1 A CLOSE-KNIT GROUP

CHAPTER 1 A CLOSE-KNIT GROUP Wait up, Dottie!" Alexander shouted. He jogged to catch up with his friend as she skipped along the forest path. "No way!" Dottie called back. "I love S.S.M.P. meetings!"

第一章亲密的团体等等，多蒂！”亚历山大喊道。 当他的朋友沿着森林小路蹦蹦跳跳时，他慢跑着追赶她。 “不可能!”多蒂回话了。 “我喜欢S.S.M.P.会议！”

S.S.M.P. stood for Super Secret Monster Patrol, a group of kids sworn to protect the town of Stermont from monsters. Alexander was the group's leader. Dottie was its newest member. They soon came upon an old caboose, covered with vines. "Gosh," said Alexander. "Our headquarters is overgrown." "At least the flowers smell good!" Dottie said, sniffing the air. "Oh what's this?" There was some red yarn tangled in the vines. The yarn wiggled.

S.S.M.P.代表超级秘密怪物巡逻队，一群孩子发誓要保护斯特蒙特镇免受怪物的侵害。 亚历山大是这个团体的领袖。 多蒂是它的最新成员。 他们很快就来到了一节爬满藤蔓的旧车尾。 “天哪，”亚历山大说。“我们的总部杂草丛生。” “至少这些花闻起来很香！”多蒂说，嗅了嗅空气。 “哦，这是什么？”葡萄藤上缠着一些红纱。 纱线在摆动。

"Someone's pulling the other end!" Dottie said. She followed the yarn, which looped around the caboose and under the back door. Dottie opened the door. Alexander followed her inside. RARRR!!! A two-headed creature leaped out from behind a table. "MONSTER!" Dottie cried, jumping back. "Watch out! It's a knit-wit!" said Alexander. CLACKITY-CLICK The monster wiggled its claws.

“有人在拉另一头！”多蒂说。 她顺着纱线走，纱线绕在车尾和后门下面。 多蒂打开了门。亚历山大跟着她走了进去。 RARRR ! !一个双头生物从桌子后面跳了出来。 “怪物!”多蒂叫道，跳了回去。 “小心!这是一个针织品！”亚历山大说。 怪物扭动着爪子。

"How do we stop it, Salamander?" asked Dottie. Salamander was Alexander's nickname. His friends called him that at home, at school, or when they were under attack by a two-headed yarn creature. "Quick! We need to unravel it!" said Alexander. Dottie leaped toward the monster and grabbed a big fistful of yarn. She yanked hard. The monster spun around, crashing into a shelf. CLONK! An old tin coffee can fell to the floor. Something fuzzy rolled out. A horrible smell filled the caboose.

“我们怎么阻止它，火蜥蜴？”多蒂问。 火蜥蜴是亚历山大的昵称。 他的朋友们在家里，在学校，或者当他们受到一个双头纱线生物的攻击时，都这么叫他。 “快!我们需要解开它！”亚历山大说。 多蒂跳向怪物，抓起一大把毛线。 她用力猛拉。怪物转过身，撞在架子上。 叮当声!一个旧的锡咖啡罐掉在地上。 一些模糊的东西滚了出来。 一股难闻的气味充满了车尾。

"Time out!" said one of the monster's heads. POP! POP! The knit-wit pulled off its yarn-ball heads. Inside were the other two members of the S.S.M.P. Nikki pulled out a stopwatch. "Forty-seven seconds!" she said. "A new record!" "What just happened?" asked Dottie, holding her nose from the stench. "That was an S.S.M.P. monster-fighting test," said Alexander. "You did awesome!" Dottie grinned. Alexander's eyes watered from the smell of the stinky fuzzy thing.

“暂停！”一个怪物的脑袋说。 流行!流行!织工扯掉了它的纱线球头。 里面是社会党的另外两名成员 尼基拿出一个秒表。 “四十七秒！” “新纪录！”“刚才发生了什么事？”多蒂捂着鼻子，不让臭气熏天。 亚历山大说：“这是一个S.S.M.P.的怪物战斗测试。” “你做得太棒了！”多蒂咧嘴一笑。 亚历山大的眼睛被那毛茸茸的臭东西的气味弄得湿润了。