2. Tree House Comix, Inc

CHAPTER 2 TREE HOUSE COMIX, INC. After a hard day of cracking jokes, pulling pranks, and causing mayhem at school, George and Harold liked to rush to the old tree house in George's backyard. Inside the tree house were two big old fluffy chairs, a table, a cupboard crammed with junk food, and a padlocked crate filled with pencils, pens, and stacks and stacks of paper.

第二章树屋公司 在学校讲了一天的笑话、搞恶作剧、制造混乱之后，乔治和哈罗德喜欢冲到乔治家后院的老树屋去。 树屋里有两把毛茸茸的大椅子，一张桌子，一个塞满垃圾食品的橱柜，还有一个上锁的板条箱，里面装满了铅笔、钢笔和成堆的纸张。

Now, Harold loved to draw, and George loved to make up stories. And together, the two boys spent hours and hours writing and drawing their very own comic books. Over the years, they had created hundreds of their own comics, starring dozens of their own superheroes. First there was Dog Man, then came Timmy the Talking Toilet, and who could forget The Amazing Cow Lady? But the all-time greatest superhero they ever made up had to be "The Amazing Captain Underpants."

哈罗德喜欢画画，乔治喜欢编故事。 在一起，这两个男孩花了很多时间来写和画他们自己的漫画书。 多年来，他们创作了数百部自己的漫画，主演了几十位自己的超级英雄。 首先是“狗人”，然后是“会说话的马桶蒂米”，谁能忘记“神奇的奶牛女士”呢？ 但他们有史以来最伟大的超级英雄必须是“神奇的内裤队长”。

George came up with the idea. "Most superheroes look like they're flying around in their underwear," he said. "Well, this guy actually is flying around in his underwear!" The two boys laughed and laughed. "Yeah," said Harold, "he could fight with Wedgie Power!" George and Harold spent entire afternoons writing and drawing the comic adventures of Captain Underpants. He was their coolest superhero ever!

乔治想出了这个主意。 他说：“大多数超级英雄看起来都像是穿着内衣飞来飞去的。” “嗯，这家伙真的穿着内裤飞来飞去了！”两个男孩笑个不停。 “是啊，”哈罗德说，“他可以和威基·鲍尔战斗！”乔治和哈罗德花了整个下午的时间来写和画内裤船长的滑稽冒险故事。 他是最酷的超级英雄！

Luckily for the boys, the secretary at Jerome Horwitz Elementary School was much too busy to keep an eye on the copy machine. So whenever they got a chance, George and Harold would sneak into the office and run off several hundred copies of their latest Captain Underpants adventure. After school, they sold their homemade comics on the playground for 50￠ each.

幸运的是，杰罗姆·霍维茨小学的秘书太忙了，没有时间盯着复印机。 因此，只要有机会，乔治和哈罗德就会溜进办公室，复印几百本他们最新的《内裤船长》冒险小说。 放学后，他们在操场上以每本50美分的价格出售自制的漫画。