Chapter 3

Chapter 3 SHING! FOOSH! PLOP! "A little help here!" announced Sugar from the bottom of the hole the next morning. Dirt rubbed the sleep out of her eyes and marched toward the unfinished shelter. SHING! FOOSH! PLOP! A spoonful of dirt landed at her feet. SHING! FOOSH! "I thought we agreed to vote on this," Dirt protested from the edge of the hole. PLOP!

第三章兴！FOOSH !扑通一声地!“这里有一点帮助！”第二天早上，糖在洞底宣布。 尘土拂去她睡眼惺忪的睡意，大步走向尚未完工的避难所。 盛!FOOSH !扑通一声地!一勺土落在她的脚边。 盛!FOOSH !“我以为我们已经同意就此投票了。”泥土从洞的边缘抗议道。 扑通一声地!

"We did. This morning, at three thirty, in the spare tire under the blue tarp in the Connolly's garage next door," said Sugar. "I was the only one there." "Three thirty in the morning?!" cried Dirt. "Under a tarp?" "Voting is not always convenient," replied Sugar. "Sugar," Dirt replied, "if we had known the vote was at three thirty under the tarp in the Connolly's garage, we would have voted against the shelter—and you know it." Poppy and Sweetie arrived sleepy-eyed at the hole. Sugar leaned her spoon against the side of the hole and walked up the handle. "Fine. Everybody's here. Let's vote now." "Thank you, Sugar," said Dirt. "All in favor of a shelter for everybody—" "Not so fast, kid," interrupted Sugar. "What's the password?" "Password?" asked Dirt.

“我们所做的。“今天早上，三点半，在隔壁康诺利家车库蓝色篷布下的备胎里，”休格说。 “只有我一个人在那里。” “凌晨三点半？！”泥土叫道。 “在防水布下面？”“投票并不总是方便的，"休格回答说。 “甜心，”泥土回答说，“如果我们早知道投票时间是在康诺利家车库的篷布下面，我们就会投反对票——你是知道的。” 波比和小甜甜睡眼惺忪地来到洞边。 糖把勺子靠在洞口边，顺着把手往上走。 “很好。每个人都在这里。让我们现在投票吧。” “谢谢你，甜心。”泥土说。 “大家都赞成给每个人都建一个庇护所——”“别着急，孩子，"休格打断他说。 “密码是什么？”“密码？”泥土问。

"The secret password you need to vote," explained Sugar. "A secret password to vote? That's unconstitutional!" Dirt and Sugar stared at each other from opposite sides of the hole. "Sorry, kid. Time's up," Sugar said finally. "The correct answer was SHELEILA." "Sugggarrrrrr!" growled Dirt.

“这是你投票时需要的秘密密码，”休格解释说。 “投票的秘密密码？” 这是违宪的!”土和糖在洞的两边互相凝视着。 “对不起,孩子。时间到了，”休格终于说。 “正确答案是希拉。” “萨格格——————！”

"Seems to me that if you've got some special voting rules—like 'no passwords'—you should have mentioned it yesterday," said Sugar. "It's important for voting rules to be very clear. Don't you agree?" "Fine," said Dirt. "Next time no passwords, and we all need to know in advance WHEN the vote is going to take place and WHERE the vote is going to take place." "Deal." Sugar jerked her head toward the hole. Poppy and Sweetie jumped in. "Oooh!" oozed Sweetie. "Where did you get all these shiny spoons?"

“在我看来，如果你有什么特殊的投票规则——比如‘不用密码’——你应该昨天就提出来。”休格说。 “投票规则必须非常明确。 你不同意吗？”“好吧。”泥土说。 “下次不用密码，我们都需要提前知道投票将在何时何地举行。” “交易”。糖猛地把头朝洞那边一扭。 波比和小甜甜跳了进去。 “噢！”“你从哪儿弄来这么多亮闪闪的勺子的？”

"Over there," replied Sugar, without pointing her wing in any particular direction. "Over where?" asked Dirt. "Garage sale," replied Sugar. "Huh?" asked Dirt. "Garbage," replied Sugar. "What?!" cried Dirt. "Squirrels," replied Sugar. SHING! SHING! FOOSH! FOOSH! Two spoonfuls of dirt flew out of the hole. PLOP! PLOP! Sugar motioned for Dirt to get to work. Dirt refused to move. "Suit yourself," replied Sugar, "but when a giant space rock is hurtling toward Earth at the speed of light with an impact not seen since the extinction of the dinosaurs and the cavemen, you're going to wish you were in here!" "Wait a minute," said Poppy from the hole. "How is a hole going to keep us safe from a

“在那边，”休格回答，没有把翅膀指向任何特定的方向。 “去哪儿？”泥土问。“旧货出售，”休格回答。 “嗯？”泥土问。“垃圾，”糖回答。 “什么？！”“松鼠，”糖糖回答。 盛!盛!FOOSH !FOOSH !两勺土从洞里飞了出来。 扑通一声地!扑通一声地!Sugar示意Dirt干活。 泥土不动。“随你便，”休格回答说，“但是，当一块巨大的太空岩石以光速冲向地球，产生自恐龙和穴居人灭绝以来从未见过的冲击力时，你会希望自己在这里的！”“等一下，”波比在洞里说。 “一个洞怎么能保护我们免受