15 A kick in the Twinklenuts

CHAPTER FIFTEEN A kick in the Twinklenuts Sebastian Silver threw back his head and laughed. He strode over to where Titus was sitting. The Grimwood team had collapsed in the corner, their helmets and leotards in tatters. Ginger Fiasco was crying. Willow and Frank were helping the rest of the squirrels get back to their feet. Sir Charles was trying to comfort a wailing Ingrid. Sharon and Pamela had flung down their pom-poms and flown back to the Magic Tower. Meanwhile, the Twinklenuts supporters were pulling party poppers and chinking glasses of fizzy elderflower.

第十五章在甜甜圈里踢了一脚，塞巴斯蒂安·西尔弗仰起头来笑了。 他大步走到提多坐的地方。 格里姆伍德队瘫倒在角落里，他们的头盔和紧身衣已经破烂不堪。 金吉·菲亚斯科哭了。威洛和弗兰克正在帮助其他松鼠站起来。 查尔斯爵士正试图安慰哭泣的英格丽德。 莎伦和帕梅拉扔下手里的绒球，飞回了魔法塔。 与此同时，Twinklenuts的支持者们正在拉着派对礼花，喝着叮当作响的接骨木花杯。

Sebastian stretched out his paw. 'Well, Titus,' he said, 'a deal is a deal. Kiss goodbye to Grimwood and tell your mad bird to get off my Magic Tower. Well played, chum!' Fatima Hostile took some sheets of paper out of her briefcase. Susan Kidneys scrabbled about in her handbag for a pen, and eventually found one, thank goodness. Ingrid gave an angry quack. 'You are a crook, Silver,' she hissed. 'Please know that I am a vengeful duck and I will ruin your life one way or another.' Sebastian's eyes narrowed. He leant in, so that nobody from Twinklenuts could hear him.

塞巴斯蒂安伸出他的爪子。 “好吧，提图斯，”他说，“一言为定。 跟格里姆伍德吻别，让你的疯鸟离开我的魔法塔。 干得好，朋友！”Fatima Hostile从公文包里拿出几张纸。 苏珊·金斯在手提包里摸索着找笔，终于找到了一支，谢天谢地。 英格丽德生气地嘎嘎叫了一声。 “你是个骗子，西尔弗，”她嘶嘶地说。 “请知道，我是一只复仇心极强的鸭子，无论如何，我都会毁了你的生活。”塞巴斯蒂安眯起眼睛。 他俯下身去，这样就没人能听见他说话了。

'Everyone in Twinklenuts adores me,' he snarled. 'Nothing you say will turn my people against me. You lot had better start looking for somewhere else to live, because none of you will be welcome in Twinklenuts, that's for sure.' Titus stood up. 'Mr Silver,' he said. 'I have dreaded this day. I have cried many tears. I have eaten many biscuits. But when I became Mayor of Grimwood, I promised to do my job with honour and decency until the end. So, I must accept defeat, because it is right and fair. And that is the Grimwood way.' With tears in his eyes, Titus held out his wobbling hoof to shake Sebastian's paw. Just then a voice rang out. 'NO! DON'T SHAKE HIS PAW, TITUS! DON'T DO IT!' It was Ted. He was running as fast as his little legs would carry him. Behind him were Wiggy and Nancy. And behind them was everyone who had been chucked into Sebastian's secret prison cell. Crusty McTavish was being wheeled along in his roller skate by Mo.

“闪光甜甜圈的每个人都崇拜我，”他咆哮道。 你说什么也不能使我的百姓反对我。 你们最好开始找别的地方住，因为闪光甜甜圈不欢迎你们，这是肯定的。”提多站了起来。 “西尔弗先生，”他说。“我害怕这一天。 我流了很多眼泪。我吃了很多饼干。 但当我成为格里姆伍德的市长时，我承诺要光荣体面地履行我的职责，直到最后一刻。 所以，我必须接受失败，因为这是正确和公平的。 这就是格里姆伍德的作风。”提图斯眼里含着泪水，伸出摇摇晃晃的蹄子，摇了摇塞巴斯蒂安的爪子。 正在这时，一个声音响了起来。 “不!别摇他的爪子，提图斯！别这么做！”是泰德。 他拼命地跑着，两条小腿能跑多快就跑多快。 他身后是维吉和南希。 在他们后面的是所有被关进塞巴斯蒂安秘密牢房的人。 皮斯蒂·麦克塔维什穿着他的轮滑被莫。

Ted pointed a shaky paw at Sebastian Silver. 'He's a liar!' he yelped. 'And he's been lying to each and every one of you.' The Twinklenuts supporters gasped when they saw their old friends. 'It's Crusty! And Mo! And Dr Khan! And loads of others we haven't got time to name!' they shrieked. 'Mr Silver,' said Anoushka Wispy. 'You told us they'd all gone on a really long cruise! Was that a lie?' Sebastian Silver's mouth opened and closed in shock. 'Don't listen to a word this fox says,' said Nancy, jabbing her paw at Sebastian. 'He locked up all these animals cos they didn't fit in with his stupid Twinklenuts Charter.' Everyone gasped. 'And the so-called official map? It's a FAKE! We found the proper one in the library. Grimwood ain't even on it– but neither is Twinklenuts.' Everyone gasped again.

