Chapter 3-10

CHAPTER TEN In which everyone is glad that Sea Serpents can hear underwater "Wwwwwwhhhhhhhhiiiiiir screamed Florizella, Bennett, Courier, the king, the queen and every person, animal and being on board as their ship was sucked at tremendous speed down the spiral wall of the whirlpool– just like the one you have in your bath, only infinitely, indescribably bigger and faster. It was so big that the ark went round and round and started to point nose down, so fast that everyone had to cling to

第十章 这一章里，大家都庆幸海蛇能在水下听见声音 “呜——呜——嗡——” 弗洛里泽拉、贝内特、信使、国王、王后，还有船上的每一个人、每一只动物、每一个生灵都尖叫起来，他们的船正被极速吸进漩涡的螺旋壁里——就像你浴缸里的那种漩涡，只是要大得多、快得多，大到难以形容，快到没法想象。 漩涡太大了，方舟转了一圈又一圈，船头开始往下沉，速度快得所有人都必须紧紧抓住

each other and to the rails of the ship not to fall off, so huge that all the arks, one after another, got sucked in and spun faster and faster towards the enormous mysterious hole at the bottom where the Sea Serpent waited with the plug in its smiling mouth to be told when to put it in, because enough water had drained away.

彼此，还要抓牢船的栏杆才不会掉下去。漩涡大得所有方舟都一艘接一艘被吸了进去，越转越快，朝着底部那个巨大又神秘的洞冲去，海蛇正等在那里，笑嘻嘻的嘴里叼着塞子，等着大家发指令把塞子堵上去，因为已经有足够多的水排走啦。

That was when Courier wished they had invented and tested a code word for putting the plug in the hole. They were all screaming "whirlpool" and no one was shouting to the Sea Serpent to plug the drain. Courier tried to catch his breath, he tried to signal by waving, but he did not dare take both hands from the rail at once for fear of floating away. And that was when the Mammoth, most upset, most shaken and very disturbed, put his head out of the hatch and bellowed in his loudest and most indignant yell: "Enough awweady!" And fathoms down, on the ocean floor, the Sea Serpent heard him. And put in the plug. All at once, the sea was calm, and the ark bobbed to the surface, where they found themselves floating in the bay of the Unscalable Cliffs. The sun was shining, birds flew into their newly washed green trees, and all around them the other

这时候信使可后悔了，他之前怎么没想好、也没提前测试一个给洞塞塞子的暗号呢。 大家都在尖叫“漩涡！”，没人对着海蛇喊让它把排水口堵住。 信使努力喘匀气，想挥手发信号，可他不敢同时松开两只抓着栏杆的手，怕自己被卷走。 就在这时，猛犸象又是难受又是晕，整个人都慌慌的，它从舱门探出头，用它最大声、最气呼呼的嗓门吼道：“够啦！” 而在好几英寻深的海底，海蛇听见了它的声音。 然后就把塞子堵上去了。 大海一下子就平静下来，方舟浮到了海面上，大家发现自己正漂在“攀不上悬崖”的海湾里。 太阳明晃晃地照着，鸟儿飞回了刚被冲洗过的翠绿树上，他们周围，其他的

arks were settling on the tops of hills and in high green meadows. Those that were still afloat set a course to the Queasy Quays to dock beside the pirate ships. The pirates were very glad that the land had reappeared and performed a little pirate dance in their waterlogged boots. The royal ark was still at sea when the Sea Serpent appeared on the portside bow. "All well?" it asked, smiling. The king, rather shaken, said, "We were nearly sucked down the plughole!" "You should have thought of that first," the Sea Serpent said airily. "Undootedly!" the king said with feeling. "Undootedly we should." "But you will remember our agreement," the Sea Serpent reminded him. "I'm glad to have my bay back, and I see that my home is undamaged, washed out rather nicely actually, but I shall live in your moat whenever I like." "Oh, very well," said the king. "I did agree it." "So shall we go home, dear?" the queen asked. "The train seems to be running."

方舟正一艘艘停在山顶上，还有高高的绿色草地上。 那些还浮在水面的方舟就朝着“晃悠码头”开去，停在了海盗船的旁边。 海盗们可开心了，陆地重新冒出来啦，他们穿着浸了水的靴子，跳了一小段海盗舞。 王室的方舟还在海面上飘着，这时候海蛇出现在了船的左舷船头。 “都还好吧？”它笑着问。 国王还晕乎乎的，说：“我们差点就被吸进排水孔里去了！” “你们早该想到这点的呀。”海蛇轻飘飘地说。 “没错没错！” 国王深有感触地说。 “我们确实早该想到的。” “不过你可要记得我们的约定哦。”海蛇提醒他。 “我很高兴我的海湾回来了，而且我的家一点没坏，实际上还被冲得干干净净的，不过我想什么时候住去你的护城河，就得什么时候住。” “哦，行吧。”国王说。 “我之前确实答应过的。” “那我们回家好不好，亲爱的？” 王后问。 “火车好像还在运行呢。”

They looked towards the shore and there was the seaside train that ran from the palace all through the little villages and towns to the seaside. As the guard opened each door, a small wave of water splashed out, but apart from that the train was ready to depart. "Very well," said the king. The ark let down the great gangplank to the beach, and all the animals and people, and even the invisible beings, disembarked and boarded the train to go home.

他们朝着岸边望去，那辆海边火车正停在那儿，平时它就是从王宫出发，穿过一个个小村庄和小镇子，一直开到海边的。 列车员一打开每扇车门，就有一小股水溅出来，不过除此之外，火车已经做好出发的准备了。 “太好了。”国王说。 方舟放下了通往沙滩的大舷梯，所有动物和人，就连那些看不见的生灵，都下了船，坐上火车回家去啦。