8 Chapter 8 A Souvenir

Chapter 8 A Souvenir At the airport in America, Harriet Lambchop shrieked with excitement when Stanley, Arthur, and their father came through the door at ARRIVALS. She ran up and threw her arms around Stanley. "How I missed you!" she cried. She squeezed Stanley's edges. "You've lost weight!" "How's my little explorer?" She ruffled Arthur's hair. "We saw an elephant!" said Arthur. Then she spun and gazed into Mr. Lambchops eyes. They kissed deeply. "Ew," said Arthur. "We're in public." Harriett said, "Wait until you see what I got for you!" She pulled two large, oddly shaped pillows out of shopping bags. She handed one to Arthur and one to Stanley. The pillows looked like curved rain-drops. "What is it?" said Arthur. "I won them in the silent auction at the Grammar Society fund-raiser! That," she said, pointing to Arthur's, "is a crocheted comma. And yours, Stanley, is a single quotation mark!"

第八章纪念品在美国的机场，当斯坦利、阿瑟和他们的父亲在接待处进门时，哈里特兴奋地尖叫起来。 她跑上去，用双臂搂住斯坦利。 “我多么想念你啊!”她叫道。 她捏了捏斯坦利的边缘。 “你瘦了!”“我的小探险家怎么样了?”她揉了揉阿瑟的头发。 “我们看到了一头大象!” 然后她转过身来，凝视着兰博先生的眼睛。 他们深情地接吻。“恶心。”阿瑟说。 “我们在公共场合。”哈里特说:“等着瞧，我给你准备了什么!”她从购物袋里拿出两个形状奇怪的大枕头。 她递给阿瑟一个，递给斯坦利一个。 枕头看起来像弯曲的雨滴。 “怎么了?”阿瑟问。 “我是在语法协会筹款活动的无声拍卖中赢来的!”那个，”她指着阿瑟的说，“是一个钩编的逗号。 而你的，斯坦利，是一个单引号!”

"What's the difference?" asked Arthur. Mrs. Lambchop blinked. "Proper usage, of course!" Back at home, Stanley stood in front of his enormous bulletin board. It was dotted with souvenirs from his travels: a postcard from Calamity Jasper, a newspaper clipping from Canada, and photographs from Mexico and Japan. In his hands, he held the newspaper article that the Lambchops had carried with them on their African adventure: FLAT SKULL DISCOVERED IN AFRICA. It was crumpled and torn in several places, stained by water and mud, but it was still in one piece. Stanley pinned it carefully to the bulletin board. Arthur's hand appeared beside Stanley's. Arthur fiddled with a pushpin just above the newspaper article. Then he hung something on it. It was the flat skull of Rufiji!

“有什么区别?”阿瑟问。 兰切普太太眨了眨眼睛。“当然是正确的用法!”回到家，斯坦利站在他那块巨大的布告栏前。 里面点缀着他旅行的纪念品:一张来自Calamity Jasper的明信片，一张来自加拿大的剪报，还有来自墨西哥和日本的照片。 他手里拿着报纸上的一篇文章，那是小羊羔一家在非洲探险时随身携带的:在非洲发现了扁平的头骨。 它被弄皱了，有几个地方被水和泥弄脏了，但它仍然是完整的。 斯坦利小心地把它别在布告栏上。 阿瑟的手出现在斯坦利的旁边。 阿瑟拨弄着报纸文章上方的图钉。 然后他在上面挂了一些东西。 那是鲁斐奇扁平的头骨!

Stanley gasped. "How did— Where did you —" "It was lying on the ground outside Dr. Fallows's tent after you ran off." Arthur grinned. "I figured you might want it—you know, to remind you who you really are." Stanley's stomach fluttered as the skull swung gently on its pushpin. Then he noticed that Arthur had the comma pillow strapped to his back like a mane, and the quotation mark pillow curving up over his head. He'd pinned spots of dark fabric all over. Arthur was a giraffe! He swept a blanket off his bed and held it out to Stanley. "Want to go on a safari in the laundry room?" "Absolutely!" said Stanley. And together, the Lambchop boys headed off on another adventure.

斯坦利气喘吁吁地说。“你是怎么——你在哪儿——”“它躺在格林医生诊所外面的地上。 在你跑掉之后，法洛斯的帐篷。” 亚瑟咧嘴一笑。“我想你可能想要它——你知道，提醒你自己到底是谁。” 当骷髅在图钉上轻轻摆动时，斯坦利的肚子怦怦直跳。 然后他注意到阿瑟把逗号枕头像鬃毛一样绑在背上，而引号枕头则在他的头上弯曲。 他把黑布的斑点钉在身上。 亚瑟是一只长颈鹿!他从床上扫下一条毯子，递给斯坦利。 “想在洗衣房来一场狩猎之旅吗?”“当然!”斯坦利说。 小羊排男孩们一起踏上了另一段冒险之旅。