8. The Comic Is Mightier Than the Spitball

CHAPTER 8 THE COMIC IS MIGHTIER THAN THE SPITBALL George and Harold were sent straight to the detention room. "Man," said Harold, "Melvin is such a tattletale. Somebody ought to teach him a lesson." "And we're just the guys to do it," said George.

第八章漫画比纸团更有力量乔治和哈罗德被直接送到了拘留所。 “伙计，”哈罗德说，“梅尔文真是个爱搬弄是非的人。 应该有人教训教训他。” “我们就是做这件事的人，”乔治说。

So George and Harold created an all-new comic book featuring everybody's favorite tattletalin' meanie, Melvin Sneedly. When they were done, the two boys sneaked out of the detention room to run off copies of their latest work and sell them in the hallway.

于是乔治和哈罗德创作了一本全新的漫画书，主角是大家最喜欢的八卦小人梅尔文·史尼利。 完成后，这两个男孩偷偷溜出了拘留室，把他们最新的作品复印了几本，在走廊上卖了出去。

The new comic book was a great success. Everybody loved it. Well, everybody but Melvin Sneedly, I should say. As Melvin walked to his last class of the day, he noticed small groups of students in the hallway reading comics together and giggling. Normally, this was enough to make Melvin run straight to the principal's office and tell on everyone for unsupervised reading (which was strictly forbidden). But today, Melvin noticed something strange. The comic-reading students were pointing and laughing —at HIM.

那本新的漫画书大获成功。 每个人都喜欢它。应该说，除了梅尔文·斯奈利，所有人都是。 当梅尔文走到当天的最后一堂课时，他注意到走廊上有一小群学生在一起看漫画，咯咯地笑着。 通常情况下，这足以让梅尔文直接跑到校长办公室，告发每个人在无人监督的情况下阅读（这是严格禁止的）。 但是今天，梅尔文注意到了一些奇怪的事情。 那些读漫画的学生指着他笑。

"What?" said Melvin. "What's wrong? What are you guys laughing at?" Melvin looked around the hallway desperately. Everybody was laughing... everybody was pointing... and it was driving Melvin crazy! He marched over to a group of second graders, grabbed the comic book out of their hands, and looked at the cover. Melvin was FURIOUS!

“什么？”梅尔文说。“怎么了? 你们笑什么呢？”梅尔文绝望地环顾了一下走廊。 每个人都在笑……每个人都指着…… 这让梅尔文快疯了！他大步走向一群二年级学生，从他们手中抢过漫画书，看了看封面。 梅尔文怒不可遏！

"YOU GUYS ARE SO IMMATURE!!!" shrieked Melvin. He quickly darted off to read the comic in peace, but everywhere he ran, he came across more pointing and more laughing. Finally, Melvin thought of the one place he could read the comic in private. He went into the boys' bathroom, locked himself in one of the stalls, and sat down to read.

“你们太不成熟了！！”梅尔文尖叫道。 他飞快地跑去平静地看漫画，但无论跑到哪里，他都会遇到更多的指指点点和笑声。 最后，梅尔文想到了一个他可以私下看漫画的地方。 他走进男盥洗室，把自己锁在一个隔间里，坐下来看书。

SPLAT!!! SPLAT!!! As Melvin sat reading, his legs dripping with ketchup, he became angrier and angrier. "I'm gonna get George and Harold!" Melvin vowed.

长条木板! !长条木板! !梅尔文坐在那里看书，腿上滴着番茄酱，他变得越来越生气。 “我去找乔治和哈罗德！”梅尔文誓言。