10. Spray Day

CHAPTER 10 SPRAY DAY The next day, Mr. Meaner showed up at school looking a little different than usual. He still wore the same smelly sweatshirt and sweatpants he'd had on all week—nothing new there—but somehow, something about him had changed. It was Yesterday George and Yesterday Harold's turn to go to school and do homework that day, so the boys dutifully went to their classes and did everything they were supposed to do...

第十章喷雾日第二天，米纳先生出现在学校，看起来和平时有点不一样。 他仍然穿着那件难闻的运动衫和运动裤，那是他整个星期都穿的——没什么新鲜的——但不知何故，他身上的某些东西变了。 那天该轮到昨天的乔治和昨天的哈罗德去学校做作业了，所以男孩们乖乖地去上课，做了他们应该做的一切……

...and a few things they were not supposed to do.

…还有一些他们不该做的事。

Everything seemed normal until after gym class. Mr. Meaner excused the rest of the kids, but not Yesterday George and Yesterday Harold. "Boys," said Mr. Meaner, "I'd like to see you in my office, pronto!" "Why?" asked Yesterday George. "We didn't do anything—probably." Mr. Meaner pointed to his office door. "IN—MY—OFFICE—NOW!" he shouted.

体育课之前，一切似乎都很正常。 米纳先生原谅了其他孩子，但没有原谅昨天的乔治和昨天的哈罗德。 “孩子们，”米纳先生说，“我想在我的办公室见你们，马上！”“为什么？”昨天乔治问。 “我们可能什么也没做。” 米纳先生指着他办公室的门。 “到我的办公室——马上！”他喊道。

Yesterday George and Yesterday Harold slinked into Mr. Meaner's filthy office. They'd been in there before, and they hated the smell of it. It reeked of mold, rat urine, and the putrid sweat of a thousand tormented souls. But today, for some strange reason, it smelled even worse than usual. Yesterday George and Yesterday Harold climbed into two sticky vinyl chairs and held their breath.

昨天乔治和昨天哈罗德溜进了米纳先生肮脏的办公室。 他们以前去过那里，他们讨厌那里的味道。 它散发着霉菌、老鼠尿和一千个受尽折磨的灵魂的腐臭汗水的气味。 但今天，由于某种奇怪的原因，它闻起来比平时更难闻。 昨天乔治和昨天哈罗德爬上两把黏糊糊的乙烯基椅子，屏住呼吸。

"Well, well, well, said Mr. Meaner, as he closed the door behind him and approached our heroes. "It looks like we're alone at last." "What's going on here?" asked Yesterday George suspiciously. "Yeah," said Yesterday Harold. "We've got to go to our next class." "Oh, there will be plenty of time for classes and studying and homework," replied Mr. Meaner. "But first, I'd like you to help me out with a little experiment!" Mr. Meaner lifted his arms, revealing two metallic spray nozzles under his crusty pits.

“好了，好了，好了，”米纳先生说着，关上了身后的门，走向我们的英雄们。 “看来我们终于独处了。” “这是怎么回事？”昨天乔治怀疑地问。 “是啊。”昨天的哈罗德说。 “我们得去上下一节课了。” “哦，有足够的时间上课、学习和做作业，”米纳先生回答。 “但首先，我想让你帮我做一个小实验！”米纳先生抬起双臂，露出了他坚硬的凹陷下的两个金属喷嘴。

"Say hello to my stinky friends!"' He laughed as the nozzles spattered out two brown cloudbursts of choking, noxious stank.

“跟我的臭朋友打个招呼吧！”他笑着看着喷口喷出两股棕色的、呛人的、有毒的恶臭。