9 Operation Twinklenuts

CHAPTER NINE Operation: Twinklenuts Nancy woke up and saw that, as usual, Ted had left a mug of coffee by her bedside. She slurped it gratefully. He was a good cub, she thought to herself. Before she went outside, she stopped for a moment. She pulled back the tatty old blanket that was hanging on the wall. There were two paw prints, pressed into the mud. Her paw fitted neatly in the smaller one. Nancy sighed. She had found the prints not long after they had arrived in Grimwood. She knew it sounded weird, but part of her had wondered if they had been made by their mum and dad. Even though, as far as she knew, her parents had never been to Grimwood– so it was just a silly daydream, really. She

第九章操作：Twinklenuts南希醒来，发现泰德像往常一样在她床边留下了一杯咖啡。 她感激地吸了一口。 他是一只好幼崽，她心想。 在她出去之前，她停了一会儿。 她拉下挂在墙上的破旧毯子。 泥里有两个爪印。 她的爪子正好贴在小的那只身上。 南希叹了口气。他们到达格里姆伍德后不久，她就发现了他们的指纹。 她知道这听起来很奇怪，但她有点怀疑它们是不是他们的妈妈和爸爸做的。 尽管，据她所知，她的父母从来没有去过格里姆伍德——所以这只是一个愚蠢的白日梦，真的。 她

didn't tell Ted about them. He'd just get all excited, and what was the point of that? The paw prints probably meant nothing at all. 'Just forget about it,' Nancy growled to herself. She downed the coffee and headed for treebonk practice. Frank swooped up and down the line of squirrels. He hadn't slept a wink after yesterday's visit from Sebastian Silver and his furry associates. 'Now listen here, team,' said Frank, puffing out his owly chest. 'We've got quite the treebonk battle ahead of us. But we're strong, and fast, and with practice, we can get stronger and faster. Because we're not just playing to win. We're playing for our HOME. We're playing to SAVE GRIMWOOD!' Frank waited for everyone to whoop and cheer. But there was silence. He turned around and saw that everyone was huddled around a squirrel called Martin who was showing off his new light-up trainers.

我没有告诉泰德。 他会很兴奋，那有什么意义呢？ 爪印可能没有任何意义。 “算了吧，”南希自言自语道。 她喝完咖啡，就去练树了。 弗兰克在一排松鼠中间跑来跑去。 自从昨天塞巴斯蒂安·西尔弗和他那些毛绒绒的伙伴来过之后，他就一直没合眼。 “听着，队员们。”弗兰克说着，鼓起了他那只猫头鹰似的胸膛。 “我们前面还有一场树杈大战呢。 但是我们强壮，快速，通过练习，我们可以变得更强更快。 因为我们打球不只是为了赢。 我们是为我们的家而战。 我们在为拯救格里姆伍德而战！”弗兰克等着大家欢呼雀跃。 但是一片沉默。他转过身来，看到大家都围着一只叫马丁的松鼠，它正在炫耀它的新发光运动鞋。

'WILL YOU PLEASE PAY ATTENTION, TEAM?' Frank shouted, so loudly that everyone jumped (and a tiny bit of wee came out of Martin). 'What's the plan then, kid?' said Frank to Nancy, after he'd sent the squirrels out to run some laps. 'I'm not sure yet,' said Nancy. 'But I'm working on it.' Ted and Willow were sitting on top of a mossy rock, sharing a bag of sweets. 'Green one, please,' said Frank, holding out a talon. 'Urgh! Only weirdos like the green ones,' said Willow, handing over a sweet. 'Frank, I don't mean to be a downer, but you guys are never gonna beat Twinklenuts. Grimwood is toast!' Frank sighed. He knew Willow was probably right. 'We need to know more about their team,' said Nancy. 'Learn about their strengths. Find a weak spot.' 'Frank! Why don't you fly over there and take a look?' said Ted. Frank shook his head. 'Sebastian Silver's no fool,' he said. 'He'll have lookouts waiting for me to swoop over and spy on them. I'll get shot down by a catapult.' Willow started hopping up and down on the spot. 'I know, I know, I know, I know!' she cried. 'What do you know?' said Frank. 'We need a SPY,' said Willow. 'The problem with spies,' said Nancy, 'is that if they are a good spy, you will never know they are a spy. But if you know that someone is a spy, then they are not a very good spy.'

