Monsters in the Playground

Monsters in the Playground

操场上的怪物

Recess was Henry’s favorite part of the school day. He liked to chase the other kids around the playground. “ Aaaaahhhhhh! ” he screamed, making his scariest monster face. When the kids saw Henry coming, they would shout, “ Here comes the monster! ” Then they would run away screaming and giggling. Henry could be quite a few different monsters: a wolf, a gorilla, or a ghost.

课间休息是亨利在学校里最喜欢的时间。他喜欢在操场上追逐其他孩子。 “Aaaaahhhhhh !" 他尖叫着，摆出最可怕的怪物脸。 当孩子们看到亨利来了，他们会大喊:“怪物来了!” 然后他们就会尖叫着笑着跑开。亨利可以是很多不同的怪物:狼、大猩猩或鬼。

He tried hard to make each one scary. What Henry really wanted, though, was to play nicely like everyone else. He wanted to make sand castles or play catch with the other kids. But Henry was shy and talked in a quiet voice. He was always afraid the other kids would laugh at him. The only way he could play was by being a monster. “ Oh, Henry, can’t you play some other way?” Henry’s teacher asked him.

他努力让每个人感到害怕。然而，亨利真正想要的是像其他人一样好好地玩耍。 他想和其他孩子一起堆沙堡或玩接球游戏。但亨利很害羞，说话的声音很轻。 他总是害怕其他孩子会嘲笑他。他唯一能玩的方式就是扮成一个怪物。 “哦，亨利，你就不能换种方式玩吗?”亨利的老师问他。

She tried showing him how to play in the sandbox, but Henry wasn’t good at making sand castles. He always ended up throwing sand in other kids’ faces by accident. One day, a new girl arrived at school. Henry saw her sitting alone in a corner, looking sad. He was curious. “ Maybe I can make her run away from me. It might be fun, ” he thought.

她试着教他如何在沙盒里玩，但亨利不擅长堆沙堡。 他总是不小心把沙子扔到其他孩子的脸上。一天，学校来了一个新女孩。 亨利看见她独自坐在一个角落里，看上去很悲伤。他很好奇。“也许我能让她从我身边逃走。这可能很有趣，”他想。

He decided to be the ghost. Slowly, he walked toward her, making scary faces and sounds. But she didn’t even look at him. He got closer and beat his chest, grunting like a gorilla. She still did not move. Then he showed his teeth and screamed as loud as he could. The girl finally looked up at him. She giggled and then laughed out loud.

他决定当鬼。他慢慢地向她走来，做着可怕的鬼脸，发出可怕的声音。 但她甚至都没看他一眼。他靠近了，拍着自己的胸部，像大猩猩一样咕哝着。 她仍然一动不动。然后他露出牙齿，尽可能大声地尖叫。 女孩终于抬头看着他。她咯咯地笑着，然后大声笑了起来。

Henry was confused. The next thing she did confused him even more. She opened her mouth wide and roared like a lion. This had never happened before! Kids were always scared of him! What was he supposed to do? The girl kept making funny faces and laughing. Then Henry laughed too. This was fun! “ I like playing monster! ” said the girl.

亨利很困惑。接下来她做的事让他更加困惑。她张大了嘴，像狮子一样吼叫。 这种事以前从来没有发生过!孩子们总是害怕他!他应该怎么做? 女孩不停地做鬼脸，笑个不停。然后亨利也笑了。这很有趣!“我喜欢扮怪物!”女孩说。