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They were but four in all, but to the panic-stricken weasels the hall seemed full of monstrous animals, grey, black, brown and yellow, whooping and flourishing enormous cudgels;
其实他们才四个，可是那些惊慌失措的黄鼠狼觉得，整个大厅似乎满是可怖的动物，灰色的、黑色的、棕色的、黄色的，怒 吼狂叫，挥舞着巨大无比的棍棒。
And they broke and fled with squeals of terror and dismay, this way and that, through the windows, up the chimney, anywhere to get out of reach of those terrible sticks.
他们吓得魂飞魄散，恐怖地尖叫着，跳出窗子，窜上烟囱，四面逃窜，不管什么地方，只要能躲开那些可怕的棍棒。
The affair was soon over. Up and down, the whole length of the hall, strode the four Friends, whacking with their sticks at every head that showed itself; and in five minutes the room was cleared.
战斗很快就结束了。四个朋友在大厅里上下搜索，只要一个脑袋露出来，就上去给它一棒。不出五分钟，屋里就扫荡一空。
Through the broken windows the shrieks of terrified weasels escaping across the lawn were borne faintly to their ears;
惊恐万状的黄鼠狼在草地上逃窜时发出的尖叫声，透过破碎的窗子，隐隐传到他们耳中。
On the floor lay prostrate some dozen or so of the enemy, on whom the Mole was busily engaged in fitting handcuffs. The Badger, resting from his labours, leant on his stick and wiped his honest brow.
地板上，横七竖八躺着几十个敌人，鼹鼠正忙着给他们戴上手铐。獾劳累了一场，靠在大棒上休息， 擦着他那忠厚的额上的汗。
“Mole,” he said,” “you’re the best of fellows! Just cut along outside and look after those stoat-sentries of yours, and see what they’re doing. I’ve an idea that, thanks to you, we shan’t have much trouble from them to-night!”
“鼹鼠，”他说，“你是好样的！劳你抄近道出去，瞧瞧那些白鼬守卫，看他们都在干什么；我估摸，由于你的功劳。咱们今晚不致受他们骚扰了。”
The Mole vanished promptly through a window; and the Badger bade the other two set a table on its legs again, pick up knives and forks and plates and glasses from the debris on the floor, and see if they could find materials for a supper.
鼹鼠马上跳窗出去。獾指示另两个扶起一张桌子，从地上的残渣中捡出一些刀叉杯盘，又叫他们看看能不能找到一些食物，拼凑出一顿晚饭。
“I want some grub, I do,” he said, in that rather common way he had of speaking. “Stir your stumps, Toad, and look lively! We’ve got your house back for you, and you don’t offer us so much as a sandwich.”
“我需要吃点什么，真的，”他用惯常的平平常常的语气说，“动弹动弹，蟾蜍，活跃起来！我们替你夺回了宅子，可你连块三明治也没招待我们呀。”
Toad felt rather hurt that the Badger didn’t say pleasant things to him, as he had to the Mole, and tell him what a fine fellow he was, and how splendidly he had fought;
蟾蜍心里有些委屈，因为獾没有像对鼹鼠那样赞扬他，没有说他是好样的，战斗得很英勇。
For he was rather particularly pleased with himself and the way he had gone for the Chief Weasel and sent him flying across the table with one blow of his stick.
因为他对自己的表现颇为得意，特别是他冲那黄鼠狼头子直扑过去，一棍子将他打到桌子那边去了。
But he bustled about, and so did the Rat, and soon they found some guava jelly in a glass dish, and a cold chicken, a tongue that had hardly been touched, some trifle, and quite a lot of lobster salad;
不过，他还是和河鼠一道四下里搜寻，不一会，他们就找到一玻璃碟子的番石榴酱，一只冷鸡，一只还没怎么动过的口条，一些葡萄酒蛋糕，不少的龙虾沙拉。
And in the pantry they came upon a basketful of French rolls and any quantity of cheese, butter, and celery. They were just about to sit down when the Mole clambered in through the window, chuckling, with an armful of rifles.
在配膳室里，他们发现了一篮子法式面包卷，一些乳酪、黄油和芹菜。他们刚要坐下来开吃，就见鼹鼠抱着一堆来复枪，格格笑着从窗口爬进来。
“It’s all over,” he reported. “From what I can make out, as soon as the stoats, who were very nervous and jumpy already, heard the shrieks and the yells and the uproar inside the hall, some of them threw down their rifles and fled.
“据我看，全结束啦，”他报告说，“那些白鼬本来就惊惶不安，一听到大厅里的叫嚷骚动声，有的就扔下来复枪逃之夭夭。
The others stood fast for a bit, but when the weasels came rushing out upon them they thought they were betrayed;
另一些坚守了一会儿， 可当黄鼠狼朝他们奔来时，他们以为自己被出卖了。
And the stoats grappled with the weasels, and the weasels fought to get away, and they wrestled and wriggled and punched each other, and rolled over and over, till most of ’em rolled into the river!
于是白鼬揪住黄鼠狼不放，黄鼠狼拼命想挣脱逃跑，互相扭打在一起，用拳头狠揍对方，在地上滚来滚去，多数都滚到了河里！现在他们不是跑了就是掉进河里
They’ve all disappeared by now, one way or another; and I’ve got their rifles. So that’s all right!”
全都不见了。我把他们的来复枪都弄回来了。所以，那个方面，全妥啦！”
