7 Meeting

CHAPTER SEVEN Meeting Nancy opened her eyes. Two large, hairy black holes loomed in front of her face. 'Hello, Titus,' she mumbled. The hairy black holes were indeed the worried nostrils of Titus. 'Oh, phew,' he said, clutching a hoof to his brow. 'You gave us quite a fright, Nancy! That tyre hit you really hard.' 'Ow,' said Nancy, feeling her head. 'I told them you'd be OK,' said Ted, who was perched next to her, eating some grapes. 'Nancy was always getting into scrapes and japes in the Big City, weren't you, sis?' 'How's the bunny?' she grunted. 'Fine,' said Ted. 'We took her back to Bunnyville. You saved her life, Nance!' Nancy hitched herself up on her elbows and peered out of the caravan window, deep in thought. It was a fresh, bright morning. But she was trying to piece together what had happened last night.

南希睁开了眼睛。 两个毛茸茸的大黑洞隐约出现在她的面前。 “你好，提图斯，”她喃喃地说。 这些毛茸茸的黑洞实际上是提图斯焦虑的鼻孔。 “哦，呸，”他说，用一只蹄子捂着额头。 “你把我们吓坏了，南希！”轮胎把你撞得很重。“噢，”南希摸着自己的头说。 “我告诉他们你会没事的，”坐在她旁边吃着葡萄的泰德说。 “南希在大城市里总是闹得不可收拾，闹得不可收拾，是不是，姐姐？”“小兔子怎么样了？”她咕哝着说。 “很好。”泰德说。“我们把她带回了班尼维尔。 你救了她的命，南希！”南希用胳膊肘撑起身子，从大篷车的窗户往外看，陷入了沉思。 这是一个清新明亮的早晨。 但她试图把昨晚发生的事情拼凑起来。

'Something pushed those tyres over, Nance,' said Ted. 'I swear I saw somebody looking at me from inside them.' 'I think we need to warn everyone that something strange is wandering around Grimwood,' said Nancy. 'Absolutely,' said Titus. 'Frank has gone to the Magic Tower to tell Pamela we need to have an emergency meeting this afternoon. She'll announce it on her radio show.' 'Oh, brilliant, the massive killer bird. Everyone will listen to her, I'm sure,' grizzled Nancy. She poured herself a coffee and downed it in one go. As well as eating small mammals, Pamela's other hobby was hosting a phone-in show on Grimwood Radio. In fact, she had the only show on Grimwood Radio, because, er, she had invented Grimwood Radio. Sharon the Party Crow was occasionally permitted to co-host.

“有什么东西把轮胎推翻了，南希，”特德说。 “我发誓我看到有人在他们里面看着我。“我想我们需要警告大家，格里姆伍德周围有奇怪的东西在游荡。”南希说。 “当然，”提图斯说。“弗兰克去魔法塔告诉帕梅拉我们今天下午要开个紧急会议。 她会在电台节目上宣布的。“哦，太棒了，巨大的杀人鸟。” “我相信每个人都会听她的，”南希头发发白。 她给自己倒了一杯咖啡，一口气喝了下去。 除了吃小型哺乳动物，帕梅拉的另一个爱好是在格里姆伍德电台主持一个电话访谈节目。 事实上，格里姆伍德电台只有她一个节目，因为，呃，格里姆伍德电台是她发明的。 “派对乌鸦”沙伦偶尔被允许共同主持。

Frank swooped up to the nest and gingerly found a safe place to perch. 'What?' squawked Pamela. Frank slowly shook his head at her. 'Pamela.' He tutted. 'How could you? It was their wedding day!' Pamela shrugged.

弗兰克扑向鸟巢，小心翼翼地找了一个安全的地方栖息。 “什么?帕梅拉尖声说。弗兰克慢慢地朝她摇了摇头。 帕梅拉。他图。“你怎么能这样？” 今天是他们结婚的日子！”帕梅拉耸耸肩。

'A bird's got to eat!' she said. 'At least their marriage was a happy one.' 'Their marriage only lasted about 0.3 seconds, Pamela!' said Frank. 'Like I say, it was a happy one,' said Pamela. 'Have you seen any aliens recently?' 'What? No! Listen, I need you to do an announcement on your radio show. Titus is calling an emergency meeting. This afternoon, outside his caravan.' Pamela nodded. 'Fine,' she squawked. 'I can fit it in after the discussion about sloth manicures.' 'Great, cheers,' said Frank, and he stretched his wings to leave. 'Oh, and, Pamela, would you muzzle up for it, please? Some of Romeo's friends will be there and it's still all a bit raw.' Pamela saluted. The thing is, everyone's eating everyone else all the time in the animal kingdom, you know? You just can't make a fuss about it. I'm a chocolatarian, for what it's worth. Milk chocolate, not white. I'm not an animal.

