1 Ginger Fiasco takes a trip

CHAPTER ONE Ginger Fiasco takes a trip It was a peaceful afternoon in Grimwood. The sun was shining, birds were tweeting, ants were anting and a squirrel was flying through the air at a dangerously high speed. 'Treeeeboooooonk!' it screamed, before splatting into a tree trunk and slumping to the ground. A whistle blew. 'OK, let's have a break, everyone!' hooted an owl. His name was Frank, and he was the coach of the Grimwood treebonk team. He had very large eyebrows because some owls just do.

这是格里姆伍德一个宁静的下午。 阳光灿烂，鸟儿在鸣叫，蚂蚁在觅食，一只松鼠正以危险的速度在空中飞翔。 “Treeeeboooooonk !它尖叫着，啪的一声撞在树干上，倒在地上。 哨声响起。“好了，大家休息一下！”一只猫头鹰叫道。 他的名字叫弗兰克，是格里姆伍德树树队的教练。 他的眉毛很大，因为有些猫头鹰就是这样。

Willow, an outrageously cute little bunny rabbit, was holding a tray of juicy orange slices for the players. 'COME ON, TEAM!' she bellowed. 'Suck on these wedges of fruity goodness! Feel the vitamins pump through your veins! I wanna see you thwacking those tree trunks MUCH harder, capeesh?' The gaggle of dizzy squirrels staggered towards her. One of them was MASSIVE and had an extremely bushy tail. That was Nancy, and she wasn't a squirrel at all. She was, in fact, a fox. 'Cheers, Willow,' she grunted, grabbing a fistful of orange. Nancy was the only fox on Grimwood's treebonk team, but she didn't care. She wasn't quite as fast as the squirrels, but she was strong and her tail was powerful. It helped catapult her from tree to tree, and she was quickly becoming Grimwood's star player. Not bad for a scruffy fox from the Big City.

威洛，一只可爱得出奇的小兔子，正端着一盘多汁的橘子片给队员们吃。 “加油，队员们！”她吼道。 “尝尝这些美味的水果吧！”感受维他命在你血管里的流动！我想看你更用力地捶打那些树干，明白吗？”一群头晕的松鼠摇摇晃晃地向她走来。 其中一个是巨大的，有一个非常浓密的尾巴。 那是南希，她根本不是一只松鼠。 事实上，她是一只狐狸。“干杯，威洛。”她咕哝着，抓了一把橘子。 南希是格里姆伍德的树树上唯一的狐狸，但她并不在乎。 她跑得不如松鼠快，但她很强壮，尾巴也很有力。 它帮助她从一棵树弹射到另一棵树，她很快成为Grimwood的明星玩家。 对于一个从大城市来的邋遢狐狸来说还不错。

'Yay, go Nancy!' shouted Ted, her little brother. He waved at her from the sidelines. Treebonk really wasn't Ted's thing – he was more into acting and singing and writing poems about clouds – but he enjoyed watching his big sis practise. Especially if he could eat cakes at the same time. I'm sensing you may have questions. Fear not! Your friend Eric D is here to help. What the jiggins is Grimwood? Grimwood is a forest far, far, faaaaar away. It is full of trees and sky and mud and stones. It smells weird and there's loads of litter and old shopping trolleys. There's a broken electricity pylon in the middle of it that buzzes

“好啊，南希！”她的弟弟泰德喊道。 他在场边向她挥手。 树邦真的不是泰德的菜——他更喜欢表演、唱歌和写关于云的诗——但他喜欢看他的大姐姐练习。 尤其是如果他能同时吃蛋糕的话。 我感觉你可能有问题。 不要害怕!你的朋友Eric D会帮你的。 格里姆伍德到底是怎么回事？ 格里姆伍德是一座森林，在很远很远的地方。 到处都是树木、天空、泥土和石头。 闻起来很奇怪，还有很多垃圾和旧购物车。 中间有个坏掉的电塔在嗡嗡作响

strangely. But it's also FUN and GREAT and it's where this story is set so you'd better get used to it. What the Jiminy is treebonk? Treebonk is a woodland sport mainly played by squirrels. They jump off really tall trees and shout TREEEEBONK!. Then they boing off other trees and try not to touch the ground. They must boing for as long as possible. This goes on for absolutely ages until one team is entirely on the ground or all the players start crying. What in the name of Jehoshaphat is an owl? Now this is a complicated one. An OWL is a large bird with a BEAK and two massive flappy WINGS. It goes 'hoot-hoot-hoot' and can spin its head around really far, which looks cool and weird. For centuries, owls have been manufactured in a little family-run factory in Portugal. 'Gosh, just watching treebonk is exhausting, isn't it?' sighed Titus the stag, shovelling a jam doughnut into his snout. 'Where on earth do they find the energy?' 'No idea,' said Wiggy, whose large badgery paws were holding a jug of pink lemonade. 'Another glass of fizz, old pal?' Titus was the mayor of Grimwood. He had big, kind eyes, knobbly antlers and a heart of love and goodness. He was also

奇怪的是。但它也很有趣，很棒，这是这个故事的背景，所以你最好习惯它。 这是什么鬼东西？ 树桩是一种主要由松鼠进行的林地运动。 他们从非常高的树上跳下来，大喊“树！” 然后它们从其他树上飞下来，尽量不要碰到地面。 他们必须尽可能长时间地飞行。 这种情况会持续很长时间，直到有一支球队完全倒在地上，或者所有球员都开始哭泣。 看在约沙法的份上猫头鹰是什么？ 这是一个复杂的问题。 猫头鹰是一种长着喙和两个巨大的扇动翅膀的大鸟。 它会发出“呜-呜-呜”的声音，它的头可以旋转得很远，看起来很酷也很奇怪。 几个世纪以来，猫头鹰一直在葡萄牙的一家小型家族工厂里生产。 “天哪，光是看《树树》就累坏了，不是吗？”雄鹿提图斯叹了口气，把果酱甜甜圈塞进嘴里。 “他们到底从哪里找到能源？”“不知道。”威吉说，他那警徽般的大爪子拿着一罐粉红色的柠檬水。 “再来一杯汽酒吧，老伙计？”提图斯是格里姆伍德的市长。 他有一双善良的大眼睛，一对多节的鹿角和一颗充满爱和善良的心。 他也是

keen on baking and watching romantic comedies. Wiggy the badger often drove around Grimwood in a rusty old Jeep, but today he was relaxing next to Titus and Ted on a tatty picnic blanket. 'Did you see me give out the oranges?' panted Willow, hopping back to the picnic blanket. 'I sure did!' said Ted, and he gave her a high-five. 'Frank says if I keep doing a good job he'll give me an even bigger badge,' said Willow. 'He says I'm the best assistant coach he's ever had.' Willow pointed to a badge she had attached to her fur. It said 'ASISTUNT COWCH'.

喜欢烘焙和看浪漫喜剧。 獾威吉经常开着一辆生锈的旧吉普车在格里姆伍德附近转悠，但今天他在泰特斯和泰德旁边的一张破旧的野餐毯子上休息。 “你看见我分发桔子了吗？”威洛喘着气说，跳回到野餐毯上。 “当然了！”泰德说着，跟她击掌。 “弗兰克说如果我继续干得好，他会给我一个更大的徽章。” 他说我是他见过的最好的助理教练。威洛指了指她身上别着的徽章。 上面写着“助理教练”。