1. A Rattlesnake in a Hurricane

FLAT STANLEY'S WORLDWIDE ADVENTURES 10 Showdown at the Alamo

FLAT STANLEY的世界冒险10在阿拉莫的对决

1 A Rattlesnake in a Hurricane "Look—we're entering Texas!" cried Stanley's mother, Harriett Lambchop, as she sped down the highway. From the backseat Stanley could see an oncoming sign welcoming them to the Lone Star State. "It's so flat!" said Stanley, looking out at the plains. "You should know," teased Stanley's brother, Arthur. On the other side of Arthur sat their friend Carlos, who was studying a map.

“看——我们要进入德克萨斯州了!”斯坦利的母亲哈里特·兰博切一边在高速公路上疾驶，一边叫道。 从后座上，斯坦利可以看到迎面而来的欢迎他们来到“孤星之州”的标志。 “太平坦了!”斯坦利望着外面的平原说。 “你应该知道的，”斯坦利的哥哥阿瑟开玩笑说。 阿瑟的另一边坐着他们的朋友卡洛斯，他正在研究地图。

"Of course it's flat, amigo," said Carlos. "Look at this." He handed the map over, and Stanley spread it on his lap. Ever since the bulletin board over his bed had fallen and flattened him, Stanley had been only

“当然是平的，朋友，”卡洛斯说。 “看看这个。”他把地图递过来，斯坦利把它摊在他的腿上。 自从他床上的布告栏掉下来把他压扁之后，斯坦利就一直

half an inch thick. That made his lap an especially good travel table. "Do you see how that rectangular section near the top looks like a handle you could pick up the whole state with?" asked Carlos. "We're in the Texas panhandle!" "How long until we get to Austin?" Arthur asked. The boys were going there to visit Carlos's cousin Eduardo. Stanley had been looking forward to it for weeks! "Only nine more hours," Mrs. Lambchop replied from behind the wheel. Texas is a very big state, thought Stanley. Stanley loved maps. Since being flattened, he had traveled all over the world, often by mail. He had been to Japan, Australia, Kenya, China, and Egypt. Mexico was where he had met Carlos's cousin Eduardo, who was now a student at the University of Texas at Austin. Stanley followed along on the map as they drove. Amarillo was in the center of the panhandle. Outside the city, they passed a woman on a horse herding cattle. She was wearing a

半英寸厚。这使他的腿成为一个特别好的旅行桌。 卡洛斯问:“你看到了吗?靠近顶部的那个矩形部分看起来像一个把手，你可以用它把整个州拿起来。” “我们在德克萨斯的狭长地带!”“我们还要多久才能到奥斯汀?”亚瑟问。 孩子们要去那里拜访卡洛斯的堂兄爱德华多。 斯坦利已经盼望了好几个星期了!“只有九个小时了，”兰彻太太坐在方向盘后面回答。 德克萨斯是一个很大的州，斯坦利想。 斯坦利喜欢地图。自从被压扁后，他周游了世界，经常是通过邮件。 他去过日本、澳大利亚、肯尼亚、中国和埃及。 他在墨西哥遇到了卡洛斯的堂兄爱德华多，爱德华多当时是德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校的一名学生。 他们开车时，斯坦利在地图上跟在后面。 阿马里洛位于狭长地带的中心。 在城外，他们经过一个骑马放牛的妇女。 她穿着一件

cowboy hat, and Stanley thought of his old friend Calamity Jasper, who he and Arthur had met on a family trip to Mount Rushmore. She'd ridden with Stanley rolled up on the back of her horse. If we drove north in a straight line, Stanley realized, we would hit South Dakota, where Calamity lives! "Look, boys, it's the real Cadillac Ranch!" announced his mother. Stanley looked up to see ten brightly painted cars sticking out of the ground along the highway,

这时，斯坦利想起了他的老朋友Calamity Jasper，他和亚瑟是在一次去拉什莫尔山的家庭旅行中认识的。 她和斯坦利一起骑在她的马背上。 斯坦利意识到，如果我们沿直线向北行驶，就会撞到“灾难”居住的南达科他州!“看，孩子们，这是真正的凯迪拉克牧场!”他的母亲宣布。 斯坦利抬头一看，看见十辆色彩鲜艳的汽车在公路上露出地面，

like half-buried dominoes. "Cadillac Ranch is an art display that was created in the seventies," Mrs. Lambchop explained. "Cool!" Arthur said, reaching over and opening the window as they drove by for a better look. Air rushed in, and the map on Stanley's lap fluttered out the open window. He leaned out to catch it. The wind slammed into Stanley, catching his upper body like a sail. Oh no! Before Stanley knew what was happening, he had been pulled through the window and out of the car. In an instant the only thing keeping him down was his feet, which he had managed to hook around his seat belt. "Aaaaaahhhhhh!!" he screamed in terror as the car barreled down the highway. His body flapped out the window like a scarf.

就像半埋的多米诺骨牌。 “凯迪拉克牧场是一个70年代创作的艺术展览，”兰姆切普太太解释说。 “酷!”阿瑟说，当他们开车经过时，他伸手打开窗户，想看得更清楚些。 空气冲了进来，斯坦利腿上的地图飘出了开着的窗户。 他探出身子去抓它。 风猛击着斯坦利，像帆一样抓住了他的上半身。 噢,不!在斯坦利还没反应过来发生了什么之前，他已经被从车窗拉出了车。 刹那间，唯一能让他趴在地上的就是他的脚了，他设法把脚系在安全带上。 “Aaaaaahhhhhh ! !”他尖叫的恐怖汽车沿着公路疾驶。 他的身体像一条围巾一样飘出窗外。