10 The Cave

10. THE CAVE As soon as Matilda arrived home, Fluff started walking figure eights around her ankles, meowing, purring, and wrapping her tail around Matilda's legs. The cat ran across to the patio door and mewed loudly until Matilda opened it. But Fluff didn't disappear across the yard as she normally would. She darted back and forth, in and out of the door, meowing and glaring at Matilda.

10. 玛蒂尔达一到家，绒毛就开始绕着她的脚踝走八字，喵喵叫，咕噜咕噜叫，还用尾巴缠着玛蒂尔达的腿。 那只猫跑到院子门口，大声喵喵叫着，直到玛蒂尔达打开门。 但是绒毛并没有像往常一样从院子里消失。 她来来回回地跑来跑去，进进出出，喵喵叫着，瞪着玛蒂尔达。

"Would you like a snack, Tilda?" called her mom, who was now in the kitchen. "You get comfy on the sofa, and I'll bring you a hot chocolate and some cookies." But Matilda was already following Fluff through the patio door into the yard. She pulled her bike out of the shed, fastened her helmet, and watched Fluff disappear through the back gate. She pedaled furiously to

“你要吃点零食吗，蒂尔达？”正在厨房里的妈妈喊道。 “你在沙发上舒服地躺着，我给你拿杯热巧克力和一些饼干来。” 但玛蒂尔达已经跟着毛毛穿过天井的门进了院子。 她把自行车拉出车棚，系好头盔，看着绒毛从后门消失了。 她拼命地蹬着车

catch up, but Fluff was running at quite a pace toward the harbor. A few minutes later, she found Fluff sitting beside the Blackhole, meowing as loudly as she could. Bones's head popped over the ship's rail, followed by a furiously wagging tail. He bounded down the gangplank and gave Fluff's head a great slobbery lick. She reciprocated by pushing her cheeks firmly against Bones's face, pacing back and forth, and purring in delight.

他赶上来了，但是绒毛正在飞快地向港口跑去。 几分钟后，她发现绒毛坐在黑洞旁边，拼命地喵喵叫着。 骨头的头从船舷上探了出来，后面跟着一条狂怒地摇着的尾巴。 他跳下跳板，在绒毛的头上舔了一大口水。 作为回报，她把脸颊紧紧贴在骨头的脸上，来回踱步，高兴地发出呼噜声。

"I see our pets are reunited!" Jim chuckled, hanging from the rigging above. "I'm mighty relieved, Matilda! I'd been told ye was one of them 'disappeared' kids." "Nah, I didn't disappear," said Matilda. "But all the other children are gone. I'm wondering if Fluff knows something we don't." Jim grabbed a line and swung down to join them.

“我看到我们的宠物团聚了！”吉姆轻笑着，吊在上面的索具上。 “我放心了，玛蒂尔达！”我听说你是那些‘失踪’孩子中的一个。” “不，我没有消失，”玛蒂尔达说。 “但是其他的孩子都走了。 我在想绒毛是不是知道一些我们不知道的事情。” 吉姆抓起一根绳子，荡下来加入他们。

As soon as Jim landed on the cobble- stones, Fluff ran off again, this time along the waterfront, with Bones hurtling after her. "Jump aboard, Jim!" said Matilda. "I'll give you a ride!" Jim climbed astride Matilda's back wheel, wrapped one arm around her waist, and they rushed after their pets. Fluff and Bones had quite a head start, but luckily Jim had his telescope and managed to keep them in view. With Dull-on-Sea's rat infestation, most of the tourists had gone home, so it wasn't too hard to follow a cat and a dog along the waterfront, past the pier, past the bandstand, and onto the coast road out of town.

吉姆一落在鹅卵石上，绒毛又跑开了，这次是沿着水边跑，骨头在后面追着。 “跳上船吧，吉姆！”玛蒂尔达说。 “我载你一程！”吉姆跨上玛蒂尔达的后轮，一只胳膊搂着她的腰，他们冲向他们的宠物。 毛毛和骨头有一个相当好的开始，但幸运的是吉姆有他的望远镜，并设法保持他们的视野。 由于海边无趣的老鼠横行，大多数游客都回家了，所以跟着一只猫和一只狗沿着海滨，经过码头，经过演奏台，走上出城的海岸公路并不难。