Chapter 2

2 The Worst Pirate Shanty in the World Dave screeched as Jet licked her lips. 'I'm joking,' she said, yapping with laughter and going back to running around in circles. 'I'm the jokester around here.' I wasn't screeching. Yes, you were. I was just practising my loudest coo. Also known as screeching interror.

世界上最糟糕的海盗窝棚戴夫尖叫着，杰特舔着她的嘴唇。 “我在开玩笑，”她说，一边哈哈大笑，一边继续绕着圈子跑。 “我是这里最爱开玩笑的人。”我没有尖叫。 是的，你是。我只是在练习最大声的咕咕声。 也被称为尖叫内线。

'It's true,' the orange hamster said, rolling towards us. 'Jet makes jokes all the time. They're terrible but you'll get used to them.' 'You speak Pigeonese too?' I said to the hamster. I was impressed. It wasn't every day you met a hamster who could do more than run in a big wheel. I knew a hamster once. Could he do more than run in a big wheel? Yes. What did he do? He could also run in a medium-sized wheel.

“是真的，”橙色的仓鼠一边说，一边向我们滚来滚去。 “杰特一直在开玩笑。 它们很可怕，但你会习惯的。“你也说鸽子话吗？”我对仓鼠说。 我印象深刻。你不是每天都能遇到一只仓鼠，它能做的不仅仅是在大轮子里跑。 我曾经认识一只仓鼠。除了在大轮子上跑，他还能做别的吗？ 是。他做了什么？他也可以在一个中等大小的轮子上跑步。

'Jet taught me Pigeonese. She teaches all the pets,' the hamster squeaked. 'She's been here for years, ever since her owner abandoned her after she lost her leg. Now she can speak all the animal languages.' Watching Jet scamper over the polished floor as she happily ran in circles, I wondered who would be so cruel as to give up such a cheerful dog. Maybe our Human Lady might be tempted to trade in her miserable Mean Cat for Jet? 'It's nice to meet you, Skipper,' the hamster said. 'I'm Gary.' 'And I'm Dave Pigeon,' Dave said, clicking out his

“杰特教我鸽子。“她教所有的宠物，”仓鼠尖声说。 “自从她的主人在她失去一条腿后抛弃了她，她就在这里生活了很多年。 现在她会说所有动物的语言了。”看着捷特在光滑的地板上蹦蹦跳跳，开心地绕着圈子跑着，我在想，谁会这么残忍，放弃这么快乐的狗狗。 也许我们的人类女士会想用她那可怜的贱猫换杰特？ “很高兴见到你，船长，”仓鼠说。 “我加里。“我是戴夫·鸽子，”戴夫说着，伸出了他的手

brand new wing and doing his loud I'm in charge around here' voice as he tried to cover up for his earlier screeching. I wasn't screeching! I demand you remove that from the book, Skipper. It's too late now, Dave. Everyone's read it. There was absolutely no screeching, readers. Forget what Skipper just wrote.

崭新的侧翼，大声地说着“这里我说了算”的声音，试图掩盖他之前的尖叫声。 我没有尖叫！我要求你把它从书里删掉，斯基普。 现在太晚了，戴夫。每个人都读过。 读者们，绝对没有尖叫声。 忘了斯基普刚才写了什么。

Dave straightened up his feathers and turned to Jet. 'Does anyone know where the biscuits are?' 'We have to wait until the Vet Man leaves,' Jet said, nodding towards the man in the white coat. 'Then we raid the fridge and the cupboards in his kitchen.' 'What's a Vet Man?' I asked. 'He's a doctor who fixes sick and broken animals, like he just fixed your friend's wing,' Jet replied. 'I came here when I lost my leg.' 'And I'm here because I kept escaping from my cage and drinking water out of the Human toilets,' Gary piped up. 'I've survived three toilet flushings.'

戴夫整理好羽毛，转向杰特。 “有人知道饼干在哪儿吗？”“我们必须等到兽医离开，”杰特说，朝穿白大褂的人点了点头。 然后我们搜查了他厨房里的冰箱和橱柜。“什么是兽医？”我问。 “他是一名医生，专门治疗生病和受伤的动物，就像他刚刚治好了你朋友的翅膀一样。”杰特回答道。 “当我失去一条腿的时候，我来到这里。“我来这里是因为我一直从笼子里逃出来，喝人类厕所里的水，”加里插嘴说。 “我冲了三次厕所都没死。”

The doorbell chimed again as our Human Lady waved us goodbye and left. I watched through the window as she rode off on her bike. I was glad Dave had got a new wing but I missed her already. The Vet Man bundled up both Dave and me in his warm hands and carried us through to a back room. He reminded me of the Human Lady but smelt less of baked bread and more of toffee mints and stale socks.

门铃再次响起，我们的人类女士挥手告别，然后离开了。 我透过窗户看到她骑着自行车走了。 我很高兴戴夫有了新的翅膀，但我已经开始想念她了。 兽医用他温暖的双手把戴夫和我裹起来，把我们带到后面的一间屋子里。 他让我想起了“人类女士”，但身上没有烤面包的味道，更多的是太妃糖和不新鲜的袜子的味道。