11. Fun with Hypnosis

CHAPTER 11 FUN WITH HYPNOSIS When Harold bent down to close the file cabinet, he took a quick look inside. "Whoa!" he cried. "Look at all the stuff in here!" The file cabinet was filled with everything Mr. Krupp had taken away from the boys over the years. There were slingshots, whoopee cushions, skateboards, fake doggy doo-doo—you name it, it was in there. "Look at this!" cried George. "A big stack of Captain Underpants comics!" "He's got every issue!" said Harold.

第十一章催眠的乐趣哈罗德弯下腰去关上文件柜时，飞快地往里面看了一眼。 “哇！”他叫道。“看看这里的东西！”文件柜里装满了克虏伯先生多年来从孩子们那里拿走的东西。 里面有弹弓，放屁垫，滑板，假狗狗，应有尽有。 “看这个！”乔治叫道。 “一大堆内裤队长的漫画！”“他什么都有！”哈罗德说。

For hours, the two boys sat on the floor laughing and reading their comics. Finally, George looked up at the clock. "Yikes!" he said. "It's almost lunchtime! We better clean up this mess and get to class." The boys looked up at their principal, who had been standing behind them in a trance all morning. "Gee, I almost forgot about Mr. Krupp," said Harold. "What should we do with him?" "Do you want to have some fun?" asked George. "Why not?" said Harold. "I haven't had any fun in the last four to six weeks!"

两个男孩坐在地板上笑了好几个小时，读着他们的漫画。 最后，乔治抬头看了看钟。 “哎呀！”他说。“快到午餐时间了！”我们最好收拾干净，赶紧去上课。” 男孩们抬头看了看校长，他整个上午都站在他们身后，出神了。 “哎呀，我差点忘了克虏伯先生。”哈罗德说。 “我们该拿他怎么办？”“你想找点乐子吗？”乔治问。 “为什么？”哈罗德说。“在过去的四六个星期里，我没有任何乐趣！”

"Cool," said George. He walked up to Mr. Krupp and snapped his fingers. SNAP! "You are—a chicken!" he said. Suddenly, Mr. Krupp leaped onto his desk and flapped his arms. "Cluck, cluck, cluck-cluck," he cried, kicking his papers off the desk behind him and pecking at his pen-and-pencil set. George and Harold howled with laughter. "Let me try, let me try," said Harold. "Ummm, you are a—a monkey!"

“酷。”乔治说。他走到克虏伯先生面前，打了个响指。 中计了!“你是一只鸡！”他说。 突然，克虏伯跳到桌子上，挥舞着双臂。 “咯咯，咯咯，咯咯，”他叫着，把他身后桌子上的文件踢掉，啄着他的钢笔和铅笔。 乔治和哈罗德放声大笑。 “让我试试，让我试试。”哈罗德说。 “嗯，你是一只猴子！”

"You gotta snap your fingers," said George. "Oh, yeah," said Harold. SNAP! "You are a monkey!" Suddenly, Mr. Krupp sprang off his desk and began swinging from the fluorescent light fixtures. "Ooo-ooo, ooo- oooo, OOOOO!" he shrieked, leaping from one side of the room to the other. George and Harold laughed so hard they almost cried.

“你得打个响指，”乔治说。 “哦，是啊。”哈罗德说。中计了!“你是一只猴子！”突然，克虏伯从桌子上跳了起来，开始在荧光灯上荡来荡去。 “呜——呜，呜——呜，呜——呜！”他尖叫着，从房间的一边跳到另一边。 乔治和哈罗德笑得都快哭出来了。

"My turn, my turn!" said George. "Let's see. What should we turn him into next?" "I know," Harold said, holding up a Captain Underpants comic. "Let's turn him into Captain Underpants!" "Good idea," said George. SNAP! "You are now the greatest superhero of all time: The Amazing Captain Underpants!" Mr. Krupp tore down the red curtain from his office window and tied it around his neck. Then he took off his shoes, socks, shirt, pants, and his awful toupee.

“轮到我了，轮到我了！”乔治说。 “让我们看看。接下来我们应该把他变成什么呢？”“我知道。”哈罗德说，手里拿着一张内裤队长的漫画。 “让我们把他变成内裤船长！”“好主意，”乔治说。 中计了!“你现在是有史以来最伟大的超级英雄：神奇的内裤队长！”克虏伯先生扯下办公室窗户上的红色窗帘，把它系在脖子上。 然后他脱下鞋子、袜子、衬衫、裤子，还有那顶难看的假发。

"Tra-La-Laaaaa!" he sang. Mr. Krupp stood before them looking quite triumphant, with his cape blowing in the breeze of the open window. George and Harold were dumbfounded. "You know," said George, "he kinda looks like Captain Underpants." "Yeah," Harold replied. After a short silence, the two boys looked at each other and burst into laughter. George and Harold had never laughed so hard in all their lives. Tears ran down their faces as they rolled about the floor, shrieking in hysterics. After a while, George pulled himself up from the floor for another look. "Hey," George cried. "Where'd he go?"

“特-拉-拉！”他唱道。克虏伯先生站在他们面前，一副得意洋洋的样子，他的斗篷被打开的窗户吹来的微风吹动着。 乔治和哈罗德目瞪口呆。 “你知道吗，”乔治说，“他有点像内裤队长。” “是啊。”哈罗德回答。在短暂的沉默之后，两个男孩面面相觑，突然大笑起来。 乔治和哈罗德一辈子都没有笑得这么厉害过。 他们在地板上打滚，歇斯底里地尖叫着，眼泪顺着脸颊流下来。 过了一会儿，乔治从地板上爬起来，又看了一眼。 “嘿，”乔治叫道。“他去哪儿了？”