5 Awooga awooga awooga awooga awooga!

CHAPTER FIVE Awooga awooga awooga awooga awooga! Nancy was strolling back to the fox den in the dusk. 'Oi, oi!' said a voice in the shadows. 'Fancy some company?' It was her big bro Rufus, who had an enormous grin on his face. He always looked like he had just woken up from the best nap ever. 'Where did you go?' asked Nancy. 'You missed all the drama. Sharon's lost her mojo. She's not a party crow any more.' 'I heard,' said Rufus, nibbling on a blade of long grass. 'There's always something nutty going on around here, isn't there?' Nancy gave a little chuckle and nodded. 'Yeah. I like it though.' 'You ever miss the city?' said Rufus. Nancy thought about it for a while.

第五章Awooga Awooga Awooga ！南希在暮色中漫步回狐狸窝。 “Oi, Oi !阴影里有个声音说。 “想来个伴吗？”那是她的哥哥鲁弗斯，他的脸上挂着大大的笑容。 他总是看起来像刚从最好的小睡中醒来。 “你去哪儿了？”南希问。 “你错过了所有的戏剧性场面。 莎伦失去了她的魔力。她不再是派对上的乌鸦了。“我听说了，”鲁弗斯边说边啃着一片长草。 “这里总是发生一些古怪的事情，是不是？”南希轻声笑了笑，点了点头。 “是的。不过我喜欢。“你想念这个城市吗？”鲁弗斯说。 南希想了一会儿。

'I miss my mates, Bin and Hedge. I miss my mobile phone. And I miss the leftover Speedy Chicken meal deals by the bins.' 'Aaaaah,' said Rufus, wistfully. 'I tell you what I miss. The cheesy garlic bread from Sammy's Pizza Parlour.' 'Cor,' grinned Nancy. 'You're making me hungry.' 'I make a decent pizza, actually,' said Rufus. 'Why don't you and the kid come to mine for dinner?' Rufus lived in a tent not far from the Swamp of Despair. It was basic, but cosy. Every night he would light a fire, and sometimes Ted and Nancy would sit around it, make toast on the flames and listen to Rufus's wild stories from his days as a travelling fox. 'Ted says he wants to stay by Sharon's bedside with Willow and Titus tonight,' said Nancy. 'So I've left him to it. Thanks, though.' It had started to rain a little, and their fur was getting cold and damp. 'Rufus,' said Nancy, after a while. 'Have you thought about moving into the den? With me and Ted? Cos he and I chatted about it the other day.' 'Oh, really?' said Rufus, glancing at Nancy a little nervously. 'Yeah,' she said. 'And we both decided that… we wouldn't mind. You know. If you moved in.' Rufus grinned. 'Really? Well, I'm chuffed to hear it, Nance!' he said. 'You don't know how chuffed! But the thing is… that den's really not big enough for the three of us, is it?'

“我想念我的伙伴们，宾和赫奇。 我想念我的手机。我也很怀念垃圾桶里的速食鸡套餐。“啊啊。”鲁弗斯若有所思地说。 我告诉你我想念什么萨米披萨店的奶酪蒜蓉面包。“好吧，”南希笑着说。 “你让我饿了。“其实我做的披萨还不错，”鲁弗斯说。 “你和孩子为什么不来我家吃晚饭呢？”鲁弗斯住在离绝望沼泽不远的一个帐篷里。 它很简陋，但很舒适。每天晚上他都会生一堆火，有时泰德和南希会围坐在火炉旁，在火焰上烤面包，听鲁弗斯讲他当狐狸旅行时的疯狂故事。 “泰德说他今晚想和威洛和提图斯呆在沙伦的床边，”南希说。 “所以我就让他去干了。不过,谢谢。”天开始下起了一点雨，他们的皮毛变得又冷又湿。 “鲁弗斯，”过了一会儿南希说。 “你有没有想过搬到书房去？” 跟我和泰德一起？因为前几天我和他聊过这件事。“哦，真的吗？”鲁弗斯说，有点紧张地瞥了南希一眼。 “是的，”她说。“我们都决定……我们不介意。” 你知道的。如果你搬进来的话。”鲁弗斯笑了。 “真的吗?听你这么说我太高兴了，南希！他说。 “你不知道有多高兴！”但问题是……那间书房真的不够我们三个人住，是不是？”

'Yeah, I spose not. Oh well, no worries,' said Nancy, pretending not to care. They kept walking. 'What's that?' said Rufus, pointing into the distance. Nancy tried to see what he was looking at and spotted something strange. Was it a little house? She could make out something blue and red, with flashes of gold. They were not far from Twinklenuts Forest and could hear the gentle trickle of water flowing from the nearby Crystal Lake. 'I dunno,' said Nancy. 'Come on, let's check it out.' The foxes clambered towards the mysterious object, weaving their way through a large patch of spiky, unwelcoming bracken and grass. As they got closer, the grass disappeared and they began wading through muddy water. 'I always wondered where the stream was,' chuckled Rufus. 'What do you mean?' said Nancy. 'How did you know there was a stream?' 'Well, if there's a lake, there's usually a river or a stream near it,' said Rufus. 'Also, I can remember me and Dad floating paper boats down a stream when I was a little fox cub.' 'Wow!' said Nancy. 'Really?' Rufus nodded. They waded through reeds and mud until they reached the blue and red thing. Buried beneath thick clumps of grass and leaves was what looked like a boat of some kind. 'Oh, my giddy goat,' said Rufus, adjusting his cap. 'I can't believe it. It's a narrowboat!'

