10 The library

CHAPTER TEN The library

第十章图书馆

The moles tunnelled through the night, being careful not to hit the Twinklenuts electric fence. Ingrid glanced at her extremely hi-tech satellite navigation system, which she had borrowed from Pamela. It seemed to be held together with rubber bands and old chewing gum but Pamela insisted that it worked 'just fine'. 'We are in Twinklenuts,' Ingrid announced grandly. 'So now we must dig upwards. Dig, I tell you!' She thumped a mole with her handbag to hurry them up. Emo Omar was the first to emerge, and he immediately put on his sunglasses as his sensitive mole eyes adjusted to the bright light. They were in a huge, musty room. The wooden floor was covered in tatty rugs and there were rows and rows of small tables. In front of every table were a lamp and a brown leather chair. And surrounding the tables were oodles of bookshelves, totally crammed with books. 'There's a special word for this kind of place,' gasped Willow. 'Yes. It's called a library,' said Nancy. 'Something like… the bookyplace,' said Willow, ignoring Nancy entirely. 'The lonkywonk… the wordybank…' 'I said it's called a library,' said Nancy. 'The fustyroom… the bonkenhause… the wonkywang…' 'LIBRARY,' said Nancy, shoving Willow to one side and marching into the room. Emo Omar scurried straight for the poetry section. The other moles scattered, keen to explore.

鼹鼠们在夜里挖地道，小心翼翼地不撞到Twinklenuts的电栅栏。 英格丽德瞥了一眼她从帕梅拉那里借来的高科技卫星导航系统。 它似乎是用橡皮筋和旧口香糖粘在一起的，但帕梅拉坚持认为它“很好”。 “我们在Twinklenuts。”英格丽隆重地宣布。 “所以现在我们必须向上挖。 快挖，我告诉你！”她用手提包猛敲鼹鼠，催他们快点。 埃莫·奥马尔（Emo Omar）是第一个出来的，他灵敏的痣眼适应了明亮的光线，他立即戴上了太阳镜。 他们在一间散发着霉味的大房间里。 木地板上铺着破旧的地毯，还有一排排的小桌子。 每张桌子前面都放着一盏灯和一把棕色的皮椅子。 桌子周围摆满了书架，里面塞满了书。 “有一个专门的词来形容这种地方，”威洛喘着气说。 ‘是的。“那叫图书馆。”南希说。 “像……书屋之类的地方。”威罗说，完全不理睬南希。 “我说它叫图书馆，”南希说。 “图书馆，”南希一边说，一边把威洛推到一边，大步走进房间。 埃莫·奥马尔直奔诗歌区。 其他鼹鼠四散而去，渴望探索。

There was a huge door leading off from the main library room. Nancy pushed it open and was faced with a maze of corridors. She gave a low whistle. 'How big is this place?' she wondered aloud as she stepped through the door and continued on. Every now and then she would pass a large, locked door. She tried every single one, but none of them opened. Nancy grunted in frustration. They needed to find a way out of the library if they were ever going to spy on the Twinklenuts treebonk team. Nancy was about to turn back when she spotted what looked like a trapdoor. She bent down and pressed her ear to it. Could she hear voices? She couldn't be sure. Meanwhile, Ted was roaming around between the bookshelves, pulling out books here and there. There was a whole section dedicated to a newsletter called The Twinklenuts Telegraph. He took one out at random and gasped at the headline: The Twinklenuts Telegraph. NEW MAYOR FOR TWINKLENUTS

有一扇巨大的门通向图书馆的主室。 南希推开门，眼前是迷宫般的走廊。 她轻轻地吹了一声口哨。“这个地方有多大？”她一边走进门，一边大声问道。 她偶尔会经过一扇锁着的大门。 她试了每一个，但没有一个打开。 南希沮丧地哼了一声。 如果他们要监视Twinklenuts树树队，就得想办法走出图书馆。 南希正要往回走，这时她发现了一个像是活板门的东西。 她弯下腰，把耳朵贴在上面。 她能听到声音吗？她不能肯定。 与此同时，泰德在书架之间徘徊，从这里和那里抽出书来。 有一整版专门刊登一份名为《Twinklenuts Telegraph》的时事通讯。 他随便拿了一张出来，看到上面的大标题：《Twinklenuts Telegraph》，倒吸了一口气。 twinklenuts的新市长

In a shock result, mysterious newcomer Sebastian Silver has been elected as Mayor of Twinklenuts by 154 votes! The old mayor, Crusty McTavish, has left office with immediate effect. Most residents of Twinklenuts are 'stunned' and 'surprised' as Crusty McTavish had been a popular and kind mayor for many years. 'I've got BIG plans for Twinklenuts,' said Sebastian Silver. 'Crusty McTavish allowed the townsfolk of Twinklenuts to get smelly, lazy and ugly. But things are going to change around here. I'm going to clean this place up. Hotels! Roads! Funfairs! Shopping malls! A space station! Trust me, soon the money's going to start rollin' in and we're all going to be RICH, RICH beyond our wildest dreams!' Crusty McTavish was not available for comment, and a nearby worm advised that he has 'gone on a very long cruise in Antarctica to look at penguins'. 'Cor,' said Ted. 'Sebastian must be SO clever to become mayor just like that,' he said. 'And he looks so cool. I wonder if all grown-up foxes dress so well.' Willow had hopped over and rolled her eyes. 'Sebastian this, Sebastian that,' she snapped. 'Have you forgotten that rotter wants to take Grimwood away from us?' 'Of course not,' said Ted. 'But to be fair, according to that map, Grimwood is already in Twinklenuts.'

