16 Farewell to Grimwood

CHAPTER SIXTEEN Farewell to Grimwood After the events of the previous day, Titus and Ingrid had agreed to have another Big Show, seeing as they never quite finished the proper one. 'Mint humbug?' said Titus, offering a paper bag to Nancy. 'No thanks, Titus.' She grinned. 'I'm on the beef jerky. Don't wanna mix sweet and savoury, you know?' 'Thank you, everybody, thank you,' said Ingrid from the stage. 'Now for our next act, we welcome two talented young scamps who've been a marvellous addition to the Grimwood Players this season.' 'Ooh, this is them!' said Wiggy, nudging Nancy. 'And I know I speak for many of us,' continued Ingrid, 'when I say I will be very sad to see one of these youngsters go.' She clutched a handkerchief to her beak. 'But life moves on… ceaselessly… like waves beating against the shoreline of existence…' Tamara coughed. 'Sorry, yes, anyway, please give a great big Grimwood hooray for TED AND WILLOWWWWWWW!'

第十六章告别格里姆伍德在经历了前一天的事情之后，提图斯和英格丽德决定再来一场盛大的演出，因为他们觉得自己的演出还没有完全结束。 “硬薄荷糖?提图斯说着，递给南希一个纸袋。 “不，谢谢，提图斯。”她咧嘴一笑。 我在吃牛肉干。我可不想把甜味和咸味混在一起？“谢谢大家，谢谢你们，”英格丽德在台上说。 现在我们的下一个表演，有请两位才华横溢的年轻人他们是本赛季格里姆伍德球员的杰出成员。“哦，是他们！”威吉说，用胳膊肘捅了捅南希。 “我知道我代表了我们中的许多人，”英格丽德继续说，“当我说看到这些年轻人中的一个离开我将非常难过的时候。”她用嘴衔着一块手帕。 塔玛拉咳嗽着说：“但是生活还在继续……不停地……就像海浪拍打着生存的海岸线……” “对不起，是的，不管怎么说，请为特德和柳树来一场格里姆伍德式的热烈欢呼吧！”

Ted and Willow skipped onto the stage. The lights dimmed. 'Ready?' whispered Willow. Ted nodded. The dance began slowly, with Ted and Willow creeping around each other like burglars in an art gallery. Ted appeared to be dressed as a tree, and Willow danced gracefully, pretending to be the wind, the wind, THE WIND, bending Ted's branches. 'Ooh, it's terribly poetic,' remarked Wiggy. But then the music suddenly EXPLODED into frantic joyful disco, and out of nowhere Willow was wearing a multi-coloured ballgown and Ted was spinning her above his head. One of the efficient beavers was frantically switching a bedside lamp on and off to create exciting lighting. The audience clapped and stamped their paws in time.

泰德和威洛跳上了舞台。 灯光暗了下来。“准备好了吗?威罗小声说。 泰德点点头。舞会开始得很慢，泰德和威洛像画廊里的窃贼一样，在对方周围蹑手蹑脚地跳着。 泰德似乎打扮成一棵树，柳树优雅地跳舞，假装是风，风，风，弯曲泰德的树枝。 “哦，太诗意了。”威吉说。 但音乐突然爆发成疯狂欢乐的迪斯科，威洛不知从哪里冒出来，穿着一件五颜六色的舞会礼服，特德在他头顶上旋转着她。 其中一只高效的海狸正在疯狂地开关床头灯，以创造令人兴奋的照明。 观众及时鼓掌并跺脚。

Nancy's jaw hit the floor. She had no idea Ted could do all this stuff. 'The youngster's talented, eh?' Frank nodded. Ted was now doing an elaborate tap dance with two dustbin lids strapped to his feet. Then, for the grand finale, Willow swooped across the stage holding a flaming pineapple, which she threw dramatically onto the floor while screaming, 'THE FUTURE IS OURS!' The crowd went wild. 'That was perfect, Ted!' said Willow. 'You were amazing!' Ted's heart was in his mouth. It had been the most intense five minutes of his life, and he had loved every second.

