9 Santa Claude

SANTA CLAUDE

圣克劳德。

In a rather festive house on Waggy Avenue, there lives a dog. A small, plump dog. A small, plump dog called Claude, who wears a jaunty jumper and a very snazzy beret. Claude lives with Mr and Mrs Shinyshoes and his best friend Sir Bobblysock, who is a very bobbly sock. Whenever Mr and Mrs Shinyshoes are out of the house, Claude and Sir Bobblysock go on an adventure. What adventure will they have today?

在瓦基大街的一所相当喜庆的房子里，住着一只狗。 一只又小又胖的狗。一只名叫克劳德的胖胖的小狗，穿着一件活泼的套头衫，戴着一顶时髦的贝雷帽。 克劳德和闪亮鞋夫妇以及他最好的朋友波布里索克爵士住在一起，波布里索克爵士是一只非常可爱的袜子。 每当闪亮皮鞋先生和夫人不在家的时候，克劳德和波布里索克爵士就会去冒险。 他们今天会有什么冒险？

'Twas the night before Christmas and Mr and Mrs Shinyshoes were off to a party in the city. They were looking terribly glamorous. 'See you later!' said Mrs Shinyshoes, slipping into her slingbacks. 'We'll be back at midnight!' cried Mr Shinyshoes, straightening his dickie bow. Then they both blew kisses towards Claude, who was fast asleep, and clattered out of the front door into the snowy night.

那是圣诞节前夜，皮鞋先生和皮鞋太太去城里参加一个聚会。 他们看起来非常迷人。 “再见！”皮鞋太太说着，赶紧穿上了露跟鞋。 “我们半夜回来！”皮鞋先生叫道，伸直了他的小蝴蝶结。 然后他们俩都向熟睡的克劳德飞吻了一下，然后啪嗒啪嗒地走出前门，进入了大雪纷飞的夜晚。

Claude waited a few moments... listening... When he was absolutely sure that he and Sir Bobblysock were alone in the house, he pinged open his eyes and sat up in bed Then he flung everything out of his beret and had a jolly good root around in it. jmkfho. Gosh! He was ever so excited!

克劳德等了一会儿…… 听……当他确信屋子里只有他和鲍布里索克爵士时，他砰地一声睁开眼睛，从床上坐了起来，然后把贝雷帽里的东西都扔了出去，在里面好好地扎了根。 天啊!他非常兴奋！

'AHA!' he cried eventually (in his Outdoor Voice), and from the depths of his hat he produced an enormous hardback book. He'd been really looking forward to reading it since his friend and favourite police person, PC Anne Cuffs, had presented it to him with his very own pair of special police handcuffs to say thank you for rescuing her earlier that afternoon.

“啊哈!”他终于叫了起来（用他在户外的声音），从帽子深处掏出一本巨大的精装书。 自从他的朋友和最喜欢的警官安妮·袖口把这封信和他自己的一副特殊警用手铐一起送给他，以感谢你那天下午早些时候救了她之后，他就一直盼望着能读到这封信。

Claude and Sir Bobblysock had discovered her dangling from her utility belt, her legs waggling and the keys on her key ring jangling. She'd been decorating the police station when the ladder slipped and left her hanging in midair. Claude had quickly righted the ladder and spent the day helping Anne with the tree. Sir Bobblysock thought he looked lovely draped in tinsel, but that's another story...

克劳德和波布利索克爵士发现她挂在腰带上，双腿在摇摆，钥匙圈上的钥匙在叮当作响。 她正在装饰警察局，突然梯子滑倒，把她吊在半空中。 克劳德很快就把梯子扶正了，一整天都在帮安妮打理树。 波布利索克爵士认为他披着金箔看起来很可爱，但那是另一回事……