9. Crimes and Mr. Meaner

CHAPTER 9 CRIMES AND MR. MEANER A few days later, school was back in session. The teachers taught, the students studied...

第九章犯罪与卑鄙先生几天后，学校又开学了。 老师讲课，学生学习……

...and George and Harold went back to their mischief.

…乔治和哈罗德又开始胡闹了。

After school, George and Harold climbed up into their tree house to do their homework. The "yesterday" versions of themselves were busy playing video games and reading comics. "How was school today?" asked Yesterday George. "Meh," said George. "Didja learn anything new?" asked Yesterday Harold. "Eh," said Harold, shrugging. By all appearances, things had finally returned to normal.

放学后，乔治和哈罗德爬上他们的树屋做作业。 “昨天”的自己正忙着玩电子游戏和看漫画。 昨天乔治问：“今天在学校怎么样？” “嗯，”乔治说。“你学到了什么新东西吗？”昨天哈罗德问。 “嗯。”哈罗德耸耸肩说。 种种迹象表明，一切终于恢复了正常。

But at night, Mr. Meaner tinkered away at a makeshift laboratory inside an old, abandoned factory near Franz Pond. He was developing a powerful mind-control potion that would turn even the most unruly child into a brainlessly obedient conformist. Using a base mixture of sodium thiopental, Mr. Meaner added liberal doses of butyric acid, tryptophan, and Clamato juice. Then he filtered the solution through an old, dirty pile of stinky gym socks. The concoction smelled terrible, but its sinister effect would be even worse! "My formula is now ready for human trials," said Mr. Meaner. "And I know exactly which two humans I'm going to try it out on!"

但到了晚上，米纳尔就在弗朗兹池塘附近一座废弃的旧工厂里的一个临时实验室里瞎捣鼓。 他正在研制一种强大的精神控制药水，可以把最不守规矩的孩子变成一个无脑听话的循规蹈矩的人。 使用硫喷妥钠的基础混合物，Meaner先生加入了任意剂量的丁酸、色氨酸和Clamato果汁。 然后他在一堆又脏又臭的运动袜中过滤了溶液。 这种混合物闻起来很难闻，但它的邪恶效果会更糟！“我的配方现在已经准备好进行人体试验了，”米纳说。 “而且我很清楚我要在哪两个人身上做试验！”