Chapter 20

ChAPTER TWENtY There was a collective gasp. "The C.A. Bloom?!" Captain Mustard's ever-present jolliness vanished in an instant. "The infamous bird-hoaxer with a controversial methodology?" "That's him all right!" said Bertie. "You came aboard my boat to STEAL BIRDS?" The Captain snatched the trophy from C.A. Bloom's white hands. "I-I-I..." General Hornbill flustered.

第二十章 大家齐齐倒抽了一口冷气。 “是C.A.布鲁姆？！” 马斯德船长脸上那一贯的乐呵呵神情瞬间消失了。 “就是那个手段饱受争议、臭名昭著的鸟类骗子？” “没错就是他！”伯蒂说。 “你登上我的船，就是为了偷鸟？” 船长一把从C.A.布鲁姆苍白的手里夺过了奖杯。 “我、我、我……” 犀鸟将军慌了神。

"Your moustache was always suspiciously impressive!" shouted Dad. "I'm done with your bullying ways!" Bertie's voice rang out clearly over the crowd. "I've learned what it means to be a real explorer. And this-" he grabbed his Bird Brigading badge and ripped it off- "isn't it!" Although most of the crowd had absolutely no idea what was happening, they began to cheer for Bertie. "Being a Bird Brigader should be fun! We're learning about the wild, after all!" "Here, here!" said another of the Bird Brigaders. "All I've done this year is get incredibly strong arm muscles and learn Latin!"

“你的小胡子一直都夸张得可疑！”爸爸大喊道。 “我受够你的霸凌做派了！” 伯蒂的声音清清楚楚地盖过了人群的喧闹。 “我现在知道了真正的探险家意味着什么。 而这个——”他一把抓过自己的鸟类旅队徽章扯了下来——“根本不是！” 虽然大部分人完全搞不清发生了什么，他们还是开始为伯蒂欢呼。 “当鸟类旅队的成员本来就该是开心的事啊！ 毕竟我们是来了解野外世界的！” “说得对，说得好！”另一个鸟类旅队成员开口说道。 “我今年一整年光练出了超强的手臂肌肉，还学了拉丁语！”

The crowd went wild as, one after another, members of the Bird Brigade rolled their catching jars across the deck and threw their heavy books overboard. Just when it seemed General Hornbill could go no paler, no more stunned, staggered or dumbfounded- CA-CAAAAAWWW! A great shadow swept across the deck. Kate looked up and thought she saw a glimpse of something silky, before something warm and runny was slapped straight on top of her head. And then it began. Cheers turned to screams and yells as globs of poo fell

人群彻底沸腾了，鸟类旅队的成员们一个接一个把自己的捕捉罐滚过甲板，还把沉乎乎的书全扔下了船。 就在犀鸟将军的脸色已经白得不能再白、震惊得不能再震惊，整个人摇摇欲坠、呆若木鸡的时候——嘎——啊啊啊！ 一个巨大的阴影扫过了甲板。 凯特抬头望去，恍惚间好像瞥见了什么丝滑的东西，紧接着一坨暖乎乎黏糊糊的东西“啪”地正好砸在她头顶上。 然后好戏就开场了。 欢呼声变成了尖叫和大喊，一坨坨鸟粪往下掉

from the sky like rain. They smattered and pattered and slopped and battered over everything- on top of cakes, shrimps, over frilly tablecloths, slapping straight into the faces of passengers as they stood frozen by the beauty and horror of this glossily plumaged airborne attack. People threw their hands over their heads and ran for cover. Miss Frou- Frou slipped on a particularly slimy poo, hitting the most impressive

像下雨似的从天上落下来。 噼里啪啦、稀里哗啦地砸得到处都是——落在蛋糕上、虾上，落在花边桌布上，还径直拍在乘客们的脸上，大家都僵在原地，被这场羽毛锃亮的飞禽空袭搞得既叹为观止又吓破了胆。 人们抱着头四处跑着找地方躲。 弗噜弗噜小姐踩在一坨特别滑的鸟粪上摔了下去，嘴里喊出了她职业生涯里最响的

note of her career (a high E) as she fell. She wasn't the only one- people everywhere were sliding and slithering left and right, fancy dresses and khakis alike smeared with stinking green blobs. A poop deck it most certainly was. "Where's the General?" yelled Kate to Rupert, who was hopping from foot to foot in order to dodge the runny bullets.

一个音（高音E）。 她可不是唯一一个倒霉的——到处都有人滑得东倒西歪，不管是漂亮礼服还是卡其布裤子，都沾了臭烘烘的绿色粘坨。 这下这船尾甲板可真成“屎”甲板了。 “将军去哪了？”凯特对着鲁珀特大喊，他正蹦来蹦去躲那些“流弹”呢。

But she needn't have worried. He was being lifted up, up into the golden jungle sky by three birds. Three birds wearing silky bandanas (which, in the daylight, were clearly made from stolen sleeping bags). "Put me DOWN!" he was demanding. "Do you know who I AM?!" "Hey, Clarence!" Bertie called. Kate saw C.A. Bloom look down from high above the boat. And then Bertie did something magnificent.

不过她根本没必要担心。 他正被三只鸟举着，越飞越高，飞到了丛林上方金灿灿的天空里。 三只鸟都戴着丝滑的印花头巾（在大白天看得清清楚楚，正是用偷来的睡袋做的）。 “放我下来！” 他怒吼着。 “你知道我是谁吗？！” “嘿，克拉伦斯！” 伯蒂喊道。 凯特看见C.A.布鲁姆在船上方的高空低头往下看。 接着伯蒂做了件超厉害的事。