13 PSSSHHHHH!

CHAPTER 13 PSSSHHHHH! The white balloon goon lurched toward the two boys. "Rip, run!" Alexander shouted. "No," Rip said. "It's just a balloon." He picked up a giant clown shoe. "I say we fight." Alexander scrambled onto the picnic table. The balloon goon opened a large valve on the bouncy castle. Air rushed out with a great PSSSNNNNNNN! The goon chomped on the valve, swelling up from the escaping air. "It's eating the air," Rip said.

第13章嘘嘘！白色气球打手蹒跚地向两个男孩走去。 “Rip,快跑!”亚历山大喊道。 “不，”瑞普说。“这只是一个气球。” 他捡起一只巨大的小丑鞋。 “我说我们打架吧。”亚历山大爬上野餐桌。 气球打手打开了充气城堡上的一个大阀门。 空气随着巨大的psssnnnnnnnn冲了出来！那个打手咬着阀门，因为空气泄漏而肿胀起来。 “它在吞噬空气，”里普说。

"It all makes sense now!" yelled Alexander. "The flat tires, the dodgeball, my mattress—these goons have been stealing air from everything in town!" The balloon goon had doubled in size. It had four wiggly arms, all reaching for Rip. Rip held the floppy shoe like a baseball bat. "You don't scare me."

“现在一切都说得通了！”亚历山大喊道。 “轮胎漏气，躲避球，我的床垫——这些暴徒一直在偷镇上所有东西的空气！”气球打手的体积增大了一倍。 它有四条弯曲的手臂，都伸向里普。 里普像拿棒球棒一样拿着那只软软的鞋。 “你吓不倒我。”

The goon scrunched down like a spring and then vaulted toward Rip. Rip swung the pointy- toed shoe with both hands SPLACK! making a tear in the goon's silky belly. The monster collapsed as the air whooshed out of its wound. Alexander shouted down to Rip. "You did it!" Rip twirled the shoe on the end of his finger. "Of course I did, Salamander." Then one hundred more balloon goons came to the party.

那打手像弹簧一样扑通一声倒下，然后向里普跳了过去。 里普用两只手挥动着尖头鞋！在暴徒柔滑的肚子上撕破一个口子。 空气从伤口中呼啸而出，怪物倒下了。 亚历山大朝里普喊道。 “你做到了！”瑞普用手指转动着鞋。 “当然了，蝾螈。” 然后又有一百多名气球打手来到派对上。