46 Stop, in the Name of the Law!

46 Stop, in the Name of the Law!" Peanut, Rockwell and Little-Bit looked out of the window at the changing cityscape. The grimy grit of the fountain-pen flying buttresses and charcoal-drawn geometry of the cafes, theatres and office blocks had given way to cleaner, friendlier-looking buildings made up of thicker outlines and brighter colours. The pavements were still busy, but the people looked different. More cartoonish. Strangely, there were lots of animals, some of which were wearing clothes and walking upright! "If this is the Strip, then what's that over there?" Little-Bit was pointing to a long line of shiny, glass high-rise buildings

46 站住，以法律的名义！ 皮纳特、罗克韦尔和小比特望向窗外，看着城市景色不断变换。 此前沾满钢笔灰渍的飞扶壁，还有咖啡馆、剧院、办公楼那炭笔勾勒的几何轮廓，都已经换成了轮廓更粗、色彩更明亮，干净又亲切的建筑。 人行道依旧热闹，但人们看起来不太一样。 风格更卡通了。 奇怪的是，这里有好多动物，有些还穿着衣服直立行走！ “如果这里是条纹区，那那边是什么地方？” 小比特正指着一长排亮晶晶的玻璃摩天大楼

in the distance to their left, running parallel to Main Street. Peanut unfolded the map. "Hmmm. That must be Superhero Heights." "Ooh, that sounds cool. Can we go there please?" "LB, we have a mission to complete. The sooner we get to the Spire, the sooner we rescue Mr M and Dad. We don't have time for sightseeing. The tram slowed and came to a stop. A large, yellow speech bubble saying "END OF THE LINE" appeared above their heads as the same words came blaring from the speakers in the ceiling. They got off the tram. "Right. So where now?" said Rockwell, covering his mouth as he spoke. Peanut looked down the street. They could see the Spire much more clearly now, its razor-sharp tip reaching high

在他们左前方远处，和主街平行延伸。 皮纳特展开了地图。 “嗯。 那肯定是超级英雄高地。” “哇，听起来好酷。 我们能去那里看看吗？” “小比，我们还有任务要完成。 我们越早赶到尖塔，就能越早救出M先生和爸爸。 我们没时间观光。 电车慢了下来，稳稳停住。 一个写着“终点站”的大黄对话框出现在他们头顶，同时天花板扬声器也传出了这句话的广播。 他们下了电车。 “好了。 现在往哪走？”罗克韦尔说话时捂住了嘴。 皮纳特望向街道深处。 如今他们能更清楚地看到尖塔了，它锋利的塔尖高高

into the blue sky. She could make out lots of small black squares spiralling around the outside of the white, needle-like structure. Windows, she assumed. She wondered if Dad or Mr M was looking out of one of them. Would they be lucky enough to have cells with windows? "Jonathan Higginbottom told us to head towards the Spire. We're not far away now. Hopefully our Resistance helper will reveal themselves sooner rather than later. They started to walk down Main Street, which had gone down from five lanes of traffic in each direction to two. The pavements were still extremely crowded, and a continuous cloud of speech bubbles floated above the hordes expressing every emotion imaginable. Suddenly, they became aware of a kerfuffle behind them. All four of them turned around to see an enormous, red, spiky speech bubble shoot out through the doorway of a small shop. It said "STOP! THIEF!" in huge capital letters. It was closely followed through the door by its creator, a squat man wearing half-moon glasses and a purple waistcoat. There was broken glass all over the floor. The man was pointing directly towards them. Seconds later, a small squirrel wearing a black mask and a stripy T-shirt came running towards them carrying a plastic bag full of something shiny. Instinctively, Peanut stuck out her leg to trip him up. As the squirrel was sent sprawling, a gold

刺入蓝天之中。 她能看清这座白色针状建筑的外围，有许多黑色小方块螺旋排列着。 她猜那些应该是窗户。 她忍不住好奇，爸爸或是M先生会不会正从其中一扇窗望出来。 他们会不会足够幸运，住的牢房配有窗户？ “乔纳森·希金博顿让我们往尖塔走。 我们现在离得不远了。 希望反抗军的接应者能早点现身，别再耽搁了。 他们沿着主街往前走，主街原本双向各五条车道，现在缩成了双向各两条。 人行道依旧拥挤不堪，人群上方源源不断飘出对话框，表达着各种能想到的情绪。 突然，他们察觉身后一阵骚动。 四个人一齐转头，看见一个巨大的红色尖刺对话框从小店铺门口冲了出来。 上面写着“站住！ 抓小偷！” 字是大大的大写字母。 紧接着对话框的主人也冲了出来，那是个矮胖的男人，戴半月形眼镜，穿紫色背心。 碎玻璃散落得满地都是。 男人直勾勾地指着他们的方向。 几秒后，一只戴黑色面罩、穿条纹T恤的小松鼠朝他们跑来，拎着一个装满亮晶晶东西的塑料袋。 皮纳特本能地伸出腿，绊倒了它。 松鼠摔倒在地的时候，一只金

tiara flew out of the bag and rotated several times in mid-air before landing perfectly on Rockwell's head. The squirrel sat on the ground for half a second and scowled at Peanut, before springing back to his feet and disappearing into the crowd with his bag. "There! Him! That boy with the big hair!" shouted the jeweller, pointing directly at Rockwell. "He has the tiara! Get him!" Rockwell looked totally bemused. ""Big hair"? Does he mean me?" he said to Peanut. "How rude!" At that moment, a small police car came hurtling around the corner with four very fat bulldogs in police uniforms inside. As it screeched to a stop at the kerb, a speech bubble came out of the loudspeaker on the vehicle's roof: YOU WITH THE TIORA! STOP, IN THE NAME OF THE LAW!

皇冠从袋子里飞出来，在空中转了好几圈，最后稳稳落在了罗克韦尔的头上。 松鼠在地上坐了半秒，恶狠狠地瞪了皮纳特一眼，随即跳起身，拎着袋子消失在了人群里。 “在那儿！ 就是他！ 那个头发蓬蓬的男孩！”珠宝商大喊，直直指着罗克韦尔。 “皇冠在他那儿！ 抓住他！” 罗克韦尔看得一头雾水。 “‘头发蓬蓬’？ 他说的是我吗？”他问皮纳特。 “太没礼貌了！” 就在这时，一辆小小的警车呼啸着转过街角，车里坐着四只胖乎乎穿警服的斗牛犬。 警车吱呀一声停在路边，车顶扬声器弹出一个对话框：戴皇冠的那个！ 站住，以法律的名义！