07 The Wormy Spaghetti

The Wormy Spaghetti The next day, to pay Mr Twit back for the frog trick, Mrs Twit sneaked out into the garden and dug up some worms. She chose big long ones and put them in a tin and carried the tin back to the house under her apron. At one o'clock, she cooked spaghetti for lunch and she mixed the worms in with the spaghetti, but only on her husband's plate. The worms didn't show because everything was covered with tomato sauce and sprinkled with cheese.

第二天，为了报答特威特先生对青蛙的恶作剧，特威特太太偷偷溜进花园，挖出了一些虫子。 她挑了一些又大又长的，把它们放在一个罐子里，然后把罐子藏在围裙下面带回了家。 一点钟，她做了意大利面当午餐，她把虫子和意大利面混在一起，但只放在她丈夫的盘子里。 虫子没有出现，因为所有的东西都覆盖着番茄酱，撒上了奶酪。

'Hey, my spaghetti's moving!' cried Mr Twit, poking around in it with his fork. 'It's a new kind,' Mrs Twit said, taking a mouthful from her own plate which of course had no worms. 'It's called Squiggly Spaghetti. It's delicious. Eat it up while it's nice and hot.' Mr Twit started eating, Twitsing the long tomato-covered strings around his fork and shovelling them into his mouth. Soon there was tomato sauce all over his hairy chin. 'It's not as good as the ordinary kind,' he said, talking with his mouth full. 'It's too squishy' 'I find it very tasty' Mrs Twit said. She was watching him from the other end of the table. It gave her great pleasure to watch him eating worms. 'I find it rather bitter,' Mr Twit said. 'It's got a distinctly bitter flavour. Buy the other kind next time.'

“嘿，我的意大利面动了!”推特先生喊道，用叉子戳了戳它。 “这是一种新品种，”特威特太太说着，从自己的盘子里拿了一口，盘子里当然没有虫子。 这道菜叫“弯弯曲曲意大利面”。 它是美味的。趁热吃吧。”特维特先生开始吃了起来，他把长串的西红柿绕在叉子上，然后把它们铲进嘴里。 很快，番茄酱就沾满了他毛茸茸的下巴。 "它不如普通的那种好，"他嘴里塞满了东西说。 推特太太说:“太软了。”“我觉得味道很好。” 她正从桌子的另一端看着他。 看他吃虫子给了她极大的乐趣。 “我觉得它很苦，”推特说。 它有一种明显的苦味。 下次买另一种吧。”

Mrs Twit waited until Mr Twit had eaten the whole plateful. Then she said, 'You want to know why your spaghetti was squishy?' Mr Twit wiped the tomato sauce from his beard with a corner of the tablecloth. 'Why?' he said. 'And why it had a nasty bitter taste?' 'Why?' he said. 'Because it was worms!' cried Mrs Twit, clapping her hands and stamping her feet on the floor and rocking with horrible laughter.

特威特太太一直等到特威特先生吃完一整盘。 然后她说:“你想知道为什么你的意大利面是软的吗?”特维特先生用桌布的一角擦去胡须上的番茄酱。 “为什么?他说。“为什么它有一种讨厌的苦味?”“为什么?他说。 “因为是虫子!”特推特太太叫道，一面拍着手，一面用脚跺着地板，同时发出可怕的笑声，摇晃着身体。