8 SMASHY-SMASHY

CHAPTER 8 SMASHY- SMASHY Alexander spent the morning crossing things off his to-do list. He finished by copying the programs.

亚历山大花了一上午的时间把待办事项划掉。 他最后把程序抄了下来。

By the time he made it downstairs, lunch was almost over. "Salamander!" said Nikki. "Where have you been?" "Running around," said Alexander. "Listen I need you both to skip recess. I know how to get into the UPSTAIRS BASEMENT." Nikki gasped. But Rip was staring off into space.

等他下楼时，午饭已经快结束了。 “蝾螈！”尼基说。“你上哪儿去了？”“到处跑，”亚历山大说。 “听着，我要你们俩都不要休息。 我知道怎么去楼上的地下室。” 尼基气喘吁吁地说。但里普却凝视着远方。

BRINNGGG!! The recess bell rang. Students began leaving the cafeteria. Nikki put a hand on Alexander's shoulder. "Whatever you need, Salamander." Alexander smiled, and then turned to Rip. Rip blinked. "Huh?! Sorry those clicks are driving me nuts. WAIT! Skip recess?! Ugh... okay, but this had better be worth it." "Great, let's go!" said Alexander. The S.S.M.P. double- timed it to the thirteenth floor.

BRINNGGG ! !课间铃响了。 学生们开始离开自助餐厅。 妮基把手放在亚历山大的肩膀上。 “随你的便，蝾螈。” 亚历山大笑了笑，然后转向里普。 Rip眨了眨眼睛。“嗯? !抱歉那些点击让我抓狂。 等等!跳过休息? !啊… 好吧，但这最好是值得的。” “太好了，我们走吧！”亚历山大说。 S.S.M.P.以双倍的速度到达了十三楼。

Mr. Hoarsely paced outside the UPSTAIRS BASEMENT, near a steaming bucket of spaghetti. "Mr. Hoarsely!" Alexander shouted. "Eep! What are you three doing here?!" Mr. Hoarsely asked. "Ms. Vanderpants isn't going to like this!"

沙哑地在楼上的地下室外走来走去，旁边是一桶热气腾腾的意大利面。 “嘶哑地先生!”亚历山大喊道。 “燃灯!你们三个在这儿干什么？！”沙哑地问道。 “范德帕斯女士不会喜欢这样的！”

Alexander stepped forward and whispered, "Why don't you let us feed the monster for you?" Mr. Hoarsely's eyebrows shot up. "You know about... it?" he asked. Alexander nodded. "And we know you don't want to feed it. Just give us the keys so you can stay out here in this nice, safe hallway." Mr. Hoarsely's knees began to knock. "No! It's too dangerous! And besides, Ms. Vanderpants would fire me!" He ran down the hall, keys jangling. "Wait! So what's IT?" Nikki asked Alexander. "Is there a monster in there?" "The BOSS-monster?" Rip added. "We won't know until we bust in," Alexander said.

亚历山大走上前去，小声说：“你为什么不让我们帮你喂怪物呢？”沙哑先生的眉毛一下子竖了起来。 “你知道……它？”他问。 亚历山大点了点头。“我们知道你不想喂它。 把钥匙给我们，这样你就可以待在这个漂亮、安全的走廊里了。” 沙哑先生的膝盖开始颤抖。 “不!太危险了！除此之外。 范德帕特会炒了我的！”他跑过大厅，钥匙叮当作响。 “等等!那么IT是什么呢？”尼基问亚历山大。 “里面有怪物吗？”“怪物?”把补充道。 亚历山大说：“在我们破门而入之前，我们不会知道。”

"But how?" asked Nikki. "That door has FIVE locks!" Rip smiled. "I have an idea, guys." He turned to Nikki. "Hey, jampire. Give me, um... eleven gummies." "No way, Rip! You'll turn into a— ooooohhh! Good idea!" said Nikki. "Here you go!" Nikki tossed him a fistful of gummy worms. Rip swallowed the gummies. CRAAAAWRRRR! Monster-Rip lowered his horns and charged at the heavy stone door.

“但是怎么做呢？”尼基问。“那扇门有五把锁！”把笑了。 “伙计们，我有个主意。”他转向妮基。 “嘿,jampire。给我… 十一而言。”“没门，瑞普！”你会变成——哦哦哦！好主意！”尼基说。 “给你！”妮基扔给他一把蠕虫软糖。 瑞普吞下了软糖。 CRAAAAWRRRR !怪物瑞普垂下犄角，向沉重的石门冲去。