9 Ch9-Mrs. Patty's Weird House

Chapter 9 Mrs. Patty's Weird House "Who said that?" Michael asked after we heard the weird man's voice. "Headless Marvin?" "It wasn't a person," Ryan said. "It was one of those computer voices." "Let's get out of here," said Emily, "before it's too late!"

第九章帕蒂夫人的怪屋“谁说的?”听到那个怪人的声音后，迈克尔问道。 “无头马文?”“那不是一个人，”瑞恩说。 “那是一种电脑声音。” “我们离开这里吧，”爱米丽说，“不然就太迟了!”

She sounded like she was about to cry, as usual. I wanted to cry too, but I didn't want to look like a baby. "I— I'm not scared," I said. "M-me neither," said Michael. We went through the gate and climbed the front steps. You could hardly see anything. Even though I was walking on my tiptoes, the stairs squeaked with every step. I was trying to find the doorbell when I walked into some spiderwebs. They were all over lily face. Yuck! Then I put my foot in something. It was stuck! I couldn't get it out! "Aaaah!" I screamed, shaking my foot.

像往常一样，她听起来像是要哭了。 我也想哭，但我不想看起来像个婴儿。 “我——我不害怕，”我说。 “我也是。”迈克尔说。 我们穿过大门，爬上前门的台阶。 你几乎什么也看不见。 尽管我踮着脚尖走路，每走一步楼梯都吱吱作响。 我在找门铃的时候碰到了一些蜘蛛网。 他们都在莉莉的脸上。 讨厌的东西!然后我踩到了什么东西。 它卡住了!我拔不出来!“啊!”我尖叫着，抖着脚。

"You stepped in a pumpkin head, dork," said Andrea. "I knew that," I said, finally shaking my foot free. Any time somebody tells you that you did something dumb, always act like you did it on purpose. That's the first rule of being a kid. Ryan rang the doorbell. It played funeral music. I was hoping that nobody would be home, but soon we heard footsteps and the front door slowly creaked open. I held my breath. It was Mrs. Patty. She was still dressed in her witch costume. At least she didn't have an ax.

“你踩到南瓜头了，笨蛋，”安德烈说。 “我知道，”我说，终于把脚抖了出来。 任何时候有人说你做了蠢事，你都要表现得像你是故意的。 这是当孩子的第一准则。 赖安按了门铃。它播放葬礼音乐。 我希望没有人在家，但不久我们听到脚步声，前门慢慢地吱吱作响地开了。 我屏住了呼吸。是帕蒂夫人。 她仍然穿着她的女巫服装。 至少她没有斧头。

"Aha," she said in a scary voice, "my last group of trick-or-treaters is finally here." "I love your Halloween decorations, Mrs. Patty," said Andrea, who never misses a chance to brownnose a grown-up. "What decorations?" Mrs. Patty said. "My house always looks like this." I was really sweating now. "We better go," I said. "It's way past our bedtimes." "Isn't there something you want to say first?" asked Mrs. Patty. "Yeah," I said, "how does that wart stay on your nose?"

“啊哈，”她用可怕的声音说，“我最后一批不给糖就捣蛋的孩子终于来了。” “我喜欢你的万圣节装饰品，帕蒂夫人，”安德里亚说，她从不放过任何一个拍大人马屁的机会。 “装饰什么?”帕蒂太太说。 “我的房子总是这个样子。” 我现在真的出汗了。 “我们还是走吧，”我说。“我们早该睡觉了。” “你没有什么想先说的吗?”帕蒂夫人问。 “是啊，”我说，“那疣是怎么长在你鼻子上的?”

"You're supposed to say 'trick or treat,'" said Mrs. Patty. "Oh," we all said, "trick or treat."

“你应该说‘不给糖就捣蛋’，”帕蒂太太说。 “哦，”我们都说，“不给糖就捣蛋。”

"Before I give you candy," she said, "you must pass a test." "No, that's not how it goes," said Michael. "All we have to do is say 'trick or treat' and you give us candy. Then we leave. That's the way it's supposed to work." "Not here," said Mrs. Patty. "Do you want the candy or not?"

“在我给你糖果之前，”她说，“你必须通过一个测试。” “不，事情不是这样的，”迈克尔说。 “我们要做的就是说‘不给糖就捣蛋’，你就给我们糖果。 然后我们离开。应该是这样的。” “不在这儿，”帕蒂太太说。 “你到底要不要糖果?”