9 King Hairy Toes

9. KING HAIRY TOES The monkeys and their captives emerged from the forest into another clearing, to the sound of drums, an accordion, and some truly dreadful fiddle playing. There were monkeys everywhere. "Nugget!" yelled Jim, spotting his sister. Nugget was at the center of the clearing, sitting on a wooden throne. Her face was covered in paint and she

9. 猴子们和他们的俘虏们从森林里出来，来到另一片空地上，鼓声、手风琴声，还有一些可怕的小提琴声。 到处都是猴子。 “金块！”吉姆发现了他的妹妹，喊道。 纳金正坐在空地中央的木宝座上。 她的脸上涂满了颜料，她

had flowers threaded through her hair. Beside her was a grizzled old chimpanzee, wearing a crown and dressed in tattered pirate clothes, munching on a banana. On his shoulder was the oldest parrot Jim had ever seen. Most of its feathers were missing, it wore an eyepatch, and its one good eye was closed. Nugget was drinking from a coconut shell, but when she heard Jim's voice she spat her straw out of her mouth. "Tim!" "TENTACLE!" hollered the old parrot. Its body stretched tall and its eye almost popped out of its head. It surveyed Jim, his dad, and Matilda, took a deep breath... and fell asleep again.

她的头发上插着花。 她身旁是一只头发斑白的老黑猩猩，头戴王冠，穿着破旧的海盗服，正在大嚼香蕉。 他的肩膀上是吉姆所见过的最老的鹦鹉。 它的大部分羽毛都不见了，戴着眼罩，一只完好的眼睛也闭上了。 金块正在用椰子壳喝水，但当她听到吉姆的声音时，她把嘴里的吸管吐了出来。 “蒂姆!”“触手！”老鹦鹉叫道。 它的身体伸展得很高，眼睛几乎要从头上伸出来。 它审视了吉姆、他的父亲和玛蒂尔达，深吸了一口气…… 然后又睡着了。

Nugget jumped down from her throne, put one hand on her hip, and pointed at the captives. "Untie them!" she commanded, glaring at the chimpanzee with the crown. "That's my brother! And my dad! And Matilda!" From behind the throne, a small and very round pirate emerged, monkeys and parrots lined up across his shoulders. With his palms pressed together, he listened to Nugget and then turned to the chimpanzee. "Dooh! Ooh! Elech!" he said to the chimp, waving his arms around as his eyes flicked between Nugget and the captives. "Aak aak! AAAh, ahhh, oooh! Eeeh!"

金块从她的宝座上跳下来，把一只手放在她的臀部，指着俘虏们。 “解开它们！”她命令道，怒视着戴着王冠的黑猩猩。 “那是我哥哥！”还有我爸爸！玛蒂尔达!”从王座后面，一个又小又圆的海盗出现了，猴子和鹦鹉在他的肩膀上排成一排。 他双手合十，听了纳格特的话，然后转向黑猩猩。 “Dooh !噢!“Elech!”他对黑猩猩说，挥舞着手臂，眼睛在努格特和俘虏之间来回扫视。 “雅乐雅乐!啊，啊，哦！Eeeh !”

The chimpanzee looked at the pirate, turned to Nugget, then looked at Jim. He waved a long, hairy arm lazily in the air, accompanied by some deep mumbles, and monkeys swarmed around the captives, fumbling with the knots that held them until they were free. Nugget sat back on her throne and slurped her coconut drink.

黑猩猩看了看海盗，转向纽金，然后看了看吉姆。 他懒洋洋地在空中挥舞着长长的、毛茸茸的手臂，伴着几声低沉的喃喃自语，猴子们围着俘虏们，摸索着绑住他们的绳结，直到他们被释放。 金块靠在她的宝座上，吸吮着她的椰子饮料。

The plump pirate put his hands behind his back and stood as tall as he could, facing Jim. A couple of monkeys toppled off his shoulders as he straightened up and cleared his throat. "His Royal Highness, King Hairy Toes, would like to welcome the family of Princess Nugget to Banana Island! He would like to apologize for any discomfort, but we have to be careful. My name is Banana Bill. Would you like a banana?" "We're fine, thank ye kindly," said Jim. "We'd just like to take... um... Princess Nugget... back to our ship."

那个胖乎乎的海盗把双手放在背后，尽可能地站得高高的，面对着吉姆。 他直起身子，清了清嗓子，两只猴子从他的肩膀上摔了下来。 “毛脚趾国王殿下，欢迎纳格特公主一家来到香蕉岛！他愿意为给你带来的不便道歉，但我们必须小心。 我的名字是香蕉比尔。你想要香蕉吗？”“我们很好，谢谢你，”吉姆说。 “我们只是想…… 嗯…公主金块……回到我们的船上去。”