5 EAR WE GO AGAIN

CHAPTER 5 EAR WE GO AGAIN Alexander met Rip and Nikki after school. He pushed his bike so they could walk together. "We did more experiments on Rip at recess," Nikki told Alexander. "We know one gummy makes his ears turn blue, but if we double it..." She tossed two gummy worms in the air. "Fetch, boy!"

放学后，亚历山大遇见了里普和尼基。 他推着自行车，这样他们可以一起走。 “我们在课间休息时对里普做了更多的实验，”尼基告诉亚历山大。 “我们知道一块橡皮糖会让他的耳朵变蓝，但如果我们把它加倍……” 她把两只软软的虫子抛向空中。 “取回,小子!”

Rip chomped the gummies. His ears became blue and pointy, and a dozen blue freckles bloomed on his cheeks. "See? The spots are back!" said Nikki. "But he's not fully a monster Rip skidded to a halt. "SHHH!!" he said. "There it is again! Do you hear it?" "Hear what?" asked Alexander. "The clicking sound," Rip said. "Nope," said Nikki. "Sorry, Rip." "Really?!" Rip said, waving his arms. "It's a bunch of clicks, like dice rolling on a table... aw, it's gone again." "Your ears just faded back to normal, Rip," said Nikki. "Maybe that sound is, like, part of your monster powers."

里普嚼着软糖。他的耳朵变得又蓝又尖，脸颊上冒出了一打蓝色的雀斑。 “看到了吗?斑点又回来了！”尼基说。 但他也不完全是个怪物。 “嘘！！”他说。“它又来了！”你听到了吗？”“听到什么？”亚历山大问。 “咔哒声，”里普说。 “不，”妮基说。“对不起,撕裂的声音。” “真的吗? !”瑞普挥舞着双臂说。 “这是一堆点击，就像骰子在桌子上滚动…… 啊，它又不见了。”“你的耳朵刚刚恢复正常，里普，”尼基说。 “也许那声音是你怪物力量的一部分。”

"Yeah, maybe," said Rip. They walked a while in silence. "Oh," said Alexander. "Did your teacher tell you Morty C. Mingus is coming to school for the 100th Day party?" "The steam shovel writer?" asked Nikki. "Yeah." "You know, if Ms. Vanderpants invited him, then maybe he's another undercover monster," said Alexander. "Like Dr. Tallow!" Rip snorted. "He MUST be a monster— he created a steam shovel that sings about saying 'excuse me' when you burp!" Nikki laughed. "Well, I guess we'll keep an eye on him," she said. "There's your house, Salamander. See you tomorrow!"

“是啊，也许吧，”瑞普说。他们默默地走了一会儿。 “哦，”亚历山大说。“你的老师有没有告诉你莫蒂？” 明格斯要来学校参加百日派对吗？”“蒸汽铲作家？”尼基问。 “是的。”“你知道，如果范德帕斯女士邀请了他，那么他可能是另一个卧底怪物，”亚历山大说。 “就像塔洛医生一样！”哼了一声。 “他一定是个怪物——他创造了一个蒸汽铲，在你打嗝的时候会唱着‘对不起’！”尼基笑了。 “好吧，我想我们会盯着他的，”她说。 “那是你的房子，蝾螈。 明天见！”