“请大家注意听好吗？”弗兰克喊道，声音太大了，大家都吓了一跳（马丁身上也流出了一点尿）。 “那计划是什么，孩子？”弗兰克把松鼠们打发出去跑了几圈后，对南希说。 “我还不确定，”南希说。 “但我正在努力。”泰德和威洛坐在一块长满青苔的岩石上，分享着一袋糖果。 “请给我一只绿色的。”弗兰克伸出一只爪子说。 “呃! !“只有像绿色的那种怪才怪。”威洛说着，递给他一块糖。 弗兰克，我不想扫兴，但你们永远也赢不了Twinklenuts的。 格里姆伍德完蛋了！”弗兰克叹了口气。 他知道威洛可能是对的。 “我们需要更多地了解他们的团队，”南希说。 了解他们的优点。 找到自己的弱点。“弗兰克!你为什么不飞过去看看呢？泰德说。 弗兰克摇了摇头。“塞巴斯蒂安·西尔弗不是傻瓜，”他说。 “他会派人盯梢，等着我俯冲过去监视他们。 我会被弹弓射下来的。”威洛开始在原地跳上跳下。 “我知道，我知道，我知道，我知道！”她叫道。 “你知道些什么？”弗兰克说。 “我们需要一个间谍，”威罗说。 “间谍的问题是，”南希说，“如果他们是优秀的间谍，你永远不会知道他们是间谍。 但如果你知道某人是间谍，那么他就不是一个很好的间谍。”

'OK, misery-pants, then what about someone that used to be a spy? An EX-spy?' said Willow. 'Guess that might work,' grunted Nancy. 'But who do we know that used to be a spy?' Willow grinned. 'Back in a mo!' she hooted, and she bounced into the woods, leaving Ted chewing thoughtfully on a fizzy cola bottle. Ten minutes later… 'QUAAAAAAAAAAAAACK!' quacked Ingrid. She had been having a lovely nap and refused to move from her comfy island of shopping trolleys. So Willow had just lifted her and a shopping trolley out of the Small Pond and wheeled them through the woods. Ingrid had complained loudly the whole way. 'The duck?' scoffed Nancy. 'What's she gonna do?' Ingrid narrowed her eyes. 'Before I was a wildly successful business-duck, I was an AC-TOR,' she hissed. 'Yes, yes, we all know,' moaned Nancy. 'And before I was an AC-TOR I was… I was a top-secret SPY,' said Ingrid, folding her wings and looking very pleased with herself. 'Nah,' said Nancy. 'I don't believe it.' Ingrid adjusted her turban and slowly clambered out of the shopping trolley. She wandered over to Nancy. 'Say that again,' said Ingrid quietly.

“好吧，可怜的家伙，那以前当过间谍的人呢？” 一个前间谍吗?威罗说。“我想那可能管用，”南希咕哝着说。 “但是我们知道谁曾经是间谍吗？”柳笑了。 “一会儿就回来！”她吼道，然后蹦蹦跳跳地跑进了树林，留下泰德沉思地嚼着一个冒着气泡的可乐瓶。 十分钟后……“QUAAAAAAAAAAAAACK!”英格丽嘎嘎地说。 她睡了一个可爱的午觉，不肯离开她那舒适的购物手推车岛。 于是，威洛把她和一辆购物车抬出了小池塘，推着它们穿过了树林。 英格丽德一路上都在大声抱怨。 “鸭子?南希嘲笑道。 “她会怎么做？”英格丽德眯起眼睛。 “在我成为一名非常成功的商业鸭子之前，我是一名AC-TOR，”她低声说。 “是的，是的，我们都知道，”南希呻吟着说。 “在我成为AC-TOR之前，我是……我是一名绝密间谍。”英格丽德说着，折叠着翅膀，看上去对自己非常满意。 “不，”南希说。“我不相信。”英格丽德整理了一下头巾，慢慢地爬出了购物车。 她向南希走去。 “再说一遍，”英格丽德平静地说。

