9. Meanwhile,Seven Pages Ago

CHAPTER 9 MEANWHILE, SEVEN PAGES AGO... Sixty-five million years earlier, Big Tippy had chased our heroes to the jagged edge of a cliff overlooking a lake. Crackers grabbed George and Harold by their shirt collars, and they all sailed safely over the edge of the cliff to join Captain Underpants in the clouds.

第九章与此同时，七页之前…… 六千五百万年前，大提比追赶我们的英雄来到了俯瞰湖泊的悬崖边缘。 薄脆饼干抓住乔治和哈罗德的衬衫领子，他们都安全地驶下了悬崖，和“内裤船长”一起在云端飞行。

Big Tippy's Tyrannosaurus rex screeched to a halt at the cliff's edge and roared ferociously at the five floating friends. "We won!" Captain Underpants laughed at Tippy. "Now it's our turn to chase you!" "This isn't a game," yelled Big Tippy. "This is serious!" He leaped off of the neck of the T. rex and grabbed Captain Underpants with his patented, robotic Extendo-Flex Mechani- Gripper. Together they fell a thousand feet into the lake below.

大提比的雷克斯霸王龙在悬崖边尖叫着停了下来，对着五个漂浮的朋友猛烈地咆哮。 “我们赢了!”内裤队长嘲笑提比。 “现在轮到我们追你了！”“这不是游戏，”大提比喊道。 “这很严重！”他从T型车的脖子上跳下来。 用他的专利机器人伸缩机械爪抓住了内裤队长。 他们一起掉进了一千英尺高的湖中。

When they emerged from the depths of the lake, something had changed. Tippy was still just as mean and ornery as ever, but Captain Underpants looked different. "WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON HERE?" yelled the angry-looking hero. "Oh, NO!" cried George. "Captain Underpants got water on his head! He changed back into Mr. Krupp!" "Quick, Crackers," called Harold. "Fly us down there as fast as you can!" Crackers glided down toward the tempestuous struggle below, and the boys snapped their fingers with all their might.

当他们从湖的深处出来时，有些事情发生了变化。 提比还是和以前一样刻薄，脾气暴躁，但内裤船长看起来不一样了。 “这到底是怎么回事？”英雄怒吼道。 “哦，不！”乔治叫道。“内裤船长的头上沾了水！”他又变回克虏伯先生了！”“快点，饼干。”哈罗德叫道。 “带我们飞下去，越快越好！”噼里啪啦的噼里啪啦地往下滑，奔向下面狂暴的搏斗，孩子们用尽全力打起了响指。

But it did no good. Mr. Krupp's head was still soaking wet, so he could not change back into Captain Underpants. "Well look what I just figured out!" cried Big Tippy. "Captain Underpants turns back into a crabby old elementary school principal whenever he gets wet!" "You leave him alone!" yelled George, still snapping his fingers in vain. "Yeah!" cried Harold. "It's not a fair fight anymore!" "Wow!" laughed Big Tippy incredulously. "He's gotto be the world's EASIEST superhero to defeat! I could've destroyed him with a SQUIRT GUN!!!"

但这并没有什么好处。克虏伯先生的头还是湿的，所以他不能换回内裤船长。 “好吧，看看我刚刚想到了什么！”大提比叫道。 “内裤队长一淋湿就会变回暴躁的小学校长！”“你放开他！”乔治喊道，仍然徒劳地打着响指。 “耶！”哈罗德叫道。“这不再是一场公平的战斗了！”“哇！”大提比难以置信地笑了起来。 “他一定是世界上最容易打败的超级英雄！”我可以用水枪把他干掉！！”

Suddenly, a blinding flash lit up the world around them. Then came the footsteps. Terrible, deafening, tumultuous footsteps that shook the Earth with each thundering stomp. Finally, a massive shadow spread across the lake. Big Tippy looked up. It was Supa Mega Tippy. "Hey!" shouted Big Tippy. He quickly checked his jacket pocket and found it to be empty. "Where'd you come from? How'd you get so big? Where's the other one?" "None of that is important now," said Supa Mega Tippy. "What's important now is who's in charge!"

突然，一道炫目的闪光照亮了他们周围的世界。 然后传来了脚步声。可怕的、震耳欲聋的、喧嚣的脚步声伴随着每一次雷鸣般的跺脚震动了地球。 最后，一个巨大的阴影笼罩了湖面。 大提比抬起头来。是Supa Mega Tippy。 “嘿！”大提比喊道。他迅速检查了夹克口袋，发现里面是空的。 “你从哪儿来？”你怎么长这么大？ 另一个在哪里？”“现在这些都不重要了，”Supa Mega Tippy说。 “现在重要的是谁说了算！”

"Hey, you'll never believe this!" said Big Tippy, ignoring his diabolical double. "I just figured out that if you get Captain Underpants wet, he loses his super powers!" "His weakness is WATER?" said Supa Mega Tippy. "Wow. Really?" "I know!" said Big Tippy. "I couldn't believe it myself! Hey! I'm gonna destroy him real quick. Then we can get out of here and go rule the world and stuff!" "You're not going to destroy him," said Supa Mega Tippy. "I am!" "Now hold on, bub," said Big Tippy. "I caught him, so I'm gonna destroy him!" "Oh, yeah?" said Supa Mega Tippy, with a growl that made the surface of the lake tremble. "Well I'm bigger than you, so I'm gonna decide who destroys who!" He took a giant step toward Big Tippy and reached down with an Extendo-Flex Mechani-Gripper.

“嘿，你绝对不会相信的！”大提比说，没有理会他的恶魔替身。 “我刚刚发现，如果你把内裤队长弄湿了，他就会失去超能力！”“他的弱点是水？”超级提比说。 “哇。真的吗?”“我知道！”大提比说。 “我自己都不敢相信！嘿!我要马上毁了他。 然后我们就可以离开这里，去统治世界什么的！”“你不会毁了他的。”超级提比说。 “我!”“坚持住，伙计。”大提比说。 “我抓住了他，所以我要毁了他”“哦，是吗？”超级提比苏帕咆哮一声，湖面都颤抖起来。 “我比你大，所以我来决定谁毁了谁！”他朝大提比迈出了一大步，伸手拿起一个伸缩机械爪。