“是的，我想没有。“哦，好吧，别担心，”南希假装不在乎地说。 他们继续往前走。“那是什么?鲁弗斯指着远处说。 南希想看看他在看什么，却发现了一些奇怪的东西。 是座小房子吗？她能辨认出一种蓝色和红色相间的东西，闪烁着金色的光芒。 他们离Twinklenuts森林不远了，可以听到附近水晶湖潺潺的流水声。 “我不知道，”南希说。“来吧，我们去看看。”狐狸们爬向这个神秘的物体，穿过一大片长满刺的、不受欢迎的蕨菜和草。 当他们走近时，草地消失了，他们开始在泥泞的水中涉水。 “我一直想知道小溪在哪里，”鲁弗斯轻声笑着说。 “你是什么意思？”南希说。 “你怎么知道有一条小溪？”“嗯，如果有湖，附近通常会有一条河或小溪，”鲁弗斯说。 “而且，我还记得当我还是个小狐狸的时候，我和爸爸在小溪里漂着纸船。“哇!南希说。 “真的吗?”鲁弗斯点了点头。他们涉水穿过芦苇和泥泞，来到了那个红蓝相间的东西跟前。 埋在茂密的草丛和树叶下面的东西，看起来像是一艘船。 “哦，我的头昏眼花的山羊。”鲁弗斯说着，整理了一下帽子。 “我真不敢相信。这是一条窄船！”

He waded quickly towards it and started pulling away the clumps of dead branches that were piled on top of it. Nancy helped. The boat was mainly painted dark blue, with red strips around the windows and edges. There was faded gold lettering on the side, but it was hard to read what they once spelt out. Nancy ran her paw across the side of the boat and a load of mud and sand came with it. Rufus grabbed a tatty bit of rope that was tied to the front of the boat and started to pull. 'Give her a push, Nance. Let's get this boat out of the water!' With much heaving and ho-ing, the two foxes eventually dragged the narrowboat… absolutely nowhere. 'I know who can help us,' grinned Nancy. 'Wait here, OK?' Rufus nodded and clambered aboard the small boat. It clearly hadn't been used for a long time. He peered through one of the windows and could just about make out a small stove, sink and a little table. 'Cor!' he said to himself. Then he lifted up his cap and took out a harmonica. He perched on the edge of the boat and started to play a little tune.

他快步走向树，开始拨开堆在树顶上的枯枝。 南希帮助。这艘船主要被漆成深蓝色，窗户周围和边缘有红色的条纹。 侧面有褪色的金字，但很难看清他们曾经拼出来的字。 南希用爪子划过船舷，随之而来的是一大堆泥土和沙子。 鲁弗斯抓起绑在船头的一根破旧的绳子开始拉。 “推她一把，南希。让我们把船从水里捞出来！”两只狐狸吃力地拖着小船，最后什么地方也没找到。 “我知道谁能帮助我们，”南希笑着说。 “在这儿等着，好吗？”鲁弗斯点点头，爬上了小船。 很明显，它已经很久没有使用过了。 他透过一扇窗户往外看，勉强能辨认出一个小炉子、一个水槽和一张小桌子。 “天哪!他自言自语道。 然后他摘下帽子，拿出一把口琴。 他坐在船边，开始弹起一支小曲。

'Oh no, knock it off,' moaned Gavin the frog, who hated harmonicas. But Rufus was unaware of angry Gavin, and happily tooted away until Nancy came back half an hour later, waving from the back of Wiggy's Jeep. 'Goodness me, what a find!' said Wiggy, who was holding a large bundle of rope. He threw one end to Rufus, who tied it to the boat. Nancy tied the other end to the back of Wiggy's Jeep, and as the badger slowly moved the car forwards, the boat was dragged out of the stream and onto dry land. Rufus looked at the boat and beamed. 'I reckon with a bit of a clean up, this boat will be just the ticket!' he said. 'What do you reckon, sis? Fancy helping me out? Ted is going to love it.' 'Yeah, all right,' said Nancy, with a grin. 'It looks pretty cool.'

“哦，不，别闹了，”讨厌口琴的青蛙加文抱怨道。 但鲁弗斯没有注意到生气的加文，高高兴兴地走开了，直到半小时后南希从威基的吉普车后面回来，向他招手。 “天哪，真是个发现！”威吉说，手里拿着一大捆绳子。 他把一头扔给鲁弗斯，鲁弗斯把它系在船上。 南希把绳子的另一端系在威基的吉普车后面，獾慢慢地把车往前推，船被拖出了小溪，上了陆地。 鲁弗斯看着小船，眉开眼笑。 “我想只要稍微打扫一下，这条船就行了！”他说。 “你怎么想，姐姐？”想帮我吗？ 泰德会喜欢的。“是啊，好吧，”南希笑着说。 “它看起来很酷。”

I went on a canal boating holiday with a circus troop. Once it took us five months to travel. two miles! Ridiculous. They were fleas, mind you, which made steering the boat quite tricky. Meanwhile, in Titus's caravan, Ted and Willow were tickling Sharon the Party Crow's armpits. 'Are you sure this is gonna work, Willow?' said Ted, gently pawing at Sharon. 'Course it is!' said Willow. 'EVERYONE laughs when you tickle their armpits. It's a scientific fact.' Titus was standing over them, holding a bottle of freshly made Crazyhorns Power Juice over Sharon's face.

我和马戏团一起去运河划船度假。 有一次我们花了五个月的时间去旅行。 两英里!荒谬。提醒你一下，它们是跳蚤，所以掌舵很困难。 与此同时，在提图斯的大篷车里，泰德和威洛正在挠派对乌鸦莎伦的腋窝。 “你确定这能行吗，威洛？”泰德说，轻轻地用爪子抓着沙伦。 “当然是！”威罗说。 “当你挠他们的胳肢窝时，每个人都会笑。 这是科学事实。”提图斯站在他们旁边，拿着一瓶刚做好的疯角果汁，在沙伦的脸上抹着。