2 GOING, GOING, GOON!

CHAPTER 2 GOING, GOING, GOON! The next morning, Alexander was running late. He double-checked his backpack to make sure he had his two most important items: 1. The monster notebook. 2. His animal report. Then he hopped on his bike and rode to school. Alexander coasted over to the bike rack. He set his bike lock. February 29th, he thought. Mybirthday is easy to remember!

第二章前进，前进，前进！第二天早上，亚历山大迟到了。 他再次检查了他的背包，以确保他有两个最重要的东西：1。 怪物笔记本。2. 他的动物报告。 然后他跳上自行车，骑车去学校。 亚历山大摇摇晃晃地走到自行车架上。 他把自行车锁上了。2月29日，他想。 我的生日很好记！

CLICKETY-CLICK! Alexander scrambled the numbers on his lock. Then he froze. Something wobbled around, off to his left. Something green and wiggly. Alexander jumped. A snake? SWISH! The green thing flopped beneath a hedge. Snakes don't move like that, he thought. Maybe it's a monster! School was about to start. But Alexander knew that stopping a monster was more important than being on time to class. The green thing wriggled through the hedge. Alexander ran to the other side. His jaw dropped.

CLICKETY-CLICK !亚历山大把锁上的数字打乱了。 然后他僵住了。有什么东西在他左边摇晃着。 某种绿色的、扭动的东西。 亚历山大吓了一跳。一条蛇吗? 漂亮的!那绿色的东西在树篱下扑通一声倒下了。 蛇不会那样移动的，他想。 也许它是个怪物！学校就要开学了。 但亚历山大知道阻止怪物比按时上课更重要。 那绿色的东西蠕动着穿过树篱。 亚历山大跑到另一边。 他的下巴掉了下来。

The green thing wasn't a snake. It was an arm! The flippy, flapping arm of a balloon goon! BALLOON GOON Wiggly-wobbly air-sucking monster The goon fixed its googly eyes on Alexander. Alexander had battled balloon goons before. In fact, they were the first monsters he had run into when he'd moved to Stermont. "I thought we popped all you goons," he said, pulling a sharp pencil from his backpack. "We must have missed one." The goon bounced around the corner of the school. Alexander ran after it.

那个绿色的东西不是蛇。 那是一只胳膊！气球打手挥动的手臂！气球打手摇摇摆摆的吸气怪物打手的大眼睛盯着亚历山大。 亚历山大以前曾和气球打手打过仗。 事实上，他们是他搬到斯特蒙特后遇到的第一批怪物。 “我以为我们把你们这些笨蛋都干掉了，”他说着，从背包里掏出一支尖铅笔。 “我们一定是漏了一个。” 那暴徒在学校的拐角处蹦来蹦去。 亚历山大追着它跑。

But there was no monster behind the school. Just a huge garbage dumpster. CLANG-CLONG! Something banged against the other side of the dumpster. Alexander snuck over. He leaped out with a battle cry. SCRISSHIII! Alexander's pencil tore through something shiny and plastic. A garbage bag. An overstuffed garbage bag in the arms of a tall, white-haired man. "Eep!" The white-haired man flailed his arms, flinging garbage everywhere. "Mr. Hoarsely?!" shouted Alexander.

但是学校后面并没有怪物。 就是个大垃圾桶。 CLANG-CLONG !有什么东西撞在垃圾箱的另一边。 亚历山大偷偷溜了过来。他大叫一声跳了出来。 SCRISSHIII !亚历山大的铅笔划破了一个闪亮的塑料物体。 一个垃圾袋。一个白发苍苍的高个子男人怀里抱着一个塞满东西的垃圾袋。 “燃灯!”白发老人挥动双臂，把垃圾扔得到处都是。 “沙哑先生？！”亚历山大喊道。

MR. HOARSELY School secretary, janitor, nurse, bus driver, and gym teacher Former S.S.M.P. member Only grown-up who can see monsters? HUGE fraidycat "I was just taking out the trash!" cried Mr. Hoarsely, pulling a banana peel off his shoulder. "Why did you attack me?" "Sorry! I thought you were a balloon goon," Alexander said. He looked around. "Did you see one wobble this way?" Mr. Hoarsely swallowed. "What?! N-n-no! I thought you guys destroyed every last one of those horrible things!" "Yeah," said Alexander. "I thought so, too." BRINNGGGGG!! Mr. Hoarsely jumped again. "The late bell," he said. "I'll clean this up— you get to class!"

学校秘书、看门人、护士、巴士司机、体育老师 只有大人才能看到怪物？ “我只是在倒垃圾！”嘶哑地叫道，从肩上扯下一块香蕉皮。 “你为什么攻击我？”“对不起!我还以为你是个气球迷呢。”亚历山大说。 他环顾四周。“你看到有一颗朝这边摇晃吗？”嘶哑地咽了口气。 “什么? !N-n-no !我还以为你们把那些可怕的东西都毁掉了呢！”“是的，”亚历山大说。 “我也这么认为。”BRINNGGGGG ! !沙哑先生又跳了起来。 “晚钟，”他说。“我来收拾——你去上课吧！”