13 The Princess and the Brain Zapper

CHAPTER THIRTEEN The Princess and the Brain Zapper The storm raged over Grimwood. The efficient- looking beavers were zooming around covering up the lights and props for the Big Show. Ingrid was telling the performers stories of opening night disasters from her past, while Tamara was lying face down in a puddle. 'Ooh, dear,' said Ted, peeking from behind a curtain. 'It's not looking good, is it?' Willow giggled and did a backflip. 'I love storms,' she said. 'It makes everything more dramatic.' Nancy, who was still stuck in a massive swamp, definitely did not like storms. In the Big City, storms meant

第十三章公主和击脑器暴风雨在格里姆伍德上空肆虐。 那些看起来很有效率的海狸在大表演的灯光和道具上飞来飞去。 英格丽德正在向表演者讲述她过去在首演之夜遭遇的灾难，而塔玛拉则脸朝下躺在水坑里。 “哦，天哪。”泰德说，从窗帘后面偷看。 “看起来不太妙，是吗？”威洛咯咯地笑着，做了个后空翻。 “我喜欢暴风雨，”她说。 这让一切都变得更加戏剧化。”南茜仍然困在一片巨大的沼泽里，她绝对不喜欢暴风雨。 在大城市里，风暴意味着

sneaking under cars and hiding out under bus stops. It didn't mean shaking and shivering and being covered in gloopy mud. 'HELP!' she yelled. It wasn't a word she was very used to saying. But there was no way she was going to be able to get out of this pickle by herself. Then Nancy noticed a strange flash of light on the trees above her. She sniffed the air. Petrol! And was that low rumble coming from an engine? It must be the badgers. Phew! thought Nancy. She was about to call out again… when she heard a horribly familiar voice. 'Is this it? Euw, what an absolute dump…' Nancy's blood froze. It was Princess Buttons. And, by the sound of it, she wasn't alone. She tried to crane her neck to see. 'Yep, this is it,' said another voice. 'Well, as near as I can get the car. See the red flashing dot over there? That's where Nancy is.' There was some murmuring and rustling. Nancy tried to work out how many cats there were, but it was impossible to tell. She heard a strange beeping sound and another cat's voice, one she didn't recognize. 'It's saying we need to go that way… towards that massive thing,' said the cat. 'It's an electricity pylon,' said someone else. 'Who's got the Brain Zapper 3000?' barked Princess Buttons.

躲在汽车底下，躲在公交车站底下。 这并不意味着浑身发抖，浑身都是粘糊糊的泥巴。 “帮助!她喊道。这不是一个她很习惯说的词。 但是她不可能独自摆脱这个困境。 这时，南希注意到头顶的树上有一道奇怪的闪光。 她嗅了嗅空气。汽油!那低沉的隆隆声是从发动机发出的吗？ 一定是獾。唷!以为南希。 她正要再喊一声，突然听到一个熟悉得可怕的声音。 “是这个吗？”啊，真是个垃圾场……”南希的血都凝固了。 是巴顿公主。而且，听起来，她不是一个人。 她试图伸长脖子去看。 “是的，就是这里。”另一个声音说。 “好吧，离车越近越好。 看到那边闪烁的红色点了吗？ 南茜就在那儿。”有一些窃窃私语和沙沙声。 南希想算出有多少只猫，但不可能算出来。 她听到一种奇怪的哔哔声和另一只猫的声音，一个她不认识的。 “它说我们需要走那条路……朝着那个巨大的东西走。” “那是一个电塔。”另一个人说。 “谁有大脑歼灭器3000?”巴顿公主吼道。

Nancy gulped. The Brain Zapper 3000? That didn't sound good. 'It's in the boot' said another voice., And then Nancy saw her. Princess Buttons had trotted over to the other side of the car. 'Strap it to my head,' ordered Princess Buttons. 'I can't wait to zap those foxes into smithereens!' Nancy gulped again, watching as one of the cats attached a large, green metal helmet to Princess Buttons', small, angry head. Then Princess Buttons pressed a switch on the side of the helmet. It began to hum and whirr, and little lights flashed at the ends of three metal antennae. 'Three zaps!' hooted Princess Buttons. 'That should be enough to get rid of the pair of them.' Then something made her stop in her tracks. It was a poster nailed to a tree. 'Hang on. What's this?' she said, tearing it off. 'That's him!' she said. 'The fox! The little blighter who bit off my tail!'

南希一饮而尽。大脑杀手3000？ 听起来不太好。“在靴子里。”另一个声音说。然后南希看见了她。 巴顿公主小跑到车的另一边。 “把它系在我头上，”巴顿公主命令道。 “我等不及要把那些狐狸打得粉碎了！”南希又咽了口气，看着其中一只猫把一个巨大的绿色金属头盔戴在巴顿公主生气的小头上。 然后，巴顿公主按下了头盔侧面的开关。 它开始嗡嗡作响，嗡嗡作响，三个金属天线的末端闪烁着小灯。 “三会搞坏!巴顿公主吼道。 “这应该足够摆脱他们俩了。”然后，有什么东西让她停住了脚步。 那是一张钉在树上的海报。 “坚持下去。这是什么?她说着，把它扯了下来。 “就是他!”她说。“狐狸!就是那个咬掉我尾巴的小混蛋！”

