6. The Retirement Card

CHAPTER 6 THE RETIREMENT CARD George and Harold were gathering their new-and-improved "Friday Memo" copies into small piles when Principal Krupp came into the office. "Hey!" Mr. Krupp shouted. "What are you two troublemakers doing in here?" "Miss Anthrope told us to pass the 'Friday Memo' out to all the classrooms," said George innocently. "Well, make it snappy!" yelled Principal Krupp.

第六章退休卡乔治和哈罗德正在把他们新修订的《星期五备忘录》叠成小摞，这时克虏伯校长走进了办公室。 “嘿!”克虏伯先生喊道。“你们两个捣蛋鬼在这里干什么？”“阿佩普老师让我们把‘星期五备忘录’发给所有的教室，”乔治天真地说。 “好吧，快点儿！”克虏伯校长喊道。

Suddenly, Harold got a sneaky idea. He took out the blank piece of construction paper that Ms. Ribble had given him earlier. "Hey, Mr. Krupp," said Harold, "will you sign this retirement card for our teacher?" Mr. Krupp grabbed the card from Harold and eyed it suspiciously. "This card is blank!" Mr. Krupp growled. "I know," said Harold. "Our class is going to decorate it later. We wanted you to be the first to sign it."

突然，哈罗德有了个鬼点子。 他拿出一张空白的建筑纸。 里布尔早些时候给他的。 “嘿，克虏伯先生，”哈罗德说，“你能在这张给我们老师的退休卡上签名吗？”克虏伯先生从哈罗德手里抢过卡片，怀疑地看着它。 “这张卡是空白的！”克虏伯咆哮道。 “我知道。”哈罗德说。“我们班待会儿要装饰它。 我们希望你是第一个在上面签字的人。”

"Well, alright then," said Mr. Krupp. He opened the card and quickly scribbled Signed, Mr. Krupp on the inside. Then he stormed out of the office.

“好吧，那好吧，”克虏伯先生说。 他打开卡片，迅速在里面写上“签名，克虏伯先生”。 然后他气冲冲地走出了办公室。

"What are you gonna do with that?" asked George. "You'll see," said Harold, smiling.

“你打算拿它怎么办？”乔治问。 “你等着瞧吧。”哈罗德笑着说。