11 SOCK IT TO 'EM

CHAPTER 11 SOCK IT TO 'EM The boss-monster dangled Alexander upside-down over her open mouth. "Noooo!" Rip and Nikki shouted. They ran toward the gloomp but were blocked by a flock of cutterflies. Alexander twisted to try and free himself from the monster's grasp. As he squirmed, he heard a crinkling noise. My gift... he thought.

怪物老板把亚历山大倒挂在她张开的嘴上。 “他!”里普和妮基喊道。 他们向洼地跑去，但被一群切花苍蝇挡住了。 亚历山大扭动身子，试图从怪物的手中挣脱出来。 正当他扭动的时候，他听到了一种起皱的声音。 我的礼物…他想。

Alexander unzipped his backpack. Some party invitations fluttered to the floor. He reached in and yanked out his dress socks. The gloomp used her free arm to pick up an invitation. "What have we here?" she asked. "You're having a party? Thanks for inviting me! I loooove birthday cake." While the boss-monster was going on about cake, Alexander tossed all eight socks into the sparkle glue.

亚历山大拉开背包的拉链。 一些聚会的请柬飘到了地板上。 他把手伸进去，猛地抽出他的短袜。 忧郁者用空着的手臂拿起一张请柬。 “这是什么？”她问。 “你要开派对？”谢谢你邀请我！我喜欢生日蛋糕。” 当怪物老板在谈论蛋糕的时候，亚历山大把八只袜子都扔进了闪光胶里。

GALOOORP-GLOP! The glue shimmered, casting disco-ball sparkles around the room. "Huh?" said the gloomp, with a toothy frown. A brand-new monster flopped out of the vat. A spinning, growling socktopus, the size of a carnival ride. SOCKTOPOS Woven monster made from eight mismatched socks. SNAP! FLAP! SNAP! The socktopus snapped its arms like whips. It immediately wrapped itself around the boss-monster. The gloomp tossed Alexander aside, and began wrestling the socktopus. Socks really are a useful gift! Alexander thought, quickly backing away.

GALOOORP-GLOP !胶水闪闪发光，迪斯科球在房间里闪闪发光。 “嗯？”忧郁的人皱着眉头说。 一个全新的怪物从缸里蹦了出来。 一只旋转的，咆哮的袜子，有嘉年华游乐设施那么大。 SOCKTOPOS由8只不匹配的袜子编织而成的怪物。 中计了!瓣!中计了!这只袜子象鞭子一样啪地一声折断了胳膊。 它立刻把自己包裹在boss怪物身上。 那人把亚历山大扔到一边，开始扭打那只袜子。 袜子真是一件有用的礼物！亚历山大想，迅速后退。

"LET! GO! OF! ME!" the boss-monster bossed in her bossiest voice. The socktopus obeyed. It stretched out in eight directions and became tangled in the beams holding up the ceiling. CRACK! Ms. Vanderpants's beam bent in half. "Uh-oh," said the gloomp. Bricks fell from the ceiling, hitting monsters on their shells, wings, and tails. Alexander, Rip, and Nikki jumped out of the way. "Well done, Alexander!" said Ms. Vanderpants. She wriggled against the bent beam and transformed into a nar-madillo. The beam fell like a tree, pinning the boss-monster to the floor.

“让!走吧!的!我！”怪物老板用她最霸道的声音吼道。 袜子猴照做了。它向八个方向伸展，缠在支撑天花板的横梁上。 裂缝!范德帕斯女士的横梁弯成了两半。 “哦哦，”忧郁说。砖块从天花板上掉下来，砸在怪物的壳、翅膀和尾巴上。 亚历山大、里普和尼基都跳开了。 “干得好，亚历山大！” Vanderpants。她在弯曲的横梁上扭动，变成了一只小野猫。 梁像树一样倒了下来，把怪物boss压在了地板上。

"OOF!" The gloomp dropped the notebook. Quick as a ninja. Nikki grabbed it. "You rule, Nikki!" cheered Alexander. A huge section of wall caved in. Sunlight streamed into the factory. "The whole place is falling apart!" Rip shouted. "You have the notebook for now!" the boss- monster roared. "But I will see you tonight —at your weirdo party!" The gloomp wadded up the invitation and swallowed it. "Follow me, students!" said Ms. Vanderpants. She tucked into a ball. Then she barreled through the wall. Alexander, Rip, and Nikki dove after her. A half second later, the entire glue factory collapsed.

“呕!”那人把笔记本掉在地上。 像忍者一样快。妮基抓住了它。 “你统治了，尼基！”亚历山大欢呼道。 一大块墙塌陷了。 阳光照进了工厂。 “整个地方都要塌了！”Rip喊道。 “现在笔记本给你！”怪物老板吼道。 “但我们今晚见——在你的怪胎派对上！”忧郁的人把请柬揉成一团吞了下去。 “跟我来，学生们！” Vanderpants。她蜷成一团。 然后她飞快地穿墙而过。 亚历山大、里普和妮基扑向她。 半秒钟后，整个胶水厂倒塌了。