Chapter 1

1 It Turns Out a 'Holiday' Means ALL THE FOOD RUNS OUT WE'RE BACK! IT'S ME, SKIPPER, WITH MY BEST FRIEND DAVE PIGEON. WE'RE A BIT SHOUTY BECAUSE THE HUMAN LADY'S NEXT-DOOR NEIGHBOUR, HIM NEXT DOOR, HAS THE LEAF BLOWER ON. Thank Pigeon for that. He's stopped. I could barely hear myself flap.

原来“假日”的意思是所有的食物都吃光了，我们回来了！是我，船长，和我最好的朋友Dave pigeon。 我们有点吵，因为这位人类女士的隔壁邻居，他的隔壁，开着吹叶机。 谢谢鸽子。他停了下来。 我几乎听不到自己的声音。

OH NO! THERE HE GOES AGAIN. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY HE HAS TO SING SO LOUDLY TOO. IS THAT WHAT THE HUMANS CALL SINGING? I THOUGHT HIS ARM HAD FALLEN OFF AND HE WAS SCREAMING FOR HELP. THIS leaf BLOWER IS DRIVING me QUACKERS! WE ARE NEVER GOING TO FINISH WRITING THE BOOK WITH THIS RACKET.

噢,不!他又来了。 我不明白他为什么也要唱得那么大声。 这就是人类所说的唱歌吗？ 我以为他的胳膊掉下来了，他在大声呼救。 这个吹叶机快把我逼疯了！这样吵，我们是写不完这本书的。

Why are you still shouting, Dave? The leaf blower has stopped. IT'S REALLY HARD TO STOP SHOUTING ONCE YOU'VE STARTED. Despite the terrible singing, and the leaf- blowing, which is completely ridiculous because that is what the wind is for, Him Next Door is our hero. We owe him our lives. Normally, Dave would have sent me over the fence to kick a stone up the machine. But not today. Him Next Door screeching at the top of his lungs and the

你为什么还在大喊大叫，戴夫？ 吹叶机停了。 一旦你开始大喊大叫就很难停止了。 尽管有可怕的歌声，吹树叶，这是完全荒谬的，因为这就是风的目的，他隔壁是我们的英雄。 我们欠他一条命。通常情况下，戴夫会让我越过栅栏把石头踢到机器上。 但不是今天。隔壁的他扯着嗓子尖叫，还有

mmmmeeeeehhhhh mmmmeeeeehhhhh mmmmeeeeehhhhh from the garden vacuum cleaner was as magnificent as finding an entire unopened packet of salty crisps. You see, Him Next Door saved our beaks, and it all started— HAVE YOU STARTED THE STORY YET? I'm just about to! By the way, you are still shouting. SORRY.

从花园的吸尘器里找到的感觉就像找到一整包没开封的咸薯片一样美妙。 你看，隔壁的上帝救了我们的嘴，这一切就开始了——你开始讲故事了吗？ 我正要去！顺便说一下，你还在大喊大叫。 对不起。

It started with the Human Lady's 'holiday'. That morning, she'd come over to our shed at the end of her garden with an entire loaf still in its bag. I could smell her evil pet, Mean Cat, lurking behind. Me and Dave stayed high on the rickety window ledge in case the fuzzball tried to spring at us. 'Don't worry, you can come down, the Human Lady said, once she was safely inside the shed. 'I've left that mean cat in the garden.' Dave jumped from the ledge first. He landed on the worktop by the door and the Human Lady scooped him up. She nodded at me. 'And you too.'

它始于人类女士的“节日”。 那天早上，她来到我们花园尽头的小屋，袋子里还装着一整条面包。 我能闻到她的邪恶宠物，卑鄙的猫，潜伏在后面。 我和戴夫高高站在摇摇晃晃的窗台上，以防毛毛球向我们扑来。 “别担心，你可以下来，”人类夫人安全进入棚屋后说。 “我把那只讨厌的猫留在花园里了。”戴夫先从窗台上跳了下来。 他落在门边的工作台上，人类女士把他抱了起来。 她朝我点了点头。“还有你。”