13. Eleven Minutes Later

CHAPTER 13 ELEVEN MINUTES LATER "GEORGE!" "HAROLD!!!" "GET DOWN HERE RIGHT NOW!!!" George and Harold opened their eyes. Wearily, they sturnbled to the tree house door and looked down. George's mom and dad and Harold's mom were all standing down in the yard looking very angry.

第十三章十一分钟后“乔治！”“哈罗德! !”“马上给我下来！！”乔治和哈罗德睁开了眼睛。 他们疲惫不堪，跌跌撞撞地走到树屋门口往下看。 乔治的爸爸妈妈和哈罗德的妈妈都站在院子里，看起来很生气。

"The school called," George's dad said. "They told us that you kids weren't in class today!" "Uh-oh," said George. "We're dead," said Harold. "Would you mind explaining what you've been doing all day?" asked Harold's mom angrily. George and Harold could hide the truth no longer. They decided to confess everything. "We couldn't go to school today," said George. "We had to save the Earth from an evil, crazy guy who was riding around in a giant pair of robotic pants."

“学校打电话来了，”乔治的爸爸说。 “他们告诉我们你们这些孩子今天没来上课！”“哦哦，”乔治说。 “我们死了。”哈罗德说。 “你能解释一下你一整天都在干什么吗？”哈罗德的妈妈生气地问。 乔治和哈罗德再也无法隐瞒真相了。 他们决定坦白一切。 “我们今天不能去上学了，”乔治说。 “我们必须从一个邪恶的疯子手里拯救地球，他穿着一条巨大的机器人裤子到处跑。”

"Yeah," said Harold. "We've spent the last day traveling through time, running from dinosaurs, and teaching cavenuzn how to defend themselves!"

“是啊。”哈罗德说。“我们在过去的一天里进行了时间旅行，躲避恐龙，教cavenuzn如何保护自己！”

"Very funny!" shouted George's dad. "If you kids think you can skip school and goof around all day, you're in for a BIG SURPRISE!" George and Harold had never seen their parents so angry. The two boys spent the next five hours mowing lawns, weeding gardens, vacuuming houses, washing cars, dusting furniture, cleaning out garages, whitewashing fences, doing dishes, folding laundry, and taking out garbage. It was exhausting work, but it was nothing compared to what was to come next.

“真有趣！”乔治的爸爸喊道。 “如果你们这些孩子认为你们可以逃学，整天无所事事，你们可要大吃一惊了！”乔治和哈罗德从未见过他们的父母这么生气。 接下来的五个小时里，两个男孩割草、除草、吸尘、洗车、给家具除尘、打扫车库、粉刷栅栏、洗碗、叠衣服、倒垃圾。 这是一项令人筋疲力尽的工作，但与接下来要做的事情相比，这根本不算什么。