19. The Pact

CHAPTER 19 THE PACT While yesterday's George and Harold slept, George and Harold tried to figure out what to do next. "How are we going to explain this to our parents?" asked Harold. "How are we going to explain this to ourselves?" asked George.

第十九章约定昨天的乔治和哈罗德还在睡觉的时候，乔治和哈罗德在想下一步该怎么办。 “我们怎么向父母解释呢？”哈罗德问。 “我们怎么向自己解释呢？”乔治问。

Yesterday George yawned and stretched as he rolled over in his beanbag chair. He glanced at his pocket watch, then closed his eyes to go back to sleep. Suddenly, his eyes shot open. "OH! NOOOOO!" Yesterday George screamed. Yesterday Harold awoke with a jump. "WE FELL ASLEEP!" Yesterday George cried. "WE SLEPT THROUGH SCHOOL!!! WE SLEPT THROUGH OUR TESTS!!! WE SLEPT THROUGH—Hey, who are you guys?"

昨天乔治在豆袋椅上打滚时打了个哈欠，伸了个懒腰。 他看了一眼怀表，然后闭上眼睛继续睡觉。 突然，他的眼睛睁开了。 “哦!NOOOOO !”昨天乔治尖叫起来。 昨天哈罗德惊醒了。 “我们睡着了！”昨天乔治哭了。 “我们在学校里睡觉！！”我们睡过了考试！！我们一直睡到——嘿，你们是谁？”

Yesterday Harold rubbed his eyes and looked at his twin. "I must be dreaming," he said. "Either that or I'm seeing double!" "Well," said George, "it's a long story." He and Harold told their yesterday selves what had happened, and quickly caught them both up on the events of the past three and a half chapters. "Now what are we supposed to do?" said Yesterday George. "We can't tell our parents," said Harold. "But where are we all going to sleep?" asked Yesterday Harold. "And how are we all going to get enough food?" said Yesterday George. "And clean clothes?" said Harold.

昨天哈罗德揉了揉眼睛，看着他的双胞胎兄弟。 “我一定是在做梦，”他说。 “要么是这样，要么就是我看到了重影！”“好吧，”乔治说，“这说来话长。” 他和哈罗德向昨天的自己讲述了发生的事情，并很快把过去三章半的故事讲给他们听。 “现在我们该怎么办？”昨天乔治说。 “我们不能告诉父母。”哈罗德说。 “可是我们大家去哪儿睡觉呢？”昨天哈罗德问。 “我们怎么才能弄到足够的食物呢？”昨天乔治说。 “还有干净的衣服？”哈罗德说。

Everyone was beginning to panic except for George, who had been deep in thought for a while. George didn't seem worried at all. In fact, a devilish grin was beginning to spread across his face. "You know," George said, "maybe we're looking at this the wrong way. Maybe this is a good thing!" "A GOOD thing?" cried Yesterday Harold incredulously. "Yeah," said George. "We've always said there's never enough time to do what we want to do. So let's take shifts. Me and Harold will start going to school and doing our homework on even numbered days, and you guys will go to school and do homework on odd numbered days."

大家都开始惊慌起来，只有乔治例外，他沉思了一会儿。 乔治似乎一点也不担心。 事实上，他的脸上开始绽开恶魔般的笑容。 “你知道，”乔治说，“也许我们看问题的角度不对。 也许这是一件好事！”“一件好事？”昨天哈罗德难以置信地叫道。 “是啊，”乔治说。“我们总是说，永远没有足够的时间去做我们想做的事情。 我们来换班。我和哈罗德开始在偶数天上学做作业，你们在奇数天上学做作业。”

"Yeah, but what'll WE do while you guys are at school?" asked Yesterday George. "Whatever you want," said George. "Hang out in the tree house! Play video games! Make comics! Watch monster movies! It doesn't matter. You guys get to relax and take the day off every other day!" "I get it," said Yesterday George, smiling devilishly. "Then YOU guys can take the day off while WE'RE at school and stuff." "Yeah!" said George. "Just think of the possibilities!" "I don't know," said Harold and Yesterday Harold at the same time. "Don't worry," said George. "It'll be GREAT! We'll have TWICE as much fun as normal, and only half the work!" "Yeah!" said Yesterday George. "What could possibly go wrong?"

“是啊，但是你们在学校的时候我们做什么呢？”昨天乔治问道。 “随你便。”乔治说。 “去树屋逛逛！”玩电子游戏！让漫画!看怪兽电影！没关系。 你们可以放松一下，每隔一天休息一天！”“我明白了，”昨天乔治说，邪恶地笑着。 “然后你们可以在我们上学什么的时候休息一天。” “是啊！”乔治说。“想想这些可能性吧！”“我不知道。”哈罗德和昨天的哈罗德同时说。 “别担心，”乔治说。 “太棒了！”我们会有比平时多一倍的乐趣，而只需要一半的工作！”“是的！”昨天乔治说。 “会出什么问题呢？”