小马镇谜案Ⅱ- 木狼迷踪【官方小说翻译】
第五章
第 7 章
6 年前
当那只木精狼跳进公园时，甜贝尔吓得浑身发抖。它那发着幽光的绿眼睛在黑暗中燃烧。一股腐烂的泥土和腐烂的木头的臭气，每一次都从它呼吸的嘴里冒出来。它的“毛”由树叶组成，它的四肢和躯体都被树皮所覆盖着，像一个活生生的树。剪剪和蜗蜗是对的，它们有巨大的牙齿和尖利的爪子。顿时生日派对现场变得一片混乱。小马们尖叫着冲出了公园，同时木精狼咆哮着向前奔去。小薇的父亲用蹄子抱起挣扎中的女儿，向天空拍着翅膀。
“我的小狗！“小薇把蹄子指向公园对面一只棕色的小狗身上。小飞马扭动着挣脱了父亲的怀抱，飞过去抱起了她的小狗。小狗舔了舔她以表示感谢，然后开始凶狠地向小薇的背后吠叫着。她慢慢地转过身来，害怕得睁大了眼睛。木精狼正低着头，张牙舞爪地朝她逼近。
甜贝尔急促地喘息着看着这生物发出喉音般的咆哮，并在这只过生日的小马面前跳了起来。小薇尖叫着躲开了，从野兽的下面飞过，她的头饰掠过了它的腹部。木精狼的牙陷进了小薇身后晃来晃去的皮纳塔里，它像狗一样使劲地摇晃着。当皮纳塔的纸皮被撕开时，放在里面的糖果飞了一地。
“快躲起来！莉月一边说一边把可爱标记童子军们推到了蛋糕车下，冲进了现场。
甜贝尔掀开桌布上看了几眼，看到木精狼跳上了糖果桌。它仰起头，大口大口地吃着糖果。吃完后，它举起了它的头，嗅了嗅空气。然后，它猛地把头转向纸杯蛋糕装饰摊。甜贝尔低声说：“哦，不，”珠玉冠冠和白银勺勺现在正被困在装饰摊里，吓得互相蜷缩在一起。
童子军高声喊道：“快跑！”但不知道她们是没有听见还是因为太害怕什么都没敢做，木精狼从蛋糕摊上跳了过来。当它靠近时，珠玉冠冠和白银勺勺都发出呜咽声，锋利的木牙在空气中咬牙切齿。突然，一个纸杯蛋糕从刚刚的蛋糕摊上飞了过来，溅到了森林狼的鼻子上。紧接着一个又一个飞了过来！它舔了舔鼻子上的糖霜，回头看看是哪只小马在袭击它，顿时甜贝尔简直不敢相信！是莉月在与木精狼对峙，她在用她的魔法尽可能快地向它投掷纸杯蛋糕。
莉月冲着珠玉冠冠和白银勺勺喊道：“快跑啊！我来顶着！”吓坏了的小马看起来不需要再重复说一次，她们快速地向安全地带跑去。
飞板璐叫道：“她的纸杯蛋糕快扔完了！”
小萍花接道：“那我们需要帮助她！”
甜贝儿和她的两个朋友从蛋糕车底下探出头来，使劲地叫道：“嘿！木精狼！看这里！”
木精狼猛地把头转向那叫声来源，翠绿的眼睛闪闪发光。在两次大幅度跳跃之后，它跳到了蛋糕车上。飞板璐和小萍花很快就躲到了桌布下面。当听到木精狼在桌子上爬来爬去的时候，甜贝尔呜咽着。童子军们都屏住了呼吸。
“它就在我们旁边，”飞板璐急促呼吸着，眼睛睁得大大的。甜贝尔听到木精狼在狼吞虎咽地咬着上面的蛋糕，吓得浑身发抖。突然，桌上的这只生物停止了进食。
小萍花问道：“它走了吗？“
那生物吸了一口鼻烟，把它的木鼻子伸到桌布下面，从桌布上跳开。
然后，一股独角兽的魔法把一条丝带缠在木精狼的木嘴上，打了一个结。甜贝尔看了过去，看到瑞瑞为了救她们飞奔而来。苹果杰克也冲了进来，保护性地站在童子军们的面前。当木精狼用爪子抓着记在嘴巴上的那个结、咬牙切齿的时候，小蝶走上前来。
她严肃地说道：“对不起！你没被邀请参加这个派对。我想你最好自己回到属于你的无尽之森里去！”
苹果杰克激烈地补充道：“或者我们会送你回去的。”木精狼仍然在咆哮着，但让甜贝尔松了一口气，它转头跑出了公园。
“你没事吧？”苹果杰克关切地问，同时瑞瑞冲了过来。
“哦，甜贝尔。”她边说边把妹妹抱了起来。“亲爱的，你一定很害怕。”
甜贝儿叫道：“我很好！”尽管她因为姐姐的及时出现而松了口气，但她还是很恼火，因为瑞瑞还是在她所有的朋友面前说她很胆小。
“我们都很好，这都多亏了莉月的帮忙！“小萍花边说边朝着那位年幼独角兽点了点头。莉月这时正在派对现场上四处张望，问道：“我姐姐去哪了？”但就在这时，珀月从附近的几个摊位那里冲了过来，厉声说道：“我们走吧，莉月，”她甚至连看都不看别的小马一眼。莉月对其他小马耸耸肩，跑去和她那脸色阴沉的姐姐会合。
苹果杰克说道：“你们也应该赶紧回去了。”“瑞瑞，能请你帮忙送她们回去吗？”
“非常乐意。现在各位小马，都靠紧我，我会确保不会让任何生物伤害你们的一根鬃毛的。”瑞瑞边说边聚集在了童子军们的附近。
但当他们离开的时候，甜贝尔回头看着派对现场的残骸。木精狼吃了生日蛋糕，但奇怪的是，它没有碰旁边那骨头形状的狗狗蛋糕。
“我不明白，”她听到了小蝶对苹果杰克说的话。“没有一个合理的理由，木精狼是永远不会离开无尽之森的。不知道它是不是病了。”
甜贝尔自己心里也在想，如果那个怪物回来了怎么办？
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英文版：
Sweetie Belle was frozen in fear as the Timberwolf bounded into the park. Its glowing green eyes burned in the darkness. A putrid stench of earth and rotting logs poured from its mouth with every rasping breath. Its “fur” was made of leaves, and its four legs and body were covered in bark, like a living tree-creature. Snips and Snails were right—it had giant teeth and claws. The birthday party exploded into chaos. Ponies screamed and stampeded out of the park as the beast stalked forward, growling. Zipporwhill’s father scooped up his struggling daughter in his hooves and flapped his wing skyward.
