10. The 3-D Hypno-Ring

CHAPTER 10 THE 3-D HYPNO-RING The next morning, George and Harold didn't arrive early at Mr. Krupp's house to wash his car and reshingle his roof. In fact, they were even a little late getting to school. When they finally showed up, Mr. Krupp was standing at the front door waiting for them. And boy, was he mad!

第10章3d催眠戒指第二天早上，乔治和哈罗德没有早点到克虏伯家给他洗车，给他重新铺屋顶。 事实上，他们甚至上学迟到了一点。 当他们终于出现时，克虏伯先生正站在前门等着他们。 天哪，他真是疯了！

Mr. Krupp escorted the boys into his office and slammed the door. "All right, where were you two this morning?" he growled. "We wanted to come over to your house," said George, "but we were busy trying to figure out the secret of this ring." "What ring?" snapped Mr. Krupp. George held up his hand and showed the ring to Principal Krupp. "It's got one of those weird patterns on it," said Harold. "If you stare at it long enough, a picture appears." "Well, hold it still," snarled Mr. Krupp. "I can't see the darn thing!" "I have to move it back and forth," said George, "or else it won't work."

克虏伯先生把孩子们带进他的办公室，砰地关上了门。 “好吧，你们两个今天早上去哪儿了？”他咆哮道。 “我们本来想去你家的，”乔治说，“但我们忙着想弄清楚这枚戒指的秘密。” “什么戒指？”克虏伯先生厉声问道。 乔治举起手，把戒指拿给克虏伯校长看。 “上面有一种奇怪的图案。”哈罗德说。 “如果你盯着它看足够长的时间，就会出现一幅画。” “好吧，别动，”克虏伯先生吼道。 “我看不见那该死的东西！”“我必须来回移动它，”乔治说，“否则它就不起作用了。”

Mr. Krupp's eyes followed the ring back and forth, back and forth, back and forth, and back and forth. "You have to stare deeper into the ring," said Harold. "Deeper... deeeper... deeeeper... deeeeeeeeeper." "You are getting sleepy," said George. "Veeeeery sleeeeeeeeeepy." Mr. Krupp's eyelids began to droop. "l'mmmsssoooosssleeepy," he mumbled. After a few minutes, Mr. Krupp's eyes were closed tight, and he began to snore. "You are under our spell," said George. "When I snap my fingers, you will obey our every command!" SNAP! "Iwwilllloobeyyy," mumbled Mr. Krupp.

克虏伯先生的眼睛盯着戒指来来回回，来来回回，来来回回。 “你必须盯得更深入。”哈罗德说。 “更深…deeeper……deeeeper…… deeeeeeeeeper。”“你困了，”乔治说。 “种完全sleeeeeeeeeepy。” 克虏伯先生的眼皮开始下垂。 “我……我……我……我……”他咕哝着说。 几分钟后，克虏伯先生紧紧地闭上眼睛，开始打呼噜。 “你中了我们的咒语。”乔治说。 “当我打响指的时候，你要服从我们的每一个命令！”中计了!“我会看的，”克虏伯先生含糊地说。

"All right," said George. "Have you still got that videotape of me and Harold?" "Yeeessss," mumbled Mr. Krupp. "Well, hand it over, bub," George instructed. Mr. Krupp unlocked a large file cabinet and opened the bottom drawer. He reached in and handed George the videotape. George stuffed it into his backpack. Harold took a different video out of his backpack and put it into the file cabinet. "What's that video?" asked George. "It's one of my little sister's old 'Boomer the Purple Dragon Sing-A-Long' videos." "Nice touch," said George.

“好吧，”乔治说。“你还留着我和哈罗德的录像带吗？”“是的，”克虏伯先生咕哝着。 “好吧，把它交出来，小家伙。”乔治指示道。 克虏伯先生打开一个大文件柜，打开最下面的抽屉。 他伸手把录像带递给乔治。 乔治把它塞进背包里。 哈罗德从背包里拿出另一段视频，放进文件柜里。 “那是什么录像带？”乔治问。 “这是我妹妹以前的‘婴儿潮the Purple Dragon Sing-A-Long’视频。” “干得好。”乔治说。