- Oh!

- 哦！

Hello everybody!

大家好!

It is I, your lovable furry old pal, Grover!

是我，你可愛的毛茸茸的老夥計，格羅佛！

- [Child] Hi, Grover!

- 嗨，格羅佛！

- [Kid] Hi, Grover!

- 嗨，格羅佛！

- And what do we have here?

- 那我們這裡有什麼？

The monster at the end of your story.

你故事最後的怪物。

Wait, whose story?

等等，誰的故事？

- [Children] It's our story!

- 這是我們的故事！

- Oh!

- 哦！

How exciting!

多麼令人興奮！

That means you get to help tell the story.

這意味著你可以幫忙講故事。

I cannot, wait just a minute.

我不能，等一下。

Did that say there would be a monster

難道說會有一個怪物

at the end of your story?

在你故事的結尾？

You may not know this about me, but I am afraid of--

你可能不知道我的情況，但我害怕... ...

- Hi, Grover!

- 嗨，格羅佛！

- Monsters! (yells)

- 怪獸！（大叫）

Oh, Elmo!

哦，艾莫！

It is only you.

只有你。

(children laugh)

（孩子們笑）

Where did that come from?

哪裡來的？

What?

什麼？

What is happening?

發生什麼事了？

- It's the story!

- 就是這個故事！

Your story is beginning!

你的故事開始了！

- Yeah! - Let's start the story!

- 耶！- 我們開始講故事吧！

- No, no, no, no, no.

- 不，不，不，不。

I am sorry, but I do not want to watch your story.

對不起，但我不想看你的故事。

Watch your story.

看你的故事。

Hey, that gives me an idea.

嘿，這給了我一個主意。

Be right back.

我馬上回來

This will stop you from watching.

這將阻止你觀看。

I am going to tie up the screen,

我打算把螢幕綁起來。

so the story cannot go any further.

所以故事不能再繼續下去了。

Then, we will never get to the end. (chuckles)

那麼，我們將永遠不會得到結束。（笑聲）

- But Elmo wants to see what happens in the story, Grover!

- 但艾莫想看看故事裡會發生什麼，格羅佛！

- [Children] Yeah!

- [兒童]是啊！

- [Child] We wanna watch the story.

- [孩子]我們想看這個故事。

- If you want to see the story,

- 如果你想看這個故事。

you would need something to cut the ropes.

你需要一些東西來切斷繩子。

And I do not see anything like that around here.

而我在這裡沒有看到這樣的事情。

- Wow, hey!

- 哇，嘿！

Maybe we can use one of these to cut the rope!

也許我們可以用這個來剪斷繩子!

Let's think.

讓我們想想

Should Elmo choose a pair of scissors, or a pogo stick

艾莫應該選擇一把剪刀，還是選擇一根木棍？

to cut the rope?

來切斷繩子？

(children laugh)

（孩子們笑）

- [Kid] A pogo stick?

- 撬棍？

- Did somebody say Pogo stick?

- 有人說是Pogo棒嗎？

I love pogo sticks!

我愛玩棍子！

They are so fun and bouncy!

他們是如此的有趣和彈力!

(everyone laughs)

（大家笑）

(Grover yells)

(Grover大叫)

I am okay!

我沒事！

- [Kid] Pogo sticks can't cut rope!

- 棍棒不能割繩子！

- [Child] Let's use the scissors!

- 我們用剪刀吧！

- Yeah!

- 是啊！

Great idea.

好主意

Scissors can help cut things.

剪刀可以幫助剪東西。

(piano music)

(鋼琴曲)

- [Children] Yay!

- [兒童]耶！

- It worked!

- 成功了！

Great job!

幹得好！

On with the story!

繼續講故事！

- Oh.

- 哦。

Your story is still happening,

你的故事還在發生。

which means we are getting closer to the (gulps) monster!

這意味著我們離怪物越來越近了!

No matter.

沒有關係。

I have another idea.

我有另一個想法。

This will stop you from watching.

這將阻止你觀看。

I am going to nail these boards over the screen

我準備把這些板子釘在屏風上。

to block our view.

擋住我們的視線。

After all, we cannot watch your story

畢竟，我們不能看你的故事

if we cannot see it.

如果我們看不到它。

- But Grover, Elmo wants to see what happens in the story.

- 但是格羅佛，艾莫想看看故事中會發生什麼。

Do you want to see the story too?

你也想看這個故事嗎？

- [Children] Yes!

- [兒童]是的！

- [Child] Let's watch the story!

- [孩子]讓我們看故事吧！

- Sorry Elmo, but you would need something really,

- 對不起，艾莫，但你真的需要一些東西。

really strong to knock these boards over.

真的很強，可以把這些板子打翻。

(Elmo laughs)

（埃爾莫笑）

- Look at these!

- 看看這些！

Let's think.

