14 Attack!

CHAPTER FOURTEEN Attack! The Grimwood Players were halfway through their second act. Willow was in the middle of her grand speech. 'Because I realize, Mr Hathersage, that it is you I have loved all along. From the moment I saw you, I knew that we were going to be together, for ever!' And then she collapsed dramatically into Ted's arms. 'Aaah!' said the audience. 'ATTACK!' came a cry from the darkness. As if from nowhere, an army of cats rose from the undergrowth and ran towards the stage. There were gasps and screams from the audience, apart from Titus, who clapped his hooves together and said, 'Ooh, ooh, is this part of the show?' The cats leapt onto the stage and pinned Ted and Willow to the floor. This was not part of the show. 'Oh, crumbs,' said Ted.

第十四章进攻！格里姆伍德乐队第二幕演出进行到一半。 威洛正在进行她那隆重的演讲。 “因为我意识到，哈瑟塞奇先生，我一直爱的是你。 从我见到你的那一刻起，我就知道我们将永远在一起！”然后她戏剧性地倒在泰德的怀里。 “啊!观众说。 “攻击!”黑暗中传来一声喊叫。 不知从哪里冒出来一群猫从矮树丛里窜出来，向舞台跑去。 观众们发出了喘息和尖叫，除了提图斯，他拍着蹄子说：“哦，哦，这是表演的一部分吗？”猫跳上舞台，把泰德和威洛按在地板上。 这不是节目的一部分。 “哦，糟了。”泰德说。

Willow was thumping cats away with her hind legs, but there were just too many of them. 'Take the fox to the electricity pylon!' shouted Denise, who had grabbed Willow by the ears. 'OI! You're not taking anyone anywhere,' said Willow, kicking Denise in the face. Denise growled. She flexed her claws and prepared to give Willow's face a scratching… 'NO!' shouted Ted. 'Leave the bunny alone! It's me you want, not her.'

威洛用后腿猛踢猫，但猫实在太多了。 “把狐狸带到电塔那儿去！”丹妮丝喊着，她抓住了威洛的耳朵。 “OI !“你不能带任何人去任何地方，”威洛说，踢了丹尼斯的脸。 丹尼斯咆哮道。她伸出爪子，准备抓挠威罗的脸……“不！”泰德喊道。 “别碰兔子！”你要的是我，不是她。”

And Ted gingerly stood up, with two cats holding his paws firmly behind his back. 'Fine,' said Denise. She let go of Willow, who plopped to the floor, and grabbed Ted instead. 'You can't do this!' quacked Ingrid. 'He's part of the closing act! You'll be hearing from my agent!' A cat hissed and swiped at her diamanté turban. As the feral felines swarmed the stage, Titus knew he needed to do something. When Grimwood was being attacked, it was up to him to defend it. He stood up, closed his eyes and took a deep breath. "TREEBONK!" he bellowed. Until now, the Grimwood animals had mostly been frozen in shock. But with Titus's rallying call, they knew what to do. Almost without thinking, they scampered to

泰德小心翼翼地站了起来，两只猫紧紧地把他的爪子放在背后。 “很好，”丹尼斯说。她放开威洛，威洛扑通一声倒在地板上，反而抓住了泰德。 “你不能这么做！”英格丽嘎嘎地说。 “他是闭幕表演的一部分！”你会接到我经纪人的电话的！”一只猫嘶嘶地咬着她那华丽的头巾。 当凶猛的猫科动物涌上舞台时，提图斯知道他需要做点什么。 当格里姆伍德受到攻击时，他必须保卫它。 他站起来，闭上眼睛，深吸了一口气。 “树邦！”他吼道。在此之前，格里姆伍德的动物大多被吓呆了。 但在提多的号召下，他们知道该怎么做了。 他们几乎不假思索地跑了过去

the trees. And then a hundred cries of 'TREEBONK!' filled the air. They began to fling themselves off the branches. 'Treeeeeeebonk!' They zoomed through the sky. 'Treeeeebooooooonk!' The cats who were holding Ted dropped him and ran for cover. Ted looked over and found Willow. 'You saved me!' she cried, throwing her arms around him and untying his paws. 'Now, quick, start treebonking before you get caught again.' 'But I don't know how to treebonk!' said Ted. 'Just bounce around the trees as fast as you can and try not to hit the ground. GO!' shouted Willow. 'TREEEEEEBOOOOOOONK!'

