11 Tails of the city

CHAPTER ELEVEN Tails of the city Heyyyy, Dynamite fans! Now we're going to whoosh miles and miles away from Grimwood and head back to the Big City! You'd forgotten all about that place, hadn't you? Anyway, you find out what's going on while I head to the shops to stock up on biscuits and bananas. Byeeeee! rincess Buttons knew that she looked absolutely ridiculous without a tail. It was a very difficult thing to replace.

第十一章城市的尾巴嗨，炸药迷们！现在我们要呼啸着离开格里姆伍德，飞回大城市！你把那个地方忘得一干二净了，是吗？ 不管怎样，我去商店买饼干和香蕉的时候你去查一下到底发生了什么。 Byeeeee !巴顿公主知道自己没有尾巴的样子很可笑。 这是一个很难取代的东西。

But, most of all, she hated looking WEAK. She knew that Ted biting off her tail was still the talk of the Speedy Chicken bins. 'Those foxes must be found,' she hissed at nobody in particular. 'And then they must be DESTROYED!' She banged the top of the green bin with her fist. 'O-kaaaaaaaaay,' said a rat called Kelvin, who really didn't want to get involved and backed away slowly. Just then, a member of her evil cat gang, Denise, trotted over looking very pleased with herself. 'I think I know how we can get to them, Miss Buttons,' she said. 'How?' said Princess Buttons, clutching Denise by the neck and shaking her back and forth. 'HOW?'

但是，最重要的是，她讨厌看起来很虚弱。 她知道泰德咬掉她的尾巴仍然是快速鸡垃圾箱里的话题。 “一定要找到那些狐狸。”她对谁也不特别地嘶嘶地说。 “然后他们必须被摧毁！”她用拳头猛击绿色箱子的顶部。 一只叫开尔文的老鼠说：“哦- kaaaaaaaaaaay”，它真的不想卷入其中，慢慢地退了回去。 就在这时，她的邪恶猫帮的一个成员丹尼斯小跑过来，看起来非常满意。 “我想我知道怎么去找他们了，巴顿小姐，”她说。 “如何?巴顿公主说，一把抓住丹妮丝的脖子，把她摇来摇去。 “怎么了?”

'Aarrrargh! All right, calm down. Um, well, those two other foxes. Their idiot friends. I know where they are,' said Denise, who now felt less keen on helping Princess Buttons, what with the whole being-grabbed-by-the-neck thing. Princess Buttons let go of Denise and held a torch under her face. She made her voice go deep and growly. 'Take me to the foxes– NOW!' 'What's the magic word?' said Denise, who believed basic manners were important. 'OR ELSE I WILL KILL YOU,' said Princess Buttons. Denise decided it was best just to get on with it. Bin and Hedge were lounging around in Ted and Nancy's old fox den in the park. 'I really miss her,' said Bin, chewing thoughtfully on a bit of stick. 'She was the first fox I ever met. In fact, she gave me my name.' 'No way!' said Hedge. 'She gave me my name too. Because she found me in a hedge.'

“Aarrrargh !好了，冷静点。 嗯，另外两只狐狸。 他们的白痴朋友。“我知道他们在哪里，”丹妮丝说，她现在不太想帮助巴顿公主了，因为她被人掐了脖子。 巴顿公主放开了丹妮丝，在她的脸下面举着一支火把。 她的声音低沉而低沉。 “带我去见狐狸——现在！”“有魔力的词是什么？”丹尼斯说，她认为基本礼仪很重要。 “不然我就杀了你，”巴顿公主说。 丹尼斯决定最好还是继续干下去。 宾和赫奇在公园里泰德和南希的老狐狸窝里闲逛。 “我真的很想她。”斌说，一边若有所思地嚼着一根小棍子。 “她是我遇到的第一只狐狸。 事实上，她给了我名字。“不可能！”赫奇问道。 她也告诉了我的名字。因为她在树篱里发现了我。”

