1 STERMONT

CHAPTER 1 STERMONT Once there was a pile of bones. Actually, the bones weren't in a pile. They made up a small skeleton, which was filled with squishy guts. On top of that skeleton sat a huge skull with deep eye sockets. These eye sockets held a pair of googly eyes.

第一章斯特蒙特从前有一堆尸骨。 事实上，骨头并不是堆在一起的。 它们组成了一个小骨架，里面装满了黏糊糊的内脏。 在那具骨架上，有一个巨大的头骨，上面有很深的眼窝。 这些眼窝里有一对呆滞的眼睛。

The whole thing would have been really gross, except it was covered in a layer of skin and had a mop of curly hair on top. This mop-haired, bug-eyed, gut-filled bag of bones was named Alexander Bopp. And he was scared to death. Alexander was scared of: 1. spending his first night in a new house; 2. going to a new school in a new town; and 3. having to make new friends.

整个东西会很恶心，除非它被一层皮肤覆盖，上面还有一团卷曲的头发。 这个头发蓬乱、眼睛凹凸不平、肠子满是骨头的家伙名叫亚历山大·波普。 他吓得要死。 亚历山大害怕的是：1； 在新房子里度过他的第一个晚上；2. 去新城镇的新学校；和3。 不得不结交新朋友。

Alexander rolled over on his air mattress and looked out the window. The moon lit up a row of rooftops, behind which stood a water tower that said STERMONT. Alexander's new home.

亚历山大在充气床垫上翻了个身，向窗外望去。 月光照亮了一排屋顶，屋顶后面矗立着一座水塔，上面写着“斯特蒙特”。 亚历山大的新家。