19 Sketchwood

Chapter 19 Sketchwood Peanut, Rockwell and Little-Bit spent the next few hours following the small band of Resistance agents, which included the Markmakers, at a safe distance, as they, in turn, followed a platoon of RAZERs, Mr White and Alan. Doodle, who had decided to join in with the children's mischief, led the way, following the Markmakers" scent through the familiar charcoal forests and snow-covered plains of the North Draw. After a couple of hours, they passed the pink and blue Czech hedgehogs and the straggly remains of the bright-blue, netted dome that surrounded the entrance to the now abandoned bunker that had been the first Resistance headquarters. Peanut felt a flash of anger. It was here that Mr White had first got his hands on Little Tail.

第十九章 斯基奇伍德 接下来几个小时，皮纳特、罗克韦尔和小不点保持安全距离，跟在一小队抵抗组织特工身后，队伍里包含标记师，而他们正在追踪一队剃刀兵，以及怀特先生和艾伦。嘟嘟决定掺和进孩子们的小冒险，它走在最前面，顺着标记师的气味，穿行在北泓熟悉的炭黑色森林与积雪覆盖的原野上。 几小时后，他们经过了粉蓝相间的捷克反坦克刺猬，还有一片残破凌乱的亮蓝色网穹残迹，这片穹顶原本围着如今已废弃的掩体入口，那里曾是抵抗组织的第一个总部。 皮纳特猛地涌起一股怒火。 怀特先生就是在这里第一次抓走了小尾巴。

Eventually, the convoy arrived at the forested area known as Sketchwood, and started to wind its way through the dusty black trees. Suddenly Doodle sat down and cocked his head to one side. "They've stopped," said Peanut looking straight ahead. Quick! Over there!" All four of them hid behind a large charcoal tree trunk and peered around the side of it. It was hard to see exactly what was going on, but it looked as if the Markmaker group was hiding in a small copse about a hundred metres ahead of them. Suddenly there was an explosion of activity. One member of the group sprang from the copse and started running at full speed towards Peanut and the gang. It was Agent Odin the Stormbreaker! Three RAZERs were in hot pursuit, gliding at a frightening speed across the snow. They caught up with the fleeing Resistance agent within seconds, and wasted no time in capturing him. Once he was bound, they picked him up and started carrying him, at speed, straight towards

最终，队伍抵达了名为斯基奇伍德的林区，开始沿着蜿蜒小路穿过落满灰尘的黑树林。 突然，嘟嘟蹲坐下来，歪着脑袋侧听起来。 “他们停下了。”皮纳特直视前方说道。 快！ 躲去那儿！ 四个人一齐躲到一棵粗大的炭黑色树干后，从树干侧边偷偷向外张望。 他们没法看清具体情况，但看起来标记师小队就藏在前方一百米左右的一片小树丛里。 突然间，四周动作四起，乱作一团。 一名小队成员猛地从树丛冲出，拼尽全力朝着皮纳特一伙人跑来。 是惊雷特工奥丁！ 三名剃刀兵紧追不舍，贴着雪地以骇人的速度滑行而来。 他们没几秒钟就追上了逃跑的抵抗组织特工，立刻就把他抓住了。 把他捆好后，他们架起他，全速径直朝着

the tree that Peanut, Rockwell, Little-Bit and Doodle were hiding behind. "Hurry! Get under this!" shouted Peanut, who had quickly painted a huge white inky square on the floor with her new roller. She lifted up a corner, and all four of them dived underneath it and held their breath. Seconds later, they heard the three RAZERs whoosh by. Half a minute after that, they heard some more distant whooshing. Peanut peeped out from under their inky eiderdown. "It's the rest of the RAZERs! Alan is there too! I'd recognise that chump anywhere! Ssshhh! They're coming!" She pulled her head back under just in time. WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH! They sounded like Formula One cars zooming past the chequered flag. A minute later she tentatively peeped out again. "OK, I think they've gone. Oh! Hang on, here come the Markmakers!" She ducked back underneath. As the Resistance agents hurried past, the children could hear a great deal of consternation within the group and lots of panicked conversation. "What are we going to do?"

皮纳特、罗克韦尔、小不点和嘟嘟藏身的这棵树走过来。 “快！ 躲到这下面来！” 皮纳特大喊道，她刚刚用新滚筒在地上刷出了一大块方形白墨。 她掀起毯子的一个角，四个人一下子钻了进去，连大气都不敢出。 几秒钟后，他们听见三名剃刀兵嗖的一声滑了过去。 半分钟后，他们又听见远处传来好几声嗖嗖的滑行动响。 皮纳特从这块墨制绒毯下面偷偷探出头张望。 “是其他的剃刀兵！ 艾伦也在那儿！ 我就算化成灰都认得那个蠢货！ 嘘！ 他们过来了！” 她刚好赶在对方过来前把脑袋缩了回去。 嗖！ 嗖！ 嗖！ 嗖！ 嗖！ 嗖！ 嗖！ 嗖！ 嗖！ 他们听起来就像一级方程式赛车呼啸着冲过终点旗。 一分钟后，她才小心翼翼地再次探出头。 “好了，我觉得他们都走了。 哦！ 等一下，标记师们过来了！” 她赶紧又缩了回去。 抵抗组织特工匆匆经过时，几个孩子能听到队伍里一片慌乱，满是惊慌的交谈声。 “我们现在该怎么办？”

"They'll put him in the Spire for sure!" "What was he thinking?" "Poor Agent Odin the Stormbreaker!" "Maybe we can catch up with them and rescue him!" "But Malcolm, what about the portal?" "Some things are more important. "Did the target go through?" "Yes, I saw him dive into the hollow." "But it's the final one. We should have sent someone through so we know where it leads!" "We can come back later. "It could be too late by then." Peanut and the gang waited until the voices had faded into the distance, and then emerged from under the white-ink blanket. "Well, that was close," said Rockwell. "I spy, with my little eye, something beginning with LUCKY ESCAPE!" "Lucky is definitely the word," said Peanut, smiling. As in "How lucky are we that everyone has disappeared and left us here on our own when there's a perfectly good portal to another world just a couple of hundred metres away?"" "Oh no, you're not thinking "I certainly am," said Peanut, nodding. "You heard the Markmakers. Someone from the Resistance needs to go through. Well, here we are! Let's go and find that portal!"

“他们肯定会把他关进尖塔监狱的！” “他到底在想什么呀？” “可怜的惊雷特工奥丁！” “说不定我们能追上他们救出他！” “可是马尔科姆，那传送门怎么办？”“有些事比传送门更重要。 “目标进去了吗？” “进去了，我看见他跳进了那个空洞里。” “可这是最后一个传送门，我们本该派人进去摸清它通向哪里的！” “我们可以之后再回来，那时候可就太晚了。” 皮纳特一伙人等到说话声渐渐消失在远方，才从那块白墨毯子下面钻了出来。 “哇，刚才可太险了。”罗克韦尔说道。 “我的小眼睛猜一物，关键词就是死里逃生！” “没错，就是幸运。”皮纳特笑着说。 就好比“我们多幸运啊，所有人都走了，留我们在这儿，几百米外刚好就有一个完好的通往异世界的传送门，对不对？”“哦不，你该不会想……”“我确实想。”皮纳特点点头说道。 “你们都听见标记师说的了。 总得有抵抗组织的人进去看看。 可不嘛，我们不正好就在这儿吗！ 正好我们在这儿， 走， 去找那个传送门！”