“My puppy!” Zipporwhill reached her hooves toward a small brown dog across the park. The little Pegasus squirmed free of her father’s grip and flew to grab her puppy. He licked her muzzle in thanks, then began to bark ferociously at something behind Zipporwhill. She turned slowly, her eyes widening in fear. The monster was stalking toward her, head low, jaws agape.
Sweetie Belle gasped as the creature gave a guttural growl and leaped at the birthday pony. Zipporwhill screamed and ducked, flying under the beast, her tiara skimming its belly. The Timberwolf’s fang sank into the pinata dangling behind her, and it shook it vigorously like a dog. As the papier-mache ripped, sugary missiles of candy flew everywhere.
“Hide!” Lilymoon said as she shoved the Cutie Mark Crusaders under the cake cart and dashed into the fray.
Sweetie Belle peeked out from the tablecloth and watched as the Timberwolf bounded atop the table of candy. It threw its head back, devouring the sweets with huge gulps. Once it was finished, it raised its muzzle and sniffed the air. Then, it whipped its head toward the cupcake-decorating station. “Oh no,” Sweetie Belle whispered. Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon were trapped inside the cupcake booth, huddled together in terror.
“Run!” the Cutie Mark Crusaders yelled. But either the pony didn’t hear them or they were too afraid to do anything. The Timberwolf took a flying leap from the cupcake booth. Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon whimpered as the monster approached, sharp wooden teeth gnashing the air.
Suddenly, a cupcake flew from the station and splattered on the Timberwolf’s snout. Then another and another! It licked the frosting off its nose and turned to see who its attacker was. Sweetie Belle couldn’t believe it! Lilymoon was facing off against the beast, using her magic to hurl cupcakes as fast as she could.
“Run!” Lilymoon called to Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon. “I’ll hold it off!” The terrified ponies didn’t need to be told twice. They cantered away to safety.
“She’s running out of cupcake!” Scootaloo hissed.
“We gotta help her!” Apple Bloom said.
Sweetie Belle gulped as her two friends stuck their heads out from under the cake cart and yelled with all their might: “HEY, TIMBERWOLF! OVER HERE!”
