Little Red's Secret Sauce

Little Red's Secret Sauce, retold by Blaine Jefferies. Illustrated by Nora Voutis.

《小红的秘制辣酱》，布雷恩·杰弗里斯 改写 诺拉·武蒂斯 绘图

Once upon a time in the southwestern desert, there lived a coyote. He wasn't very big. He wasn't very small. But he was very, very mean. The mean, medium coyote loved all kinds of yummy foods, but he was much too lazy to cook. He often stole food from his neighbors. But what he enjoyed most was tricking people into giving him the delicious meals they had

很久很久以前，西南沙漠里住着一只郊狼 他个子不太大 他个子也不太小 可他坏得不得了 这只坏坏的中等个头郊狼，爱吃各种好吃的，可他懒到根本不想做饭 他经常偷邻居的食物 可他最开心的，就是骗别人把做好的美味送给自己

One day, the mean medium coyote was walking down the trail when a delicious smell filled the air. I smell chili, he said sniffing happily. It has pinto beans, red onions, sniff sniff, green peppers, and black olives. Only one person in the southwest makes such a tasty chili. That person was Little Red, her spicy chili was her best dish. The coyote stopped Little Red as they passed on the trail. Where are you going in the desert with a pot of chili, asked the coyote. Then he thought to himself, how can I get some?

一天，这只坏坏的中等郊狼沿着小路走，空气中飘来一阵诱人的香味 我闻到辣炖菜啦，他开心地吸着鼻子说 有斑豆、红洋葱，吸吸，还有青椒和黑橄榄 西南这片只有一个人能做出这么香的辣炖菜 这个人就是小红，香辣炖菜是她的拿手好菜 郊狼在小路上拦住了路过的小红 你带着一锅辣炖菜去沙漠里哪里呀，郊狼问道 接着他暗自盘算：我怎么才能吃到这锅菜呢

I'm going to my granny's house, Little Red told the coyote. She's sick in bed with a fever. My spicy chili will help her sweat it out. The mean medium coyote's mouth watered from the smell. He wanted that spicy chili. He needed that spicy chili. So he came up with a really mean plan. I will take granny's place. To make sure he would arrive at Granny's house before Little Red, he told her about a shortcut through the desert. But the shortcut was really a long cut.

我要去外婆家，小红告诉郊狼 外婆发烧卧病在床 我的香辣炖菜能帮她发发汗退烧 这只坏郊狼闻到香味，口水都流出来了 他太想要这锅香辣炖菜了 他非拿到这锅菜不可 于是他想出了一个歹毒的计划 我要代替外婆待在床上 为了抢在小红之前到外婆家，他告诉小红一条穿沙漠的近路 可哪是什么近路，其实远得很

The mean, medium coyote raced to Granny's house. He grabbed poor, sick Granny, shoved her into the tool shed, locked the door, and threw away the key. Then he put on one of Granny's nightgowns and jumped into her bed. The chili will be mine, all mine, he cried joyfully. I hope there is sour cream in the house.

坏坏的中等郊狼飞快地冲向外婆家 他抓住生病可怜的外婆，把她推进工具棚，锁上门还扔掉了钥匙 接着他套上外婆的睡裙，蹦到了外婆的床上 这锅辣炖菜全是我的啦，都是我的，他开心地大喊 希望家里还有酸奶油呀

Coyote's plan to trick Little Red might have worked, but he forgot that the tool shed was full of tools. Granny used the tools to break out of the shed. When Little Red finally arrived at Granny's house, Granny told her what had happened.

郊狼骗小红的计划本来差点成功，可他忘了工具棚里堆满了工具 外婆用工具砸开棚子逃了出来 等小红终于到外婆家，外婆把事情全都告诉了她