4. Fixing the Future

CHAPTER 4 FIXING THE FUTURE Big Tippy had set his Tinkle-Time Travelometer for a sunny afternoon in October, four years in the future. He arrived, as usual, in a giant ball of blue lightning that grew bigger and bigger, until it exploded in a blinding flash. "What's going on out there?" cried Tiny Tippy. "I can't see a thing!" "SSSHHHH!!!" shushed Big Tippy, as he shoved Tiny Tippy down into the deep, darkened depths of his jacket pocket. Big Tippy listened carefully. He heard the voice of a child muttering, "This can't be good."

大提比把他的叮当时间旅行计定在四年后10月的一个阳光明媚的下午。 像往常一样，他出现在一个巨大的蓝色闪电球中，这个闪电球越来越大，直到爆炸，发出令人眩目的闪光。 “外面发生什么事了？”小提比叫道。 “我什么也看不见！”“嘘——！！”大提比嘘了一声，把小提比塞进了他那又黑又深的夹克口袋里。 大提比仔细地听着。 他听到一个孩子的声音在喃喃自语：“这不可能是好事。”

Tippy unzipped the zipper of his Robo-Pants and peeked out. To his delight, the world looked like it usually did. No destruction, no giant zombie nerds, no moon rocks. Everything seemed pretty normal. "Hey! It's Professor Poopypants!" shouted a small boy, whom Tippy recognized immediately. Suddenly, two cops standing nearby started to laugh, which angered Tippy. "Stop LAUGHING!" shouted Tippy. "My name is no longer Professor Poopypants. I changed it to Tippy Tinkletrousers!" The two cops laughed even harder.

提比拉开他的机器裤拉链，向外偷看。 令他高兴的是，世界看起来和往常一样。 没有破坏，没有巨型僵尸书呆子，没有月球岩石。 一切似乎都很正常。 “嘿!是便便教授！”一个小男孩喊道，蒂比立刻认出了他。 突然，站在旁边的两个警察开始大笑，这激怒了蒂皮。 “别笑了！”蒂比喊道。 “我的名字不再是便便教授了。 我把它改成了提比·丁克尔裤子！”两个警察笑得更厉害了。

"And I've got a special surprise for anybody who thinks my NEW name is funny!" said the furious professor. Tippy pressed the button on his Freezy- Beam 4000, causing it to rise from the depths of his Robo-Pants. He set the freeze ray for twenty minutes and zapped the cops, transforming them into frozen statues. "My Freezy-Beam 4000 will take care of anybody who stands in my way!" said Tippy. "And now," he said with a wicked smile, "it's time for my revenge!"

“对于那些认为我的新名字滑稽的人，我有一个特别的惊喜！”教授生气地说。 提比按下他的冷冻光束4000的按钮，使它从他的机器人裤子深处升起。 他设置了20分钟的冻结射线，然后电击了警察，把他们变成了冻结的雕像。 “我的冷冻梁4000会解决任何挡我路的人！”蒂皮说。 “现在，”他邪恶地笑着说，“是我复仇的时候了！”

"OH, NO!" screamed George. "HERE WE GO AGAIN!" screamed Harold. Tippy chased George and Harold and their two pets, Sulu and Crackers, through town, zapping his Freezy-Beam 4000 at them and laughing maniacally. The chase lasted all afternoon and into the night. The four friends hid behind buildings, inside trash bins, under bridges, and even down in the sewer. But it didn't matter where they sought refuge because Tippy Tinkletrousers always found them.

“哦，不！”乔治尖叫道。 “又来了！”哈罗德尖叫道。 提比在镇上追着乔治、哈罗德和他们的两只宠物苏鲁和饼干跑，一边用他的冷冻梁4000向他们猛烈射击，一边狂笑。 追捕持续了整个下午，一直持续到深夜。 这四个朋友躲在建筑物后面，垃圾桶里，桥下，甚至在下水道里。 但他们去哪里避难并不重要，因为小叮当总能找到他们。

By the morning of the next day, our heroes had found a hiding place behind some bushes near the park. "What are we going to do?" whispered George. "There's nowhere else to hide!" "I don't know," whispered Harold. George and Harold looked at their two pets, shivering with them in the morning mist. "We're not going to make it," whispered George. "But there's no reason that Sulu and Crackers should have to suffer." Harold's eyes began to water. "You're right," he whispered. George and Harold petted their two friends sadly as they devised a plan to return to the dinosaur age. "We could use the Purple Potty to take Crackers back home where we found him," said George.

到第二天早上，我们的英雄们在公园附近的灌木丛后面找到了一个藏身之处。 “我们该怎么办？”乔治小声问。 “没有别的地方可以躲了！”“我不知道。”哈罗德小声说。 乔治和哈罗德看着他们的两只宠物，和它们一起在晨雾中瑟瑟发抖。 “我们去不了了。”乔治小声说。 “但没有理由让苏鲁和克拉克斯受苦。” 哈罗德的眼睛开始流泪。 “你说得对。”他低声说。 乔治和哈罗德伤心地抚摸着他们的两个朋友，他们想出了一个回到恐龙时代的计划。 “我们可以用紫色便盆把饼干送回我们发现它的地方。”乔治说。

"Yeah," said Harold. "And Sulu could stay there with him. They'll both be safe there!" As soon as it was clear, the four friends sneaked away from the bushes and headed for Jerome Horwitz Elementary School, carefully avoiding major streets and intersections. It was almost noon by the time George and Harold and their two pets reached the school. Cautiously, they sneaked through the front door and dashed up the stairs to the library. "HEY, BUBS!" shouted Mr. Krupp angrily. "WHERE HAVE YOU KIDS BEEN?" George and Harold looked down and saw Mr. Krupp carrying a large cardboard box. "WELL?" Mr. Krupp shouted. "GET DOWN HERE AND EXPLAIN YOURSELVES!" George and Harold looked at their two pets and continued running up the stairs.

“是啊。”哈罗德说。苏禄可以和他呆在一起。 他们在那里会很安全的！”天一放晴，这四个朋友就从灌木丛中偷偷溜出来，朝杰罗姆·霍维茨小学（Jerome Horwitz Elementary School）走去，小心翼翼地避开主要街道和十字路口。 乔治、哈罗德和他们的两只宠物来到学校时，已经快到中午了。 他们小心翼翼地溜进前门，冲上楼梯，来到图书馆。 “嘿，巴布斯！”克虏伯先生生气地喊道。 “你们这些孩子上哪儿去了？”乔治和哈罗德低下头，看见克虏伯先生拿着一个大纸板箱。 “嗯?”克虏伯先生喊道。 “给我下来解释一下！”乔治和哈罗德看着他们的两只宠物，继续往楼上跑。