25. Thursday Afternoon

CHAPTER 25 THURSDAY AFTERNOON That afternoon at Harold's house, George and Harold wrote and illustrated a brand-new comic book. When they were done, they scanned each page and printed out four copies on Harold's printer.

第二十五章星期四下午那天下午，在哈罗德家，乔治和哈罗德写了一本全新的漫画书，并配了插图。 完成后，他们扫描了每一页，然后在哈罗德的打印机上打印了四份。

The comic book had to look very old, so they took a large bowl outside and filled it with water. Harold added two handfuls of dirt and stirred eight tablespoons of instant coffee crystals into the water. George carefully tore the edges of each page, then crumpled them all up into little balls and soaked them in the giant bowl of filthy water.

漫画书必须看起来很旧，所以他们把一个大碗拿出来，装满了水。 哈罗德加入了两把泥土，并在水中搅拌了八汤匙速溶咖啡晶体。 乔治小心翼翼地撕下每一页的边缘，然后把它们揉成小团，浸泡在装满脏水的大碗里。

Once each page was completely soaked, the two friends carefully clipped them up in the garage so they could dry overnight. "What on earth are you boys doing?" said Harold's mother. "It's for school," said Harold. "Oh," said Harold's mom.

当每一页纸都被完全浸透后，两个朋友小心翼翼地把它们夹在车库里，这样它们就可以在一夜之间晾干。 “你们这些孩子到底在干什么？”哈罗德的母亲说。 “上学用的。”哈罗德说。 “哦，”哈罗德的妈妈说。

Next, the two boys went back inside Harold's house. "Now we've gotta order some pizzas!" said George. "Order pizzas?" cried Harold. "Why? Kipper's just going to steal them again!" "That's what I'm counting on," George said with a devilish grin. George picked up the telephone and spoke with the manager of Piqua Pizza Palace. "I'd like to order four pizzas for tomorrow," said George. "What's the hottest kind of chili peppers you guys have? Ghost chili peppers? Hmmmm. Can we get double ghost chili peppers on each pizza? Cool!"

接着，两个男孩回到哈罗德的房子里。 “现在我们得订些披萨了！”乔治说。 “订披萨？”哈罗德叫道。 “为什么?基珀又要把它们偷走了！”“这正是我所指望的，”乔治恶狠狠地笑着说。 乔治拿起电话，和Piqua Pizza Palace的经理通了话。 “我想订四个明天的披萨，”乔治说。 “你们这里最辣的辣椒是什么？” 鬼辣椒？嗯。 每个披萨能放两个鬼椒吗？ 酷!”

After the pizzas were ordered, it was time for George's haircut. Harold went to the closet and found the clippers and scissors his mom always used to cut his hair. Harold had never cut anybody's hair before, but he was more than happy to give it a try. "Just make the top part flat," said George. "So it won't stick out when I wear those stilt pants!" "I'll do my best," said Harold.

披萨点好后，乔治就该理发了。 哈罗德走到壁橱前，找到了他妈妈经常用来给他剪头发的剪刀和发夹。 哈罗德以前从未给别人剪过头发，但他非常乐意试一试。 “把顶部弄平就行了。”乔治说。 “这样我穿高跷裤时就不会突出来了！”“我会尽力的。”哈罗德说。

Harold clipped and cut, then he snipped and shaped. When he was done, George looked at himself in the mirror. "I LOOK AWESOME!" George exclaimed. "I'm gonna wear my hair like this from now on!" And he always did.

哈罗德剪了又剪，然后又剪了又塑形。 洗完后，乔治看着镜子里的自己。 “我看起来棒极了！”乔治喊道。 “从现在开始，我要把头发梳成这样！”他一直都是这样。