9. The Gerbil Jogger 2000

CHAPTER 9 THE GERBIL JOGGER 2000 The next morning, Professor Poopypants came to school with an odd-looking miniature robot. "Look, children," he said. "I've created a new Invention using the principles of science! I call it the Gerbil Jogger 2000."

第9章沙鼠慢跑者第二天早上，便便教授带着一个奇怪的微型机器人来到学校。 “看，孩子们，”他说。 “我利用科学原理创造了一项新发明！”我称它为沙鼠慢跑者2000。”

The children stopped laughing for a moment and looked with interest at Professor Poopypants's new invention. "You see, children," said the professor, "some people like to jog, and their pets like to jog along beside them. That's fine if you have a dog or a cat, but what if you have a pet gerbil? It used to be a big problem, but not anymore!" Professor Poopypants opened the glass dome on the Gerbil Jogger 2000 and inserted a cute, fuzzy gerbil.

孩子们笑了一会儿，饶有兴趣地看着便便班教授的新发明。 “你们看，孩子们，”教授说，“有些人喜欢慢跑，他们的宠物也喜欢跟在他们旁边慢跑。 如果你养了一只狗或猫，这没问题，但如果你养了一只沙鼠呢？ 这曾经是个大问题，但现在不是了！”Poopypants教授打开沙鼠慢跑者2000的玻璃圆顶，插入一只可爱的毛茸茸的沙鼠。

The gerbil pushed his tiny legs against the simple controls, and suddenly the machine came to life. In no time at all, the gerbil was jogging around the classroom in his robot suit. The children were delighted! "Wow!" said Connor Mancini. "Science is COOL!" All of the other children agreed. This is wonderful! thought Professor Poopypants. I've REACHED them! Now I can TEACH them! "Um, excuse me," said George to the professor. "What's your middle name?" "My middle name," said the professor proudly, "is Pee-Pee. Why do you ask?"

沙鼠把他的小腿推到简单的控制装置上，机器突然活了起来。 很快，沙鼠就穿着他的机器人套装在教室里慢跑了。 孩子们高兴极了！“哇！”康纳·曼奇尼说。 “科学很酷！”其他的孩子都同意了。 这太棒了！便便教授想。 我找到他们了！现在我可以教他们了！“嗯，对不起，”乔治对教授说。 “你的中间名是什么？”“我的中间名，”教授骄傲地说，“是Pee-Pee。 你为什么这么问？”

At that point, the children picked up where they had left off: laughing at Professor Pippy Pee-Pee Poopypants's ridiculous name. The professor began to shake with anger. Tiny veins in his forehead started growing, and his face turned bright red. "I can't take much more of this," the furious professor said through clenched teeth. "I think I might blow a fuse if just one more thing happens!"

说到这里，孩子们又回到了之前的话题：嘲笑皮皮·Pee-Pee - Poopypants教授可笑的名字。 教授气得浑身发抖。 他额头上的细静脉开始生长，他的脸变得鲜红。 “我再也受不了了，”愤怒的教授咬紧牙关说。 “我想，如果再发生一件事，我就要发火了！”