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But the club owner said the deal was that the band would get half the money she charged for admission at the door, and on Thursday nights she lets people in for FREE. That means the whole thing was just a scheme to sell chicken wings. So after all that trouble, the guys didn't get anything out of it, unless you count a robot monkey paw. And don't even ask me how Mackie explained that thing to his teachers at school the next morning.

可俱乐部老板说，说好的是乐队分门票收入的一半，而周四晚她本来就让大家免费入场。 也就是说，这整件事根本就是卖鸡翅的圈套。 忙了一大通，这群小伙子啥好处都没捞着，也就只得到了一个机器猴爪子。 你就别问我第二天早上麦基怎么跟学校老师解释这玩意儿了。

Wednesday After the way Löded Diper performed at their last show, it seems to me like they should be spending a lot more time practicing. But they've been spending all their free time trying to get this monkey paw off Mackie's leg instead. Drew said maybe they could try the thing with the wires again, but Mackie's worried that could make the monkey paw squeeze even TIGHTER and totally crush his leg. Mackie wants to bring the paw back to Hipp'O" Henry's, because he thinks if he reconnects the paw with the robot monkey, it'll set him free.

周三 砸缸乐队上次演出演成那样，我觉得他们该多花点时间练习才对。 可他们现在把所有空闲时间，都花在怎么把猴爪子从麦基腿上弄下来了。 德鲁说要不试试再用电线弄一次，可麦基怕这样猴爪子会夹得更紧，直接把他的腿夹碎。 麦基想把爪子送回河马亨利店，他觉得把爪子装回机器猴身上，自己就能解脱了。

But Rodrick says the security guard is probably waiting for them to show up again, and that's the LAST place they should go. So the guys have been searching the Internet to find someone who handles this sort of thing. But so far they haven't had any luck. What's kind of crazy is that Metallichihuahua used to have a giant robot dog as a part of their stage show, which they brought out during the encore.

可罗德里克说保安说不定正等着他们再去，那绝对是最不该去的地方。 所以这群小伙子一直在上网找能处理这种事的人。 可到现在他们都一无所获。 说起来巧，金属吉娃娃乐队以前的舞台表演有一只巨型机器狗，返场环节就会把它推出来。

The robot dog had glowing red eyes and it shot steam out of its nose. And during the band's last tour, their bass guitarist got too close to one of the giant Chihuahua's nostrils and paid the price for it. FWOOSH SCREAM! The guys got curious about what happened to that guitarist, whose name is Warwick Sprinter. So they looked him up to see what he's doing these days.

这只机器狗长着会发光的红眼睛，鼻子还能喷出蒸汽。 乐队最后一次巡演的时候，他们的贝斯手离这只大吉娃娃的鼻孔太近，为此付出了代价。 呼—— 尖叫！ 小伙子们很好奇这个叫沃里克·斯普林特的吉他手后来怎么样了。 于是他们搜了他的信息，看看他现在在做什么。

It turns out Warwick is still kicking, and he even has a website where you can book him for private events and stuff. ROCK LEGEND Warwick Sprinter APPEARANCES MERCHANDISE PRIVATE EVENTS Rock icon Warwick Sprinter is available for private events at surprisingly affordable rates! Book Warwick for your next: Corporate event Bachelorette party Company retreat Baby shower Sweet Sixteen Sometimes he does public appearances where people can meet him. And when the guys checked his calendar, they found out he was scheduled to be at the Legends of Yesteryear convention, which is this weekend.

结果发现沃里克还活跃着，他甚至还有个网站，可以预约他出席私人活动之类的。 摇滚传奇 沃里克·斯普林特 商业演出 周边商品 私人活动 摇滚偶像沃里克·斯普林特可出席私人活动，报价亲民超乎想象！ 你的以下活动都可预约：企业活动 单身派对 公司团建 迎婴派对 十六岁成人派对 有时候他也会出席公开活动，大家都能去见他。 小伙子们查了他的行程，发现他这周末要去参加“旧日传奇”展会。

I've actually been to that convention with my dad. He was a fan of some fantasy show that used to be on TV when he was a kid, and when he found out some of the actors were gonna be there signing autographs, he wanted to go and meet them. But the people who show up at these things really get into it, and I actually felt a little weird being one of the only people there not wearing some kind of costume.

其实我之前跟我爸爸去过那个展会。 我爸小时候很喜欢一部奇幻老电视剧，他听说有几个演员会去那签名，就想去见见他们。 可去那的人都玩得很投入，整个场就我没穿装扮服，我觉得特别别扭。