泰德用颤抖的爪子指着塞巴斯蒂安·西尔弗。 “他是个骗子！”他叫道。“他一直在对你们每一个人撒谎。”当Twinklenuts的支持者看到他们的老朋友时，他们倒抽了一口冷气。 这是一个易怒的!和莫!还有汗博士！还有很多我们没时间点名的人！他们尖叫道。 “西尔弗先生，”阿努什卡·维斯皮说。 “你告诉我们他们都去做了一次很长的巡航！”那是谎话吗？”赛巴斯蒂安·西尔弗震惊得嘴巴张了又合。 “别听这只狐狸说的一个字，”南希说着，用爪子戳了戳塞巴斯蒂安。 “他把这些动物都关起来了，因为它们不符合他那愚蠢的《闪烁甜甜圈宪章》。”每个人都气喘吁吁地说。 “那所谓的官方地图呢？” 这是假的！我们在图书馆找到了合适的那本。 格里姆伍德甚至都不在名单上——但是闪光甜甜也不在。”大家又倒吸了一口气。

Sebastian Silver growled and spun on his heels to face the Twinklenuts supporters. 'I did it all for us!' he shouted. 'Don't you want to see Silvertown become a reality? Don't you want us all to become rich, rich beyond your wiiiiildest dreams?' 'You should never have become mayor,' said Crusty McTavish. Sebastian Silver let out an evil laugh. 'You're just angry that I won the election, you tatty old squirrel,' he said. But then Mo held up a large sack. She turned it upside down and hundreds of bits of paper fluttered to the ground. 'Recognize these?' she asked. 'Fake votes from the Twinklenuts election. We found them hidden in the library. You didn't win nothin'!'

塞巴斯蒂安·西尔弗咆哮着，转身面对着Twinklenuts的支持者。 “我做这一切都是为了我们！”他喊道。 “难道你不想看到银城成为现实吗？” 难道你不希望我们都变得富有，比你做梦都富有吗？“你根本就不应该当市长，”克鲁斯蒂·麦克塔维什说。 塞巴斯蒂安·西尔弗发出一声邪恶的笑声。 “你只是因为我赢得了选举而生气，你这个讨厌的老松鼠，”他说。 但是莫举起了一个大袋子。 她把它倒过来，几百张纸片飘到了地上。 认识到这些?她问。 “来自Twinklenuts选举的假选票。 我们发现他们藏在图书馆里。 你什么也没赢！”

'Ah. You found the map room,' I see,' sighed Sebastian. 'Fair enough, I suppose.' 'He's a FAKE!' shouted Anoushka Wispy, putting down her guitar and sounding very un-wispy. 'He's NASTY!' yelled Reena, taking off her treebonk helmet. 'He's a CHEAT,' said Fatima Hostile, ripping up the papers Titus was about to sign. And suddenly, it really didn't matter who was from Grimwood and who was from Twinklenuts. Everyone stood together, glaring at Sebastian Silver. He was on his own. But he didn't seem to care. In fact, he was grinning. 'Ha! Fools, all of you!' he cried. 'Do you think any of you can actually stop me? Don't you get it? I can do whatever I want!' And he clambered into his shiny helicopter, which was parked just next to the treebonk clearing. 'I'm not scared of any of you,' he yelled, as he started the engine. 'I'll take over the Magic Tower whether that stupid eagle is up there or not!' Ted buried his face in Nancy's fur as the helicopter rose into the air. The huge, powerful propellers whirred angrily. Sebastian Silver pointed up at them. 'And if your eagle gives me any trouble, she's going to have to deal with these bad boys,' he grinned. 'See you later, losers!' And he steered the helicopter towards Pamela and the Magic Tower.

“啊。“我明白了。”塞巴斯蒂安叹了口气。 “我想这很有道理。“他是个骗子！”阿努什卡·维斯比喊道，她放下吉他，声音听起来很不像维斯比。 “他是肮脏的!莉娜嚷道，摘下她的树形头盔。 “他是个骗子。”法蒂玛说着，撕毁了提图斯正要签字的文件。 突然之间，谁来自格里姆伍德，谁来自Twinklenuts，真的不重要了。 大家都站在一起，怒视着塞巴斯蒂安·西尔弗。 他只能靠自己。但他似乎并不在乎。 事实上，他在咧嘴笑。“哈!你们都是傻瓜！他叫道。 “你们觉得你们中有人能阻止我吗？” 你还不明白吗？我想干什么就干什么！”他爬上了他那架闪闪发光的直升机，停在树桩旁边的空地上。 “我一点也不怕你们，”他一边发动引擎一边喊道。 “我要占领魔法塔，不管那只笨鹰在不在上面！”直升机升到空中时，泰德把脸埋在南希的毛皮里。 巨大而有力的螺旋桨愤怒地旋转着。 塞巴斯蒂安·西尔弗指着他们。 “如果你的鹰给我添麻烦，她就得对付这些坏男孩。”他咧嘴一笑。 “再见，失败者！”他驾驶直升飞机飞向帕梅拉和魔法塔。