6. Busted

CHAPTER 6 BUSTED The next day at school, an announcement came over the loudspeakers. "George Beard and Harold Hutchins, please report to Principal Krupp's office at once." "Uh-oh!" said Harold. "I don't like the sound of that!" "Don't worry," said George. "They can't prove anything!"

第二天在学校里，扩音器里传来了一则通告。 “乔治·比尔德和哈罗德·哈钦斯，请立即到克虏伯校长办公室报到。” “哦哦！”哈罗德说。“我不喜欢这个声音！”“别担心，”乔治说。 “他们什么都证明不了！”

George and Harold entered Principal Krupp's office and sat down on the chairs in front of his desk. The two boys had been in this office together countless times before, but this time was different. Mr. Krupp was smiling. As long as George and Harold had known Mr. Krupp, they had never, ever seen him smile. Mr. Krupp knew something. "I didn't see you boys at the big game yesterday," said Mr. Krupp. "Uh, no," said George. "We weren't feeling well." "Y-Y-Yeah," Harold stammered nervously. "W-W-We went home."

乔治和哈罗德走进克虏伯校长的办公室，在他课桌前的椅子上坐下。 这两个男孩以前在这间办公室里一起待过无数次，但这次不一样。 克虏伯先生微笑着。自从乔治和哈罗德认识克虏伯先生以来，他们从未见过他笑过。 克虏伯先生知道一些事情。“昨天的比赛我没看到你们，”克虏伯先生说。 “呃，没有。”乔治说。“我们感觉不舒服。” “是——是——是。”哈罗德紧张地结结巴巴地说。 “我们回家了。”

"Aw, that's too bad," said Principal Krupp. "You boys missed a good game." George and Harold quickly glanced at each other, gulped, and tried hard not to look guilty. "Lucky for you, I have a videotape of the whole thing," Mr. Krupp said. He turned on the television in the corner and pressed the play button on the VCR.

“哦，那太糟糕了，”克虏伯校长说。 “你们错过了一场好比赛。” 乔治和哈罗德迅速对视了一眼，咽了口气，努力装出内疚的样子。 “算你走运，我有整件事的录像带，”克虏伯说。 他打开角落里的电视机，按下录像机上的播放键。

A black-and-white image appeared on the TV screen. It was an overhead shot of George and Harold sprinkling pepper into the cheerleaders' pom-poms. Next came a shot of George and Harold pouring liquid bubble bath into the marching band's instruments. "How do you like the pre-game show?" asked Mr. Krupp with a devilish grin.

电视屏幕上出现了一幅黑白图像。 这是乔治和哈罗德往啦啦队队员的绒球上撒胡椒的头顶镜头。 接下来是乔治和哈罗德将液体泡泡浴倒进军乐队乐器的镜头。 “你觉得赛前表演怎么样？”克虏伯带着邪恶的笑容问道。

George eyed the television screen in terror. He couldn't answer. Harold's eyes were glued to the floor. He couldn't look. The tape went on and on, revealing all of George and Harold's "behind the scenes" antics. By now, both boys were eyeing the floor, squirming nervously, and dripping with sweat. Mr. Krupp turned off the TV.

乔治惊恐地盯着电视屏幕。 他答不上来。哈罗德目不转睛地盯着地板。 他不敢看。录像带不停地播放，揭露了乔治和哈罗德所有的“幕后”滑稽动作。 这时，两个男孩都盯着地板，紧张地扭动着身体，满头大汗。 克虏伯先生关掉了电视。

"You know," he said, "ever since you boys came to this school, it's been one prank after another. First you put dissected frogs in the Jell-O salad at the parent- teacher banquet. Then you made it snow in the cafeteria. Then you rigged all the intercoms so they played "Weird Al" Yankovic songs full blast for six hours straight. "For four long years you two have been running amok in this school, and I've never been able to prove anything— until now!" Mr. Krupp held the videotape in his hand. "I took the liberty of installing tiny video surveillance cameras all around the school. I knew I'd catch you two in the act one day. I just didn't know it would be so easy!"

“你们知道吗，”他说，“自从你们来到这所学校，恶作剧就一个接一个。 你先是在家长老师宴会上把解剖过的青蛙放进果冻沙拉里。 然后你又在餐厅里下雪了。 然后你操纵了所有的对讲机让他们把“古怪阿尔”扬科维奇的歌开到最大连续放了六个小时。 “漫长的四年来，你们俩在这所学校里胡作非为，我从来没有证明过什么——直到现在！”克虏伯先生手里拿着录像带。 “我擅自在学校周围安装了微型监控摄像头。 我就知道总有一天会抓到你们俩。 我只是不知道会这么容易！”