'Oh yeah!' said another voice. 'He looks much smaller in real life, doesn't he?' Nancy's heart sank. 'Right,' said Princess Buttons, rubbing her paws together. 'Here's the plan. You lot head to this… "BIG SHOW". Grab the fox. Then bring him to me.' 'Where will you be?' asked a voice Nancy didn't recognize (it was Denise, though). Princess Buttons pointed to the Magic Tower. 'I'll be there. Bring him to me alive. I want his sister to watch me laser him to smithereens!' And she patted the Brain Zapper 3000. 'Righto!' said Denise, clapping her paws together. 'You heard her, everyone. Let's kidnap the cute little foxy.' It took every last bit of strength Nancy had to not shout 'NO!', but she knew she had to stay quiet. She heard the cats heading deeper into Grimwood, on their way to kidnap her brother. For the first time in her life, Nancy had no way to save him. After what had felt like an age, the wind died down and the rain slowed to a drip. With no time to lose, the very efficient beavers started to uncover the stage for the Big Show. Tamara had pulled herself together, and Ingrid was fluttering around backstage giving last-minute advice to the performers. 'Oh, doesn't it all look wonderful, Frank?' said Titus,

“噢,是的!另一个声音说。 “他在现实生活中看起来要小得多，不是吗？”南希的心一沉。 “好吧。”巴顿公主说着，搓着两只爪子。 “计划是这样的。你们要去看这个“大秀” 抓住狐狸。那就把他带来见我。“你要去哪儿？”一个南希听不出的声音问道（不过是丹尼斯）。 巴顿公主指着魔法塔。 “我会去的。把他活着带给我。 我要他妹妹看着我用激光把他打成碎片！”她拍了拍大脑歼灭器3000。 “好!丹妮丝拍着爪子说。 “大家都听到了。让我们绑架这只可爱的小狐狸。”南希用尽了最后一点力气才忍住没喊“不！”，但她知道她必须保持安静。 她听见猫们往格里姆伍德深处走去，准备去绑架她哥哥。 南茜有生以来第一次没有办法救他。 感觉过了一个世纪，风停了，雨也慢了下来。 没有时间可以浪费了，效率极高的海狸们开始为这场盛大的表演搭建舞台。 塔玛拉已经振作起来，英格丽德在后台扑扇着翅膀，给演员们提供最后的建议。 “哦，这一切看起来是不是很美妙，弗兰克？”提多说，

clapping his hooves together as the audience started to take their seats. 'Aye.' Frank nodded, though he preferred to listen to complicated jazz music in the privacy of his own living room. 'But where's Nancy?' said Titus. 'We had a very good chat earlier on. I think she's quite fabulous, you know.' 'Aye, she's a toughie,' said Frank. 'I know one when I see one.' Slowly the audience grew, until it seemed like all of Grimwood was there. Ted was pacing up and down behind the curtain. 'Calm down!' said Willow. 'You're making me nervous.' 'I've got butterflies in my tummy,' moaned Ted. 'Why did you eat butterflies?' gasped Willow. 'No, I just mean I'm nervous! Can you see the audience?' Willow poked her nose out and had a peek. 'Yup,' she said. 'Is Nancy there?' asked Ted. 'Nope,' said Willow. 'Oh.' Ted's tail drooped. 'But listen, Ted' said Willow. 'Titus is there. And so is, Frank. And so is Ingrid, and Tamara… all of the bunnies, and the rest of the Grimwood Players. And they're all looking forward to the show. They're all here to see us!' Ted smiled. His friend was right. Ingrid took to the stage to introduce the first act, and

当观众开始就座时，他拍着蹄子。 “啊”。弗兰克点点头，尽管他更喜欢在自己的起居室里听复杂的爵士音乐。 “可是南希在哪儿？”提图斯说。 “我们之前聊得很愉快。 我觉得她非常棒。“是啊，她是个坚强的人，”弗兰克说。 “我一眼就能看出来。”慢慢地，观众越来越多，好像整个格里姆伍德都在。 泰德在幕布后面踱来踱去。 “冷静下来!威罗说。“你让我很紧张。“我心里七上八下的，”泰德呻吟道。 “你为什么吃蝴蝶？”威罗喘着气说。 “不，我只是说我很紧张！”你能看到观众吗？”威洛探出鼻子偷看了一眼。 “是的，”她说。“南希在吗？”泰德问。 “不，”威罗说。“哦。”泰德的尾巴耷拉着。 “听着，泰德，”威罗说。 “提多在那里。弗兰克，我也是。 还有英格丽德，塔玛拉，所有的小兔子，还有格里姆伍德乐队的其他成员。 他们都很期待这场演出。 他们都是来看我们的！”泰德笑了。 他的朋友是对的。英格丽德上台介绍第一幕，然后

the crowd began to clap and hoot in anticipation. First up was Emo Omar… I move soil with my paws As I dig Dig dig dig Dig down into the mysterious earth Will I ever find What I am looking for? In the darkness Oh, the darkness Oh yes there it is

人群开始鼓掌和欢呼，期待着。 第一个上场的是Emo Omar，我用我的爪子挖土，挖，挖，挖，挖到神秘的地下，我能找到我要找的东西吗？ 在黑暗中哦，黑暗中哦，是的，它就在那里