The beast whipped its head toward the noise, green eyes ablaze. In two huge leaps, it reached the cake cart. Scootaloo and Apple Bloom quickly ducked back under the tablecloth. Sweetie Belle whimpered as she heard the Timberwolf circle the cart. The CMCs held their breaths.
“It’s standing next to us,” Scootaloo breathed, eyes wide. Sweetie Belle shuddered as she heard the Timberwolf devour the cake above them in loud, messy bites. Then suddenly, the creature stopped eating.
“Is it gone?” Apple Bloom asked.
With a snuffle, the creature stuck its wooden snout under the tablecloth and dove away from it.
Then, a blast of Unicorn magic wrapped a ribbon around the Timberwolf’s muzzle, trying a bow. Sweetie Belle looked over to see Rarity galloping to the rescue. Applejack raced in to stand protectively in front of the Crusaders. As the Timberwolf pawed at the bow entangling its jaws, Fluttershy stepped forward to address the beast.
“Excuse me, but you were not invited to this party. I think you had better go back to the Everyfree Frost where you belong!” Fluttershy said sternly.
“Or we’re gonna make ya go back,” Applejack added fiercely. The Timberwolf growled, but to Sweetie Belle’s relief, it turned tail and raced out of the park.
“Are y’all all right?” Applejack asked with concern. Rarity dashed over.
“Oh, Sweetie Belle,” she said, scooping her sister into a hug. “Darling, you must have been so frightened.”
“I’m fine!” Sweetie Belle said, annoyed that Rarity had basically called her a scaredy-pony in front of all her friends, even though she was relieved her sister had appeared.
“We’re all okay, thanks to Lilymoon!” Apple Bloom said, nodding toward the young Unicorn. Lilymoon was looking around the party.
“Where is my sister?” she asked. But just then, Ambermoon came rushing over from some nearby booths.
“Let’s go, lilymoon,” she snapped without so much as looking at anypony else. Lilymoon shrugged to the others and rushed off to join her sour-faced sister.
“Y’all should getin’ home, too,” Applejack said. “Rarity, ya mind walkin’em back?”
“I’m happy to. Now, everypony, just stick close to me. I shall ensure no creature harms a hair on your manes!” Rarity said, gathering the CMCs close.
But as they left, Sweetie Belle looked back over her shoulder at the wreckage of the party. The Timberwolf had eaten the birthday cake, but oddly, it hadn’t touched the bone-shaped dog cake.
“I don’t understand,” she heard Fluttershy tell Applejack. “Timberwolves never leave the Frost without a good reason. I wonder if it was sick.”
Sweetie Belle was wondering something herself—what if that monster came back?
“我的小狗！“小薇把蹄子指向公园对面一只棕色的小狗身上。小飞马扭动着挣脱了父亲的怀抱，飞过去抱起了她的小狗。小狗舔了舔她以表示感谢，然后开始凶狠地向小薇的背后吠叫着。她慢慢地转过身来，害怕得睁大了眼睛。木精狼正低着头，张牙舞爪地朝她逼近。
