49 The Diversion

49 The Diversion We look RIDICULOUS!" moaned Rockwell. "That's kind of the point," said Peanut, desperately trying to keep the smile from her face. "Well, I LOVE it!" shouted Little-Bit. "I've always wanted to have a go at this." Right, there's no time to lose," said Peanut. "Jonathan Higginbottom, are you ready?" As I'll ever be," he replied. "OK. Positions, everyone," said Peanut, as she clambered up on to the alligator's back and sat in the spray-painted saddle. And... GO!" Little-Bit ran out from behind the startled archers and headed left. Rockwell and Doodle followed closely behind.

49 调虎离山 “咱们看起来太可笑了！” 罗克韦尔抱怨道。 “本来目的就是这样呀。”花生说着，拼命忍住不让笑容露出来。 “哼，我可太喜欢了！”小不点喊道。 “我一直都想试试这个。” “好了，没时间耽误了。”花生说。 “乔纳森·希金博顿，你准备好了吗？” “早就准备好了。”他回答道。 “好的。 “大家各就各位。”花生说完，爬到大鳄鱼背上，坐进喷漆做的马鞍里。 “预备……出发！” 小不点从惊讶的弓箭手身后跑出来，往左边跑去。 罗克韦尔和杜德尔紧紧跟在后面。

When they reached the end of the line, all three turned around, lifted their pompoms and faced the Big X. The two children took a deep breath and started to chant at the tops of their voices: Two... four... six... eight... Who don't we appreciate? RA-ZERs! Mr White! You are gonna lose tonight! For a split second, everybody on the battlefield stopped what they were doing and looked over at the bizarre little troupe, their mouths agape. Even the RAZERs driving the Big X turned to view the dancing trio, stopping the vehicle while they took in the extraordinarily out-of-place scene. Rockwell and Little-Bit continued:

当他们跑到队伍尽头，三个人全都转过身，举起啦啦球，面向大X战车。 两个孩子深吸一口气，扯着嗓子喊起了口号：二……四……六……八…… 谁我们才不待见？ 雷泽队！ 怀特先生！ 今晚你输定啦！ 有那么一瞬间，战场上所有人都停下动作，看向这群奇怪的小家伙，个个惊得张大了嘴。 连驾驶大X战车的雷泽队员也转过身，看这三个跳舞的家伙，还停下了战车，打量这格格不入的奇特一幕。 罗克韦尔和小不点接着喊道：

One... two... three... four... We're Resistance, hear us roar! Big X, RAZERs too, You know what you gotta do... "GO! GO! GO!" "They're all looking the other way! This is our chance!" shouted Peanut. "GO, JONATHAN HIGGINBOTTOM, GO!" The alligator pushed off on all four skates with surprising agility and started to glide elegantly across the concrete. "Just like riding a bike," he said, as he flew past the archers and skated around the Big X.

一……二……三……四！我们是反抗军，听我们咆哮！ 大X、雷泽你听清，你们该把正事办……“冲！冲！冲！” “他们都看向那边了！ 这是我们的机会！”花生喊道。 “冲啊，乔纳森·希金博顿，冲啊！” 大鳄鱼穿着四只轮滑鞋，出人意料地灵活一蹬，优雅地滑过了水泥地。 “就跟骑自行车一样。”他说着，从弓箭手身边飞驰而过，绕着大X滑了一圈。

Peanut clung on to the painted reins as she and Jonathan Higginbottom sped towards the newly lowered drawbridge. She couldn't resist letting out a loud "WHOO-HOO!" After a couple of seconds, several of the RAZERs stopped staring at the cheerleaders and noticed the roller-skating alligator. They immediately set off in pursuit, but to no avail. With a flick of his tail, Jonathan Higginbottom skittled the few that got close, sending them sprawling across the concrete. The rest were left behind in his wake. He really was a fabulous skater! As they reached the drawbridge, Peanut heard a distant chant of "Higginbottom, he's our man! If he can't do it, no one can!" The alligator lowered his head as they thundered along, pointing the huge horns on his helmet directly towards the crayon fence at the far end of the bridge. "Hold tight, young Peanut. Impact in approximately ten seconds..." Peanut leaned forward so that her chest was flat against Jonathan Higginbottom's back and she too lowered her head. "Five, four, three, two, one..." CRASH!

花生紧紧抓着涂了漆的缰绳，和乔纳森·希金博顿一起朝着刚放下的吊桥冲去。 她忍不住大喊一声“哇哦——！” 几秒钟后，几个雷泽队员不再盯着啦啦队，发现了这只滑旱冰的鳄鱼。 他们立刻追了上去，可根本没追上。 乔纳森·希金博顿尾巴一甩，就把靠近的几个人撞倒，摔得他们趴在水泥地上。 剩下的人都被他远远甩在了身后。 他可真是个滑冰好手！ 快到吊桥的时候，花生听见远处传来口号声：“希金博顿，他是我们的好汉！ 他要做不成，没人能成！” 他们向前猛冲的时候，鳄鱼低下头，把头盔上的大尖角对准了吊桥尽头的蜡笔围栏。 “抓紧了，小花生。 大约十秒后就要撞击了……” 花生俯身向前，胸口平贴在乔纳森·希金博顿的背上，也低下了头。 “五、四、三、二、一……” 轰隆！