9. Exactly Five Years, Eleven Days,Fourteen Hours, and Six Minutes Ago

CHAPTER 9 EXACTLY FIVE YEARS, ELEVEN DAYS, FOURTEEN HOURS, AND SIX MINUTES AGO This is Harold Hutchins. Harold is six years old, and he lives with his mom and sister at 1520 Vine Street in Piqua, Ohio.

第九章整整五年十一天十四小时六分钟前我是哈罗德·哈钦斯。 哈罗德今年6岁，他和妈妈、妹妹住在俄亥俄州皮夸市Vine街1520号。

Harold's parents had just gotten divorced, and his dad had moved to Nevada about six months ago. None of this had been easy for Harold. He didn't talk about it. In fact, Harold Hutchins didn't talk much at all. He kept to himself, mostly, and drew pictures. Lots and lots of pictures. Harold liked to draw monsters and superheroes. The monsters he created were evil and ferocious, and his superheroes were always virtuous and brave. They were never far away when you needed them.

哈罗德的父母刚刚离婚，他的父亲大约六个月前搬到了内华达州。 这一切对哈罗德来说都不容易。 他没有谈论这件事。事实上，哈罗德·哈钦斯根本不怎么说话。 大部分时间，他一个人待着，画画。 很多很多的照片。 哈罗德喜欢画怪物和超级英雄。 他创造的怪物邪恶而凶猛，他的超级英雄总是善良而勇敢。 当你需要他们的时候，他们总是在你身边。

Harold loved getting lost in his wonderful paper-and-pencil adventures, where the good guys always won and the bad guys always ended up getting the "kick in the pants" that they deserved. Today had started out just like any ordinary school day. Harold got dressed and ate his breakfast, trying hard not to think about the tough day that lay ahead of him. Harold was in kindergarten at Jerome Horwitz Elementary School, and he hated every minute of it. His teacher was mean, the bullies were jerks, and the principal was just plain evil. The best Harold could do was try to "fit in" and not draw any unnecessary attention to himself. He brushed his teeth and carefully placed his pencils and his favorite drawings into his backpack, unaware that today was going to be a day that would change his life forever.

哈罗德喜欢迷失在他奇妙的纸笔冒险中，在那里，好人总是赢，坏人总是得到他们应得的“惩罚”。 今天的开始和平常的上学日没什么两样。 哈罗德穿好衣服，吃了早饭，努力不去想即将到来的艰难的一天。 哈罗德在杰罗姆·霍维茨小学上幼儿园，他讨厌那里的每一分钟。 他的老师很刻薄，欺负他的人都是混蛋，校长简直就是个坏蛋。 哈罗德所能做的就是尽量“融入”，不引起任何不必要的注意。 他刷了牙，小心翼翼地把铅笔和他最喜欢的画放进背包里，没有意识到今天将是永远改变他生活的一天。

Harold's mom helped him put his backpack on at the front door. "Maybe you'll make a friend at school today," she said cheerfully. "Nah," said Harold, emotionless. "I don't think so." "What about that little boy next door who moved in last weekend?" said Harold's mom. "What's his name?" Harold shrugged. He had seen the boy once or twice, but they hadn't actually met. "Maybe you should go over and introduce yourself," said Harold's mom. "Wouldn't it be nice to have a friend who lives next door?" Harold shrugged again.

哈罗德的妈妈在前门帮他背书包。 “也许你今天会在学校交到一个朋友，”她高兴地说。 “没有。”哈罗德冷冷地说。 “我不这么认为。”“隔壁那个上周末搬来的小男孩怎么样？”哈罗德的妈妈说。 “他叫什么名字？”哈罗德耸耸肩。 他见过那男孩一两次，但实际上他们并没有见过面。 “也许你应该过去自我介绍一下。”哈罗德的妈妈说。 “有个朋友住在隔壁不是很好吗？”哈罗德又耸了耸肩。

Harold's mom hugged him and kissed the top of his head. She got two dollars out of her purse and handed them to Harold. "This is for your lunch, OK, honey?" she said. "I don't want you using this money at the candy machine or the pop machine!" "I won't," said Harold. That much was true. Harold knew his lunch money would never make it to the candy machine or the pop machine. Harold's two dollars usually never even made it into the school. They were always taken away from him by a sixth-grade bully named Kipper.

哈罗德的妈妈拥抱了他，亲了亲他的头顶。 她从钱包里掏出两美元递给哈罗德。 “这是你的午餐，好吗，亲爱的？”她说。 “我不希望你把这些钱花在糖果机或汽水机上！”“我不会的。”哈罗德说。 这是真的。哈罗德知道他的午餐钱永远也到不了糖果机或汽水机了。 哈罗德的两块钱通常都进不了学校。 它们总是被一个叫基珀的六年级恶霸抢走。

Kipper Krupp was the biggest and meanest kid at Jerome Horwitz Elementary School. He was the captain of the wrestling team AND the nephew of the school principal, so everybody treated him like royalty. Kipper's three creepy friends, Loogie, Bugg, and Finkstein, also got special treatment, and they all paraded up and down the school hallways like they owned the place. Every day, Kipper and his three friends stole lunch money from the kindergartners. Most of the kids just handed it over without question. It was a lot less trouble (and much less painful) than getting a wedgie or a punch in the stomach. Kipper Krupp loved to terrorize kindergartners, and there was nothing anybody could do about it. If Kipper ever got into a jam, all he had to do was call on his uncle, Principal Krupp.

基珀·克虏伯是杰罗姆·霍维茨小学最大最坏的孩子。 他是摔跤队的队长，也是学校校长的侄子，所以大家都把他当皇室一样对待。 基珀的三个可怕的朋友，卢吉，巴格和芬克斯坦，也得到了特殊待遇，他们都在学校的走廊上走来走去，就像他们是这个地方的主人一样。 每天，Kipper和他的三个朋友都从幼儿园的孩子那里偷午饭钱。 大多数孩子都毫无疑问地把它交了出来。 这比被踢了一脚或肚子上挨了一拳要麻烦得多（也痛苦得多）。 Kipper Krupp喜欢恐吓幼儿园的孩子，而且没人能阻止他。 如果Kipper遇到了麻烦，他所要做的就是去找他的叔叔Krupp校长。