51 Table Guy

51 Table Guy Rockwell grabbed a leg and, with the help of Table Guy, hauled himself on to the sideboard. Then, between the two of them, they lifted Peanut, Little-Bit and Doodle up just before Lulu Kawaii could get to them. The furious panda snatched at their feet but she was too late. "CODE PURPLE! CODE PURPLE!" she roared. "THE CONSPIRATORS ARE ESCAPING!" "By the wonder of wood!" shouted Table Guy. "Let's fly!" The great table train rose several metres higher into the air before rapidly soaring away from the Cute Quarter. Peanut watched, helpless, as the Spire appeared to grow smaller,

51 桌哥罗克韦尔抓住一条桌腿，在桌哥的帮助下，把自己拉上了餐边柜。 接着，就在露露·卡哇伊抓到他们之前，他俩合力把花生、小不点和杜德尔拉了上来。 这只愤怒的熊猫伸手去抓他们的脚，可还是晚了一步。 "紫色警报！ 紫色警报！" 她怒吼道。 "谋反者要逃跑啦！" "以木材的奇迹之名！"桌哥大喊道。 "我们飞吧！" 巨型桌列车一下子升到高空好几米，随后迅速飞离了萌趣区。 花生无助地望着，看着尖塔越变越小，

the further away they flew. "Sorry, Dad. We were so close," she whispered. The five of them were crammed very tightly together on top of the sideboard. "We can't all stay on this!" declared the muscle-bound superhero, heroically. "We will soon start to descend! I have provided a table for each of you! Assume your positions!" Doodle hopped across on to the bedside cabinet, Little-Bit the writing desk, Peanut the dresser and Rockwell the coffee table. They all crouched in a surfing position, as demonstrated by Table Guy. Rockwell was smiling. "By the wonder of wood"?" He laughed. "Is that your catchphrase?" "It is!" Table Guy nodded, looking pleased. Every sentence he said seemed to finish with an exclamation mark. I'm not being funny, but were you last in the queue when they were handing out the superpowers?" Rockwell, don't be so rude!" shouted Little-Bit. "Don't forget, Table Guy has just saved us." "The small one is correct!" said Table Guy in his deep baritone. "That being said, you were also correct! I was very near to the end of the queue! On power-giving day, my alarm clock didn't go off and I overslept! By the time it was my turn, the cool powers— invisibility, telekinesis, shark senses— had all gone! It was either having total command over items of

他们飞得越来越远。 "对不起，爸爸。 我们明明离得那么近了。"她轻声说道。 五个人紧紧挤在餐边柜的顶部。 "我们可不能全都待在这儿！"肌肉发达的超级英雄豪气凛然地说道。 我们很快就要往下掉了！ 我已经给你们每个人都准备好一张桌子了！ 各就各位！" 杜德尔跳到了床头柜上，小不点跳到了写字台上，花生跳到了梳妆台上，罗克韦尔跳到了咖啡桌上。 他们全都照着桌哥示范的样子，蹲成了冲浪的姿势。 罗克韦尔笑了。 "‘以木材的奇迹之名’？" 他笑出了声。 "这是你的口头禅吗？" "没错！" 桌哥点点头，一脸开心。 他说的每句话好像都带着感叹号结尾。 我不是故意逗乐，不过分发超能力的时候你是不是排在队尾呀？" 罗克韦尔，别这么没礼貌！" 小不点喊道。 "别忘了，桌哥刚刚才救了我们。" "小不点说得对！"桌哥用低沉浑厚的嗓音说道。 "话虽这么说，你说的也没错！ 我当时确实快排到队尾了！ 发超能力那天，我的闹钟没响，我睡过头了！ 等轮到我的时候，厉害的超能力——隐身、念动力、鲨鱼感应——全都被抢光了！ 要么是能完全掌控各类

furniture or being able to make really good balloon animals! I chose tables!" Rockwell's laughter was infectious. Soon all three children were giggling. Even Table Guy cracked a smile. Yes! It is quite funny, I suppose! But at least I got a half-decent outfit! You should see what Cheese Girl has to wear! Stinky!" "So, when did you join the Resistance?" asked Peanut. Only a few weeks ago! Most of my fellow heroes have turned a blind eye to what Mr White has been doing over the years! They figure the worse it gets, the more hero jobs there will be for them! But it's flawed logic! Once the Big X hits, everything will be totally destroyed, the residents will have to leave and there will be nothing for anybody to protect! I just couldn't live with it any more! I decided I had to do something!" "So Mrs M got word to you about our mission?" "She did!" "So why are we flying away from the Spire?" "You have initiated a Code Purple!" Table Guy looked back over his shoulder. "The panda will have photographed your faces and by now she will have sent your picture to every

