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I called Mom to tell her we were going to crash at Gramma's for the night. But Mom sounded really mad on the phone. She said it was a school night, and that we had to get home right that instant. So that meant we were gonna have to make a run for it. I looked out the window, and this time, I didn't see the truck. But I knew those guys were hiding somewhere and were just trying to draw us out. So we snuck out the back door, hopped over Gramma's fence, and ran all the way to Snake Road. I figured our chances were better there because there aren't any streetlights. Snake Road is scary enough on its own without having a truckload of teenagers hunting you down.

我打电话给妈妈，告诉她我们要在奶奶家过夜。 但是妈妈在电话里听起来真的很生气。 她说今天晚上要上学，我们必须马上回家。 这就意味着我们得逃跑了。 我看了看窗外，这次，我没有看到卡车。 但我知道那些人藏在某个地方想引我们出来。 于是我们从后门溜出去，跳过奶奶家的栅栏，一路跑到蛇路。 我想我们在那里的机会更大，因为那里没有路灯。 蛇路本身就已经够吓人的了更别说还有一车青少年在追你。

Every time we saw a car coming, we dove into the bushes. It must've taken us a half hour to go 100 yards. But believe it or not, we made it all the way home without getting caught. Neither one of us let our guard down until we got to my driveway.

每次看到汽车开过来，我们就躲进灌木丛。 我们肯定花了半小时才走完100码。 但不管你信不信，我们一路平安地回到了家。 我们俩都没放松警惕，直到开到我家车道。

But right then, there was this awful scream, and we saw a big wave of water coming toward us. Man, I forgot all about Dad, and we totally paid the price for it. When me and Rowley got inside, we laid out all our candy on the kitchen table. The only things we could salvage were a couple of

但就在这时，传来了一声可怕的尖叫，我们看到一大波水向我们涌来。 天啊，我把爸爸忘得一干二净，我们都为此付出了代价。 当我和罗利进去的时候，我们把所有的糖果都放在厨房的桌子上。 我们唯一能抢救的就是几件

mints that were wrapped in cellophane, and the toothbrushes Dr. Garrison gave us. I think next Halloween I'll just stay home and mooch some Butterfingers from the bowl Mom keeps on top of the refrigerator. November Thursday On the bus ride into school today, we passed by Gramma's house. It got rolled with toilet paper last night, which I guess was no big surprise. I do feel a little bad, because it looked like it was gonna take a long time to clean up. But on the bright

用玻璃纸包着的薄荷糖，还有牙刷。 加里森给我们的。我想下个万圣节我就呆在家里，从妈妈放在冰箱顶上的碗里偷取一些黄油手指。 今天坐车上学的时候，我们经过奶奶家。 昨晚被厕纸卷了，我想这没什么好惊讶的。 我确实觉得有点不好意思，因为看起来要花很长时间才能清理干净。 但在明亮的地方

side, Gramma is retired, so she probably didn't have anything planned for today anyway. Wednesday In third period, Mr. Underwood, our Phys Ed teacher, announced that the boys will be doing a wrestling unit for the next six weeks. If there's one thing most boys in my school are into, it's professional wrestling. So Mr. Underwood might as well have set off a bomb. Lunch comes right after Phys Ed, and the cafeteria was a complete madhouse.

另外，奶奶退休了，所以她今天可能也没有什么计划。 星期三在第三节课上，我们的体育老师安德伍德先生宣布，孩子们将在接下来的六周内进行摔跤训练。 要说我们学校大多数男生都喜欢什么，那就是职业摔跤了。 所以安德伍德先生还不如引爆了炸弹。 体育课之后就是午餐了，食堂简直就是疯人院。

I don't know what the school is thinking having a wrestling unit. But I decided if I don't want to get twisted into a pretzel for the next month and a half, I'd better do my homework on this wrestling business. So I rented a couple of video games to learn some moves. And you know what? After a while, I was really starting to get the hang of it. In fact, the other kids in my class had better look out, because if I keep this up, I could be a real threat.

我不知道学校是怎么想的成立一个摔跤小组。 但我决定，如果我不想在接下来的一个半月里被扭成椒盐卷饼，我最好在摔跤这件事上做点功课。 所以我租了几个电子游戏来学一些招式。 你知道吗？过了一段时间，我真的开始掌握窍门了。 事实上，我班上的其他孩子最好小心点，因为如果我继续这样下去，我可能会成为一个真正的威胁。