7 NOT IT!

CHAPTER 7 NOT IT! Nikki and Dottie were waiting for Alexander and Rip on the playground. "Catch, Salamander!" said Nikki. She tossed Alexander his backpack. Alexander looked it over. "Thanks for cleaning off the mustard," he said. Nikki leaned in. "You've got to be more careful! You keep the notebook in there," she whispered. "Remember how the last monster we battled said that a boss-monster was after the notebook?" Alexander nodded. "Good call, Nikki," he said.

第七章不是它！尼基和多蒂在操场上等着亚历山大和里普。 “抓住，蝾螈！”尼基说。 她把亚历山大的背包扔给他。 亚历山大把它看了一遍。“谢谢你把芥末洗掉，”他说。 妮基靠过去。“你得更小心点！”你把笔记本放在那里。”她小声说。 “还记得我们上次战斗的怪物说有个boss怪物在追笔记本吗？”亚历山大点了点头。 “好主意，尼基，”他说。

"So... how about some freeze tag?" Dottie suggested. "Yeah!" said Rip. He pointed to Nikki. "You're IT!" Nikki smiled and began chasing her friends. She tagged Alexander right away. He froze in place. Then he watched Rip escape from Nikki on the monkey bars. CRUNCH! CRUNCH! Alexander heard footsteps. But he couldn't turn to look he was still frozen.

“所以……来点冷冻标签怎么样？”多蒂表示。 “耶！”瑞普说。他指着妮基。 “你!”妮基笑了笑，开始追逐她的朋友们。 她立刻标记了亚历山大。 他僵在原地不动。然后他看着里普从妮基的单杠上逃走。 危机!危机!亚历山大听到了脚步声。 但他无法回头看，因为他还僵在那里。

WHAP! Something smacked his shoulder. "Hey!" he said, turning around. "Don't tag me so— BWAH!" Alexander yelped. He was nose-to-nose with a giant, growling carrot. MEAT-EATING VEGETABLE Hungry for juicy grade-schoolers "Alexander?!" Dottie called out from behind the swings.

重击!有什么东西拍了一下他的肩膀。 “嘿！”他转过身说。 “别这么叫我——哇！”亚历山大叫喊起来。 他和一个巨大的咆哮的胡萝卜鼻子对鼻子。 食肉蔬菜渴望多汁的小学生“亚历山大？！”多蒂在秋千后面喊道。

The carrot dashed off and jumped into a rocket-shaped playhouse. Dottie rushed over. "What was that thing?" she cried. "I'm going to find out!" "Dottie, careful!" Alexander shouted as she darted inside the playhouse. Nikki and Rip ran over when they saw the look on Alexander's face. "I saw a veggie monster!" Alexander said. Nikki gave Rip a look. "I'm serious!" said Alexander. "That big orange thing ran off!" Dottie said, catching her breath. "I couldn't get a good look."

胡萝卜冲了出去，跳进了一个火箭形状的游戏屋。 多蒂冲了过来。“那是什么东西？”她叫道。 “我要弄清楚！”“多蒂,小心!”当她冲进游戏室时，亚历山大喊道。 妮基和瑞普看到亚历山大脸上的表情就跑了过来。 “我看到了一个素食怪物！”亚历山大说。 妮基看了瑞普一眼。“我是认真的！”亚历山大说。 “那个橙色的大东西跑掉了！”多蒂喘着气说。 “我看不清楚。”

Alexander sighed. "Thanks for trying, Dottie." "Geez, Salamander," said Rip. "A balloon goon, a mummy, and now a veggie?" "I know it sounds crazy," Alexander said. "Yeah," agreed Nikki. "How could three of the monsters we've beaten come back?" "Well..." said Alexander, "maybe another monster is bringing them back..." He pulled out the notebook.

亚历山大叹了口气。“谢谢你的努力，多蒂。” “天哪，蝾螈。”瑞普说。 “一个气球打手，一个木乃伊，现在又是一个素食者？”“我知道这听起来很疯狂，”亚历山大说。 “是的，”妮基同意道。“我们打败的三个怪物怎么可能回来呢？”“嗯……” 亚历山大说，“也许是另一个怪物把他们带回来了……” 他拿出笔记本。

VIOLET FUNGUS Get a life, monsters. HABITAT Monster graveyards.

活下去吧，怪物们。 栖息地怪物的墓地。