10. A Big Mistake

CHAPTER 10 A BIG MISTAKE George and Harold sat together in the detention room, reading through their newest comic book and beaming proudly. "We've got to go to the office and make copies of this," said George, "so we can sell them on the playground tomorrow." "We can't," said Harold. "Don't you remember? Mr. Krupp said he'd suspend us if he caught us leaving this room!" "Then we won't let him catch us," said George.

第十章一个大错误乔治和哈罗德一起坐在拘留所里，看他们最新的漫画书，得意地笑着。 “我们得去办公室复印一下，”乔治说，“这样我们明天就可以在操场上卖了。” “我们不能。”哈罗德说。“你不记得了吗？ 克虏伯先生说如果他发现我们离开这个房间，他就把我们停学！”“那我们就别让他抓住我们了。”乔治说。

George and Harold sneaked out of the room quietly and crawled down the hall to the office. "Uh-oh," said Harold. "There's a bunch of teachers in there. We'll never get to use the copy machine." "Hmmm," said George. "Are there any other copy machines in this school?" "How about the one that Melvin had in the gym?" asked Harold. "Oh, yeah," said George.

乔治和哈罗德悄悄地溜出房间，爬过走廊来到办公室。 “哦哦。”哈罗德说。“那里有很多老师。 我们永远也用不到复印机了。” “嗯，”乔治说。“这所学校还有其他复印机吗？”“梅尔文在体育馆里的那支怎么样？”哈罗德问。 “哦，是的，”乔治说。

George and Harold crept over to the gym and found the PATSY 2000. "I wonder if this machine still makes copies," said Harold. "Melvin did say that he had made some adjustments to it." "Oh, he probably just crammed a mouse in there to fool us," said George. "It's the oldest trick in the book. I'm sure the machine still makes regular copies." George placed the cover of their new comic book facedown on the glass screen and pressed "Start."

乔治和哈罗德蹑手蹑脚地来到健身房，找到了PATSY 2000。 “不知道这台机器还能不能复印。”哈罗德说。 “梅尔文确实说过他做了一些调整。” “哦，他可能只是在里面塞了一只老鼠来愚弄我们。”乔治说。 “这是书上最古老的把戏了。 我相信这台机器还能正常复印。” 乔治把他们新漫画书的封面面朝下放在玻璃屏幕上，然后按下“开始”键。

All at once, the lights in the whole school dimmed, and the PATSY 2000 began to shake and clunk around wildly. Giant volts of static electricity zapped out the bottom of the machine as a great whirlwind rose from the top. Loose papers and other small objects in the room were sucked into the wind, and they spun above the machine like a raging cyclone. "I don't think it's supposed to do this!" shouted George over the horrible noise.

突然间，整个学校的灯光都暗了下来，PATSY 2000开始摇晃，四处乱撞。 当一个巨大的旋风从机器的顶部升起时，巨大的伏特静电从机器的底部喷出。 房间里的散纸和其他小物件被风吸了进去，在机器上方旋转，就像一场肆虐的旋风。 “我认为它不应该这样！”乔治在可怕的声音中喊道。

Finally, after a series of flashes and loud zaps, the noise, wind, and sparks stopped altogether. The only sound that could be heard was of something groaning and clawing about inside the bloated, battered frame of the PATSY 2000. "It sounds like something's alive inside there," said Harold. George snatched the comic book from the top of the machine. "Let's get out of here!" he cried.

最后，在一连串的闪光和响亮的撞击声之后，噪音、风和火花完全停止了。 唯一能听到的声音是在PATSY 2000臃肿不堪的机身里，有什么东西在呻吟和抓挠。 “听起来里面好像有什么东西活着。”哈罗德说。 乔治从机器顶上抓起那本漫画书。 “我们离开这里吧！”他喊道。

Just then, a small ding was heard, and a full-sized, shiny white toilet emerged from the side of the PATSY 2000. Its teeth were sharp and jagged, and its angry eyeballs glowed with red, swelling veins. "YUM, YUM, EAT 'EM UP!" cried the evil toilet. Almost immediately, another talking toilet emerged, followed by another and another and another. "YUM, YUM, EAT 'EM UP!" they cried. "Oh, NO! Melvin was RIGHT!!! The Photo-Atomic Trans-Somgobulating Yectofantriplutoniczanziptomiser really DOES create living, breathing, three- dimensional copies of two-dimensional images!" Harold cried convolutedly. "I've got an idea," said George. "What?" asked Harold. "RUN!" cried George.

就在这时，听到了一声小小的叮叮声，一个全尺寸的、闪亮的白色马桶从PATSY 2000的侧面出现了。 它的牙齿锋利而参差不齐，它愤怒的眼球上布满了红肿的静脉。 “好吃，好吃，把它们吃了！”邪恶的马桶叫道。 几乎立刻，又一个会说话的马桶出现了，接着是一个、一个、一个。 “好吃，好吃，把它们吃了！” “哦,不!梅尔文是对的！！这种光原子反式合成的yetofantriplutoniczanziptomiser确实能创造出二维图像的活的、有呼吸的三维副本！”哈罗德莫名其妙地叫道。 “我有个主意，”乔治说。 “什么？”哈罗德问。“快跑！”乔治喊道。