8 Ch8-We Have a Problem

Chapter 8 We Have a Problem "EEEEEEEEEEEEEEKKKKKKKKKK!" "He's getting away!" "Run for your lives said Neil the nude kid. After General Muffin jumped off my hand, he ran under a table, so we lost sight of him. Everybody was yelling and screaming and freaking out. You should have been there.

第8章我们有麻烦了“哔哔哔哔哔哔哔”“他要跑了!”“逃命吧，裸体小孩尼尔说。 松饼将军从我手里跳下来后，跑到桌子底下，所以我们看不见他了。 每个人都在大喊大叫，吓坏了。 你应该去的。

"Now look what you've done, Arlo!" shouted Andrea. "I didn't do anything!" I shouted back at her. Ms. Krup pulled out her walkie-talkie. "Chief! We have a problem!" she shouted. "General Muffin is missing!" "General Muffin is hissing?" a voice replied. "So what?" "Not hissing!" Ms. Krup said. "Missing!" We all hid in the corner while Ms. Krup searched for General Muffin on her hands and knees. She couldn't find him anywhere. "I don't like this place," Emily whimpered. "I want to go home."

“瞧瞧你都干了些什么，阿乐!” “我什么也没做!”我对她喊道。 克鲁普拿出对讲机。 “长官!我们有麻烦了!”她喊道。 “松饼将军不见了!”“松饼将军在发出嘶嘶声吗?”一个声音回答。 “所以什么?”“嘶嘶!”Ms。 Krup说。“失踪!”我们都躲在角落里。 克鲁普趴在地上寻找松饼将军。 她到处都找不到他。 “我不喜欢这个地方，”爱米丽呜咽着说。 “我想回家。”

For once I agreed with her. I didn't want a missing hissing cockroach crawling up my leg. The grown-ups led us down the hall into an auditorium. "You'll be safe in here," Ryan's mom told us. "They're going to show you a video. We'll find General Muffin." We watched a movie called Our Reptile Friends. We learned lots of stuff about reptiles. Like, snakes can still hear even though they don't have ears! So be careful what you say around snakes! The video was pretty cool, but I still don't want to make friends with any reptiles. I was getting tired. Some of the kids fell asleep in the middle of the video. When it was over, the grown-ups came back to get us. "Did you catch General Muffin?" we all asked. "He's in a safe place," Ms. Krup said. Whew! That was a relief. There was no way I would be able to sleep, knowing a giant hissing cockroach from Madagascar was running around. Ms. Krup and the other grown-ups walked us back down to the first floor. Our sleeping bags were spread out under Giganotosaurus, right next to the giant bear. It was gonna be cool to sleep next to a bear and under a dinosaur. And the best part was that we didn't have to brush our teeth. The grown-ups drank some coffee and talked about the weather for a few minutes. Then they climbed into their sleeping bags too. "Good night, everyone!" said Ms. Krup. "I'll see you in the morning." "Good night," we all said. "I'm scared," said that crybaby Emily.

这一次我同意了她的意见。 我可不想一只失踪的嘶嘶蟑螂爬上我的腿。 大人们领着我们穿过大厅，来到一个礼堂。 “你在这里很安全，”瑞恩的妈妈告诉我们。 “他们会给你看一段视频。 我们会找到松饼将军的。” 我们看了一部叫做《爬行动物的朋友》的电影。 我们学到了很多关于爬行动物的知识。 比如，蛇即使没有耳朵也能听到声音!所以在蛇周围说话要小心!视频很酷，但我还是不想和任何爬行动物交朋友。 我累了。有些孩子在看视频的时候睡着了。 结束后，大人们回来接我们。 “你抓住松饼将军了吗?”我们都问。 “他在一个安全的地方。” Krup说。唷!这让我松了一口气。 我根本无法入睡，因为我知道一只来自马达加斯加的巨大的嘶嘶的蟑螂在到处乱跑。 克鲁普女士和其他大人们陪我们走回一楼。 我们的睡袋铺在南方巨兽龙下面，就在巨熊旁边。 睡在熊旁边和恐龙下面一定很酷。 最棒的是我们不用刷牙。 大人们喝了些咖啡，聊了几分钟天气。 然后他们也爬进了睡袋。 “大家晚安!” Krup。“明天早上见。” “晚安，”我们都说。 “我很害怕，”爱哭的爱米丽说。

"Don't worry," Ryan's mom said. "Giganotosaurus will protect you." I didn't see how something that died ninety-five million years ago was going to protect anybody. But that was Emily's problem. I climbed into my Batman sleeping bag. The floor was hard and cold. I started thinking about Batman. I wondered if the opposite of "Batman" is "Manbat" or "Namtab." Or maybe the opposite of "Batman" is "NotBatman." I couldn't fall asleep. It was creepy looking up at Giganotosaurus in the dark. So I thought about the cool dead and live animals we had seen. I thought about The Secret Room and wondered what was in it. "Psssst! Ryan!" I whispered. Ryan didn't answer. He was asleep. Everybody was quiet. You could hear a pin drop in the museum. I think I was the only one who was still awake. That's when I heard it. A horrible noise! It was some kind of a monster! And it was right near me! It sounded like a giant nocturnal meat eater! And it was about to eat me alive!

“别担心，”瑞恩的妈妈说。 “南方巨兽龙会保护你的。” 我不明白9500万年前死去的东西怎么能保护任何人。 但那是艾米丽的问题。 我爬进我的蝙蝠侠睡袋。 地板又硬又冷。 我开始想到蝙蝠侠。 我想知道“Batman”的反义词是“Manbat”还是“Namtab”。 或者“蝙蝠侠”的反义词是“非蝙蝠侠”。 我睡不着。在黑暗中抬头看南方巨兽龙真让人毛骨悚然。 于是我想到了我们看到的那些冰凉的死动物和活动物。 我想到了密室，想知道里面有什么。 “Psssst !瑞安!”我低声说。 瑞安没有回答。他睡着了。 大家都很安静。你可以听到博物馆里一根针掉在地上的声音。 我想我是唯一还醒着的人。 就在那时我听到了。可怕的声音!那是某种怪物!它就在我附近!听起来像是一只巨大的夜间食肉动物!它差点把我生吞了!