'I said I don't believe that you were ever a spy,' shrugged Nancy. 'With those soft feathers and earrings and that posho hat? Ha! As if.' There was a scuffle, a quack and lots of dust. A few seconds later, Nancy was on the ground, her arms twisted behind her back. Ingrid was sitting on her head, reapplying her lipstick. 'I was a spy,' said Ingrid, snapping her small mirror shut. 'Woaaaah!' said Ted. 'You totally flattened Nancy. That's so cool!' 'Now, how can I be of service?' asked Ingrid. 'We need you to sneak into Twinklenuts,' said Frank. 'We need to know what their treebonk game is like. Who's on the team, how they play, what their tricks are.' Ingrid nodded. 'This is no problem,' she said. 'I'm coming with you,' said Nancy. 'I wanna check out their moves.' 'And me and Willow too!' said Ted. 'We'll be a cool little Grimwood gang.'

“我说过我不相信你当过间谍，”南希耸耸肩。 “有柔软的羽毛和耳环，还有那顶时髦的帽子？” 哈!好像。”有扭打声、嘎嘎声和许多灰尘。 几秒钟后，南希倒在了地上，双臂扭在背后。 英格丽坐在她的头上，重新涂了口红。 “我是个间谍，”英格丽德说着，啪地一声关上了她的小镜子。 “Woaaaah !泰德说。“你把南希压扁了。 太酷了！“那么，我能为您做些什么呢？”英格丽德问。 “我们需要你溜进Twinklenuts，”弗兰克说。 “我们需要知道他们的树树游戏是什么样的。 球队里有谁，他们怎么打球，他们有什么花招。”英格丽德点了点头。 “这没问题，”她说。 “我和你一起去，”南希说。 “我想看看他们的动作。“还有我和威罗！”泰德说。 “我们会成为格里姆伍德的一个酷小团伙。”

'Nah,' said Nancy. 'You ain't coming, squirt. You and your bunny pal can stay put.' 'Oh, pleeeeeeeeeeeeease!' whined Ted. 'Don't worry, Ted,' smirked Willow. 'She needs us. We're small and can get into tight spaces AND we're brilliant at being lookouts AND we both like cheese AND my favourite colour is orange AND I won't stop talking until she lets us come AND…' 'OK, OK, I give up,' groaned Nancy. 'Can I come?' asked Felipe, a passing bumblebee. 'NO,' said everyone, because it was obvious that Felipe would be a total nightmare. 'What about the electric fence?' said Willow. 'I ain't burning my paws again!' 'Now listen,' said Ingrid. 'If you are all going to be top- secret spies like me, you need to start acting like it. No moaning. No loud noises. No disco dancing. We go under cover of darkness. Meet me by the Magic Tower at midnight.' Oh, this is so exciting! But should I stay in my pyjamas or should I wear

“不，”南希说。“你不会来的，小鬼。 你和你的兔子朋友可以待在原地。“哦，求求你了！”泰德抱怨道。 “别担心，泰德，”威罗傻笑着说。 “她需要我们。我们都很小，能挤进狭小的空间，而且我们都很善于放哨，我们都喜欢奶酪，我最喜欢的颜色是橙色，我不停地说，直到她让我们进来，然后……”“好吧，好吧，我放弃了，”南希呻吟着说。 “我能来吗？”一只路过的大黄蜂斐利贝问。 “不，”大家都说，因为很明显斐利贝会是个彻头彻尾的噩梦。 “那电栅栏呢？”威罗说。 “我不要再烫我的爪子了！”“现在听着，”英格丽德说。 “如果你们都想成为像我一样的绝密间谍，你们需要开始表现得像个绝密间谍。 没有呻吟。不要发出噪音。 不要跳迪斯科。我们在黑夜的掩护下走。 午夜在魔法塔那儿等我。”哦，这太令人兴奋了！但我应该穿睡衣还是穿