15 THE QUEEN ANT

CHAPTER 15 THE QUEEN ANT Alexander, Rip, and Nikki wriggled against the steel cable holding them in place. Ms. Vanderpants pointed her narwhal horn at Alexander as she spoke. "Now, Stermont is in serious— Ouch!" Ms. Vanderpants whirled around. An ant creature had chomped her armadillo tail.

第十五章蚁后亚历山大、里普和尼基扭着把他们固定在原地的钢索。 范德帕斯一边说，一边用她的独角鲸角指着亚历山大。 “现在，斯特蒙是认真的——哎哟！”Ms。 范德帕斯转过身来。 一只蚂蚁咬坏了她的犰狳尾巴。

"Shoo, you pest!" yelled Ms. Vanderpants. She spun in place, trying to grab the ant. The gi-norm-ants!" said Alexander. "They're trying to help us!" More ants skittered toward Rip. They began chomping at the cable with their sharp mandibles until SPROING! the cable snapped. Then the ants bowed down to Rip. "Nice work, guys!" said Rip. They must think you're the queen ant! Hurry, give them an order!" said Nikki, pointing to the curtains. "Ants!" said Rip. "Take down those curtains!"

“嘘，你这个讨厌鬼！” Vanderpants。她原地旋转，试图抓住那只蚂蚁。 “gi- normant !”亚历山大说。 “他们在努力帮助我们！”更多的蚂蚁向里普扑来。 它们开始用锋利的下颚咬缆绳，直到发芽！电缆断了。 然后蚂蚁们向瑞普鞠躬。 “干得好，伙计们！” 他们一定以为你是蚁后！快点，给他们下命令！”尼基指着窗帘说。 “蚂蚁！”瑞普说。“把窗帘拉下来！”

The gi-norm-ants formed a line and marched up the curtains. They snipped their way across the top of them. Principal Vanderpants looked up. FLOWIP! The curtains crashed down on her. Morty C. Mingus stopped talking, and turned to look. Ms. Vanderpants's horn ripped through the fabric. She looked up, seething with anger. Everyone in the auditorium gasped.

蚂蚁们排成一行，沿着窗帘往上走。 他们劈头盖脸地爬了过去。 范德帕斯校长抬起头来。 FLOWIP !窗帘啪的一声落在她身上。 莫蒂·c·明格斯停止了说话，转身看了看。 范德帕斯女士的喇叭撕开了布料。 她抬起头来，怒不可遏。 礼堂里的每个人都倒吸了一口气。

The younger students and Mr. Hoarsely screamed and shouted, pointing at Principal Vanderpants and the blue ant creatures. They all scrambled out of their seats, and fled the auditorium. But the adults and older kids including Dottie— just seemed surprised that the curtains fell. They didn't seem to notice the monster ants, or that their principal had a horn and a tail. Mr. Mingus threw up his hands. "As Stanley said in book 38: 'When you run out of steam, shovel off.' I'm out of here!" He stormed out of the auditorium. "Wait!" Alexander's dad called, chasing after him. "You forgot to sign my books!"

年纪较小的学生和沙哑先生指着范德帕斯校长和那些蓝色的蚂蚁，又叫又叫。 他们都从座位上爬起来，逃离了礼堂。 但是大人们和大一点的孩子们，包括多蒂，似乎对窗帘落下感到惊讶。 他们似乎没有注意到这些巨型蚂蚁，也没有注意到他们的校长长着一只角和一条尾巴。 明格斯先生举起双手。 “就像斯坦利在第38本书里说的：‘当你没力气的时候，铲掉。’”我要走了！”他气冲冲地走出礼堂。 “等等!”亚历山大的爸爸打来电话，追着他。 “你忘了在我的书上签名！”

Ms. Vanderpants untangled herself from the shredded curtain. "You've ruined my plans!" she yelled. "That's exactly what we wanted to do," said Alexander. "We stopped you and your evil plans!" Ms. Vanderpants scratched her horn. "Wait. Evil plans? What are you talking about? I meant my plans to stop the boss-monster. To get your notebook back."

范德帕斯女士解开了被撕碎的窗帘。 “你毁了我的计划！” “这正是我们想要做的，”亚历山大说。 “我们阻止了你和你的邪恶计划！”Ms。 范德帕斯抓了抓她的角。 ”等。邪恶的计划吗?你在说什么？ 我是说我阻止怪物老板的计划。 去拿回你的笔记本。”

"Huh?" Alexander said. "But we thought—" GLAARGHII!!!! A scaly green arm reached down from the catwalk and grabbed Alexander's principal. "I thought I could count on you, Alexander!" Ms. Vanderpants cried. "But I guess I was wrong..." The arm pulled her up into the darkness.

“嗯?”亚历山大说。“但是我们认为——”格拉吉！！！！一只长满鳞片的绿胳膊从t台上伸出来，抓住了亚历山大的校长。 “我以为你靠得住呢，亚历山大！”Ms。 Vanderpants哭了。“但我想我错了……” 那只胳膊把她拉到了黑暗中。