(47周)Kippers Monster

Kipper's Monster by Mick Inkpen Read by Dawn French

《基珀的怪兽》 作者：米克·英克彭 朗读：道恩·弗伦奇

Tiger had a brand new torch. It's the most powerful torch there is, he said to Kipper. He shone it at Big Owl. He shone it at Hippo. He shone it in Kipper's face. You should see it when it's dark, he said. It's really good when it's dark.

泰格有个全新的手电筒。 他对基珀说：“这可是全世界最厉害的手电筒哦。” 他用手电筒照了照大猫头鹰。 他又照了照河马。 他还把光往基珀的脸上照。 他说：“等天黑的时候你再看效果。” 天黑的时候用可棒啦。

He sat in Kipper's basket and pulled the blanket over his head. Come on, we can make it dark under here, he said. Under the blanket was one of Kipper's story books. That's another thing, said Tiger. You can read under the bedclothes with a torch like this.

他坐到基珀的小篮子里，拉过毯子盖住自己的头。 他说：“快过来，我们把毯子下面弄成黑黑的。” 毯子底下压着基珀的一本故事书。 泰格说：“对了还有个用处哦。” 有这样的手电筒，你躲在被窝里都能看书哦。

Kipper began to read. Deep in the middle of the dark, dark wood, there lived a horrible, horrendous, terrible, tremendous... That's it! shouted Tiger, jumping up. We'll camp in the woods tonight. It'll be really, really dark in the woods. Shall I bring my book? said Kipper.

基珀开始读起书来。 在黑漆漆的大森林深处，住着一只可怕的、吓人的、恐怖的、超大个的…… 泰格跳起来大喊：“就这么办！” 我们今晚去森林里露营吧，森林里肯定超级超级黑。 基珀问：“我要把我的书带上吗？”

So they took the book and some biscuits and they put up their tent in the middle of the woods at the bottom of Big Hill. But as it began to get dark, Tiger began to think that perhaps it wasn't such a good idea after all. Come inside and have a biscuit said Kipper. Do you want rabbit or big owl? But Tiger didn't reply. He was looking nervously out of the door. Do you think there are any bears in these woods? He whispered.

于是他们带上书和一些饼干，在大山脚下的森林中央， 搭好了帐篷。可天渐渐黑下来的时候，泰格突然觉得， 这或许根本不是什么好主意。 基珀说：“进来吃块饼干吧，你要兔子味的还是大猫头鹰味的？” 可泰格没回答，他正紧张兮兮地盯着帐篷外面。 他小声问：“你觉得这片森林里会不会有熊呀？”

No, I shouldn't think so, said Kipper. He began to read. Deep in the middle of the dark, dark wood there lived a horrible, but Tiger wasn't ready. He asked Kipper to sit next to the door instead of him. And when Kipper tried to read, Tiger got up and zipped the door shut altogether. But the third time Kipper tried to read, from somewhere outside the tent there came the most terrible, tremendous, horrible, horrendous screech!

基珀说：“不会呀，我觉得没有。”说完他就开始读故事。 “在黑漆漆的大森林深处，住着一只可怕的……”可泰格没心思听， 他让基珀和他换位置，坐到靠门的地方。基珀刚要接着读， 泰格就站起来，“唰”地把帐篷门整个拉上了。基珀第三次试着要读的时候， 帐篷外面不知道什么地方传来了一阵最最可怕、最最巨大、 最最恐怖、最吓人的尖叫声！