甜贝尔急促地喘息着看着这生物发出喉音般的咆哮，并在这只过生日的小马面前跳了起来。小薇尖叫着躲开了，从野兽的下面飞过，她的头饰掠过了它的腹部。木精狼的牙陷进了小薇身后晃来晃去的皮纳塔里，它像狗一样使劲地摇晃着。当皮纳塔的纸皮被撕开时，放在里面的糖果飞了一地。
“快躲起来！莉月一边说一边把可爱标记童子军们推到了蛋糕车下，冲进了现场。
甜贝尔掀开桌布上看了几眼，看到木精狼跳上了糖果桌。它仰起头，大口大口地吃着糖果。吃完后，它举起了它的头，嗅了嗅空气。然后，它猛地把头转向纸杯蛋糕装饰摊。甜贝尔低声说：“哦，不，”珠玉冠冠和白银勺勺现在正被困在装饰摊里，吓得互相蜷缩在一起。
童子军高声喊道：“快跑！”但不知道她们是没有听见还是因为太害怕什么都没敢做，木精狼从蛋糕摊上跳了过来。当它靠近时，珠玉冠冠和白银勺勺都发出呜咽声，锋利的木牙在空气中咬牙切齿。突然，一个纸杯蛋糕从刚刚的蛋糕摊上飞了过来，溅到了森林狼的鼻子上。紧接着一个又一个飞了过来！它舔了舔鼻子上的糖霜，回头看看是哪只小马在袭击它，顿时甜贝尔简直不敢相信！是莉月在与木精狼对峙，她在用她的魔法尽可能快地向它投掷纸杯蛋糕。
莉月冲着珠玉冠冠和白银勺勺喊道：“快跑啊！我来顶着！”吓坏了的小马看起来不需要再重复说一次，她们快速地向安全地带跑去。
飞板璐叫道：“她的纸杯蛋糕快扔完了！”
小萍花接道：“那我们需要帮助她！”
甜贝儿和她的两个朋友从蛋糕车底下探出头来，使劲地叫道：“嘿！木精狼！看这里！”
木精狼猛地把头转向那叫声来源，翠绿的眼睛闪闪发光。在两次大幅度跳跃之后，它跳到了蛋糕车上。飞板璐和小萍花很快就躲到了桌布下面。当听到木精狼在桌子上爬来爬去的时候，甜贝尔呜咽着。童子军们都屏住了呼吸。
“它就在我们旁边，”飞板璐急促呼吸着，眼睛睁得大大的。甜贝尔听到木精狼在狼吞虎咽地咬着上面的蛋糕，吓得浑身发抖。突然，桌上的这只生物停止了进食。
小萍花问道：“它走了吗？“
那生物吸了一口鼻烟，把它的木鼻子伸到桌布下面，从桌布上跳开。
然后，一股独角兽的魔法把一条丝带缠在木精狼的木嘴上，打了一个结。甜贝尔看了过去，看到瑞瑞为了救她们飞奔而来。苹果杰克也冲了进来，保护性地站在童子军们的面前。当木精狼用爪子抓着记在嘴巴上的那个结、咬牙切齿的时候，小蝶走上前来。
她严肃地说道：“对不起！你没被邀请参加这个派对。我想你最好自己回到属于你的无尽之森里去！”
苹果杰克激烈地补充道：“或者我们会送你回去的。”木精狼仍然在咆哮着，但让甜贝尔松了一口气，它转头跑出了公园。
“你没事吧？”苹果杰克关切地问，同时瑞瑞冲了过来。
“哦，甜贝尔。”她边说边把妹妹抱了起来。“亲爱的，你一定很害怕。”
甜贝儿叫道：“我很好！”尽管她因为姐姐的及时出现而松了口气，但她还是很恼火，因为瑞瑞还是在她所有的朋友面前说她很胆小。
“我们都很好，这都多亏了莉月的帮忙！“小萍花边说边朝着那位年幼独角兽点了点头。莉月这时正在派对现场上四处张望，问道：“我姐姐去哪了？”但就在这时，珀月从附近的几个摊位那里冲了过来，厉声说道：“我们走吧，莉月，”她甚至连看都不看别的小马一眼。莉月对其他小马耸耸肩，跑去和她那脸色阴沉的姐姐会合。
苹果杰克说道：“你们也应该赶紧回去了。”“瑞瑞，能请你帮忙送她们回去吗？”
“非常乐意。现在各位小马，都靠紧我，我会确保不会让任何生物伤害你们的一根鬃毛的。”瑞瑞边说边聚集在了童子军们的附近。
但当他们离开的时候，甜贝尔回头看着派对现场的残骸。木精狼吃了生日蛋糕，但奇怪的是，它没有碰旁边那骨头形状的狗狗蛋糕。
“我不明白，”她听到了小蝶对苹果杰克说的话。“没有一个合理的理由，木精狼是永远不会离开无尽之森的。不知道它是不是病了。”
甜贝尔自己心里也在想，如果那个怪物回来了怎么办？
[login]（鉴于小说图片资源不多，下图是一位deviantart上的一位画师“jebens1”自制的对小说剧情的描述的第一部分的剧情绘图，侵权即删）
图片原址：https://www.derpibooru.org/images/1770717?q=lilymoon
（后续请往后翻）
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英文版：
Sweetie Belle was frozen in fear as the Timberwolf bounded into the park. Its glowing green eyes burned in the darkness. A putrid stench of earth and rotting logs poured from its mouth with every rasping breath. Its “fur” was made of leaves, and its four legs and body were covered in bark, like a living tree-creature. Snips and Snails were right—it had giant teeth and claws. The birthday party exploded into chaos. Ponies screamed and stampeded out of the park as the beast stalked forward, growling. Zipporwhill’s father scooped up his struggling daughter in his hooves and flapped his wing skyward.
“My puppy!” Zipporwhill reached her hooves toward a small brown dog across the park. The little Pegasus squirmed free of her father’s grip and flew to grab her puppy. He licked her muzzle in thanks, then began to bark ferociously at something behind Zipporwhill. She turned slowly, her eyes widening in fear. The monster was stalking toward her, head low, jaws agape.
