3. Tippy Returns Again!

CHAPTER 3 TIPPY RETURNS AGAIN! Tippy Tinkletrousers was in big trouble. He had zapped himself back in time five years and accidentally frightened four bullies. This thoughtless mistake set in motion a series of events that ultimately got Mr. Krupp fired. And since there was no Mr. Krupp, there was no Captain Underpants. And since there was no Captain Underpants, there was nobody to save the world from the terrible devastation caused by the villains from our first three epic novels. Tippy decided there was only one thing to do: go back in time and stop himself from scaring those bullies. But in order to do this, he would have to go back in time before the last time he had gone back in time.

第三章蒂皮又回来了！提比·丁克尔裤子有大麻烦了。 他把自己穿越回了五年前，不小心吓坏了四个恶霸。 这个轻率的错误引发了一系列事件，最终导致克虏伯被解雇。 既然没有克虏伯先生，也就没有内裤队长。 既然没有内裤队长，就没人能把世界从前三部史诗小说中的反派造成的可怕破坏中拯救出来。 提比决定只有一件事要做：回到过去，阻止自己吓到那些恶霸。 但为了做到这一点，他必须回到他上次回到过去之前的时间。

So Tippy set his Tinkle-Time fravelometer for ten minutes BEFORE the last time he had arrived in the past, and pressed the "Away We Go!" button. After several seconds of made-for-television- styled special effects, Tippy found himself transported to the awful night of the terrifying thunderstorm. Everything looked very familiar. He knew at any moment, the four bullies would come running from the school and tear across the football field. Then they would come face-to-face with him (well, a slightly younger version of him), and only he could stop it all from happening.

于是，蒂比把他的“叮当时间”旅行计调到他上次到达的十分钟前，然后按下“出发！”按钮。 在几秒钟的电视特效之后，提比发现自己被传送到了可怕的雷雨之夜。 一切看起来都很熟悉。 他知道，这四个恶霸随时都会从学校跑出来，冲过足球场。 然后他们会和他面对面（嗯，一个稍微年轻一点的他），只有他能阻止这一切的发生。

Tippy hid behind the side of the school and waited as the wind howled ferociously. Suddenly, a brilliant flash of lightning struck a nearby power line. The electricity in the school went out, and all of the windows became dark. Tippy listened closely and heard the sounds of squealing and slapping and shuffling. It sounded as if a terrible struggle was taking place inside the school. Then suddenly, the back door of the school crashed open, and the four petrified bullies shoved their way outside. Quickly, they darted toward the football field. This was Tippy's big chance. He aimed his Freezy-Beam 4000 at the running delinquents and zapped them all with a mini-mountain of molecularly modified ice.

蒂比躲在学校的后面，等着狂风呼啸。 突然，一道耀眼的闪电击中了附近的输电线。 学校停电了，所有的窗户都变黑了。 蒂比仔细听着，听到了尖叫声、拍打声和拖地声。 听起来好像学校里正在进行一场可怕的搏斗。 突然，学校的后门被撞开了，四个吓呆了的恶霸冲了出去。 他们迅速地向足球场冲去。 这是提比的大好机会。 他用他的冷冻光束4000瞄准了逃跑的罪犯，用分子修饰过的冰块把他们全都打晕了。

The four bullies were frozen in place. Tippy scanned the boys with his life-systems monitor and found them to be perfectly preserved. The carbonite-and-tibanna-gas- infused ice had been programmed to remain solid for fifteen minutes—just long enough for Tippy to do his thing. Quickly, Tippy turned toward the football field, where a ball of blue lightning was growing bigger and bigger. Suddenly, it exploded in a blinding flash.

四个恶霸呆在原地不动。 蒂比用他的生命系统监视器扫描了两个男孩，发现他们保存得很好。 注入了碳酸盐和提班纳气体的冰被设定为在15分钟内保持固体状态——刚好够蒂皮做他的事情。 蒂比迅速转向足球场，那里有一个蓝色的闪电球越来越大。 突然，它在眩目的闪光中爆炸了。

And there, where the ball of lightning had been, was a giant pair of robotic pants. "Boy, that was a close one," said a voice from inside the depths of the newly arrived Robo-Pants. "Captain Underpants is a lot stronger than I thought!" The zipper of the newly arrived robotic trousers opened, and a tiny man peeked out to marvel at the world of five years ago.

在那里，闪电球所在的地方，是一条巨大的机器人裤子。 “天哪，好险啊。”一个声音从刚到的机器裤里传出来。 “内裤队长比我想象的要强壮得多！”新到的机器人裤子的拉链打开了，一个小个子男人探出头来，对五年前的世界感到惊奇。

But to his surprise, he saw an identical copy of himself staring straight at him and tapping his gigantic robotic foot impatiently. "Who are you?" asked the newly arrived Tippy. "I'm YOU!" shouted Future Tippy. "You from the future!" "What's going on?" asked Tippy.

但令他吃惊的是，他看到一个和他一模一样的自己正盯着他，不耐烦地轻拍着他那只巨大的机器脚。 “你是谁？”新来的提比问。 “我就是你！”未来的提比喊道。 “你来自未来！”“发生什么事了？”提比问。