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The school had hundreds of uneaten tofu dogs, and they were planning on just throwing them all away. But when a cafeteria lady named Mrs. Podsher dumped the tofu dogs in the trash, one of them fell into a vat of hot fudge that was being mixed for that day's ice cream sundae bar. I guess she got curious, so Mrs. Podsher took a bite of the fudge-covered tofu dog. And when she did she knew she had just invented a whole new food type.

学校里有几百根没卖出去的豆腐热狗，大家本来打算把它们全都扔掉。 可当食堂阿姨波德谢尔太太把豆腐热狗倒进垃圾桶时，有一根掉进了一大桶正在搅拌的热软糖里，这桶软糖本来是给当天的圣代冰淇淋台准备的。 波德谢尔太太大概有点好奇，于是她咬了一口这根沾了软糖的豆腐热狗。 尝过之后她发现，自己居然发明了一种全新的食物。

A few days later, fudgedogs were officially on the menu. And from the moment they went on sale in the cafeteria, they were a smash hit. In fact, they were so popular that kids in the first two lunch periods were buying up all the fudgedogs and reselling them at a higher price to the kids who had lunch later on. And Ricky Fisher made a killing doing that.

几天后，软糖热狗正式登上了学校的菜单。 从它们在食堂开卖的那一刻起，就成了超级爆款。 实际上，它太受欢迎了，早场午餐的孩子会把所有软糖热狗买光，再高价转卖给晚场午餐的孩子。 里基·费舍靠这个赚了好大一笔。

Cafeteria sales went up 60%, and the school even held an assembly where Mrs. Podsher got the recognition she deserved. THANK YOU, MRS. P! Now there are Fudgedog Fridays, where it's buy two and get one free. And you can get all sorts of toppings at the fudgedog station, like rainbow sprinkles and miniature marshmallows.

食堂营业额上涨了六成，学校甚至还开了大会，给波德谢尔太太颁发了她应得的荣誉。 非常感谢您，夫人 P！ 现在我们有软糖热狗周五活动，规则是买二送一。 你还能在软糖热狗站加各种各样的配料，比如彩虹糖针和迷你棉花糖。

The school even held a Fall Fudgedog Festival where there were all sorts of fudgedog-themed activities for the whole family. Me and Rowley entered the fudgedog tower competition, but once we got ours four feet high, the whole thing collapsed.

学校甚至举办了秋季软糖热狗节，有各种各样软糖热狗主题的活动，全家都能参加。 我和罗利报名参加了叠软糖热狗塔比赛，可我们叠到四英尺高的时候，整座塔全塌了。

Other schools in the area heard about our fudgedogs and tried to create their own. But apparently they used beef hot dogs, and it wasn't the same. Some kids from Slacksville actually broke into our school on a Sunday night to try and steal our secret recipe. But luckily Mrs. Podsner was working late making that week's batch of fudgedogs, and she caught them in the act.

附近其他学校听说了我们的软糖热狗，也试着做自己版本的软糖热狗。 但显然他们用的是牛肉热狗，做出来味道根本不对。 斯莱克斯维尔的几个孩子居然在周日深夜偷偷闯进我们学校，想偷我们的秘方。 幸好波德纳太太那天加班做这周的软糖热狗，当场抓住了他们。

Fudgedogs have become such a big deal at our school that we recently replaced our old mascot with one named Fudgy. And now other schools hate coming to our gym to play us in basketball. People around here just love their fudgedogs. So you can probably imagine how shocked everyone was to come to school and find out fudgedogs had been canceled. SORRY, KIDS, NO FUDGE-DOGS

软糖热狗在我们学校已经火到不行，最近我们换掉了旧吉祥物，新吉祥物名叫软胖胖。 现在其他学校都讨厌来我们体育馆和我们打篮球比赛。 这儿的所有人都超爱软糖热狗。 所以你肯定能想象，大家来学校发现软糖热狗被取消的时候，有多震惊了。 对不起啦孩子们，没有软糖热狗了