令人震惊的结果是，神秘的新人塞巴斯蒂安·西尔弗以154票当选为Twinklenuts市长！老市长麦克塔维什（Crusty McTavish）已离任，立即生效。 Twinklenuts的大多数居民都感到“震惊”和“惊讶”，因为多年来，麦克塔维什一直是一位受欢迎、和蔼可亲的市长。 “我对Twinklenuts有个大计划，”塞巴斯蒂安·西尔弗说。 脆皮麦克塔维什让Twinklenuts镇的居民变得又臭又懒又丑。 但这里的情况会有所改变。 我要把这地方打扫干净。 酒店!道路!廉价市场!购物中心!一个空间站！相信我，很快钱就会滚滚而来，我们都会变得富有，比我们最疯狂的梦想还要富有！”麦克塔维什没有发表评论，旁边的一条蠕虫说他“在南极洲进行了一次很长的巡游，看企鹅”。 “好。”泰德说。“塞巴斯蒂安一定很聪明，能这样当上市长，”他说。 “他看起来很酷。我不知道是不是所有的成年狐狸都穿得这么好。”威洛跳了过来，翻了个白眼。 “塞巴斯蒂安这个，塞巴斯蒂安那个，”她厉声说。 “你忘了那个坏蛋想从我们手里夺走格里姆伍德吗？”“当然不是，”泰德说。 “不过说句公道话，根据那张地图，格里姆伍德已经在Twinklenuts了。”

Willow narrowed her eyes. 'Hmph! I think it's a stupid map. And what about Titus? I don't trust this Sebastian Silver as far as I could throw him,' said the cute little bunny-wunny. 'And I bet I could throw him really far.' Ingrid the duck had hopped up to the very top of the bookshelves and was tapping the ceiling. 'What are you doing?' shouted Willow. 'If we are to complete our mission, we must find a way out of this godforsaken book room!' she quacked. 'Aha!' Ted and Willow ran over to look. Ingrid had found an air vent and was trying to yank the grill off with her beak. 'Go and fetch your ferocious sister,' she said to Ted. 'I could use a bit of her furry muscle.' Nancy was still sniffing around the trapdoor when she heard Ted calling for her. She dashed back to find him pointing up at Ingrid. 'She's found a way out, sis!' said Ted. Oh, thank goodness they've found a way out! I was getting awfully claustrophobic. But

威洛眯起眼睛。“嗯!我认为这是一张愚蠢的地图。 提多呢？“我不相信这个塞巴斯蒂安·西尔弗，”可爱的小兔子说。 “我打赌我能把他扔得很远。”鸭子英格丽跳上了书架的最顶端，正在敲打天花板。 “你在干什么？”威洛喊道。 “如果我们要完成任务，就必须想办法离开这个该死的阅览室！”她嘎嘎地说。 “啊哈!”泰德和威洛跑过去看。 英格丽德找到了一个通风口，正试图用嘴把烤架扯下来。 “去把你那凶恶的妹妹找来，”她对特德说。 “我可以借用一下她毛茸茸的肌肉。”当南希听到特德叫她时，她还在门周围嗅来嗅去。 她冲回去，发现他指着英格丽德。 “她找到出路了，姐姐！”泰德说。 哦，谢天谢地，他们找到出路了！我得了可怕的幽闭恐惧症。 但

then I am currently trapped inside a matchbox. Um, could somebody let me out please? Hellooooo? Everyone blinked a few times as their eyes adjusted to the light and fresh air. Fairy lights were strewn between the tree trunks and wind chimes tinkled in the breeze. They were in Twinklenuts all right. 'So how do we find the treebonkers, then?' Nancy asked. 'Aha!' said Ingrid, shaking a flimsy-looking plastic box. 'We'll use my foolproof top-secret satellite navigation system.' Then a spring went boing and a screw came loose and part of the box fell off. 'Oh,' said Ingrid. And then Willow pointed to a sign that said 'Treebonk practice, this way', which was very useful indeed. Some minutes later, Willow, Ted, Ingrid and Nancy were hiding in a prickly, thorny bush, spying on the Twinklenuts

那我现在就被困在火柴盒里了 有人能放我出去吗？ 嘿?每个人都眨了几下眼睛，使眼睛适应了光线和新鲜空气。 树干间散布着仙女般的灯光，风铃在微风中叮当作响。 他们确实在Twinklenuts。 “那我们怎么才能找到树疯子呢？”南希问。 “啊哈!”英格丽德摇晃着一个看起来很脆弱的塑料盒子说。 我们将使用我的万无一失的绝密卫星导航系统然后一个弹簧嘣了一声，一个螺丝松了，盒子掉了一部分。 “哦，”英格丽德说。然后威洛指了指一个牌子，上面写着“树桩练习，这边走”，这确实很有用。 几分钟后，威洛、特德、英格丽德和南希躲在一个多刺的灌木丛里，暗中监视着Twinklenuts