9 SMELLY CLUES

CHAPTER 9 SMELLY CLUES As Alexander arrived on the thirteenth floor the next morning, he saw Principal Vanderpants. She was carrying the white bucket. Clouds of steam were rising from it! What could be in that bucket? he wondered. He pretended to use the water fountain as he watched his principal. She set her bucket down near the UPSTAIRS BASEMENT door. Then she unlocked the stone door, and hauled the bucket inside.

第九章难闻的线索第二天早上，当亚历山大到达十三楼时，他看到了范德培斯校长。 她提着白色的水桶。 一团团的蒸汽从里面冒了出来！那桶里会是什么？ 他想知道。他看着校长的时候假装在用饮水机。 她把水桶放在楼上地下室的门边。 然后她打开石门，把水桶拖了进去。

Alexander speed-walked to the door and put his ear to it. The scratching sounds were louder than yesterday. KER-CLICK The door began to open. Alexander dashed to Ms. Vanderpants's office and plopped in his seat. A minute later, Ms. Vanderpants arrived. She put down the now-empty white bucket and stared at Alexander.

亚历山大快步走到门口，侧耳倾听。 抓挠的声音比昨天更响。 门开始开了。 亚历山大冲到范德帕斯的办公室，扑通一声坐在座位上。 一分钟后，范德帕斯到了。 她放下已经空了的白色水桶，盯着亚历山大。

"Uh, good morning," said Alexander. Ms. Vanderpants eyed Alexander. Then she dropped a thousand-page workbook on his desk. "Let's get to work, shall we?" Alexander got to work. Seventy-two pages later, the lunch bell rang. Alexander rushed downstairs. "Over here, Salamander!" shouted Nikki. The S.S.M.P. waved him to their table.

“呃，早上好，”亚历山大说。 范德帕斯盯着亚历山大。 然后她把一本一千页的练习本扔在了他的桌子上。 “我们开始工作吧，好吗？”亚历山大开始工作。 读了72页后，午餐铃响了。 亚历山大冲下楼。 “过来，蝾螈！”妮基喊道。 社会党党员挥手示意他入席。

"Guys! Guess what!" said Alexander. "I saw the caboose-crasher last night! It dug through my garbage and then charged right at me!" Everyone gasped. "How come there's not a giant hole in your gut?" asked Rip. "I'm not sure," said Alexander. "The monster got close to me, but it sneezed and ran off. Here, I drew a sketch." "That thing sneezes?" said Rip. "So that puddle I fell in was actually... monster snot?!" "Hey," said Nikki. "There was snot all over our flower pots this morning!"

“男人!你猜怎么着！”亚历山大说。 “我昨天晚上看见那个撞车尾的人了！”它翻遍了我的垃圾，然后直接冲过来！”每个人都气喘吁吁地说。 “你肚子上怎么没有一个大洞呢？”瑞普问。 “我不确定，”亚历山大说。 “怪物靠近了我，但它打了个喷嚏就跑了。 在这里，我画了一个草图。”“那东西会打喷嚏？”瑞普说。 “所以我掉进去的那个水坑实际上是…… 怪物鼻涕? !”“嘿，”妮基说。 “今天早上我们的花盆里到处都是鼻涕！”

"And something dug up our compost heap," said Rip. "Moldy grapes, stale bread, wilted cabbage— all gone!" "I'm not sure if it's connected," said Dottie. "But yesterday I swear I saw an elephant's trunk sticking out behind my fence. I ran to look, but it had disappeared!" "Hmm..." said Alexander. "The monster I saw had a pig snout. And, like, a saw-blade-thing. And a rhino horn. But no trunk." "I guess we should keep our, uh, noses open for anything stinky," said Nikki. "In the meantime," said Alexander, "let's get ready for Dottie's birthday!" "Yes!" said Dottie. "Soon, we'll be partying like pirates! Remember, I'll meet you at the golf course."

“有什么东西挖了我们的堆肥堆，”瑞普说。 “发霉的葡萄、不新鲜的面包、枯萎的卷心菜——全都没了！”“我不确定这是否有联系，”多蒂说。 “但是昨天我发誓我看到一只大象的鼻子从我的篱笆后面伸出来。 我跑过去看，但它已经不见了！”“嗯……” 亚历山大说。“我看到的怪物长着猪鼻子。 像锯片一样的东西。 还有犀牛角。但是没有树干。” 尼基说：“我想我们应该保持警惕，呃，留意任何难闻的东西。” “与此同时，”亚历山大说，“让我们为多蒂的生日做准备吧！”“是的！”多蒂说。 “很快，我们就会像海盗一样开派对了！”记住，我们高尔夫球场见。”