Sweetie Belle gasped as the creature gave a guttural growl and leaped at the birthday pony. Zipporwhill screamed and ducked, flying under the beast, her tiara skimming its belly. The Timberwolf’s fang sank into the pinata dangling behind her, and it shook it vigorously like a dog. As the papier-mache ripped, sugary missiles of candy flew everywhere.
“Hide!” Lilymoon said as she shoved the Cutie Mark Crusaders under the cake cart and dashed into the fray.
Sweetie Belle peeked out from the tablecloth and watched as the Timberwolf bounded atop the table of candy. It threw its head back, devouring the sweets with huge gulps. Once it was finished, it raised its muzzle and sniffed the air. Then, it whipped its head toward the cupcake-decorating station. “Oh no,” Sweetie Belle whispered. Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon were trapped inside the cupcake booth, huddled together in terror.
“Run!” the Cutie Mark Crusaders yelled. But either the pony didn’t hear them or they were too afraid to do anything. The Timberwolf took a flying leap from the cupcake booth. Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon whimpered as the monster approached, sharp wooden teeth gnashing the air.
Suddenly, a cupcake flew from the station and splattered on the Timberwolf’s snout. Then another and another! It licked the frosting off its nose and turned to see who its attacker was. Sweetie Belle couldn’t believe it! Lilymoon was facing off against the beast, using her magic to hurl cupcakes as fast as she could.
“Run!” Lilymoon called to Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon. “I’ll hold it off!” The terrified ponies didn’t need to be told twice. They cantered away to safety.
“She’s running out of cupcake!” Scootaloo hissed.
“We gotta help her!” Apple Bloom said.
Sweetie Belle gulped as her two friends stuck their heads out from under the cake cart and yelled with all their might: “HEY, TIMBERWOLF! OVER HERE!”
The beast whipped its head toward the noise, green eyes ablaze. In two huge leaps, it reached the cake cart. Scootaloo and Apple Bloom quickly ducked back under the tablecloth. Sweetie Belle whimpered as she heard the Timberwolf circle the cart. The CMCs held their breaths.
“It’s standing next to us,” Scootaloo breathed, eyes wide. Sweetie Belle shuddered as she heard the Timberwolf devour the cake above them in loud, messy bites. Then suddenly, the creature stopped eating.
“Is it gone?” Apple Bloom asked.
With a snuffle, the creature stuck its wooden snout under the tablecloth and dove away from it.
Then, a blast of Unicorn magic wrapped a ribbon around the Timberwolf’s muzzle, trying a bow. Sweetie Belle looked over to see Rarity galloping to the rescue. Applejack raced in to stand protectively in front of the Crusaders. As the Timberwolf pawed at the bow entangling its jaws, Fluttershy stepped forward to address the beast.
“Excuse me, but you were not invited to this party. I think you had better go back to the Everyfree Frost where you belong!” Fluttershy said sternly.
“Or we’re gonna make ya go back,” Applejack added fiercely. The Timberwolf growled, but to Sweetie Belle’s relief, it turned tail and raced out of the park.
“Are y’all all right?” Applejack asked with concern. Rarity dashed over.
“Oh, Sweetie Belle,” she said, scooping her sister into a hug. “Darling, you must have been so frightened.”
“I’m fine!” Sweetie Belle said, annoyed that Rarity had basically called her a scaredy-pony in front of all her friends, even though she was relieved her sister had appeared.
“We’re all okay, thanks to Lilymoon!” Apple Bloom said, nodding toward the young Unicorn. Lilymoon was looking around the party.
“Where is my sister?” she asked. But just then, Ambermoon came rushing over from some nearby booths.
“Let’s go, lilymoon,” she snapped without so much as looking at anypony else. Lilymoon shrugged to the others and rushed off to join her sour-faced sister.
“Y’all should getin’ home, too,” Applejack said. “Rarity, ya mind walkin’em back?”
“I’m happy to. Now, everypony, just stick close to me. I shall ensure no creature harms a hair on your manes!” Rarity said, gathering the CMCs close.
But as they left, Sweetie Belle looked back over her shoulder at the wreckage of the party. The Timberwolf had eaten the birthday cake, but oddly, it hadn’t touched the bone-shaped dog cake.
“I don’t understand,” she heard Fluttershy tell Applejack. “Timberwolves never leave the Frost without a good reason. I wonder if it was sick.”
Sweetie Belle was wondering something herself—what if that monster came back?