13. The Next Day

CHAPTER 13 THE NEXT DAY The next day, Melvin didn't show up for school on time. Nobody really seemed to notice, though, because all the children were excited about show-and-tell. Almost everyone had brought in really lame stuff like books or awards, but George and Harold had something that was totally cool. "Everybody remembers Sulu from yesterday, right?" said George. "Well, we took him home to live with us in our tree house." "And we taught him the greatest trick!" said Harold.

第十三章第二天第二天，梅尔文没有按时到校。 不过，似乎没有人真正注意到，因为所有的孩子都在兴奋地玩“展示-讲述”游戏。 几乎每个人都带来了一些很蹩脚的东西，比如书或奖项，但乔治和哈罗德却有一些非常酷的东西。 “大家都记得昨天的苏鲁吧？”乔治说。 “嗯，我们把他带回家，和我们一起住在我们的树屋里。” “我们教了他最厉害的把戏！”哈罗德说。

The two boys carried Sulu over to the classroom window and opened it up. Harold pulled a large watermelon out of his book bag and showed it to Sulu. "OK, Sulu," said George, "show everybody your new trick!" In one swift motion, Sulu placed his mouth onto the watermelon and shoved the entire thing into his left cheek. The fourth graders were stunned. "No, no," said Harold, "that's not the trick. The trick is what happens next!"

两个男孩把苏禄抱到教室窗前，打开了窗户。 哈罗德从书包里拿出一个大西瓜给苏禄看。 “好了，苏鲁，”乔治说，“让大家看看你的新把戏！”苏鲁迅速地把嘴放到西瓜上，把整个西瓜塞进左脸颊。 四年级学生都惊呆了。 “不，不，”哈罗德说，“这不是诀窍。 关键是接下来会发生什么！”

Sulu looked out the window and eyed a dead tree at the far end of the empty playground. Sulu began to chew up the watermelon, then puckered his tiny hamster lips and spit. Ratatatatatatatatatatatatatat!

苏璐望向窗外，看到空荡荡的操场尽头有一棵枯树。 苏鲁开始嚼西瓜，然后撅起他的小仓鼠嘴唇吐了出来。 Ratatatatatatatatatatatatatat !

The watermelon seeds fired out of Sulu's mouth, hitting their target with expert precision. In no time at all, the dead tree at the end of the playground was reduced to a pile of twigs and sawdust. The class cheered as George and Harold petted their amazing little bionic buddy.

西瓜籽从苏鲁的嘴里射出，精准地击中了目标。 很快，操场尽头的那棵枯树就变成了一堆树枝和木屑。 乔治和哈罗德抚摸着他们神奇的仿生小家伙，全班欢呼起来。

George and Harold didn't think that anybody could beat their show-and-tell display, but they were wrong. Because at that very moment, Melvin Sneedly was dripping down the hallway toward the classroom door. Melvin hadn't brought anything for show- and-tell. Melvin WAS the show-and-tell.

乔治和哈罗德认为没有人能打败他们的展示，但他们错了。 因为就在那一刻，梅尔文·史尼利正沿着走廊往教室门口淌水。 梅尔文没有带任何东西来展示。 梅尔文是展示和讲述的人。