1 THE SALAMANDER REPORT

CHAPTER 1 THE SALAMANDER REPORT It was way past bedtime when Alexander put down his pencil. He smiled at his drawing of a bug-eating, wall-climbing, tongue- flicking creature. KNOCK-KNOCK! Alexander's dad stepped into the room.

第一章蝾螈的报告亚历山大放下铅笔时，时间早已过了就寝时间。 他对着自己画的一个吃虫、爬墙、甩舌头的生物笑了。 能听懂!亚历山大的爸爸走进了房间。

"How is your homework going, kiddo?" he asked. "All done," said Alexander, holding up his report. "I hope my teacher likes it." "Dr. Tallow's going to love it!" said his dad. "Now, get some sleep!"

“你的家庭作业怎么样了，孩子？”他问。 “都写好了。”亚历山大举起他的报告说。 “我希望我的老师喜欢它。” “塔洛医生会喜欢的！”他爸爸说。 “现在，去睡觉吧！”

Alexander climbed into bed. "Sleep tight, AI," said his dad. He turned out the lights. Alexander thought about how much fun he'd had writing his salamander paper. He had been writing similar reports ever since moving to Stermont. But these other reports were not about animals. They were about monsters. Alexander pulled a beat-up old notebook from beneath his pillow. Salamanders are not really fire monsters, he thought. Then he opened the notebook to read about a real fire monster.

亚历山大爬上了床。 “睡个好觉，AI，”他爸爸说。 他关掉了灯。亚历山大回想着他写那篇关于蝾螈的论文有多么有趣。 自从搬到斯特蒙特后，他一直在写类似的报告。 但是这些其他的报告不是关于动物的。 它们是关于怪物的。亚历山大从枕头底下抽出一本破旧的笔记本。 火蜥蜴并不是真正的火怪，他想。 然后他打开笔记本，读到一个真实的火怪。

FLAME-DEER Gentle, woodland creature THAT BREATHES FIRE! DIET Burnt marshmallows, overcooked popcorn, toast the color of charcoal.

温和的，会喷火的森林生物！饮食：烧焦的棉花糖、煮过头的爆米花、炭色的烤面包。

TSSS! On rainy days, a Hame-deer becomes a steam-boat WARNING! Don't touch the antlers! YEOWCH! HABITAT 5 miles south of North Dakota. FUN FACT Flame-deer hooves shoot sparks when they scuff blacktop.

tss !在雨天，海姆鹿会变成汽船！不要碰鹿角！哎哟!栖息地在北达科他州以南5英里处。 有趣的事实：火鹿的蹄子在蹭柏油路面上时会发出火花。