22. The Gang's All Here

CHAPTER 22 THE CANG'S ALL HERE Soon, everyone had gathered together in Old George's studio. Old George, his wife, and their kids, Meena and Nik, sat on the couch, while Old Harold, his husband, and their twins, Owen and Kei, plopped down in the giant beanbag chair. "Kids," said Mrs. Beard, "I'd like you to meet your fathers." "What's up?" said George. "We're your dads when they were kids," said Harold.

第二十二章沧家的人都来了不久，大家都聚集在老乔治的画室里。 老乔治、他的妻子、他们的孩子米娜和尼克坐在沙发上，老哈罗德、他的丈夫和他们的双胞胎欧文和基坐在巨大的豆袋椅上。 “孩子们，”比尔德太太说，“我想让你们见见你们的爸爸。” “怎么了？”乔治说。“我们是你们小时候的爸爸。”哈罗德说。

"Wow, Dad," said Meena. "You used to be cute!" "Whaddaya mean, used to be?!!?" said Old George. "We're here because we need to borrow your dads," said Harold. "They're the only adults we can trust!" "Yeah," said George. "It's a real emergency!"

“哇，爸爸，”米娜说。“你以前很可爱！”“你这是什么意思，过去？！！？”老乔治说。 “我们来这里是为了借你们的爸爸。”哈罗德说。 “他们是我们唯一可以信任的成年人！”“是啊，”乔治说。 “真的很紧急！”

"Wait a minute," said Old Harold. "I don't remember doing any of this when we were kids, do you, George?" "No," said Old George. "If this happened in our past, how come we have no memory of it?" "I don't know," said Harold. "Probably bad writing," said George.

“等一下。”老哈罗德说。 “我不记得我们小时候做过这些，你呢，乔治？”“不，”老乔治说。 “如果这发生在我们的过去，为什么我们没有记忆呢？”“我不知道。”哈罗德说。 “可能是写得不好，”乔治说。

"Well, if we're going to help you, we'd better get going," said Old George. "Let's boogie!" "But wait," said Harold. "We need to finish our pinball game." "Yeah," said George. "And we haven't even read your graphic novels yet." "I thought this was an emergency," said Old Harold. "How about just ONE chapter?" Harold begged. "Pleeeeeease?" "Well, alright," said Old Harold.

“好吧，如果我们要帮你，我们最好现在就出发。”老乔治说。 “让我们跳舞吧!”“等等。”哈罗德说。 “我们得把弹球游戏打完。” “是啊，”乔治说。“我们还没读过你的漫画小说呢。” “我还以为是紧急情况呢。”老哈罗德说。 “就一章怎么样？”哈罗德恳求。 “Pleeeeeease ?”“嗯，好吧。”老哈罗德说。

George and Harold grabbed a graphic novel from the bookshelf, flipped it open, and started reading from a random chapter.

乔治和哈罗德从书架上拿了一本图画小说，把它打开，随便读了一章。