16. Super Spies

CHAPTER 16 SUPER SPIES The next day at school, Harold stuck close to George. The two boys spent their every free moment spying on Kipper and gathering as much information as they could about their enemy. They wrote down Kipper's locker number and the type of padlock he used. They took note of Kipper's schedule and paid special attention to what he normally did between classes. They took measurements and even stayed after school to spy on Kipper's wrestling practices. By the end of the week, George and Harold knew Kipper's schedule better than Kipper knew it.

第十六章超级间谍第二天在学校里，哈罗德紧紧地跟着乔治。 这两个男孩利用他们的每一个空闲时间监视基珀，尽可能多地收集关于敌人的信息。 他们记下了基珀的储物柜号码和他使用的挂锁类型。 他们记下了基珀的课程表，并特别关注他在课间的活动。 他们测量了尺寸，甚至放学后留下来监视Kipper的摔跤练习。 到了周末，乔治和哈罗德比基珀更了解他的日程安排。

Kipper Krupp was a creature of habit. Every day, he did the exact same things at the exact same times. At the end of every school day, Kipper would go to his locker and unlock his heavy-duty padlock with a key he kept on a thick metal chain around his neck. Kipper would place his padlock on top of his locker, then open the locker door. Next, Kipper would empty his pockets, putting his valuables inside the locker. His phone always went on the top shelf, and the money he'd stolen from the kindergartners would always get crammed into a duffel bag at the bottom of the locker. Finally, Kipper would grab his padlock from the top of the locker, put it back on the door, and click it shut to lock it.

Kipper Krupp是个循规蹈矩的人。 每天，他都在同样的时间做同样的事情。 每天放学后，基珀都会走到他的储物柜前，用一把挂在脖子上的粗金属链上的钥匙打开他那把结实的挂锁。 Kipper会把他的挂锁放在储物柜上，然后打开储物柜的门。 接下来，Kipper会清空口袋，把贵重物品放进储物柜。 他的手机总是放在最上面的架子上，他从幼儿园偷来的钱总是塞进储物柜底部的一个行李袋里。 最后，Kipper会从储物柜的顶部抓起他的挂锁，把它放回门上，然后咔哒一声把门关上。

After wrestling practice, Kipper would go back to his locker and unlock it the very same way. He'd retrieve his phone, grab his heavy-duty padlock from the top of his locker, and put it back on the door. Finally, he'd click it shut to lock everything back up again. Surprisingly, Kipper usually left all of his stolen money in his locker every night. Perhaps Kipper thought the money was safest in his locker. Nobody could open that locker without a key, nobody but Kipper had the key, and Kipper never took the key off of his neck... not even in the shower!

摔跤训练结束后，Kipper会回到他的储物柜前，用同样的方法打开它。 他会拿起手机，从储物柜顶部拿起他的重型挂锁，再把它放回门上。 最后，他会把门锁上，把所有的东西都锁上。 令人惊讶的是，基珀通常每晚都把偷来的钱放在储物柜里。 也许基珀认为钱放在他的储物柜里最安全。 没有钥匙没人能打开那个储物柜，除了Kipper没人有钥匙，而且Kipper从来没有把钥匙从脖子上拿下来…… 连洗澡的时候都没有！

"We'll never get that key away from Kipper," said Harold, as the two boys walked up the aisles of the local hardware store. "We don't need the key," said George. "We just need this!" George picked up a brand-new padlock from the home security section. "This is the exact same kind of padlock that Kipper uses on his locker," said George. "But it won't have the same key," said Harold. "Each one has a different key!" "I know," said George. "So how is that padlock going to help us?" asked Harold. "You'll see..." said George, smiling.

“我们永远也拿不到基珀手里的钥匙。”哈罗德说，这时两个男孩正沿着当地五金店的过道走着。 “我们不需要钥匙，”乔治说。 “我们就是需要这个！”乔治从家庭安全部门拿了一把崭新的挂锁。 “这种挂锁和基珀在他的储物柜上用的完全一样，”乔治说。 “但钥匙就不一样了。”哈罗德说。 “每把钥匙都不一样！”“我知道，”乔治说。 “那把挂锁对我们有什么帮助呢？”哈罗德问。 “你会看到的……”乔治笑着说。

After the boys paid for their brand-new heavy-duty padlock, they went to the toy shop across the street. Down at the end of aisle three, near the beads and jewelry, George found what he was looking for: a Susie Sunshine Friendship Bracelet Kit. "What is THAT for?" asked Harold. "We've gotta make a couple of friendship bracelets this weekend," said George. "Why? What for?" said Harold. "You'll see..." said George, smiling even more.

孩子们买了全新的重型挂锁后，就去了街对面的玩具店。 在第三通道的尽头，靠近珠子和珠宝的地方，乔治找到了他要找的东西：苏西阳光友谊手链套装。 “那是干什么用的？”哈罗德问。 “这个周末我们要做一对友谊手链，”乔治说。 “为什么?为什么？”哈罗德问。 “你会看到的……”乔治笑得更厉害了。

That weekend, George and Harold spent a lot of time drawing up plans and designing pranks that would help put an end to the bully situation at Jerome Horwitz Elementary School. Then the two boys went through their homes, collecting everything they needed for the job. George found a long roll of shelf- lining paper in his kitchen and measured it carefully. "Hey, Mom, can we have this?" said George. "It's for school." "I suppose so," said George's mom.

那个周末，乔治和哈罗德花了很多时间起草计划，设计恶作剧，以帮助结束杰罗姆·霍维茨小学的霸凌局面。 然后，两个男孩走遍了他们的家，收集工作所需的一切。 乔治在厨房里找到一长卷架子内衬纸，仔细量了量。 “嘿，妈妈，我们能吃这个吗？”乔治说。 “这是上学用的。”“我想是的，”乔治的妈妈说。