15. The Plan

CHAPTER 15 THE PLAN Mr. Krupp's day had been very busy, and he'd completely forgotten all about the two boys he had banished to the detention room. By the time the final bell rang at 2:45, George and Harold had finished their very first comic book. "Hey, this comic book turned out pretty good," said George. "Yep," said Harold, smiling. "I bet we could make copies of this and sell them for twenty-five cents each!" said George.

克虏伯先生这一天太忙了，他完全把那两个被他关进拘留所的男孩忘得一干二净。 2点45分，下课铃声响了，乔治和哈罗德已经完成了他们的第一本漫画书。 “嘿，这本漫画书挺不错的，”乔治说。 “是啊。”哈罗德笑着说。 “我敢打赌，我们可以把它复制出来，每个卖25美分！”乔治说。

The two boys gathered their things and walked out the front door of the school. "We should start our own comic book company," said Harold. "Let's do it!" said George. "We can call it free House Comix, Inc.!" "Why Tee House?" asked Harold. "Cuz my dad is building me a tree house in our backyard!" said George. "It's going to have electricity and a TV and everything! We can make our comic books up there!" "Awesome!" said Harold. George and Harold walked by the trash bin where Kipper and his friends were just about to administer killer wedgies to a couple of kindergartners.

两个男孩收拾好东西，走出了学校的前门。 “我们应该开一家自己的漫画公司。”哈罗德说。 “我们开始吧！”乔治说。 “我们可以称之为免费的House Comix公司！”“为什么是Tee House?”哈罗德问。 “因为我爸爸要在我家后院给我建一个树屋！”乔治说。 “它会有电，有电视，什么都有！”我们可以在那里制作漫画书！”“太棒了！” 乔治和哈罗德走过垃圾桶，基珀和他的朋友们正准备给几个幼儿园的孩子穿紧身裤。

"Oh, Kippu," called George. The bullies turned and saw George reaching for his tie. Suddenly, their eyes filled with horror. They released their prey and ran away, waving their arms and yipping like wiener dogs. "I think I'm going to wear a tie every day from now on!" said George. "I think that's a good idea," said Harold.

“哦，基普，”乔治叫道。 恶霸们转过身来，看见乔治伸手去拿领带。 突然，他们的眼中充满了恐惧。 它们松开猎物，跑开了，像腊肠狗一样挥舞着手臂，汪汪地叫着。 “我想从现在开始我要每天都打领带！”乔治说。 “我觉得这是个好主意。”哈罗德说。

As George and Harold walked home, the two friends talked about their favorite movies and games, which videos were the funniest, and what kind of bubble gum blew the best bubbles. "Mmmm," said Harold. "All that talk about bubble gum is making me hungry!" "C'mon over to my house," said George. "I make a mean peanut-butter-and-gummy- worm sandwich!" "Really?" said Harold. "Yep!" George said. "The secret is the chocolate syrup!" "OK," said Harold. Soon the boys reached George's house and headed for the backyard. George's dad was hard at work building George's new tree house.

在回家的路上，乔治和哈罗德谈论着他们最喜欢的电影和游戏，哪些视频最有趣，哪种泡泡糖吹出的泡泡最好。 “嗯。”哈罗德说。“所有关于泡泡糖的讨论都让我饿了！”“到我家来吧，”乔治说。 “我做的花生酱和软糖虫子三明治很好吃！”“真的？”哈罗德问。 “是的!”乔治说。“秘密就在于巧克力糖浆！”“好吧。”哈罗德说。 不久，孩子们来到乔治家，朝后院走去。 乔治的爸爸正在努力建造乔治的新树屋。

"Hi, Pop!" said George. "Hey, buddy," said George's dad, "how was your first day at your new school?" "OK," said George. "And who's your new friend?" George's dad asked. "This is Harold," said George. "He's a good drawer." "Hello, Harold," said George's dad. "Hi," said Harold. "Well, we've got a lot of work to do, Pop," said George. "Do you want us to bring you a peanut-butter-and-gummy-worm sandwich?" "Er—no, thank you," said George's dad.

“嗨，爸爸！”乔治说。“嘿，孩子，”乔治的爸爸说，“你在新学校的第一天怎么样？”“好吧，”乔治说。 “你的新朋友是谁？”乔治的爸爸问。 “这是哈罗德。”乔治说。 “他是个很好的画家。”“你好，哈罗德。”乔治的爸爸说。 “嗨。”哈罗德说。“嗯，爸爸，我们有很多工作要做。”乔治说。 “你想让我们给你带一个花生酱和软糖虫三明治吗？”“不，谢谢，”乔治的爸爸说。

The two new friends walked into George's house, made some sandwiches, and got right to work. George and Harold knew it was up to them to put a stop to Kipper Krupp's reign of terror. So they made a long list of Kipper's strengths and weaknesses to get a better understanding of their mortal enemy. After a few minutes, Harold began to feel discouraged. "This is terrible," said Harold. "Kipper Krupp has so many strengths! I can only think of one weakness!" "What's that?" asked George. "Well, he's kinda dumb," said Harold. George smiled and wrote down kinda dumb under weaknesses. "That's all we need," said George.

这两个新朋友走进乔治的家，做了一些三明治，然后马上开始工作。 乔治和哈罗德知道要靠他们来结束基珀·克虏伯的恐怖统治。 所以他们列出了一长串Kipper的优点和缺点，以便更好地了解他们的死敌。 几分钟后，哈罗德开始感到气馁。 “太可怕了。”哈罗德说。 “Kipper Krupp有这么多优势！我只能想到一个缺点！”“那是什么？”乔治问。 “嗯，他有点笨。”哈罗德说。 乔治笑了笑，在“弱点”下面写下了“有点笨”。 “这就是我们所需要的。”乔治说。