南希的下巴撞到了地板上。 她不知道泰德能做这么多。 “这孩子很有天赋，是吗？”弗兰克点了点头。 泰德脚上绑着两个垃圾桶盖，正在跳一段精致的踢踏舞。 然后，在压轴表演中，威洛拿着一个燃烧的菠萝从舞台上猛扑过去，她戏剧性地把菠萝扔到地板上，同时大喊：“未来是我们的！”人群变得疯狂起来。 “太棒了，泰德！”威罗说。 “你太棒了！”泰德的心都提到嗓子眼儿了。 这是他一生中最紧张的五分钟，他热爱每一秒。

Eventually, the crowd stopped cheering. Ted just stood there, looking out into the crowd. He could see Nancy, Titus and Frank. The badgers, the rabbits, the squirrels. Even Pamela was perched on the back row, though Frank had insisted on her wearing a muzzle in case she got carried away and ate someone. 'Everyone? C-can I have your attention, please? I just wanted to say something,' Ted stammered. A hush fell over the audience. 'I just wanna say… I've had the most amazing time here in Grimwood. An awful lot has happened. But you guys have all been such good friends to me and Nancy.' 'WAHEY!' cheered Frank and Wiggy. 'Shurrup,' said Nancy, trying to hide a smile. 'I wanted to say thank you,' said Ted. 'Thank you for being so welcoming and for looking out for us when it mattered the most. As you know, me and Nancy are heading back to the Big City after the show.' There were a few 'boos' and Titus honked into Frank's armpit. 'I promise I will never forget you,' said Ted. 'I will miss you all SO much– especially you, Willow. You're the best friend I've ever had.' Big fat tears rolled down Willow's cheeks.

最后，人群停止了欢呼。 泰德只是站在那里，望着外面的人群。 他可以看到南希、提图斯和弗兰克。 獾，兔子，松鼠。 就连帕梅拉也坐在后排，尽管弗兰克坚持要她戴上嘴套，以防她失控吃人。 “每个人吗?大家能听我说几句吗？ “我只是想说几句。”泰德结结巴巴地说。 全场鸦雀无声。 “我只想说，我在格里姆伍德度过了最美妙的时光。 发生了很多可怕的事情。 但你们都是我和南希的好朋友。“WAHEY !弗兰克和威格欢呼道。 “嘘，”南希说，竭力掩饰自己的笑容。 “我想对你说声谢谢，”泰德说。 “感谢你们如此热情，感谢你们在最重要的时候照顾我们。 如你所知，演出结束后我和南希要回大城市。”有几声“嘘声”，提图斯对着弗兰克的腋窝按喇叭。 “我保证永远不会忘记你。”泰德说。 “我会非常想念你们的——尤其是你，威洛。 你是我最好的朋友。”大颗大颗的眼泪顺着威洛的脸颊滚落下来。

'But I also need to say thank you to my big sister, Nancy. Firstly, for letting us stay on so I could do the show. But also because without her, I wouldn't be here. She's looked after me for as long as I can remember. So even though I'm sad to leave Grimwood, I'm also happy. Because I'll be with her. And wherever she goes, I go. Because she's my home.' Willow and Ted hugged, and he sobbed into his adorable friend's neck. In fact, everyone sobbed into everyone else's neck, because it was the cutest and saddest thing ever, and that was a fact. WAAAAAH! While everyone was bawling, Nancy quietly trotted up to the stage.

“但我也要对我的姐姐南希说声谢谢。 首先，谢谢你让我们留下来，好让我来做节目。 也因为没有她，我就不会在这里。 从我记事起她就一直照顾我。 所以尽管离开格里姆伍德让我很难过，但我也很高兴。 因为我会和她在一起。她去哪儿，我就去哪儿。 因为她是我的家。”威洛和泰德拥抱在一起，他抱着他可爱的朋友的脖子抽泣着。 事实上，每个人都抱着别人的脖子抽泣，因为这是有史以来最可爱、最悲伤的事情，这是事实。 WAAAAAH !当大家都在大喊大叫时，南希悄悄地小跑着走上舞台。