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I told Rowley he was gonna have to go back and get MORE, but he said that was all they had. He said maybe he could call up Scotty Douglas down the street to see if He had any chocolate chips, and that sounded like a pretty good plan to me. But when Rowley picked up the phone, I noticed he was leaving chocolaty fingerprints EVERYWHERE. I knew if Dad found ONE of Rowley's fingerprints in the kitchen, I was dead. So we got some paper towels and started wiping down the whole kitchen.

我告诉罗利他得回去拿更多的，但他说他们只有这些了。 他说也许他可以打电话给街那头的斯科蒂·道格拉斯看看他有没有巧克力片，我觉得这是个不错的计划。 但当罗利拿起电话时，我注意到他到处留下巧克力味的指纹。 我知道如果爸爸在厨房里发现罗利的指纹，我就死定了。 所以我们拿了一些纸巾，开始擦拭整个厨房。

When we ran out of paper towels, I went into the laundry room to get some more. But when I I made a HUGE discovery. I found Mom's entire stash of leftover Halloween candy tucked behind the rolls of paper towels. There were five unopened bags in there, and it was ALL stuff I like.

当我们用完纸巾时，我去洗衣房拿了一些。 但是当我有了一个巨大的发现。 我找到了妈妈藏在一卷卷纸巾后面的万圣节剩余糖果。 里面有五个没打开的袋子，都是我喜欢的东西。

I figured I'd give Rowley a few packets of gummy worms for helping me out with the cleanup. But I couldn't resist taking the opportunity to play a little prank on him first. HEY, IS THERE SOMETHING IN MY NOSE? I thought Rowley would laugh, but he was TERRIFIED. Even AFTER I showed him the worm was just a piece of candy, he still couldn't get over it.

我想给罗利几包蠕虫软糖作为他帮我打扫的回报。 但我忍不住要趁这个机会先给他开个小玩笑。 我鼻子里有东西吗？ 我以为罗利会笑，但他吓坏了。 即使我告诉他虫子只是一块糖，他还是无法释然。

That's when a lightbulb went on over my head. People LOVE to be scared, and if you're good at it, you can make a FORTUNE. It can't be that hard, either. I.M. Spooky is filthy rich, and that guy doesn't even EXIST. I heard about these college kids who made a horror movie, and they only spent a couple hundred bucks filming it. Then they sold the movie to a big studio, and now those guys are MILLIONAIRES. If those guys could do it, so could I. And I didn't need hundreds of dollars, either. All I needed was a couple of bags of gummy worms and Mom and Dad's old camcorder.

就在这时，我突然灵光一现。 人们喜欢害怕，如果你擅长害怕，你就能大赚一笔。 也没那么难。 幽灵是一个非常有钱的人，而这个人根本不存在。 我听说一些大学生拍了一部恐怖电影，他们只花了几百美元。 然后他们把电影卖给了一家大制片厂，现在这些人都成了百万富翁。 如果他们能做到，我也能。 我也不需要几百美元。 我只需要几袋蠕虫软糖和爸爸妈妈的旧摄像机。

I could already see the movie poster in my mind. Night of the NIGHT CRAWLERS And when my movie wins Best Picture, I'll be sure to thank all the little people who helped me along the way.

我已经能在脑海中看到电影海报了。 当我的电影获得最佳影片奖时，我一定要感谢一路以来帮助过我的所有小人物。

The person who'll deserve the BIGGEST thanks is MOM. She's the one who's always saying I should use my imagination and do something creative, so when I'm a famous director I'll bet she'll be proud. Before all THAT could happen, though, we needed to get started making this movie. I told Rowley my idea to make a film where man-eating worms terrorize a town, but that seemed to make him nervous. He said maybe we could switch out the worms for something less SCARY, like butterflies. But I told him nobody was gonna pay good money to see a movie like THAT. I said we could have some funny parts so it wasn't JUST scary, and he seemed to warm up to the idea.

最值得感谢的人是妈妈。 她总是说我应该发挥我的想象力，做一些有创意的事情，所以当我成为一名著名导演时，我敢打赌她会为我感到骄傲。 在这一切发生之前，我们需要开始制作这部电影。 我告诉罗利我的想法是拍一部关于吃人的蠕虫恐吓小镇的电影，但这似乎让他很紧张。 他说也许我们可以把虫子换成不那么可怕的东西，比如蝴蝶。 但我告诉他没人会花那么多钱去看那样的电影。 我说我们可以加入一些有趣的部分，这样就不只是吓人了，他似乎对这个想法很感兴趣。