家具，要么就是能做出超棒的气球造型！ 我选了桌子！" 罗克韦尔的笑声很有感染力。 很快三个孩子都咯咯笑了起来。 连桌哥都露出了笑容。 没错！ 说起来，这事儿还挺好笑的！ 但至少我还拿到一件还算像样的制服！ 你都没见过起司妹要穿的那套！ 臭死了！" "那你是什么时候加入反抗军的？"花生问道。 才几个星期而已！ 我的大多数英雄伙伴这些年都对怀特先生的所作所为睁一只眼闭一只眼！ 他们觉得情况越糟，能轮到他们的英雄任务就越多！ 但这逻辑根本说不通！ 等大X灾难降临，一切都会彻底毁掉，居民们都得离开，就没什么需要保护的了！ 我实在没法再忍下去了！ 我决定必须做点儿什么！" "所以M太太把我们任务的消息告诉你了？" "没错！" "那我们为什么要往远离尖塔的方向飞呀？" "你们触发了紫色警报呀！" 桌哥回头向后看去。 那只熊猫已经拍下了你们的脸，这会儿她早就把你们的照片发给每一个

single RAZER in Chroma! Currently, you are the four most wanted people in town! We need to let the heat die down!" They were flying directly over the tall glass buildings running parallel with the Strip that they had seen from afar earlier. "Superhero Heights," said Peanut. "Correct!" said Table Guy. Far below, they saw several brightly dressed people flying, climbing, running and swinging their way through the streets. "Look at them! Revelling in the high crime levels! What's heroic about that?" Table Guy shook his head. "What they should really be doing is stopping crime at its root! They are cowards!" After a few minutes, the city below them slowly started to transform into suburbia and the unlikely group began their descent. Peanut looked to her right. She saw trees. She saw ponds. She saw flowers. It looked... safe. "When we land, I am going to leave you at the edge of

克罗马的每一名锐泽成员！ 现在，你们四个是全城头号通缉犯了！ 我们得先等风头过去！" 他们正飞过之前远远望见的、那排和大街平行的玻璃高楼。 "英雄高地。"花生说道。 "答对了！"桌哥说道。 远远的下方，他们看见好几个衣着鲜亮的人在空中飞、往上爬、在路上跑，还荡着穿梭在街道之间。 "你看看他们！ 就开心享受高犯罪率带来的好处！ 这算哪门子英雄啊？" 桌哥摇了摇头。 "他们真正该做的是从根源上制止犯罪！ 他们都是胆小鬼！" 几分钟后，脚下的城市慢慢变成了郊区，这支意想不到的队伍开始下降了。 花生朝自己的右边看去。 她看见了树木。 她看见了池塘。 她看见了花朵。 这里看起来……很安全。 "等我们落地后，我会把你们放在

the Light District!" declared Table Guy. "Peanut, you will draw disguises for your companions! You will find a safe place and rest for the night! In the morning, you will travel straight across the northern edge of the ponds and enter Vincent Fields! Look for the Yellow House! Someone will be there to meet you!" A few minutes later, all five tables coasted towards the ground and gently touched down. "Table Guy, I'm sorry for laughing at you," said Rockwell. "You are the bravest superhero I've ever met. OK, you're the only superhero I've ever met, but you're also the bravest. "There is no need to apologise, citizen! And there is no need to thank me either! We are on the same team!" He looked into the distance. "Always remember the great things of tomorrow arise from the ashes of today!" He looked thoughtful, his quiff blowing slightly in the wind. Another thing to always remember once you choose hope, everything is possible!" Dramatic pause. "Oh, and one final thing to always remember while there is good and there is evil in this universe, there are also tables! And mankind will always need tables!" He saluted, climbed aboard his sideboard, and flew off into the sunset. "That's quite a lot of things to always remember," said Little-Bit.

“光之区！”桌子哥宣布道。 “花生，你要给伙伴们画伪装！ 你们找个安全的地方过夜休息吧！ 明天一早，径直穿过池塘北缘，进入文森特原野！ 去找黄房子！ 会有人在那儿接应你们！” 几分钟后，五张桌子朝着地面滑翔而下，稳稳轻轻落了地。 “桌子哥，我之前嘲笑你，对不起，”罗克韦尔说。 “你是我见过最勇敢的超级英雄。 好吧，你确实是我见过唯一的超级英雄，但你也是最勇敢的。 “不用道歉，公民！ 也不用谢我！ 我们是同一支队伍的！” 他望向远方。 “永远记住：明天的伟业，诞生于今天的灰烬之中！” 他神情若有所思，额前翘起来的一撮头发被风吹得轻轻晃动。 还有一件事要记住：只要选择了希望，一切皆有可能！” 戏剧性的停顿。 “哦，最后还有一件事要记住：这宇宙里有善有恶，也永远有桌子！ 人类永远都需要桌子！” 他敬了个礼，爬回自己的餐边柜，向着夕阳飞走了。 “要记住的东西可真多呀。”小不点说。