12 Treebonkin

CHAPTER TWELVE Treebonkin' It was the evening of the treebonk match. Nancy and the rest of the treebonkers were limbering up. Squirrels were stretching each other's tails, jogging on the spot and loudly saying things like 'HOO-HA!' The badgers had agreed to patrol the treebonk clearing during the match. Monty was wildly excited about their important new job, and made them wear bright yellow neon vests that said 'SECURITY' on the back. 'We won't let that rotter escape this time, folks,' he said, leaning against the Jeep door, casually spinning a torch around by the loop. The Twinklenuts team looked a little more nervous than usual. 'All right, gaffer?' said Nancy to their team captain, Reena. Reena laughed.

第十二章爬树这是爬树比赛的晚上。 南希和其他树疯子正在做准备活动。 松鼠们互相伸展着尾巴，在原地慢跑，大声地说着“嗬——嗬！”獾队已经同意在比赛期间在这片林中空地上巡逻。 蒙蒂对他们重要的新工作非常兴奋，让他们穿上亮黄色的霓虹灯背心，背心的背面写着“保安”。 “伙计们，这次我们不会让那只腐烂的家伙逃跑了。”他靠在吉普车门上说，漫不经心地用火把绕着圈圈旋转。 Twinklenuts团队看起来比平时更紧张。 “怎么样，老爷？”南希对他们的队长里娜说。 丽娜笑了。

'Umm, yeah, we're a bit on edge,' she said. 'Some of us are worried about your eagle pal eating them. Others are worried about that giant monster.' 'Are you worried?' asked Nancy. 'Nah,' scoffed Reena. 'I'm just bothered about winning the match.' Titus clopped some coconut shells together. 'Let the treebonk match… COMMENCE!' You do know what treebonk is, don't you? The ancient woodland game where squirrels (and Nancy) fling themselves from tree to tree, colliding with each other and trying not to hit the ground? Don't make me explain it again, please. Oh! Except 1 just did. Hooray! Ted and Willow were up to something. 'Wicked,' said Willow, smearing mud on Ted's snout. 'You look well hard.' Ted frowned. 'I'm not sure I do,' he said. Willow had torn up one of her sister's T-shirts and tied a strip around Ted's forehead. 'Got the supplies?' she asked.

“嗯，是的，我们有点紧张，”她说。 “我们有些人担心你的鹰朋友会吃掉它们。 其他人则担心这个巨大的怪物。“你担心吗？”南希问。 “不，”莉娜嘲笑道。“我只想赢得这场比赛。”提图斯把一些椰子壳揉在一起。 “让树桩比赛……开始！”你知道树树是什么吧？ 古老的森林游戏，松鼠（和南希）从一棵树跳到另一棵树，互相碰撞，尽量不落地？ 请不要让我再解释一遍。 哦!但我刚才说了。万岁!泰德和薇罗在密谋什么。 “太坏了。”威罗说着，把泥巴抹在泰德的鼻子上。 “你看上去气色很好。”泰德皱起了眉头。 “我不确定，”他说。 威洛撕下了她姐姐的一件t恤，在泰德的额头上系了一条。 “准备好了吗？”她问。

Ted looked in his rucksack. 'Yup,' he said. 'We've got a torch, my notebook, the walkie-talkies, a compact mirror, some pencils, a harmonica, a flask of tea and some custard creams.' 'Good. It is VERY important you remember the custard creams,' said Willow. Ted tried to smile but his heart wasn't in it. 'I dunno, Willow,' he mumbled. 'I'm not sure about this.' Willow's eyes narrowed. 'Don't be a wimp, Ted,' she growled. 'You said you were with me!' 'I am with you,' said Ted. 'I just… don't want to get killed by the Bigfoot.' Willow harrumphed and adjusted her face paint. 'We don't even know if Bigfoots kill anything,' she said. 'It might be friendly!' 'Nancy almost getting killed by those falling tyres didn't feel very friendly!' said Ted, chucking the rucksack on his back. Willow had made a sling for the spade she'd 'borrowed' from Wiggy's Jeep. They scampered out of the fox den. All was quiet. Then they heard a 'TREEEEEEBOOOOONK!' in the distance. 'Brilliant,' said Willow. 'The match has started.' And she held her paw up in the air. 'Monster hunterrrrrrrrs, GO!' she yelped. 'Monster hunters, go…' mumbled Ted, gingerly giving her a high-five.

