20. Thirty Years from Now

CHAPTER 20 THIRTY YEARS FROM NOW Suddenly, a giant ball of blue lightning exploded in the southern end of a busy midwestern city. George and Harold looked around them and saw the familiar sights of cars and houses and fast-food restaurants. "We're HOME!" cried George. "It sure seems that way," said Harold. "But how come everything looks so... old?!!?" "Because we're not back where we started," laughed Slightly Younger Tiny Tippy. "We're thirty years in the future!"

突然，一个巨大的蓝色闪电球在一个繁忙的中西部城市的南端爆炸了。 乔治和哈罗德环顾四周，看到了熟悉的景象：汽车、房子和快餐店。 “我们到家了！”乔治叫道。 “看来确实是这样。”哈罗德说。 “但为什么一切看起来都那么……” 老? ! ! ?”“因为我们没有回到起点。”略小一点的小提比笑着说。 “我们是在未来三十年！”

"Why did we come to the future?" asked George. "Because," said Tippy. "The last time I got rid of Captain Underpants, the whole world was destroyed. I just wanted to make sure that the world could survive the next thirty years without him, and it looks like it can!" Tippy marched over to the elementary school and placed George and Harold and their two pets on the ground. "Get comfortable, boys," said Tippy. "I'm about to DESTROY Captain Underpants once and for all, and I want you kids to have the best seats in the house!"

“我们为什么要到未来来？”乔治问。 “因为，”蒂皮说。“上次我干掉内裤队长的时候，整个世界都毁了。 我只是想确保这个世界在没有他的情况下也能存活30年，看起来是可以的！”提比大步走向小学，把乔治、哈罗德和他们的两只宠物放在地上。 “放松点，孩子们，”蒂皮说。 “我要彻底摧毁内裤队长，我想让你们这些孩子坐到房子里最好的座位！”

George and Harold looked up in horror as Slightly Younger Tiny Tippy began knocking Mr. Krupp around like a beanbag. "I can't watch!" said Harold, as he petted his pet pterodactyl, who only seemed to be getting sicker. Sulu scampered around the playground, finding twigs and branches and leaves, and weaving them into a nest to help keep Crackers warm. "Remember," said George. "If we ever get out of this mess, we're going to straighten up and start acting like grown-ups!" "That's right," said Harold, as he placed Crackers into the warm nest that Sulu had made. "We're going to be responsible and mature from now on!"

乔治和哈罗德惊恐地抬起头来，只见小蒂比开始像个豆袋一样把克虏伯先生打倒在地。 “我看不下去了！”哈罗德抚摸着他的宠物翼龙说，它的病似乎越来越重了。 苏鲁在操场上跑来跑去，寻找小树枝、树枝和树叶，把它们编织成一个窝，帮助饼干保暖。 “记住，”乔治说。“如果我们能摆脱这个烂摊子，我们就得振作起来，开始像成年人一样行事！”“没错。”哈罗德说着，把饼干放进苏鲁做的温暖的窝里。 “从现在开始，我们要负责任，要成熟！”

As Tippy kicked Mr. Krupp around like a soccer ball, George and Harold got distracted by a loud commotion behind them. Two teachers were yelling at the students on the playground, instructing them all to stop paying attention to the fierce struggle raging above them, and demanding that they straighten up and start acting like grown-ups. As the battle intensified, the obnoxious teachers screamed louder and louder, hurling threats and insults at the curious students. "Boy, I sure wish those two teachers would chill out," said George. "I know," said Harold. "They're yelling so loud, I can't even hear the fight!"

当提比像踢足球一样踢克虏伯先生时，乔治和哈罗德被他们身后的喧闹声分散了注意力。 两个老师在操场上对着学生们大喊大叫，要他们不要再去注意上面正在进行的激烈的斗争，要求他们站直身子，表现得像个成年人。 随着战斗愈演愈烈，那些令人讨厌的老师尖叫得越来越响，对好奇的学生们进行威胁和侮辱。 “天哪，我真希望那两个老师能冷静下来。”乔治说。 “我知道。”哈罗德说。“他们叫得太大声了，我都听不见打架的声音！”

Suddenly, a rusty green 2034 Honda Civic pulled into the parking lot, and a familiar- looking character came storming out. It was Mr. Krupp—only this was a thirty-year-OLDER version of Mr. Krupp. He was wrinklier than George and Harold were used to, with a scruffy white beard and mustache, and pants pulled up to his armpits. Mr. Krupp marched toward the playground, opened up his mouth, and screamed four words that sent shivers down George's and Harold's spines. "MR. BEARD! MR. HUTCHINS!"

突然，一辆生锈的绿色2034本田思域开进了停车场，一个熟悉的人物冲了出来。 这是克虏伯先生——只不过这是一个比他年长30岁的克虏伯先生。 他的皱纹比乔治和哈罗德以前看到的要多，胡子和胡子都是乱糟糟的，裤子一直拉到腋窝。 克虏伯先生大步走向操场，张开嘴，尖叫了四个字，吓得乔治和哈罗德脊背发凉。 ”胡子先生!哈钦斯先生!”