'No way!' said Bin. 'She found me in a bin.' The foxes high-fived each other. They had been avoiding the Speedy Chicken bins ever since that fateful night, when Ted bit Princess Buttons' tail off. 'Has she texted you yet?' said Hedge. 'Nah,' said Bin. 'But I'll message her as soon as we know if that crazy cat Buttons is still sniffing around.' There was a knock at the den, which was weird because it didn't really have a door. 'Pizza delivery!' shouted someone (can you guess who?). 'Come in!' said Hedge. The hedge opened– –and the foxes came face to face with…

“不可能!彬说。“她在一个垃圾箱里找到了我。”狐狸互相击掌。 自从那个致命的夜晚，泰德咬掉了巴顿公主的尾巴，他们就一直在避开快速鸡的垃圾箱。 “她给你发短信了吗？”赫奇问道。 “不，”彬说。“但一旦我们知道那只疯狂的猫巴顿是否还在四处嗅来嗅去，我会给她发信息的。”有人敲了一下书房，这很奇怪，因为书房并没有门。 “披萨外卖!有人喊道（你能猜到是谁吗？） “进来!”赫奇问道。树篱打开了——狐狸们迎面碰到了……

PRINCESS BUTTONS! And her smelly and horrible evil cat gang were right behind her, looking ready to have a massive fight or say mean stuff or something. 'Hey… you're not a pizza,' shouted Bin. 'No, I'm not,' hissed Princess Buttons. 'I am a very angry cat whose tail was murdered by YOUR friends.' 'I would have preferred pizza,' said Bin. 'Where are they? Your nasty little fox pals?' said Princess Buttons. 'We don't know,' said Hedge. 'Look, you've got the stupid bins all to yourselves. Why don't you leave us alone?' Just then, Bin's phone pinged. 'Ooh, I wonder if it's Nancy!' said Bin. 'We've been waiting for them to get in touch, haven't we Hedge?' Hedge smacked herself on the forehead. Princess Buttons looked at the phone. Bin looked at the phone. Hedge looked at the phone. 'Attack!' yelled Princess Buttons.

公主按钮!她那群又臭又可怕的邪恶猫就在她后面，看起来准备大吵一架，或者说些刻薄的话什么的。 “嘿……你不是披萨。”宾喊道。 “不，我不是。”巴顿公主嘶嘶地说。 “我是一只非常生气的猫，尾巴被你的朋友们谋杀了。“我更喜欢披萨，”斌说。 “他们在哪儿？”你那些讨厌的狐朋狗友？巴顿公主说。 “我们不知道，”赫奇说。 “瞧，那些愚蠢的垃圾桶全归你们了。 你为什么不让我们单独呆一会儿呢？”就在这时，斌的手机响了。 “哦，不知道是不是南希！”彬说。 “我们一直在等他们联系我们，是不是，赫奇？”赫奇拍了一下自己的额头。 巴顿公主看了看电话。 斌看了看电话。赫奇看了看电话。 “攻击!”巴顿公主喊道。

In the kerfuffle, Princess Buttons managed to grab Bin's phone and squeeze her way out of the den. Denise was waiting outside with the getaway vehicle. 'This is gold– gold, I tell you!' shrieked Princess Buttons. 'Where are we going?' asked Denise, pushing the skateboard as fast as her paws could manage. 'We're going to visit the most dangerous mouse in the entire world,' said Princess Buttons. 'Fine,' said Denise, because what else was she going to say? Princess Buttons paid her wages after all, plus the school holidays were coming up and the kids needed shoes.

在一片混乱中，巴顿公主抢过斌的手机，挤出了洞穴。 丹尼斯开着逃跑的车在外面等着。 “这是金子——金子，我告诉你！”巴顿公主尖叫道。 “我们要去哪儿？”丹妮丝问，用她的爪子尽可能快地推着滑板。 “我们要去拜访世界上最危险的老鼠，”巴顿公主说。 “很好，”丹尼斯说，因为她还能说什么呢？ 巴顿公主终于发了工资，再加上学校假期即将来临，孩子们需要鞋子。