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Mom asked what we could get with the money we had, and the cashier said we could buy a small box of chicken nuggets and a biscuit. So we got that, plus a handful of barbecue sauce packets. Then we went back to the van and split up the food five ways. We drove for a half hour or so, but by now it was pretty obvious we weren't gonna make it all the way home in one shot. So we were gonna have to find a place to sleep. We didn't have any money for a hotel, so Mom tried to find a campsite nearby.

妈妈问我们能用这些钱买什么，收银员说我们可以买一小盒鸡块和一块饼干。 我们有了这个，再加上一些烧烤酱包。 然后我们回到车上，把食物分成五份。 我们开了半小时左右的车，但现在已经很明显我们不可能一口气走完回家的路。 所以我们得找个地方睡觉。 我们没钱住旅馆，所以妈妈想在附近找个露营地。

The closest one was ten miles in the opposite direction, though. Dad said we were just gonna have to take the next exit, find a place where we could park, and sleep in the car. I was open to just about anything as long as we could turn the heater off when we stopped. But as soon as we took the exit, it was clear we'd made a mistake. First of all, the road wasn't paved. There weren't any gas stations or stores or even any houses. There were just trees on either side of the road, and no streetlights.

最近的一个在相反的方向上有10英里。 爸爸说我们得走下一个出口，找个可以停车的地方，然后睡在车里。 只要我们能在停车的时候关掉暖气，我对任何事情都是开放的。 但当我们走出出口时，很明显我们犯了一个错误。 首先，这条路没有铺好。 没有加油站，没有商店，甚至没有房子。 路的两边只有树，没有路灯。

We drove for a long time, but the road was narrow and there wasn't a good place to pull over. I think everyone was getting pretty spooked, and eventually Mom told Dad we should just get back on the highway. But Dad kept saying he was POSITIVE that at any moment we were gonna find a good place to stop. The farther we went, though, the more nervous Mom became, because now even the GPS didn't know where we were. We saw some signs up ahead, and we all got excited that maybe we were getting back to civilization. But we were wrong.

我们开了很长时间的车，但是路很窄，没有一个靠边停车的好地方。 我想每个人都被吓坏了，最后妈妈告诉爸爸我们应该回到高速公路上。 但爸爸一直说他很肯定，我们随时都会找到一个好地方停下来。 不过，我们走得越远，妈妈就越紧张，因为现在连GPS都不知道我们在哪里。 我们看到前面有一些迹象，我们都很兴奋，也许我们正在回到文明世界。 但我们错了。

Right at the moment when everyone's nerves were totally shot, there was a really loud noise. Dad swerved off the road, and our car came to a stop in the mud. My ears were ringing, and I looked around to try and figure out what had happened.

就在大家都紧张得要死的时候，突然传来一声巨响。 爸爸急转弯驶离公路，我们的车在泥里停了下来。 我的耳朵嗡嗡作响，我环顾四周，试图弄清楚发生了什么事。

I expected to see broken glass everywhere, but the windows were intact, and there was some kind of weird goo all over them. Rodrick had the gooey stuff on the back of his head, and he was TOTALLY freaking out. I still didn't know what was going on, but then I looked in the grocery bag, which had shreds of the cinnamon roll package inside. The tube had EXPLODED because the bag was sitting right on top of one of the heater vents.

我原以为到处都是碎玻璃，但窗户完好无损，而且上面到处都是一种奇怪的粘稠物。 罗德里克的后脑勺上粘着黏糊糊的东西，他完全吓坏了。 我仍然不知道发生了什么，但后来我看了看杂货袋，里面有肉桂卷包装的碎片。 管子已经爆炸了，因为袋子正好放在加热器通风口的顶部。

But RODRICK didn't know that yet. He had uncooked cinnamon rolls all over the back of his head, and he thought the dough was his BRAINS. What upset Rodrick even MORE was when he saw Manny licking the stuff off his fingers.

但罗德里克还不知道。 他的后脑勺上满是未煮熟的肉桂卷，他认为面团是他的大脑。 更让罗德里克心烦的是，他看到曼尼在舔他手指上的东西。