10 The Bunker, Mark II

10 The Bunker, Mark II The four of them made their way down the long flight of stairs and found themselves in a bright, circular room with three large openings cut into the wall. Above the one on the left was a sign saying "Arsenal" written in bright pink handwriting, above the middle one it said "Transport" in bright blue, and above the one on the right it said "Map Room" in pink. Peanut, Rockwell and Little-Bit dutifully followed Doodle through the one marked "Arsenal'. "WHOA!" exclaimed Rockwell. "This is INCREDIBLE!" In front of them, laid out on the floor and arranged with military precision, were row upon row of art materials: weapons ready to do battle in Mr White's attack on creativity.

10 二号碉堡 四人走下长长的一段楼梯，来到了一间明亮的圆形房间，墙面上开着三个大大的洞口。 左边洞口上方挂着一块牌子，亮粉色笔迹写着“军械库”，中间洞口上方是亮蓝色笔迹写的“交通站”，右边洞口上方则是粉色笔迹写的“地图室”。 花生、罗克韦尔和小点点乖乖跟着嘟嘟走进了标着“军械库”的洞口。 “哇哦！”罗克韦尔惊呼道。 “这也太不可思议了！” 在他们面前，画材一排又一排摆在地上，摆得像军队列队一样整齐，这些全都是对抗怀特先生扼杀创意进攻的武器。

There were pens, pencils, crayons, pastels, paints, paintbrushes, palette knives, jars of ink, cans of spray paint, and much, much more, all grouped by type, and all hand-drawn in either bright pink or bright blue pencil. They filled the brightly lit, high-ceilinged room, which Peanut reckoned was about the same

这里有钢笔、铅笔、蜡笔、粉彩、颜料、画笔、调色刀、墨水瓶、喷漆罐，还有许许多多更多的画材，全都按类别分组，每一样都是用亮粉色或亮蓝色铅笔手绘出来的。 它们把这间灯光明亮、天花板高挑的房间塞得满满当当，花生估摸着这间房差不多和

size as the sports hall at Melody High. There must have been hundreds of thousands of items.

美乐迪高中的体育馆一样大。 这儿至少有几十万件画材。

Isn't it amazing what a couple of old pencils can produce?" said a friendly voice from behind them. The three children spun around to see a small lady with snow-white hair piled up into a neat bun, and a pair of very large, black-rimmed glasses perched on the end of her nose. She was holding two ancient-looking pencils, one bright pink and one bright blue. "MRS M!" all three of them cried in unison, before enveloping her in a group hug. Oh, it's lovely to see you again," said Millicent Markmaker, pushing the pencils into her hair bun, "I'm so glad you're back! I trust you kept safe and didn't run into any trouble on your way here?" "Yes!" said Peanut, "We didn't see a single RAZER." "Thank goodness!" said Mrs M. "Especially as I see you have a new bandolier! I love it. Practical, hardwearing, yet tres chic. Bravo, young lady, bravo!" "So did you draw all of these?" asked Little-Bit. Her eyes grew wide as she surveyed the thousands of items in front of them. "Teamwork makes the dream work, my dear," said Mrs M.

“几根旧铅笔就能造出这么多东西，是不是很神奇呀？”身后传来一个友善的声音。 三个孩子猛地转过身，看到一位小个子女士，满头银发挽成整齐的发髻，鼻头架着一副大大的黑框眼镜。 她手里握着两根看起来年代久远的铅笔，一根亮粉色，一根亮蓝色。 “M夫人！” 三个人异口同声喊道，接着团团抱住了她。 “哎呀，再见到你们真开心，”米利森特·马克梅克说着把铅笔插进发髻里，“我太高兴你们回来了！ 我相信一路都平平安安，来这儿的路上没碰上麻烦吧？” “没错！”花生说，“我们连一个剃刀兵都没见到。” “谢天谢地！”M夫人说，“没想到你还带了新弹带！ 我太喜欢了。 实用耐穿，还特别时髦。 太棒了，小姑娘，真不错！” “那这些全都是你画的吗？”小点点问道。 她看着眼前成千上万的物品，眼睛都瞪圆了。 “众人拾柴火焰高呀，亲爱的，”M夫人说。

"The little production line that we started the last time you were here has gone from strength to strength, and, as you can see, we have built up quite the arsenal. One hopes one won't need to go into battle, but I fear that is inevitable now if Chroma is to survive. "Where's Mr M?" said Rockwell. "Is he here too?" "He certainly is. Shall we go and see him?" They left the Arsenal and walked through the door marked "Transport'. This room was just as cavernous, but much, much busier. Lots of people, all armed with pink and blue art equipment, were buzzing around the many large vehicles that filled the hall. There were jeeps, trucks, lorries, tanks, hovercraft and helicopters. Immediately to their right, a tall woman wearing a headscarf was painstakingly colouring in the tread on the tyres of a large armoured car, while a very cute unicorn was sitting on top of it painting the gun turret. "He must be from the Cute Quarter," said Rockwell, nodding towards the unicorn. The children knew from first-hand experience that not everything from the Cute Quarter was as adorable as it looked. He shivered at the memory of Lulu Kawaii, an evil robotic panda they had encountered the last time they were there. Ah! There you are!" A very smiley man, wearing glasses similar to Mrs M's, had popped his head out of the hatch. "Great to see you all again.

“上次你们来这儿的时候我们才刚建起小生产线，现在发展得越来越好，你们也看到了，我们已经攒下了一整个军械库。 我们当然不希望真的上战场，但我担心如果克罗玛要活下去，这一战已经不可避免了。 “M先生在哪儿？”罗克韦尔问。 “他也在这儿吗？” “他当然在。 我们现在去找他好吗？” 他们离开军械库，走进了标着“交通站”的门。 这个房间同样非常宽敞，但要热闹得多。 好多人都拿着粉蓝两色的画具，在摆满大厅的各式大型车辆旁忙忙碌碌。 这里有吉普车、卡车、货车、坦克、气垫船还有直升机。 刚进门的右手边，一位裹着头巾的高个子女士正仔细给一辆大型装甲车的轮胎胎纹上色，一只可爱的独角兽坐在车顶给炮涂颜色。 “他肯定是萌区来的，”罗克韦尔冲着独角兽点头说道。 孩子们早就亲身领教过，萌区来的东西可不都像看起来那么可爱。 想起上次遇到的邪恶机器熊猫露露卡哇伊，他忍不住打了个寒颤。 “啊！ 你可来了！” 一个笑容满面的男士，戴着和M夫人款式相近的眼镜，从舱口探出头来。 “真高兴又见到大家。

"Hi, Mr M," said Peanut. "Wow! You guys have been BUSY!" "Yes, well, it's very much a case of "seize the moment", I'm afraid," he replied. "Who knows how long my wife will manage to keep her old pencils away from Mr White's clutches." He heaved himself out and, very nimbly for a man in his seventies, jumped down from the car. "Right then. Who fancies a cup of tea? We have a lot of catching up to do."

“嗨，M先生，”花生打招呼道。 “哇哦！ 你们大伙可太能干了！” “是啊，没办法，现在就是要抓紧时间，”他回答道。 “谁知道我太太还能把这两根旧铅笔藏多久，不让怀特先生抢走呢。” 他费力爬出来，以七十多岁老人的标准来说动作十分敏捷，一下子从车上跳了下来。 “好了。 谁想喝杯茶呀？ 我们有好多话要好好聊聊。”