5 The weird giant horse thing

CHAPTER FIVE The weird giant horse thing Pamela (who was the massive eagle) flew back to her nest and dabbed at her beak with a handkerchief. 'Oh, Binky,' she said. 'You were just as tasty as I hoped you'd be.' She ruffled her feathers, did a delicate burp and settled down at her typewriter to write another fake letter to deliver to tomorrow's victim. A large owl silently swooped down next to her. 'That was very mean,' said Frank, who had a noble owly face and eyebrows like giant caterpillars. 'Binky was a lovely chap.' 'A bird has to eat.' Pamela shrugged. 'Anyway, I only took his head. He's still got his arms and legs, it's not all bad.' Frank was about to reply when he noticed something strange. Extremely strange. So strange that he actually said, 'How strange!' out loud. Something mysterious was moving around in the leaves below. He flew next to Pamela and silenced her typewriter with a firm claw.

帕梅拉（她就是那只大鹰）飞回她的巢，用手帕擦了擦她的嘴。 “哦，宾基，”她说。“你就像我希望的那样好吃。”她捋了捋羽毛，轻轻地打了个嗝，坐在打字机前又写了一封假信，准备交给明天的受害者。 一只大猫头鹰悄无声息地飞到她身边。 “那太卑鄙了，”弗兰克说，他长着一张高贵的猫头鹰脸，眉毛像巨大的毛毛虫。 “Binky是个可爱的小伙子。”“鸟是要吃饭的。”帕梅拉耸耸肩。 “不管怎么说，我只是砍了他的头。 他的胳膊和腿还在，还不全是坏事。”弗兰克正要回答，这时他注意到一些奇怪的事情。 非常奇怪。太奇怪了，他竟然说：“太奇怪了！大声说。 下面的树叶里有神秘的东西在移动。 他飞到帕梅拉身边，用一只有力的爪子把她的打字机静音了。

'Look, Pamela.' He nodded. 'Down there. Something's moving.' A patch of grass beneath the oak tree was shifting, as if something huge was digging up to the surface from deep underground. 'It's the GIANT MOLE OF BRATISLAVA*!' said Pamela, who was given to panic. 'Or the worms! The worms have finally turned! I knew it would happen one day! They've come together from miles around to form a WORM ARMY!!!' *Please note, as far as we know there is no such thing as the Giant Mole of Bratislava. 'Calm down, Pamela,' said Frank, his eyes narrowing. He was getting ready to swoop. Suddenly there was a volcano of soil and leaves. 'THE WOORRRRRRMS!' screamed Pamela, unhelpfully. Frank watched as two figures crawled out of the ground. He squinted but he couldn't identify the mysterious creatures.

“看,帕梅拉。”他点了点头。 ”。移动的东西。”橡树下的一片草地在移动，好像有什么巨大的东西正在从地下深处挖出来。 “这是布拉迪斯拉发的大鼹鼠！”帕梅拉说，她吓坏了。 “还有那些虫子！”虫子终于转过来了！我就知道总有一天会发生的！他们从几英里外聚集在一起组成了一支蠕虫军队！！“*请注意，据我们所知，没有布拉迪斯拉发的大鼹鼠这样的东西。 “冷静点，帕梅拉，”弗兰克说，眼睛眯了起来。 他准备猛扑过去。 突然间，土壤和树叶形成了一座火山。 “WOORRRRRRMS !帕梅拉无助地尖叫着。 弗兰克看着两个人影从地上爬了出来。 他眯着眼睛看，但没能认出那些神秘的生物。

'I'm going to fetch Titus,' he said, and swooped up into the sky. The foxes looked around as they got their breath back. They had been digging for ages and their paws were tired and sore. 'Is this it?' said Ted, wiping mud from his eyes. Nancy removed a worm from her nose and looked around some more. 'Hmm,' she said. She looked at Sven's map and turned it around a few times. 'Well?' said Ted. 'What do you think, sis? Did the map work? Are we in the right place?' 'Hmm,' she said again. She gave the map a sniff. It was annoying her. She ate the map. 'Nancy!' cried Ted. 'It was looking at me funny,' said Nancy.

