059 市长的计划

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" What?" Mayor Hubbletree and Pirate Pedro looked stunned

“什么？”哈勃树市长和海盗佩德罗看起来目瞪口呆。

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Mr. Freaky blew his noses

弗利奇先生同时擤了擤他的多个鼻子。

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" You found Pedro's treasure? Are you sure it's buried at Monster Academy?"

“你们找到了佩德罗的宝藏？你们确定它埋在怪物学院？”

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Ben nodded. He and the others quickly explained how they'd tracked down the treasure

本点点头。他和其他人很快解释了他们是怎么找到这宝藏的。

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Pedro looked excited." You aren't just trying to fool an old pirate, are you?"

佩德罗看起来很兴奋。“你们不是在戏弄一个老海盗吧，对吗？”

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" No, sir," Mog said." We found your treasure, but..." He looked down

“不，先生，”莫格说。“我们找到了您的宝藏，但是……”他低头看着地面。

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" We wondered... well... we wondered..."

“我们想知道……嗯……我们是想……”

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" If you'd donate it to our school!" Winnie finished for him

“看您是否愿意把它捐给我们学校！”温妮替他把话说完了。

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" Of course, I'll donate the treasure to the school," Pedro replied

“我当然会把宝藏捐给学校，”佩德罗回答说。

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" I'm an old skeleton now. And I'd be proud to help Monster Academy."

“我现在只是一把老骨头了。能帮助怪物学院，我很自豪。”

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Mr. Freaky's noses twitched with delight

弗利奇先生的鼻子高兴地抽动起来。

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" Wonderful!" he cried." With this treasure we'll be able to make the repairs!"

“太棒了！”他喊道。“有了这笔宝藏，我们就能进行维修了！”

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" Great work, young monsters," Mayor Hubbletree declared

“干得好，小怪物们，”哈勃树市长宣布。

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" Now take us to the treasure!"

“现在带我们去找宝藏吧！”

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" Er..." Winnie checked the magic compass

“呃……” 温妮看了看魔法指南针。

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" We don't know exactly where it is, but we know we're close."

“我们不知道它确切位置，但我们知道很接近了。”

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Gaby glanced at the tree and then back at the school building

加比瞥了一眼那棵树，然后又回头看了看教学楼。

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" It's got to be inside the school."

“一定是在学校里面。”

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" You mean under the school," Ben said

“你是说在学校下面，”本说道。

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" It might not be easy to dig up the school building."

“要把教学楼整个挖开可不太容易。”

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" Now wait a minute, students

“等一下，同学们。

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Nobody is going to dig up Monster Academy!" Mr. Freaky said

没人会挖怪物学院！”弗利奇先生说。

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" Hmm." Mayor Hubbletree rubbed his chin

“嗯。”哈勃树市长摸了摸下巴。

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" Actually, Freaky, I have a wonderful idea

“其实，弗利奇，我有个绝妙的主意。

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We can just knock down your school and dig until we find the treasure."

我们可以直接拆掉你的学校，一直挖到找到宝藏为止。”

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Mr. Freaky turned pale." Knock down the school?"

弗利奇先生脸色发白。“拆掉学校？”

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" It's the easiest and fastest way

“这是最简单、最快的办法了。

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Besides," the mayor added with a laugh," your school is already falling apart."

而且，”市长笑着补充道，“你的学校本来就快散架了。”

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" You can't destroy our school," Mog said

“你不能毁掉我们的学校，”莫格说。

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" Of course I can," Mayor Hubbletree said

“我当然能，”哈勃树市长说。

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" People Place owns this land, in case you monsters have all forgotten

“这块地是属于‘人类之地’的，万一你们这些怪物都忘了呢。

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That makes the treasure mine

所以那宝藏就是我的了。

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But because I'm such a nice guy, I'll share it with you

不过，因为我人实在太好了，我会分你们一份的。

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After we flatten Monster Academy, I'll use some of the treasure to build you a nice, new school."

等我们把怪物学院夷为平地之后，我会用一部分宝藏给你们盖一所漂漂亮亮的新学校。”

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" But we like this school!" Gaby blurted out

“可是我们喜欢这所学校！”盖比脱口而出。

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" And it'll take years to build a new Monster Academy."

“而且盖一所新的怪物学院要花上好多年呢。”

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" Nonsense," the mayor said

“胡说八道，”市长说道。

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" You'll like your new school much better than this dump

“比起这个破地方，你们会喜欢新学校多得多的。

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We'll get rid of that nasty cafeteria and the library full of cobwebs." He shivered

我们会拆掉那个令人作呕的食堂，还有那个布满蜘蛛网的图书馆。”他打了个哆嗦。

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" Not to mention the leaky roof, peeling paint, and broken windows."

