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Those guys were making their snowballs in the GUZMANS" yard, and that's the place with all the DOGS. So that meant they were using YELLOW SNOW and who knows what ELSE. Everyone was pretty mad about what the Lower Surrey Street kids were planning, but we were glad Trevor gave us the heads-up. We told him that from now on, he could sled on our hill ANY time. We agreed we couldn't just sit there and wait for the attack, so we started working on a PLAN. Half of us would sneak down the hill and launch a SURPRISE attack on the kids making snowballs in the Guzmans" yard. The OTHER half would stay back to protect the fort. We sketched the plan into the snow with a stick to make sure we were all on the same page.

那些家伙在古斯曼家的院子里堆雪球，那地方可是养了好多狗呢。 也就是说他们用的全是黄雪，天晓得还混了别的什么东西。 下萨里街的坏孩子们的计划把我们都气坏了，不过我们也很开心特雷弗提前给我们报了信。 我们跟他说，以后随时都能来我们的山坡滑雪橇。 我们都觉得不能坐在这里等着挨打，于是一起商量出了一个计划。 一半人偷偷溜下山，突袭在古斯曼家院子里堆雪球的那帮孩子。 另一半人留下来守住我们的堡垒。 我们用树枝在雪地上画出计划，确保所有人都达成共识。

Me and Rowley wanted to be a part of the ACTION, so we chose to be on the sneak attack team. Our group loaded up a few sleds with all the snowballs we had left, and we slipped over the back wall and between some houses.

我和罗利也想亲自上阵，所以我们加入了突袭队。 我们队把剩下所有雪球都搬上雪橇，翻过后墙，从房子之间溜了过去。

It was getting dark now, so we knew those guys wouldn't be able to see us coming. When we got to the Guzmans" backyard, we stopped to scope out the scene. Sure enough, there was a big group of kids making snowballs out front behind a rock wall. When Baby Gibson gave the signal, by waving his baby dummy flag, we launched our attack. snowballs, attack, playing, throw. Uh, throw, sir.

天慢慢黑了，我们知道那帮家伙肯定看不见我们摸过来。 我们到古斯曼家后院后，停下来观察情况。 果然，有一大群孩子躲在石墙后面堆雪球。 贝比·吉布森挥动他的奶嘴旗发信号，我们立刻发起进攻。 雪球，进攻，开打，扔啊。 呃，长官，扔啊。

But the other guys didn't even FLINCH when we hit them. And as we got closer, we realized it was all just a TRICK. We were shocked The Lower Surrey Street kids had created DECOYS to split us up, which meant we'd been double-crossed by TREVOR NIX. We rushed back to the wall, but by then it was already too LATE.

可我们打中他们的时候，那帮家伙连动都没动一下。 我们走近才发现，这全是他们设下的圈套。 我们惊呆了！下萨里街的孩子设诱饵调开我们，也就是说我们被特雷弗·尼克斯出卖了！ 我们赶紧往堡垒赶，可那时候已经来不及了。

The wall was a counter snowball attack. Throw, yeah, oh, The wall was in RUINS, and we were out of ammo. It looked really bad for us hill kids, but then something happened that gave us HOPE. A group of kids was marching up the hill toward us, and when they got closer I realized it was the SAFETY PATROLS. For a brief second, I thought they were there to SAVE us. All those girls coming in with their safety patrol whistles, tweet, tweet, But they weren't there to help ANYONE. They were there for REVENGE. Usually, the Safety Patrols aren't allowed to throw snowballs, but today was a SUNDAY. And that meant they were free to do whatever they WANTED.

我们的雪墙遭到了对方的雪球反攻。 扔啊，天哪，雪墙已经变成废墟，我们的雪球也用完了。 我们山上的孩子眼看就要输了，可这时发生的一件事给了我们希望。 一群孩子正往山坡走来，走近了我才认出，是安全员队的姑娘们。 有那么一瞬间，我以为她们是来救我们的。 那些姑娘吹着安全员哨子，嘀嘀响，可她们根本不是来帮任何人的。 她们是来报仇的。 平常安全员不许扔雪球，不过今天是星期天。 所以她们想做什么就可以做什么。

Half the girls on the Safety Patrols are on the SOFTBALL team, and anybody who says girls can't throw hard doesn't know what they're TALKING about. cause they can throw hard snowball, attack zip out through. The battle turned into the Surrey Street kids versus the Safety Patrols, and we outnumbered them two to one. But then half the girls on our street switched SIDES, and it got really confusing. In the middle of all this, ANOTHER group came down from the TOP of the hill. It was the WHIRLEY STREET kids, who must've gotten kicked off the golf course and come to sled on our street. And once THEY got into the mix, it was just a total FREE-FOR-ALL. It was the biggest snowball fight we had ever seen ah,

安全员队里一半姑娘都是垒球队的，那些说女孩子扔不动的人，根本就是不懂行。 因为她们能扔出硬邦邦的雪球，嗖一下就飞过来。 战局变成萨里街孩子对战安全员队，我们的人数是她们的两倍。 可后来我们街上一半姑娘倒戈了，战局一下子变得一团乱。 就在这片混乱里，另一群人从山顶走了下来。 是惠利街的孩子，他们肯定被高尔夫球场赶出来，来我们这儿滑雪橇了。 等他们也加入战局，就彻底变成一场大混战。 这是我们见过的最大的雪球大战啊，