18. Harold and the Purple Ballpoint Pen

CHAPTER 18 HAROLD AND THE PURPLE BALLPOINT PEN Everything seemed hopeless. Captain Underpants had slipped and fallen into the mouth of the Turbo Toilet 2000, and now the giant toilet was coming after George and Harold! "Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!" laughed the powerful porcelain predator. "Once I have eaten you two kids up, I will take over the world!" "Not if we have anything to say about it!" yelled George.

第十八章哈罗德和紫色圆珠笔一切似乎都无望了。 内裤队长滑倒了，掉进了涡轮马桶2000的嘴里，现在这个巨大的马桶正在追着乔治和哈罗德！“哈，哈，哈，哈，哈！”强大的瓷器捕食者笑着说。 “一旦我把你们两个孩子吃掉，我就会统治世界！”“除非我们有话要说！”乔治嚷道。

George and Harold ran into the school and locked the door behind them. The Turbo Toilet 2000 banged against the door with its fists, shouting, "You boys can't hide in there forever!" George and Harold ran to the gym. "I've got a plan," said George. "We need to invent a character who can defeat a giant robot toilet." "How about a giant robot urinal?" asked Harold. "We can call it The Urinator!" "No way!" said George. "They'll never let us get away with that in a children's book. We're skating on thin ice as it is!"

乔治和哈罗德跑进学校，随手锁上了门。 2000涡轮马桶用拳头砰砰地撞在门上，喊道：“你们不能永远躲在里面！”乔治和哈罗德跑到健身房。 “我有个计划，”乔治说。 “我们需要创造一个能够打败巨型机器人厕所的角色。” “一个巨大的机器人小便池怎么样？”哈罗德问。 “我们可以叫它‘小便者’！”“不行！”乔治说。 “他们永远不会让我们在儿童读物中侥幸逃脱。 我们是在薄冰上滑冰！”

"All right," said Harold, "how about a giant plunger robot? He can carry a really big plunger, and—" "That's it!" cried George. So Harold took out his purple ballpoint pen and began to draw. "Give him laser eyes," said George. "All right," said Harold. "And give him turbo-atomic rocket boosters," said George. "Got it," said Harold. "And make him obey our every command," said George. "I'm way ahead of you," said Harold.

“好吧，”哈罗德说，“一个巨大的活塞机器人怎么样？ 他能拿一个很大的活塞，而且——”“对了！”乔治叫道。 于是哈罗德拿出他的紫色圆珠笔，开始画画。 “给他装上激光眼睛，”乔治说。 “好吧。”哈罗德说。“给他涡轮原子火箭助推器，”乔治说。 “明白了。”哈罗德说。“让他服从我们的每一个命令。”乔治说。 “我早在你前面了。”哈罗德说。

Harold finished his drawing, and George inspected it carefully. "This just might work," said George. "Yeah," said Harold. "If the PATSY 2000 can hold out." The boys turned and looked at the dented, cracked, and beaten-up machine laying on its side in the corner. George and Harold pushed the PATSY 2000 upright and dusted it off. "Come on, PATSY, old girl," said George. "We really need you now!" "Yeah," said Harold. "The fate of the entire planet is in our hands!"

哈罗德画好了，乔治仔细地看了看。 “这也许有用。”乔治说。 “是啊。”哈罗德说。“如果PATSY 2000能坚持下去的话。” 孩子们转过身来，看着角落里那台凹陷、破裂、破旧的机器。 乔治和哈罗德把PATSY 2000推了起来，掸了掸灰尘。 “来吧，帕齐，老女孩，”乔治说。 “我们现在真的很需要你！”“是啊。”哈罗德说。 “整个地球的命运掌握在我们手中！”