18. Things Get Bad

CHAPTER 18 THINGS GET BAD In a few hours, the fourth graders were all packed into a hot, stinky factory listening to a boring speech about how trees are turned into tissues... or something like that. Nobody was paying attention, really, except for Melvin Sneedly, who was terrified. His whole body shook and shimmered as the tour took them down the narrow walkways of the noisy industrial plant.

几小时后，四年级的学生们都挤进了一个又热又臭的工厂里，听着一个关于树是如何变成纸巾的无聊演讲…… 或者类似的东西。没有人注意，真的，除了梅尔文·斯奈利，他吓坏了。 当他们沿着嘈杂的工厂狭窄的走道走下去时，他的整个身体都在颤抖，闪闪发光。

Finally, the tour ended at the gift shop, where the plant manager, Mr. Snoddy, had a surprise for everybody. "Behind this red curtain with black dots on it," said Mr. Snoddy, "is a free gift for each of you." Mr. Snoddy pulled back the curtain to reveal a pile of sample tissue packs. "Help yourselves," said Mr. Snoddy. "There's enough for everybody!" "NOOOOO!" screamed Melvin. "ME NO LIKE TISSUES!"

最后，参观在礼品店结束，工厂经理斯诺迪先生为大家准备了一个惊喜。 斯诺迪先生说：“在这个有黑点的红幕后面，是给你们每个人的免费礼物。” 斯诺迪拉开窗帘，露出一堆纸巾样品包。 “请自便，”斯诺迪先生说。 “够大家吃的了！”“不！”梅尔文尖叫道。 “我不喜欢纸巾！”

"Oh, don't be silly," said Mr. Snoddy. "Everybody loves tissues. And our tissues are extra absorbent. They really help to wipe out phlegm and mucus!" "NOOOOO!" screamed Melvin again. "TISSUES IS BAD MAGIC!" "Nonsense," laughed Mr. Snoddy. He tossed a couple of sample tissue packs at Melvin. "Here you go, young man," he said. "Enjoy!" The tissue packs flipped through the air and stuck onto Melvin's back. Melvin screamed. His eyes began to glow green as he beat his chest in anger. Suddenly, Melvin's shoulders started to bubble. His chest expanded. The Flexo-Growmonic steel in Melvin's endoskeleton flexed and grew. His neck and head widened, and his body swelled to a height of thirteen feet.

“哦，别傻了，”斯诺迪先生说。 “每个人都喜欢纸巾。我们的组织具有超强的吸水性。 它们真的有助于清除痰和粘液！”“不！”梅尔文又尖叫起来。 “纸巾是不好的魔法！”“胡说，”斯诺迪先生笑道。 他向梅尔文扔了几包纸巾样本。 “给你，年轻人，”他说。 “喜欢!”纸巾包在空中翻转，粘在了梅尔文的背上。 梅尔文尖叫。他愤怒地捶打着胸膛，眼睛开始发出绿光。 突然，梅尔文的肩膀开始冒泡。 他的胸脯胀大了。Melvin的内骨骼中的Flexo-Growmonic钢弯曲生长。 他的脖子和头变宽了，他的身体膨胀到十三英尺高。

Melvin grabbed the tissue packs in his massive, dripping fingers and flung them to the ground. "DON'T MAKE ME ANGRY!" Melvin warned. "YOU NO LIKE ME WHEN I ANGRY!" "Oops," said Mr. Snoddy. "You dropped your tissue packs, young fellow. Here's some more for you!" Mr. Snoddy grabbed two giant handfuls of sample tissue packs and tossed them at Melvin.

梅尔文用他那湿漉漉的粗大的手指抓住纸巾包，把它们扔到地上。 “别惹我生气！”梅尔文警告说。 “你不喜欢我生气的时候！”“哎呀，”斯诺迪先生说。 “你的纸巾包掉了，小伙子。 这里还有一些给你！”斯诺迪抓起两大把纸巾样本包扔给了梅尔文。