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After I paid for my stuff and left, I ran into Doo Doo, who didn't seem to even NOTICE the way I smelled. He told me the reason people were acting crazy was because last night a bolt of lighthing struck the bridge leading to the campsite, and one section of the bridge was totally DESTROYED. He said the truck that brings supplies couldn't get on to the property, which explained why everyone was shapping up everything at the store.

我结完账离开后，碰到了嘟嘟，他好像完全没闻出我身上的怪味。 他说大家不对劲是因为昨晚一道闪电劈中了通往营地的桥，桥的一整段都被彻底毁掉了。 他说运补给的卡车进不了营地，这下我明白为什么大家都在商店疯狂囤货了。

But now I was the one who was panicking. Because if nobody could get INTO camp, that meant nobody could get OUT, either. I ran back to tell Mom and Dad what was going on. But by then our neighbours had woken up, and apparently they weren't crazy about the skunk smell. I filled Mom and Dad in on the bridge situation. Mom said the most important thing was that we didn't PANIC, because that never helps. And she said that what we should be focused on right now was getting rid of this ODOUR.

可现在轮到我慌神了。 因为要是没人进得营地，那就意味着也没人出得去。 我连忙跑回去告诉爸妈发生了什么事。 可这时候邻居们都醒了，他们显然受不了这股臭鼬味。 我把桥坏掉的事一五一十告诉了爸妈。 妈妈说最重要的就是别慌，慌了从来解决不了问题。 她说我们现在该专心做的事就是除掉这股臭味。

The deskunking instructions said to pour the baking soda and hydrogen peroxide in a hot bath, but it's not like there were a bunch of bathtubs on the campsite. So we used the next best thing. And it turns out dogs don't like the smell of skunk, either. We must've soaked in the hot tub for an hour. But in the time it took to scrub our bodies and our clothes clean, things at camp had gone TOTALLY off the rails. It started with the WATER. When the camp store ran out of water bottles, people used the tap by the main lodge to fill up their containers.

去臭说明上写要把小苏打和双氧水倒进热水浴缸，可营地里哪有那么多浴缸啊。 所以我们用了次优的办法。 话说回来，狗狗原来也不喜欢臭鼬的味道。 我们在热水池里足足泡了一个小时。 可就在我们刷干净身体和衣服的功夫，营地里已经彻底乱套了。 乱子是从水开始的。 营地商店的瓶装水卖光后，大家就去主会所旁的水龙头接水装容器。

Some people took more than they needed though, and the well ran dry. So then people got water from wherever they could FIND it. Things got REALLY ugly when people ran out of the coins they needed to operate the showers.

可有些人拿了超出自己需要的水，水井直接干了。 于是大家只能到处找水，能找到哪就去哪接。 等大家都没硬币开淋浴了，事情真的变得一团糟。

So now quarters were like GOLD, and I heard about a woman who sold her wedding ring for seventy-five cents. Some people got frustrated they couldn't get their hands on any coins, so they raided the ARCADE.

这下二十五美分硬币比黄金还金贵，我听说有个女人把婚戒卖了，只换了七十五美分。 有些人找不到硬币，急坏了，就直接闯了游戏机室抢硬币。

People hit the laundrette next. And I knew this whole place was gonna stink after everybody ran out of clean clothes. Eventually someone got the bright idea to get the water directly from the plastic tank above the shower block.

接着人们又盯上了洗衣房。 我知道等大家都没干净衣服穿了，整个地方都会臭烘烘的。 最后有人想出个点子，直接去淋浴区房顶的塑料储水罐取水。