“鸟是要吃饭的！”她说。 “至少他们的婚姻是幸福的。“他们的婚姻只持续了0.3秒，帕梅拉！”弗兰克说。 “就像我说的，这是一个快乐的假期，”帕梅拉说。 “你最近看到过外星人吗？”“什么? 不!听着，我需要你在你的广播节目上做一个声明。 提图斯要召开紧急会议 今天下午，在他的大篷车外面。”帕梅拉点点头。 “好吧，”她尖声说。“我可以在讨论完树懒美甲之后再做这件事。“太好了，谢谢。”弗兰克说着，展开翅膀准备离开。 “哦，还有，帕梅拉，请你把嘴套上好吗？” 罗密欧的一些朋友也会到场，但场面还是有些生涩。”帕梅拉敬礼。 问题是，在动物王国里，每个人都在吃别人，你知道吗？ 你不能大惊小怪的。 不管怎样，我是个巧克力爱好者。 牛奶巧克力，不要白巧克力。 我不是动物。

Later that afternoon, Titus opened the door of his caravan to a crowd of Grimwood residents. He stood upon a tree stump while Ted, Nancy and Wiggy perched on the caravan steps. Nancy's head was bandaged, which she secretly thought made her look tough and hard. Titus cleared his throat. 'Now the important thing is NOT to panic,' said Titus to the assembled crowd. 'I just wanted to tell you that we seem to have an unexpected visitor…' Titus was interrupted by Willow leaping dramatically onto Titus's table. She had an orange rag tied around her head and green face paint smeared on her adorable cheeks. She was holding a tennis racket, the torn-up bit of tablecloth and the monster book, which she dropped dramatically onto the table. 'Listen up, dudes!' she hooted. 'There's a MONSTER on the loose! And it's a whopper, all right!'

那天下午晚些时候，提图斯向一群格里姆伍德的居民打开了他的大篷车的门。 他站在一个树桩上，而特德、南希和威基则坐在大篷车的台阶上。 南希的头上缠着绷带，她暗自认为这使她看起来很坚强。 提图斯清了清嗓子。“现在最重要的是不要惊慌，”提图斯对聚集的人群说。 “我只是想告诉你，我们似乎有一位不速之客……”维洛戏剧性地跳上了提图斯的桌子，打断了提图斯的话。 她的头上绑着一块橙色的破布，可爱的脸颊上涂着绿色的脸漆。 她手里拿着一个网球拍、一块撕破的桌布和那本妖怪书，她戏剧性地把书掉在桌子上。 “听着，伙计们！”她吼道。 “有个怪物跑出来了！”这是一个大家伙，对吧！”

'AAAAAAAARGH!' screamed everyone. 'Calm down, everyone!' pleaded Titus. 'Well done, bunny,' grizzled Nancy. 'This has really helped the situation.' Willow unfurled the tablecloth. There were gasps from the crowd as she pointed at the pawprint smeared across it. 'Listen up,' said Willow, pacing back and forth. 'This monster trashed the wedding buffet! This monster is hiding in Grimwood! And last night… this monster almost killed me!' The crowd gasped. 'Except Nancy saved my life,' continued Willow. 'Which is pretty cool, I suppose.' There was whimpering from the crowd. 'Has anyone actually seen it?' asked Monty, who was Wiggy's big brother and a bit of an oaf. 'Me and the boys will take the Jeep, and sort the blighter out! I've probably had bigger monsters for breakfast.' Wiggy blushed. 'Um, we've got a bit of a prob with the Jeep, bro,' he said sheepishly. 'I drove it into a massive hole.' Titus clopped his coconut shells together to get everyone's attention. 'NOBODY is to go looking for monsters!' he said. 'Not until we know what we're dealing with. Keep your little ones underground, and please come and tell me if you see, hear or smell anything peculiar.' Willow was chewing on a twig and spinning her tennis racket.

“AAAAAAAARGH !大家都尖叫起来。 “大家冷静！”提图斯恳求道。 “干得好，小兔子，”南希头发发白。 他说，这确实对形势有所帮助。威洛把桌布展开。 当她指着上面的爪印时，人群倒吸了一口气。 “听着，”威洛说着，来回踱步。 “这个怪物糟蹋了婚礼自助餐！”这个怪物藏在格里姆伍德！昨晚……这个怪物差点杀了我！”人群倒吸了一口气。 “除了南希救了我的命，”威罗继续说。 “我想这很酷吧。”人群中发出呜咽声。 “有人真的看到了吗？”蒙蒂问，他是威吉的哥哥，有点傻。 “我和孩子们开吉普车去，把这个家伙解决掉！”我早餐可能吃过更大的怪物。”Wiggy脸红了。 “嗯，我们的吉普车出了点问题，兄弟，”他不好意思地说。 “我把它开进了一个大洞里。”提图斯把椰子壳拍在一起，吸引大家的注意。 “谁也不许去找妖怪！”他说。 “在我们弄清楚我们要对付的是什么之前。 把你们的孩子留在地下，如果你们看到、听到或闻到什么奇怪的东西，请过来告诉我。”威洛一边嚼着一根小树枝，一边旋转着她的网球拍。