4. Purple Pottyville

CHAPTER 4 PURPLE POTTYVILLE After several intense minutes of orange flashing lights, X-ray beams, and lightning- infused electric whirlwinds, the Purple Potty finally stopped shaking and sputtering, and came to a sudden halt. Thick yellow smoke poured from its glowing-hot tailpipes as the grinding gears and coughing motor shifted into power-down mode. George and Harold had no idea what to expect.

第四章紫色的便盆经过几分钟激烈的橙色闪光、x射线和充满闪电的电旋风之后，紫色的便盆终于停止了摇晃和溅射，突然停了下来。 当磨磨的齿轮和咳嗽的马达切换到断电模式时，厚厚的黄色烟雾从滚烫的排气管中喷出。 乔治和哈罗德不知道接下来会发生什么。

They were supposed to be perched high up in a prehistoric tree, 65 million years ago, in the Cretaceous period of the Mesozoic era. But as they stepped out the plastic door of the Purple Potty, the boys were disheartened to find themselves in the middle of the school library, right where they had started.

它们应该栖息在6500万年前，中生代白垩纪时期的一棵史前树上。 但当他们走出紫色便盆的塑料门时，男孩们沮丧地发现自己正站在学校图书馆的中央，就在他们出发的地方。

"What are we doing here?" asked Harold. "I don't know," said George. "Something must have gone wrong." Harold carefully tucked Crackers back into his book bag, and the two boys looked around the brightly lit library.

“我们在这儿干什么？”哈罗德问。 “我不知道，”乔治说。 “一定是出了什么问题。” 哈罗德小心翼翼地把饼干塞回书包里，两个男孩环视着灯火通明的图书馆。

"Well, hello, boys," said the school librarian. "This is Banned Books Week. Would you like to expand your minds today?" "Ummm... no thanks," said George. "Hey," said Harold, "didn't you get fired in our last book?" "I don't think so," said the librarian. "Hmmmm," said George. "I'm not feeling very good about this."

“嗨，你们好，孩子们，”学校图书管理员说。 “这是禁书周。 今天你想拓展一下你的思维吗？”“嗯… 不，谢谢。”乔治说。“嘿，”哈罗德说，“你不是在上一本书里被开除了吗？”“我不这么认为，”图书管理员说。 “嗯，”乔治说。“我感觉不太好。”

"Duh, not feeling good?" asked Melvin Sneedly, who had been struggling to comprehend the easy-to-read children's bestseller, FrankenFart vs. the Bionic Barf Bunnies from Diarrhea Land. "Maybe you should go see the school nurse!"

“啊，感觉不舒服？”梅尔文·斯尼利（Melvin snevely）问，他一直在努力理解易于阅读的儿童畅销书《弗兰肯放屁大战》。 来自腹泻地的仿生呕吐兔 “也许你应该去看看学校的护士！”

"We have a school nurse?" asked George. "I thought we just had a box of Band-Aids and a rusty saw," said Harold. "Duh, of course we have a school nurse," said Melvin. "His office is right next to our five-star gourmet cafeteria." George and Harold looked confused. "Uh, thanks," said George, "but we'll be OK."

“我们学校有护士吗？”乔治问。 “我以为我们只有一盒创可贴和一把生锈的锯子。”哈罗德说。 “当然，我们有学校护士，”梅尔文说。 “他的办公室就在我们五星级美食餐厅的旁边。” 乔治和哈罗德看起来很困惑。 “嗯，谢谢，”乔治说，“不过我们会没事的。”