2. Fox. Chapter 6. Part 2

Chapter 6 — Part 2
A sort of madness（一股瘋狂） had taken hold of（控制了；支配了） the three men.

The tall skinny（高高瘦瘦的） Bean

and dwarfish pot-bellied（矮小、大腹便便的） Bunce

were driving their machines like maniacs（瘋子）,

racing the motors（猛踩油門）

and making the shovels

dig at a terrific speed（極快的速度）.

The fat Boggis

was hopping about（跳來跳去）

like a dervish（像陀螺一樣不停旋轉的人）

and shouting,

‘Faster! Faster!’

By five o’clock in the afternoon（到了下午五點）

this is what had happened to the hill:

The hole

the machines had dug

was like the crater of a volcano（火山口般的大坑）.

It was such an extraordinary sight（驚人的景象）

that crowds of people（一大群人）

came rushing out from the surrounding villages（周圍的村莊）

to have a look（來看一看）.

They stood

on the edge of the crater（大坑的邊緣）

and stared（凝視）

down at Boggis

and Bunce

and Bean.

‘Hey there,

Boggis!

What’s going on?（發生什麼事了？）’

‘We’re after a fox（正在追捕一隻狐狸）!’

‘You must be mad!’

The people

jeered and laughed（譏笑、大笑）.

But this

only made the three farmers

more furious（憤怒）

and more obstinate（固執）

and more determined（下定決心）

than ever（比以往任何時候都更）,

not to give up（放棄）

until they had caught the fox.

The  End