Chapter 17

ChAPTER SEVENTEEN The gang stumbled backwards and over a tactically placed, combat-booted foot, and BAM, before they knew it, they were tumbling through an open door behind them and into a cupboard and a pile of Captain Mustard's gloopy galoshes. "And now it's time to finish what I started all those years ago!" brayed the General, plucking the map from Kate's pocket in a second, and then

第十七章 这帮人趔趄着往后退，正好绊到一只特意伸过来的军靴脚，咚的一下，还没反应过来，就摔过身后敞开的门，掉进了柜子里，砸在芥末队长黏糊糊的胶鞋堆上。 “现在是时候了结我多年前就该做完的事了！” 将军吼着，一下子就从凯特的口袋里抽出了地图，接着

tipping a basket of dirty laundry over them. "And the best thing of all? You'll have led me straight there!" "But you think the silver wibbler is a lie!" protested Kate, struggling to lift herself out from underneath some wet trousers.

把一筐脏衣服全扣在了他们身上。 “还有最妙的一点知道是什么吗？ 是你们直接把我领到这儿来的！” “可你之前明明觉得银色晃摆虫是假的啊！” 凯特抗议着，费力想从湿裤子堆底下爬出来。

"We're the ones who wanted to find it!" "And why, you disgusting conglomeration of bacteria, do you think that is?" crooned General Hornbill. "I'll tell you why! You have fallen straight into my trap! My perfect, precise, decisive, rigorous master plan! You think you found the silver wibbler all by yourself?! WRONG! Who planted the diary in your net at the fishing competition? ME! Who left the trumpet berries in plain sight, waiting to be pinched by three little creatures desperate for an adventure? ME AGAIN! ME, ME, ME- CLARENCE ADAMARIS BLOOM!" Kate went red. Bertie went pale. Rupert's eyes bulged in a way that

“本来就是我们要去找它的啊！” “你个恶心的细菌小崽子，你觉得我为什么要这么做？”犀鸟将军拖长了调子慢悠悠地说。 “我来告诉你为什么！ 你们彻彻底底掉进我的陷阱里了！ 我这完美、周密、精准、万无一失的绝妙计划！ 你们真以为是自己找到银色晃摆虫的线索的？！ 大错特错！ 钓鱼比赛的时候是谁把日记本放进你们的渔网里的？ 是我！ 是谁把喇叭浆果放在显眼的地方，就等着三个满脑子想冒险的小不点来偷？ 还是我！ 我，我，我——克拉伦斯·阿达玛瑞斯·布鲁姆！” 凯特脸涨得通红。 伯蒂脸吓得惨白。 鲁珀特的眼睛瞪得大到

a mouse's eyes never should. General Hornbill continued his horribly gleeful speech, his words getting faster and faster. "I knew that a nosy little girl like you would be perfect for the task- you couldn't help yourself, with your desperate thirst for sneaking and flagrant disregard for authority!" "You'll never find the silver wibbler!" cried a muffled Bertie from underneath a pair of wellies. "It's cleverer than you!" "Not any more!" snapped the General. "Today will be the day I finally end its haunting tauntings and banish its shadowy wing from my dreams. I'll dart its little head stiff and stuff it into a glass box."

根本不是一只老鼠该有的大小。 犀鸟将军继续兴高采烈地说着他的恶毒计划，语速越来越快。 “我早就知道，你这种爱管闲事的小姑娘最适合干这个——你根本忍不住，天生就爱到处打探，还完全不把规矩放在眼里！” “你永远找不到银色晃摆虫的！”伯蒂被雨靴压在底下，声音闷闷地喊。 “它可比你聪明多了！” “现在可未必了！”将军厉声说。 “今天我就要彻底终结它没完没了的嘲弄，把它那阴魂不散的影子从我梦里赶出去。 我要一箭射穿它的小脑袋，把它做成标本塞进玻璃盒子里。”

And with that, he produced a key from a special pocket-inside-another-pocket, did a strange little dance on his tiptoes and slammed the cupboard door shut, locking it behind him.

话音刚落，他就从一个缝在口袋里的特制小兜掏出一把钥匙，踮着脚怪模怪样地蹦了两下，“砰”地关上柜子门，转身把门锁上了。