“我要去接提图斯，”他说着，就飞上了天空。 狐狸们环顾四周，缓过气来。 他们挖了很久，爪子又累又痛。 “是这个吗？”泰德说着，擦去了眼睛上的泥。 南希从鼻子里取出一条虫子，又往四周看了看。 “嗯，”她说。她看了看斯文的地图，把它转了几圈。 ”好吗?泰德说。“你觉得怎么样，姐姐？” 地图有用吗？我们来对地方了吗？“嗯，”她又说。 她闻了闻地图。这让她很恼火。 她把地图吃了。“南希!泰德叫道。 “它看我的眼神很奇怪，”南希说。

The foxes gazed at their new surroundings for a while. Ted took some deep breaths. The air was so different. He couldn't smell cars, or humans, or fried chicken shops. And the trees! They towered high above his curious little foxy head. 'The branches look like a giant spider's web dancing across the sky,' he whispered, clutching his paws together. He felt like writing a poem about it, but before he could ask Nancy for a pen she'd bonged him on the head with her phone. 'I can't get any stupid signal!' she barked. 'Nightmare! Have you got any?' 'I don't have a phone, Nance,' said Ted, rubbing his head. 'You said I'm not allowed one until I'm older.' 'Oh yeah,' she said. 'Hey, bend down for a second.' She climbed onto Ted's back and held her phone as high as she could, waving it around trying to find a signal. All of a sudden there was a

狐狸盯着他们的新环境看了一会儿。 泰德深吸了几口气。 空气是如此的不同。他闻不到汽车，闻不到人，也闻不到炸鸡店。 还有那些树！它们高高耸立在他那好奇的小狐狸头上。 “这些树枝看起来就像一张巨大的蜘蛛网在空中飞舞。”他小声说，两只爪子紧紧地抓在一起。 他真想为此写首诗，但还没等他向南希要笔，她就用手机敲了他的头。 “我什么该死的信号都收不到！”她吼道。 “噩梦!你有吗？“我没有电话，南希，”泰德揉着头说。 “你说过等我长大了再给我买的。“哦，是的，”她说。 “嘿，弯腰一会儿。”她爬到泰德的背上，把手机举得尽可能高，四处挥动，试图找到信号。 突然间就有了

WHOOSH! as something swooped down from the sky and grabbed Nancy's phone. Ted dived behind a log. 'Oi!' shouted Nancy. 'Come back, you thievin' rotter!' But Pamela the eagle (for she was the thievin' rotter) zoomed merrily into the sky. She did an evil cackle and a loop-de-loop before disappearing into the trees. Ted slowly peeked out from behind the log. 'Wh… what was that?' he whimpered. 'A massive bird!' growled Nancy. 'And it's taken my phone! It's gonna regret it, the stupid beakface.' 'I think we should start looking for Binky,' said Ted. 'Who?' 'Binky Snuffhausen! The rat Sven told us about. He'll be able to tell us what to do.' Nancy scowled.

嗖!就在这时，有什么东西从天而降，抢走了南希的手机。 泰德躲到一根圆木后面。“Oi !南希喊道。 “回来，你这个贼！”但是老鹰帕梅拉（因为她是那只偷东西的小鹦鹉）欢快地飞上了天空。 在消失在树林里之前，她邪恶地咯咯地笑了一声，还绕了个圈。 泰德慢慢地从木头后面探出头来。 “什么……那是什么？”他呜咽着说。 “一只大鸟！”南希咆哮道。 “它还拿走了我的手机！”它会后悔的，蠢嘴脸。“我想我们应该开始找宾奇了。”泰德说。 “谁?“宾奇·斯纳夫豪森！”斯文告诉我们的那只老鼠。 他会告诉我们该怎么做。”南希皱起了眉头。

'We don't need anyone to tell us what to do,' she snapped. 'We're in some rubbish forest in the middle of nowhere. We just need to lie low for a while.' 'But what will we eat?' said Ted. 'I can't smell any chicken shops, or bins, or burger vans.' Nancy had to admit her brother had a point. All she'd ever known was the Big City. On the crowded and noisy streets, she knew how to handle herself. But now Nancy had an unfamiliar feeling in her tummy. It was a quiet, churning sensation, as if there were a washing machine in her belly. 'Fancy a ginger nut, Nance?' asked Ted gently. 'I've just found some at the bottom of my rucksack.' 'Cheers, Ted,' said Nancy. 'What shall I do with this?' asked Ted, unfurling Princess Buttons' tail. Nancy snorted. 'Make a hat out of it for all I care,' she said, stretching and yawning.

“我们不需要任何人告诉我们该怎么做，”她厉声说。 “我们在一个荒无人烟的垃圾森林里。 我们只需要低调一段时间。“那我们吃什么呢？”泰德说。 “我闻不到任何鸡肉店、垃圾箱或汉堡车的味道。”南希不得不承认她哥哥说得有道理。 她所知道的就是这个大城市。 在拥挤嘈杂的街道上，她知道如何控制自己。 但是现在南希的肚子里有一种不熟悉的感觉。 这是一种安静的、翻腾的感觉，仿佛有一台洗衣机在她的肚子里。 “想要一颗姜坚果吗，南希？”泰德温和地问。 “我刚在背包底下找到了一些。“干杯，泰德，”南希说。 “我该怎么办呢？”泰德问，一边展开了巴顿公主的尾巴。 南希哼了一声。“用它做顶帽子，我才不管呢，”她说着伸伸懒腰，打了个呵欠。