his telescope and looked over the stern. The Pirate Cruncher had recovered. It raised itself from the sea, teeth glinting in the sun and tentacles swirling in the air all around. Its eyes narrowed, and a wave formed across its stomach as it hurtled their way. The pirates had spotted the Pirate Cruncher too and began firing the cannons at it. Most of the shots sploshed into the sea, but the cannonballs that hit the beast bounced harmlessly off its thick, barnacle-encrusted skin.

爷爷拿出望远镜向船尾望去。 海盗脆饼机已经恢复了。 它从海里爬了出来，牙齿在阳光下闪闪发光，触手在空中盘旋。 它的眼睛眯了起来，当它冲向他们的时候，腹部形成了一个波浪。 海盗们也发现了“海盗脆饼”号，开始向它发射大炮。 大多数炮弹溅落在海里，但击中这只野兽的炮弹从它厚厚的、长满藤壶的皮肤上弹回来，没有造成伤害。