小玫瑰娜塔莉·多默尔 | 讲故事《小怪兽阿蒙》

Hello, I’m Natalie. I’m about to read a bedtime story about a cute little monster who gets a big fright. Would you like to listen? Good. It’s called Love Monster And The Scary Something, and it’s by Rachel Bright.

你好，我是娜塔莉。我要给大家讲一个睡前故事，一只可爱的小怪兽被吓一大跳的故事。想听这个故事吗？好的。故事名字叫《小怪兽阿蒙：好黑好怕》，作者是瑞秋·布莱特。

It was way past bedtime o’clock in Cutesville and everyone was fast asleep. Everyone, that is except one particular monster.

在可爱小镇上，已经过了睡觉的时间，所有人都睡觉了，只有阿蒙还醒着，他是一只很特别的小怪兽。

Hello, Love Monster. You see, just like every night. He’d made a cup of hot milk with chocolate sprinkles and counted his way up the stairs: One, two, three, four. As usual, he’d read 15-and-a-half bedtime stories, closed his eyes and snuggled in tight with teddy.

你好啊，阿蒙。就像每天晚上一样，你看，他喝了杯撒上了巧克力粉的热牛奶，边爬楼边数数：一、二、三、四。像往常一样，他读了整整15个睡前的故事，然后又读了半个。接着，他闭上眼睛，紧紧地抱着他的着泰迪熊，进入了梦乡。

But that night, the harder he tried to nod off, the awaker he was. And the later and darker and spookier it got.

但那晚，他越想打瞌睡，他就越清醒。而且天越黑就越恐怖。

So Love Monster lay and listened to the sounds of the shadowy night: Tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock. That was the clock. Ssssssssssssssh! That was the sound of the wind in the leaves. Hoo-hoo-oo! That was the Cutesville owls. Rustle-rustle! That was the. . . Hold on! What WAS that?!

小怪兽躺在床上，听着黑夜的声音：滴答滴答，滴答滴答，那是闹钟的声音。呜呜呜呜，那是拂过过树叶的声音。沙沙，沙沙，那是可爱村猫头鹰发出的叫声。等等！那是什么声音？!

It sounded like something in the garden. Cr-e-e-e-e-eak! Now it sounded like something downstairs. Bang! A-A-A-A-A-Argh! He dived under the duvet, his heart beating loud and fast. There was definitely something out there. And that something had definitely got in.

听起来，声音是从像花园里传来的。嘎...吱...，听起来又像是从楼下传来的。砰！啊...啊...他钻进了被子里，心扑通扑通地跳的飞快。肯定有东西在那里，而且那东西肯定跑进来了。

Pittery-pat, pittery-pat, pittery-pat, Oooooooo! It sounded like the something had terrible, twisterly toenails. Bump-bumpety! Scuffle! Shuffle! Bump! Oh, no! It sounded like the something with terrible, twisterly toenails was coming up the stairs!

噼啪，噼啪，噼啪，嗷呜！听起来那可怕的东西像是长着弯弯曲曲的长趾甲。砰...砰...砰...咔嚓...砰！噢，不！那个听起来长着可怕的，弯弯曲曲长趾甲的东西快要上楼了！

Crunch-crunch-crunchety-crunch! Eek! It sounded like the something with terrible, twisterly toenails had great, big teeth. And it sounded hungry! Suddenly, Love Monster could bear it no longer. Somehow.. hiding from the something outside got harder than finding something brave inside.

呼哧！呼哧！呼哧！呀！这个可怕的东西，不仅听起来长着吓人的、弯弯曲曲的长趾甲，还长着满嘴锋利的大牙齿，而且听起来，还特别饿！小怪兽再也忍不住了。他想，与其在被窝里瑟瑟发抖，倒不如鼓足勇气，勇敢面对！

So he flung back the covers, flicked on the torch and... “Fneep!” went the something. As it turns out Love Monster hadn’t been the only one who couldn’t sleep that night. And he wasn’t the only one who didn’t want to be alone.

于是他一把掀开被子，打开手电筒，然后...“哎呀呀！”那个可怕的东西大叫道。原来...今天晚上，并不只有小怪兽阿蒙一个睡不着觉，也不只有阿蒙一个想找朋友作伴。

And as the tiniest, fluffiest bunny in Cutesville explained to his, I suppose a bit googly-eyed friend. They both laughed and laughed until their tummies ached. And you know what? The dark just didn’t seem that spooky any more.

小兔子，是毛茸茸镇上最小、最毛茸茸的小家伙。小兔子向他的大眼睛朋友解释了刚才发生的一切。他俩一起哈哈大笑起来，笑啊，笑啊，笑得肚子都疼了。你猜最后怎么样了？黑夜，再也不像从前那样可怕了。

You see, sometimes it’s only when you brave enough to face what you’re afraid of that you find there was nothing to be scared of after all.

你看，当你勇敢面对内心的恐惧时，你就不会再感到害怕啦。

Aw! It looks like Love Monster has found a great new friend. I’ve got my own little fluffy bunny to keep me company, too. And there’s nothing scary about the dark really. So let’s settle down, nice and snug. Sweet dreams~

嗷~看呀，小怪兽阿蒙交了一个新朋友呢。这里也有一只毛茸茸的小兔子，在陪着我。真的，黑夜没有什么好害怕的啦，所以呢，乖乖躺好，钻进被窝里。晚安好梦啦~