讓我們想想

Should we choose a wrecking ball or a balloon

我們應該選擇一個破壞球還是一個氣球？

to knock over the boards and continue your story?

打翻木板，繼續你的故事？

- Is that a balloon?

- 那是個氣球嗎？

Can I see that, Elmo?

我能看看嗎，艾莫？

- Okay.

- 好吧，我知道了

- (laughs) I love balloons!

- (笑)我喜歡氣球!

I'm floating away!

我在漂流！

- Elmo doesn't think that a balloon

- 埃爾莫不認為，氣球

can knock over the boards.

可以打翻板子。

- [Kid] (laughs) Use the wrecking ball!

- (笑)用破壞球!

- [Child] Yeah, the wrecking ball!

- 對，破壞球！

(Elmo laughs)

（埃爾莫笑）

- Okay, Elmo will try the wrecking ball.

- 好吧，艾莫會試試破壞球。

Stand back everybody!

大家退後！

(wood clattering)

（木頭嘩啦啦地響）

- [Child] Yeah!

- [孩子]是啊！

- [Kid] It worked!

- 成功了！

- Thanks for your help!

- 謝謝你的幫助

Elmo can't wait to see what happens next.

艾莫迫不及待地想知道接下來會發生什麼。

(Grover yells)

(Grover大叫)

- Oh no, the boards are gone!

- 哦，不，板子不見了！

Oh, your story is still happening.

哦，你的故事還在發生。

which means we are getting closer to the monster!

這意味著我們離怪物越來越近了!

- But monsters can be friendly, Grover.

- 但怪物也可以很友好，格羅佛。

- Not to worry, I have one final idea.

- 別擔心，我有一個最後的想法。

(truck beeping)

（卡車嗶嗶聲）

I shall stop us from watching once and for all!

我將阻止我們一次次的觀看！

By building a heavy, solid, brick wall!

通過築起一堵厚重、堅固的磚牆!

- But Grover, how will we know what happens

- 但是格羅佛，我們怎麼知道會發生什麼呢？

at the end of the story?

在故事的最後？

- Sorry, Elmo.

- 對不起，艾莫

You would need something very, very strong

你需要非常非常強大的東西

to knock these bricks over. (chuckles)

敲這些磚頭。（笑）

- Maybe, we can use one of these to knock down the bricks.

- 也許，我們可以用其中的一個來打倒磚頭。

Let's think.

讓我們想想

Should we choose a bulldozer (laughs) or a sandwich

我們應該選擇推土機（笑）還是三明治？

to knock down the bricks?

敲下磚頭？

- Did somebody say sandwich?

- 有人說三文治嗎？

All this work sure makes me hungry.

所有這些工作肯定讓我餓了。

Mm, tasty.

嗯，好吃。

- [Child] Use the bulldozer!

- 用推土機！

- [Kid] Yeah!

- [孩子]是啊！

A bulldozer is really strong.

推土機真的很強。

- Yeah!

- 是啊！

Elmo will try the bulldozer.

艾莫會試著用推土機。

(Oscar laughs)

（奧斯卡笑）

- Yay!

- 呀！

Thanks for your help, Oscar.

謝謝你的幫助，奧斯卡。

- [Kid] Yay, the bulldozer worked!

- 耶，推土機成功了！

- My brick wall!

- 我的磚牆！

Oh!

哦！

Elmo, we are almost at the end of the story.

艾莫，我們快到故事的結尾了。

And I will say it one more time.

我再說一次。

There is a monster at the end of the story!

故事的結尾有一個怪物!

And any minute now, the very,

而現在隨時都有可能，很。

very scary monster will appear!

很可怕的怪物會出現

The end? (Elmo laughs)

最後呢？（埃爾莫笑）

- [Child] Yes, Grover.

- 是的，格羅佛

It's the end of the story!

故事結束了!

- [Kid] We made it.

- 我們成功了

- Wait, we are at the end of your story?

- 等等，我們已經到了你故事的結尾？

But the only monster I see is Elmo!

但我看到的唯一的怪物是艾莫！。

Could it be, the monster at the end of your story is Elmo?

難道，你故事最後的怪物是艾莫？

(Elmo laughs)

（埃爾莫笑）

- Elmo is one of the monsters,

- 艾莫是其中一個怪物。

but Elmo sees another monster.

但艾莫看到了另一個怪物。

- [Child] It's you, Grover!

- 是你，格羅佛！

- [Kid] Grover's the monster!

- 格羅佛是個怪物！

- Huh?

- 咦？

I am!

我是！

(laughs) You were right, Elmo!

你是對的，艾莫！

- (chuckles) Grover.

- 格羅佛

- And you were so worried about the monster

- 而你卻如此擔心那個怪物

at the end of your story.

在你故事的結尾。

- [Children] Yay!

- [兒童]耶！

(Elmo laughs) (Child laughs)

(Elmo笑) (孩子笑)