泰德看了看他的背包。 “是的，”他说。“我们有手电筒、我的笔记本、对讲机、一面小镜子、一些铅笔、一支口琴、一壶茶和一些蛋奶冻。“好。 “记住蛋奶冻是很重要的，”柳树说。 泰德试图微笑，但他的心不在其中。 “我不知道，威洛。” “我不确定。”威洛眯起眼睛。 “别像个懦夫，泰德，”她咆哮道。 “你说你和我在一起！”“我和你在一起，”特德说。 “我只是……不想被大脚怪杀死。”威洛哼了一声，调整了一下脸上的颜料。 “我们甚至不知道大脚怪会不会杀人，”她说。 “这可能是友好的！”“南希差点被那些掉落的轮胎砸死，她感觉不太友好！”泰德说着，把背包扔到背上。 威洛为她从威基的吉普车上“借”来的铁锹做了一个吊索。 他们从狐狸窝里跑了出来。 一切都很安静。然后他们听到“树——呜——呜！”’在远处。 “太棒了，”威罗说。“比赛开始了。”她把爪子举在空中。 “怪物猎人，快去！”她叫道。 “捉怪物的人，走吧……”泰德嘟囔着，小心翼翼地跟她击掌。

This all sounds entirely sensible, I'm sure they are not being ridiculous and irresponsible. Pamela was in a big old huff.

这一切听起来都很明智，我相信他们不是荒谬和不负责任的。 帕梅拉非常生气。

Her best friend, Sharon the Party Crow, was acting as cheerleader and chief DJ at the treebonk match. But Pamela had been told that she was not allowed to attend, thanks to the 'wedding incident'. 'These creatures are all so sensitive,' she moaned. 'In the old days I could eat whoever I wanted and nobody made a squeak! Now it's all "they were my friend" and "it was their wedding day". Hmph.' She turned her attention to her camera monitors instead. Then she shook a bottle of fizzy lemonade and opened it, so it all exploded onto her face. It was her favourite way to enjoy a relaxing tipple. She was so busy chugging lemonade she didn't spot Ted and Willow crawling through the forest on their little furry stomachs. 'Have you seen anything yet?' whispered Ted. 'No,' said Willow. 'Keep shuffling.'

她最好的朋友，“派对乌鸦”莎伦，在树上树的比赛中担任啦啦队长和首席DJ。 但是帕梅拉被告知，由于“婚礼事件”，她不能参加。 “这些动物都太敏感了，”她呻吟道。 “在过去，我想吃什么就吃什么，没有人会发出吱吱声！现在都是“他们是我的朋友”和“今天是他们结婚的日子”。 嗯。”她把注意力转向了摄像机。 然后，她摇了摇一瓶汽水，打开瓶盖，所有的汽水都喷到了她脸上。 这是她最喜欢的放松方式。 她忙着喝柠檬水，没注意到泰德和威洛用毛茸茸的小肚子在森林里爬行。 “你看到什么了吗？”泰德小声说。 “不，”威罗说。“保持洗牌。”

They were sweeping their torches in front of them, hoping to spot more footprints. They were somewhere above the Small Pond, going further into the woods. Far away from the cheers of the treebonk match, that was for sure. Ted spotted them first. 'Willow!' he hissed. 'Look!' He shone his torchlight and Willow saw six perfectly formed monster footprints. She gasped. 'The Bigfoot is nearby!' she said. She raised her adorable little nose to the air and twitched it. 'I can smell it, I swear!' whispered Willow, feeling very dramatic and important. She started to untie the spade. Ted looked up. They were under a large, gnarly oak tree. He shivered, because it was all a bit spooky. Willow chucked the spade at Ted. 'Quick! Get digging!' So he did. I'm not keen on garden spades, truth be told. My cousin Neville lost six of his arms thanks to one of them. Rather ruined the mood of our summer barbecue. Meanwhile, it was half-time at the treebonk match. The score was Twinklenuts 6, Grimwood 625. The scoring system was very confusing.

他们举着火把在前面扫，希望能发现更多的脚印。 他们在小池塘上方的某个地方，向树林深处走去。 这是肯定的，远离了树桩比赛的欢呼声。 泰德先发现了他们。“柳!他嘶嘶地说。 “看!”他用手电筒照着，威洛看到了六个形状完美的怪物脚印。 她喘着气。“大脚怪就在附近！”她说。 她把可爱的小鼻子举到空中，抽动了一下。 “我能闻到，我发誓！”威洛低声说，觉得自己很有戏剧性，很重要。 她开始解开铁锹。 泰德抬起头来。他们在一棵粗糙的大橡树下。 他打了个寒颤，因为这一切都有点令人毛骨悚然。 威洛把铁锹扔向特德。 “快!得到挖!”于是他照做了。 说实话，我不喜欢花园铲子。 我表哥纳威就因为其中一个失去了六条胳膊。 毁了我们夏天烧烤的兴致。 与此同时，树桩比赛的中场休息时间到了。 比分是Twinklenuts 6， Grimwood 625。 评分系统非常混乱。