“更不用说那漏水的屋顶、剥落的油漆和破窗户了。”

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He pulled out his phone and began tapping

他掏出手机，开始点击屏幕。

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" There! It's all arranged. I've contacted People Place Wrecking

“好了！都安排妥了。我已经联系了‘大众拆迁公司’。

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The bulldozers will be here at sunrise."

推土机日出时就会到。”

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All the monsters gasped." Sunrise?"

所有怪物都倒吸一口凉气。“日出？”

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" Oh no!" Mr. Freaky wailed." This is terrible!"

“哦不！”弗利奇先生哀嚎道。“这太糟糕了！”

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But Mayor Hubbletree was beaming

但哈勃树市长却笑容满面。

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" I'd better get some sleep

“我得去睡一会儿。

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I want to be here at the crack of dawn when the bulldozers start rolling. Good night, everyone."

我想在破晓时分，推土机开动时就到这里。大家晚安。”

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With that, a limousine pulled up in front of the building and whisked the mayor away

说完，一辆豪华轿车停在大楼前，将市长接走了。

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The monsters stood on the steps in stunned silence for a moment

怪物们站在台阶上，惊愕地沉默了片刻。

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" I wish the office ogre were here right now," Mr. Freaky moaned

“我真希望办公食人魔现在就在这里。”弗利奇先生抱怨道。

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" Or Miss Bungle. She always knows what to do."

“或者本哥小姐也行。她总是知道该怎么办。”

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He glanced quickly at the students

他飞快地瞥了学生们一眼。

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" I'll be in my office, thinking, if you need me."

“我会在办公室里想办法，需要就来找我。”

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He headed for the building entrance

他朝教学楼门口走去。

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" I'll call your parents to let them know you're staying at Monster Academy tonight for a special project."

“我会打电话给你们父母，告诉他们今晚你们为了一项特别任务，要留在怪物学院过夜。”

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" This is awful," Mog said." What are we going to do?"

“太糟糕了，”莫格说，“我们该怎么办呢？”

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Suddenly Pedro brightened

突然，佩德罗眼睛一亮。

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" I know! I'll gather my old pirate band!"

“我知道了！我要召集我的老海盗帮！”

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He drew his sword and waved it

他拔出剑挥舞起来。

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" We'll battle those bulldozers as if they were enemy ships

“我们要和那些推土机战斗，就像它们是对敌船一样。

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Don't worry, students! I'll be back at dawn with my crew to save the day!"

别担心，学生们！我会在黎明时分带着我的船员回来，扭转乾坤！”

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Pedro hurried off into the darkness

佩德罗匆匆消失在黑暗中。

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" Whew!" Mog said." That's a relief. The pirates are going to save Monster Academy."

“呼！”莫格说，“这下放心了。海盗们要拯救怪物学院了。”

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Winnie bit her lip

温妮咬着嘴唇。

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" I don't know, Mog. Pedro doesn't know anything about our school

“我不知道，莫格。佩德罗对我们的学校一无所知。

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Or the humans in People Place."

也不了解人类地界的人。”

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" Yeah," Gaby added

“是啊，”加比补充道。

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" And what if Mayor Hubbletree keeps the treasure for himself?"

“而且万一哈勃树市长把宝藏独吞了呢？”

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" I don't think he'd do that," Ben said

“我觉得他不会那么做，”本说。

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" But we can't count on the grown-ups to save our school

“但我们不能指望大人来拯救我们的学校。

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There's only one thing to do — find the treasure ourselves, before sunrise!"

只有一个办法——赶在日出前，我们自己找到宝藏！”

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" Yes!" the others cried. They all ran into the school

“对！”其他人大声说。他们全都跑进了学校。

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" Based on the shadows in the painting, I think the treasure is buried on the east side of the building," Gaby said

“根据画上的阴影，我觉得宝藏埋在教学楼东侧。”加比说。

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" That's what the golden compass says too!" Winnie said." Let's go!"

“金色罗盘也是这么显示的！”温妮说，“我们走！”

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The compass led them down a dark hallway

罗盘带领他们穿过一条漆黑的走廊。

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" This way," Winnie said, pointing to the right." We take this turn and — "

“这边，”温妮指着右边说，“我们在这个转弯——”

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Boom! She slammed hard into a wall

砰！她重重撞到了一堵墙上。