3 BUG IN THE BAG

CHAPTER 3 BUG IN THE BAG Alexander watched his principal all morning. She signed papers and made phone calls, but she didn't do anything strange or monster-y. Finally, it was time for lunch. Alexander dashed down to the cafeteria. "Hi, Salamander!" A girl was waving him over to the lunch line. A girl with a bunny backpack. "Dottie hey!" said Alexander. He ran up to her. "Hope you like pork," said Dottie. She pointed to the menu.

亚历山大整个上午都在注视着他的校长。 她签了文件，打了电话，但她没有做任何奇怪或怪物的事情。 终于到了吃午饭的时间了。 亚历山大冲到楼下的餐厅。 “嗨,蝾螈!”一个女孩挥手示意他去排队买午餐。 一个背着兔子背包的女孩。 “多蒂，嘿！”亚历山大说。 他跑向她。“希望你喜欢猪肉，”多蒂说。 她指着菜单。

Alexander smiled at Dottie, although he felt a tiny bit sad. She used to be a member of the S.S.M.P. but had recently left the group. "So, um," Alexander said. He looked up at the shiny decorations. "What are all these stars and stuff for?" "Don't you know? Today's our ninety-eighth day of school!" said Dottie. "In two days, the whole school's having a 100th Day party."

亚历山大对多蒂笑了笑，尽管他感到有点难过。 她曾是社会党成员 但最近离开了该组织。 “那么，嗯，”亚历山大说。他抬头看着闪闪发光的装饰品。 “这些星星和东西是干什么用的？”“你不知道吗？” 今天是我们上学的第98天！”多蒂说。 “再过两天，全校就要举行百日派对了。”

"Cool," said Alexander. He didn't say anything as they moved through the line. But by the time they got their milks, he spoke up. "Would you like to sit with me and Rip and Nikki?" "Thanks, but I can't!" said Dottie. "Playing monsters with you guys was fun, but now I'm playing superheroes with kids from my class. Have a good lunch!" Dottie hopped away. Alexander sighed, then headed to Rip and Nikki's table. "What's up, Salamander?" asked Nikki. "I just saw Dottie," said Alexander. "It's so weird how she dropped out of the S.S.M.P., right in the middle of her birthday party."

“酷，”亚历山大说。他们穿过队伍时，他什么也没说。 但等他们拿到牛奶时，他开口了。 “你愿意跟我，里普和妮基坐在一起吗”“谢谢，但是我不能！”多蒂说。 “和你们玩怪物很有趣，但现在我和我们班的孩子们玩超级英雄。 祝你午餐愉快！”多蒂跳开了。 亚历山大叹了口气，然后走向里普和尼基的桌子。 “怎么了，蝾螈？”尼基问。 “我刚才看见多蒂了，”亚历山大说。 “她在自己的生日派对上中途退出了S.S.M.P，这太奇怪了。”

"It's too bad," said Rip with his mouth full. "She was one heck of a monster fighter! She Rip paused, and cocked his head to the side. "Did you hear that?" "Hear what?" asked Alexander. He looked at Nikki, who shrugged. "A clicking sound," said Rip. "Like tap shoes." He started chewing again. "Oh well, it stopped. I guess HEY!" Rip picked up his lunch sack. "Another ant?! Stay away from my raisins!" He brushed the ant away. "It must've hitched a ride on my pants from the caboose this morning." "Or maybe Mr. Plunkett's class is making ant farms!" said Nikki, smiling.

“太糟糕了，”瑞普嘴里塞满了东西，说道。 “她是一个了不起的怪物斗士！”瑞普停顿了一下，把头歪向一边。 “你听到了吗？”“听到什么？”亚历山大问。 他看了看妮基，妮基耸了耸肩。 “咔哒一声，”里普说。 “比如踢踏舞鞋。”他又开始咀嚼起来。 “哦，好吧，它停了。嘿！”里普拿起他的午餐袋。 “另一个ant ? !离我的葡萄干远点！”他把蚂蚁赶走了。 “它一定是今天早上从车尾搭上了我的裤子。” “或者普伦基特先生的课是在做蚂蚁农场！”尼基笑着说。

"Ms. Vanderpants would never let him do that activity again!" said Alexander. "Remember how she freaked out about all those ants?" "Speaking of our freaked-out principal, how was she this morning?" asked Nikki. "Were you able to switch folders before she got there?" "Yeah," said Alexander. "And I snooped around a bit. I found a file cabinet full of spaghetti." "Weird!" said Nikki. She ate a spoonful of BBQ sauce. "She also said something odd about giving me extra challenges, whatever that means," said Alexander. The recess bell rang. "Let's go, weenie!" said Rip. Alexander sighed. "Go on without me," he said. "I have to do make-up work. See you after school."

亚历山大说：“范德帕斯女士再也不会让他这么做了！” “还记得她是怎么被那些蚂蚁吓坏的吗？”“说到我们吓坏了的校长，她今天早上怎么样？”尼基问。 “你能在她来之前把文件夹换了吗？”“是的，”亚历山大说。 “我在周围窥探了一下。 我发现了一个装满意大利面的文件柜。” “奇怪！”妮基说。她吃了一勺烧烤酱。 亚历山大说：“她还说了一些奇怪的话，说要给我额外的挑战，不管那是什么意思。” 课间铃响了。“走吧，小家伙！”瑞普说。 亚历山大叹了口气。“你走吧，别管我。”他说。 “我得化妆。 放学后见。”