20. You Axed for It

CHAPTER 20 YOU AXED FOR IT "Hooray!" cried Wedgie Woman as she turned off her new TV. "My plan worked. Now it's time to take over the world!" "But what about us?" asked Harold. "Don't worry," said Wedgie Woman. "I've got a big surprise for you two." She took a heavy battle-axe and tied it up with a rope. Then she leaned the axe toward George and Harold and lit a candle under the rope. "When the flame burns through the rope," said Wedgie Woman, "all your problems will be over. Get the point?" "Not really," said George. "Don't worry," laughed Wedgie Woman. "You will soon enough."

“太好了！”女人一边关掉她的新电视一边叫道。 “我的计划成功了。现在是时候接管世界了！”“那我们怎么办？”哈罗德问。 “别担心，”女人说。 “我给你们俩准备了一个大惊喜。” 她拿了一把很重的战斧，用绳子把它系起来。 然后她把斧头斜向乔治和哈罗德，在绳子下面点燃了一支蜡烛。 “当火焰烧穿绳子的时候，”女人说，“你所有的问题都解决了。 明白了吗？”“不完全是。”乔治说。 “别担心，”女人笑着说。 “你很快就会知道的。”

Wedgie Woman laughed a horrible laugh. Then she dashed out the door to take on the world! George and Harold watched as the flame began burning through the rope. They cringed as the impending doom of the axe blade came closer and closer. "Well," said George, "it looks like this is the end." "Maybe not," said Harold. "Maybe the blade will fall and slice through our ropes and not harm us at all." "I doubt it," said George. "That kind of thing only happens in really lame adventure stories."

女人发出可怕的笑声。 然后她冲出门去迎接这个世界！乔治和哈罗德看着火焰开始穿过绳子燃烧起来。 当斧头的厄运越来越近时，他们畏缩了。 “好了，”乔治说，“看起来一切都结束了。” “也许不是。”哈罗德说。“也许剑刃会掉下来，割断我们的绳子，而不会伤到我们。” “我很怀疑。”乔治说。 “这种事情只会发生在蹩脚的冒险故事中。”

Suddenly, the blade fell and sliced through the ropes, not harming George or Harold at all. The two boys looked at each other and decided it was best not to comment on the situation.

突然，剑刃落下，割断了绳索，乔治和哈罗德却毫发未伤。 两个男孩互相看了看，决定最好不要评论这种情况。