4. Spooky and Scary

4/Spooky and Scary Pretty soon, Mother came home from work. I zoomed to her speedy quick. And handed her the broom. "MOTHER! MOTHER! COME ON! COME ON! LET'S GO! LET'S GO GET THE MONSTER!" I hollered. Mother turned her head real slow. And she looked at Grandma Miller. Grandma sucked in her cheeks. "A monster," she said kind of quiet. "Under the bed. We've been waiting for you to come home, so you can bash its head in." I tugged on her sweater. "Plus tell her about the drool, Grandma!" I said.

很快，妈妈下班回家了。 我飞快地飞向她。 然后把扫帚递给她。“妈妈!妈妈!来吧!来吧!我们走吧!我们去抓怪物吧!”我大声喊道。 母亲慢慢地转过头去。 她看着米勒奶奶。 奶奶吮着她的脸颊。 “一个怪物，”她有点平静地说。 “在床底下。我们一直在等你回家，这样你就可以把它的头敲进去了。” 我拉了拉她的毛衣。“还有，告诉她口水的事，奶奶!”我说。

But Grandma Miller headed to the door. And she said the words I'm outta here. I pulled on Mother's arm. "Come on! Come on, Mother! The monster's really real! 'Cause Paulie Allen Puffer told me everybody has a monster under the bed! Plus that Grace said it can turn invisible. And so that is how come we never saw that guy before." Mother sat down at the kitchen table. And she lifted me onto her lap. Then she said that Paulie Allen Puffer was just trying to scare me. Plus that Grace didn't know what she was talking about. "There is no monster under your bed, Junie B. I promise you. Monsters are not real," she said. "Yes, they are! They are too real! 'Cause Paulie Allen Puffer's brother even said so!

但米勒奶奶朝门口走去。 她说我要走了。 我拉着妈妈的胳膊。“来吧!来吧，妈妈!怪物是真的!因为Paulie Allen Puffer告诉我每个人床下都有个怪物!而且格蕾丝说它可以隐形。 这就是为什么我们以前从未见过那个人。” 妈妈在厨房的桌子旁坐下。 她把我抱到腿上。 然后她说保利·艾伦·帕弗只是想吓唬我。 而且格蕾丝根本不知道自己在说什么。 “你的床底下没有怪物，朱妮·B。 我向你保证。怪物不是真的，”她说。 “是的，他们是!”他们太真实了!因为保利·艾伦·帕弗的哥哥都这么说过!

And he is in seventh grade! And he said monsters crawl on your bed! And they fit your head in their mouth! And so that is where the drool comes from! 'Cause I am not even a baby!" Just then, I heard the front door open. It was my daddy! He was home from work, too! "Daddy, Daddy! There's a monster under my bed! Only you said monsters aren't real. But they really, really are!" I pulled on his arm. "Come on, Daddy! Let's get him!" Daddy looked at Mother a real long time. They went in the hall and did whispering. Pretty soon, Daddy came back to me. He said we would look for the monster after dinner. But first we would cook some hamburgers on the grill.

他上七年级了!他还说怪物会爬上你的床!它们把你的头塞进嘴里!这就是流口水的来源!因为我还不是婴儿呢!”就在这时，我听到前门开了。 是我爸爸!他也下班回家了!“爸爸,爸爸!我的床底下有个怪物!只是你说怪物不是真的。 但他们真的，真的是!”我拉着他的胳膊。 “加油，爸爸!”我们去抓他吧!”爸爸看了妈妈很长时间。 他们走进大厅，窃窃私语。 很快，爸爸回到了我身边。 他说我们晚饭后去找怪物。 但首先我们要在烤架上烤一些汉堡。

"Oh boy!" I said. "Oh boy! 'Cause hamburgers are my most favorite things in the whole wide world! Plus also I like pasketti and meatballs." After that, me and Daddy went outside. He got a flipper for the hamburgers. Then he gave me a flipper, too. 'Cause I am old enough, that's why. I runned all over with that thing. I flipped a rock and a flower and a dirt ball. Plus also, I flipped a dead lizard I found in the driveway.

“哦,孩子!”我说。“哦,男孩!因为汉堡是这个世界上我最喜欢的东西!此外，我还喜欢意大利面和肉丸子。” 在那之后，我和爸爸出去了。 他因为买汉堡包而得到小费。 然后他也给了我一个脚蹼。 因为我已经够大了，这就是原因。 我被那玩意弄得浑身都是。 我翻转了一块石头、一朵花和一个泥球。 另外，我在车道上发现了一只死蜥蜴。

Then Mother took my flipper away. 'Cause I am not old enough, that's why. After dinner I took my bath. Then Mother and Daddy read me a story. And they hugged me good night.

然后妈妈拿走了我的鳍。 因为我还不够老，这就是原因。 晚饭后我洗了个澡。 然后爸爸妈妈给我读了一个故事。 他们拥抱我道晚安。

"See you in the morning," said Mother. "See you in the morning," said Daddy. I sat up in my bed. "Yeah, only I can't even sleep in here. 'Cause you guys didn't bash that monster yet." Daddy rubbed his tired eyes. "There's no monster, Junie B. There is nothing to be afraid of," he said. Then he kissed me. And he went out of my room. And Mother went with him. I quick got out of bed and followed those two. They turned around and spotted me. "Hello. How are you today?" I said very pleasant. "I am going to sit in the kitchen and not bother anyone. Plus also, I might watch Eyewitness News at Ten." Mother carried me back to bed.

“早上见，”妈妈说。 “早上见，”爸爸说。 我从床上坐起来。“是啊，只是我在这里都睡不着。 因为你们还没有打败那个怪物。” 爸爸揉了揉疲倦的眼睛。 “根本没有什么怪物，朱妮·B。 没有什么可怕的，”他说。 然后他吻了我。然后他就走出了我的房间。 妈妈和他一起去了。我迅速下了床，跟着那两个人。 他们转过身来发现了我。 “你好。你今天好吗?”我说很愉快。 “我要坐在厨房里，不打扰任何人。 另外，我可能会在十点看《目击者新闻》。” 妈妈把我抱回床上。