10 A LOSING BATTLE

CHAPTER 10 A LOSING BATTLE Monsters crawled, hopped, flapped, slithered, shimmied, and lurched toward the S.S.M.P. Alexander, Rip, and Nikki squirmed against the crusty rubber cement holding them to Ms. Vanderpants's beam. "I know we can handle a few monsters at a time," said Nikki, "but there are dozens of monsters here." "HUNDREDS!" hissed the gloomp. The boss-monster flipped through the notebook. "Spewnicorn, haircrow, frog-gobbler They're all here! Ready to attack on my order."

第十章失败的战斗怪物们爬着、跳着、拍打着、滑行着、摇摆着，蹒跚着向S.S.M.P.走去 亚历山大、里普和尼基在硬壳橡胶水泥上扭动着身体。 Vanderpants梁。“我知道我们一次可以对付几个怪物，”妮基说，“但这里有几十个怪物。” “几百！”黑影嘶嘶地说。 怪物老板翻了翻笔记本。 “斯宾尼克、乌鸦、食蛙鱼，它们都在这儿！”准备按照我的命令进攻。”

"You're not the only monster who can give orders!" said Rip. He made three loud clicks with his tongue. A few ants crawled out of his pocket. Rip tossed candy to the ants. BA-DINK! BA-DINK! As they ate it, the ants grew into huge, blue, puppy-sized bugs.

“你不是唯一能发号施令的怪物！”瑞普说。 他用舌头发出三声响亮的咔哒声。 几只蚂蚁从他的口袋里爬了出来。 里普向蚂蚁扔糖果。 BA-DINK !BA-DINK !当他们吃它的时候，蚂蚁长成了巨大的、蓝色的、小狗大小的虫子。

The three gi-norm-ants bowed down to Rip. Then they skittered around, chewing the rubber cement holding the friends in place. "I love a good fight," said the boss-monster, fanning herself with the notebook. "Especially when it's a zillion versus four. Plus a few ants, I guess." CRUNCH! Alexander broke free from the cement. He helped pull Rip and Nikki out, while the ants skittered up the beam toward Ms. Vanderpants. "ATTACK!" screamed the gloomp. KROOAOOOOOAAARRRRR!!! The swarm of monsters obeyed their boss.

三只巨蚁向瑞普鞠躬。 然后它们四处乱窜，嚼着固定朋友的橡胶水泥。 “我喜欢好好打一架，”怪物老板一边说，一边用笔记本给自己扇风。 “尤其是当它是1亿对4的时候。 再加上几只蚂蚁，我猜。” 危机!亚历山大挣脱了水泥墙。 他帮忙把里普和妮基拉了出来，而蚂蚁们则顺着横梁向她的妻子爬去。 Vanderpants。“进攻！”黑影尖叫道。 KROOAOOOOOAAARRRRR ! !这群怪物服从了他们的老板。

Rip punched a honkyflower. Nikki chopped a giant onion, and Alexander slide-tackled a skunky- monkey. The gi-norm-ants stopped chomping at Ms. Vanderpants's glue and joined the fight. SNARL! OFF! AWWWK! BLOOMP! MEOW! BLARFF! The room was a blur of feathers, scales, claws, fur, and snouts. Alexander couldn't tell where one monster ended and the next began.

里普挥拳打了一朵菊花。 尼基切了一个巨大的洋葱，亚历山大滑倒了一只臭鼬猴。 “gi-norm-ants”不再咬她。 范德帕斯的胶水，加入了战斗。 咆哮!了!AWWWK !BLOOMP !喵呜!BLARFF !房间里到处都是羽毛、鳞片、爪子、皮毛和鼻子。 亚历山大分不清一个怪物在哪里结束，另一个怪物在哪里开始。

BLOING! A yak-in-the-box sprung open, flinging Alexander high above the battle. In mid-air, he caught a glimpse of Rip tripping a barfalo and of Nikki swatting a skeeter-copter. There are too many monsters, thought Alexander. We're losing... BADLY. BWAAR-HAWR-HAWR!!! The boss-monster laughed, with one eye on each member of the S.S.M.P. "Urf!" Alexander landed on the back of a rhinoceraptor. "Bring him to me!" the boss- monster commanded. The rhino-bird dive-bombed a nearby crate. WHAM! Alexander was bucked in the air— straight into the gloomp's waiting claws.

车辆!一个装牦牛的箱子突然打开，把亚历山大抛到战场的高处。 在半空中，他瞥见了里普绊倒了一架巴法罗，尼基拍打着一架skeketer - helicopter。 怪物太多了，亚历山大想。 我们正在失去……不好。BWAAR-HAWR-HAWR ! !怪物老板笑了，一只眼睛盯着S.S.M.P.的每个成员 “Urf !”亚历山大落在一头犀牛的背上。 “把他给我带来！”怪物老大命令道。 这只犀牛鸟俯冲轰炸了附近的一个板条箱。 哇!亚历山大被抛在空中，直扑到黑影等在那里的爪子里。