13 Fury!

13. FURY! Captain Horatio Rattus kicked open the doors to the Town Hall. Rats swarmed around him, running between the benches and across people's feet. He had stormed back to town in a haze of fury and gone straight to his ship to release the rats. They had followed his furious piping from the wharves to the Town Hall in a blur of fur and frantic squealing.

13. 愤怒!霍雷肖·拉特斯上尉踢开了市政厅的门。 老鼠围着他团团转，在长凳之间和人们的脚上跑来跑去。 他怒气冲冲地冲回城里，径直走到船上去放老鼠。 他们跟着他狂怒的笛声从码头来到市政厅，身上披着一层模糊的毛皮，发出疯狂的尖叫。

"Where is that CURSED boy?" he yelled, purple blood pumping through the veins on his forehead. "Where are my childrrren?" The children were all there, in the Town Hall, where they had been led by Nugget. An hour earlier, Matilda had cycled slowly into town with Nugget standing across her back wheel playing her fiddle. Behind them was a great swaying mass of children. Matilda had phoned the mayor and told him to gather the worried parents. She had cycled right into the Town Hall, with Nugget's music leading the children all the way into their sobbing parents' arms.

“那个被诅咒的男孩在哪里？”他喊道，紫色的血在额头的血管里涌动。 “我的孩子们呢？”孩子们都在那里，在市政厅里，他们是由纳格特领着去的。 一个小时前，玛蒂尔达骑着自行车缓缓进城，纳格特站在她的后轮上拉着小提琴。 他们身后是一大群摇晃着的孩子。 玛蒂尔达给市长打了电话，让他召集那些忧心忡忡的父母。 她骑着自行车直奔市政厅，纳格特的音乐引领着孩子们一路投入哭泣的父母的怀抱。

Matilda's mom had hugged her so tight she thought she was about to burst. But now, with the Pirate Piper's appearance, the children were really clinging to their parents. Or were their parents clinging to them? It was hard to tell, but there was a lot of clinging going on. And there were a LOT of rats. "You have 'em now," grumbled the piper, scanning the room and peering into the townspeople's frightened eyes. "But hold 'em close, squeeze 'em tight, don't let 'em sleep. I can take 'em again, whenever I choose." "Well, I'm glad we didn't pay! You are a con man, sir!" said the mayor, unaware of the rat that was munching on his

玛蒂尔达的妈妈紧紧地抱着她，她觉得自己快要撑破肚皮了。 但是现在，海盗吹笛手出现了，孩子们真的很依附他们的父母。 还是他们的父母在缠着他们？ 这很难说，但确实有很多执着。 而且有很多老鼠。 “你们现在有了，”吹笛手嘟囔着，扫视着房间，凝视着镇上居民惊恐的眼睛。 “但是抱紧他们，紧紧地抱紧他们，不要让他们睡觉。 只要我愿意，我随时都可以再考一次。” “嗯，我很高兴我们没有付钱！”你是个骗子，先生！”市长说，他没有注意到那只老鼠正在啃他的老鼠

ceremonial hat. "You brought the rats to Dull-on-Sea! And then you had the nerve to ask for money to take them away!" "Ye'll wish ye had paid!" snarled the piper. "Ye'll be wantin' to pay me, and pay me tonight! Twenty thousand dollars. By sunrise. Delivered to my ship. Or ye'll all be payin' a FAR heavier price!" "A far heavier price?"

正式的帽子。“你把老鼠带到海边无趣来了！”然后你还好意思要钱把他们带走！”“你会后悔没付钱的！”风笛手咆哮道。 “你要付钱给我，今晚就付钱！”两万美元。 日出。送到我的船上。 否则你们将付出更大的代价！”“更沉重的代价？”

inquired the mayor, noticeably rattled. "You don't scare me!" "I'll be takin' them ALL. Away to sea. Beyond the reach of yer pirate girl's magic." The piper eyed Nugget and her fiddle suspiciously. He played a couple of bars on his pipe, and parents gasped as their children tried to pull away toward him, eyes rolling back in their heads. "And I'll be leavin' these RATS 'ere for good! Twenty thousand dollars," the piper repeated. "That's only a few hundred dollars per child, by my count. Surely yer little darlings are worth that." And he turned and went out the door, leaving a Town Hall full of rats, confused children, and worried parents.

市长问道，显然有些慌乱。 “你吓不倒我！”“我要把它们都带走。 出海了。你那个海盗女孩的魔法够不着。” 吹笛手怀疑地看着纳格特和她的小提琴。 他用笛子吹奏了几小节，当孩子们试图向他靠拢时，父母们倒抽了一口气，眼睛向后翻腾。 “我要把这些老鼠永远留在这儿！”两万美元。”吹笛人重复道。 “据我计算，每个孩子只有几百美元。 你的小宝贝们当然值得这么做。” 说完，他转身出门，离开了一个满是老鼠、困惑的孩子和忧心忡忡的父母的市政厅。