8 THE FOURTH MEMBER

CHAPTER 8 THE FOURTH MEMBER The bunnies must love it here!" said Dottie, hopping over a log. Alexander, Rip, and Nikki laughed. School had ended, and they were leading Dottie through the woods. "Okay, here we are!" said Rip. Dottie's eyes grew wide. "A caboose?" she said. "Yep!" said Nikki. "It's our hideout!" Dottie followed her friends into the caboose.

兔子们一定很喜欢这里！”多蒂说着，跳过了一根圆木。 亚历山大、里普和尼基都笑了。 学校已经放学了，他们领着多蒂穿过树林。 “好了，我们到了！”瑞普说。 多蒂睁大了眼睛。“车尾？”她说。 “是的！”妮基说。“那是我们的藏身处！”多蒂跟着她的朋友们进了车尾。

"Welcome to the Super Secret Monster Patrol headquarters!" said Alexander. "This is where we keep our monster-fighting weapons," said Rip, swinging a ski pole like a sword. "And here's our trunk of disguises," said Santa Claus. Actually, it wasn't Santa. It was Nikki in a fake beard and a hat. "And here is our most important tool," said Alexander. He showed the notebook to Dottie. "It describes every monster in Stermont."

“欢迎来到超级秘密怪物巡逻队总部！”亚历山大说。 “这是我们用来对付怪物的武器的地方，”里普说着，像挥舞着一把剑一样挥舞着一根滑雪杖。 “这是我们的化妆箱，”圣诞老人说。 事实上，那不是圣诞老人。 是妮基，戴着假胡子和帽子。 “这是我们最重要的工具，”亚历山大说。 他把笔记本拿给多蒂看。 “它描述了斯特蒙特的每一个怪物。”

"But there's some kind of boss-monster out there trying to steal it," added Nikki. "A boss-monster?!" said Dottie. "That sounds scary. How can I help?" "Well..." said Alexander. "Rip, Nikki, and I think you'd make a perfect member of the S.S.M.P. Will you join us?" Dottie's smile was bigger than the rabbit ears on her shirt. "Heck, yeah!" she said. "Great!" said Alexander. "Then repeat after me." He flipped the notebook to the very first page and began to read.

“但有某种怪物想要偷走它，”妮基补充道。 “怪物老板？！”多蒂说。 “听起来很可怕。我能帮什么忙？”“嗯……” 亚历山大说。“瑞普，尼基，我认为你会成为S.S.M.P.的完美成员 你愿意加入我们吗？”多蒂的笑容比她衬衫上的兔耳朵还要灿烂。 “见鬼，是的！”她说。“好极了！”亚历山大说。 “那就跟我念。”他把笔记本翻到第一页，开始读起来。

When googly-eyed monsters all covered in ooze start swallowing school children whole, I swear that I'll fight 'em (and try not to lose) by joining this secret patrol. Dottie said the oath and became the fourth member of the S.S.M.P. "Yay!" shouted Nikki. "Fist bump!" shouted Rip. "Look out!" shouted Alexander. A long-eared shadow darted along the wall. Alexander jumped back, crashing into a shelf. KER-BLONK! Junk spilled everywhere.

当浑身是软泥的大眼睛怪物开始把学生们整个吞下时，我发誓我会加入这个秘密巡逻队，与它们战斗（尽量不输）。 多蒂宣誓后，成为了S.S.M.P.的第四名成员 “耶！”妮基喊道。“碰拳！”瑞普喊道。 “小心！”亚历山大喊道。 一个长耳朵的影子在墙上窜来窜去。 亚历山大往后一跳，撞在一个架子上。 KER-BLONK !垃圾到处洒。

"It's a shadow-smasher!" Alexander yelled. SHADDW-SMASHER Living darkness "That's not a shadow-smasher!" Rip shouted. Alexander looked again. The long-eared thing was Dottie's regular shadow, with her bunny backpack. "Yikes, Salamander," said Nikki. "I thought you were onto something with the violet fungus, but now you're jumping at shadows!" "Just go home and get some rest," said Rip. "Don't worry, we'll pick up all of this stuff," added Dottie. "Okay, thanks guys," he said. Alexander trudged home.

“这是破影器！”亚历山大喊道。 “那不是击影器！”Rip喊道。 亚历山大又看了看。那个长耳朵的东西是多蒂平常的影子，背着她的兔子背包。 “哎呀，蝾螈，”妮基说。 “我还以为你发现了紫色真菌的什么东西，但现在你居然对着影子跳！”“回家休息吧，”瑞普说。 “别担心，我们会把这些东西都捡起来的。”多蒂补充道。 “好的，谢谢大家，”他说。 亚历山大艰难地走回家。