树木。然后是一百声“树邦！”空气中充满了这样的声音。 他们开始从树枝上跳下来。 “Treeeeeeebonk !”它们在天空中呼啸而过。 “Treeeeebooooooonk !”抱着泰德的猫丢下他跑去找掩护。 泰德看了看，发现了威洛。 “你救了我！”她喊道，伸出双臂搂住他，解开他的爪子。 “现在，在你再次被抓住之前，赶快开始砍树吧。”“可我不知道怎么爬树呀！”泰德说。 “只要尽可能快地在树上跳来跳去，尽量不要撞到地面。 走吧!威洛喊道。“TREEEEEEBOOOOOOONK !”

Ted grabbed onto a nearby pine tree and clambered up it, going as high as he could. He tried very hard not to think about how scared of heights he was. Animals were whizzing past his nose at high speeds, and Princess Buttons' cat gang looked very confused indeed. But then one of them– a big, gnarly one with half an ear– spotted Ted nestled in the pine tree. 'The fox!' it yelled, 'I see him!' And the cat started to climb up the tree trunk. Ted gulped. It was now or never. 'TREEEEBONK!' he shouted, and leapt as high in the air as he could manage. He was about to collide with a silver birch, and put his tail out to cushion the fall– and then he joyfully BOINGED off it. 'Treebonk!' he cried again, using his tail to push off the second tree and… it worked! His big, bushy, foxy tail turned out to be the perfect treebonking paddle. The animals of Grimwood thwacked into as many of the cats as they could manage, while boinging and twirling and spinning through the air. Not all of them were natural treebonkers– it was a squirrel thing, really. And yet, it was like a beautiful, extremely dangerous furry ballet.

泰德抓住附近的一棵松树爬了上去，尽可能地往上爬。 他努力不去想自己有多恐高。 动物们高速地从他的鼻子旁呼啸而过，巴顿公主的猫群看起来确实很困惑。 这时，其中的一只——一只长着半只耳朵的粗壮的大家伙——在松树上发现了特德。 “狐狸!它喊道，“我看见他了！”猫开始爬上树干。 泰德一饮而尽。机不可失，时不再来。 “TREEEEBONK !他喊着，拼命往空中跳。 它差点撞上一棵白桦树，于是伸出尾巴缓冲一下——然后它高兴地撞了上去。 “Treebonk !他又叫了一声，用尾巴把第二棵树推了下来……成功了！它那毛茸茸的大尾巴变成了完美的撞树桨。 格里姆伍德的动物们在空中蹦蹦跳跳，不停地旋转着，尽可能多地撞向猫。 并不是所有的人都是天生的树痴——这是松鼠的事，真的。 然而，它就像一个美丽的，极其危险的毛茸茸的芭蕾舞。

'Treeebooooooonk!' The cats were terrified. They yowled in panic and dashed for cover. Acorns, branches and squirrels rained down on them, and the cats realized they were massively outnumbered. Denise looked at her watch. If they piled into the car and drove without stopping, the cats could be back in the Big City by teatime. 'Retreat!' she shouted. 'Retreat!'

“Treeebooooooonk !”猫们吓坏了。 他们惊慌地嚎叫着，冲向掩体。 橡子、树枝和松鼠如雨点般落在它们身上，猫意识到它们的数量远远超过了它们。 丹尼斯看了看表。 如果他们挤进车里，不停地开车，猫们可以在下午茶的时候回到大城市。 “撤退!”她喊道。“撤退!”