1 CLEANUP CREW

CHAPTER 1 CLEANUP CREW The sixty-story slime creature knocked over another skyscraper. "That's one scary monster, huh, AI?" said Alexander's dad.

这个六十层楼高的黏糊糊的家伙推倒了另一座摩天大楼。 “这是一个可怕的怪物，是吧，AI?”亚历山大的爸爸说。

Alexander Bopp yawned. "It's a neat comic, but I wouldn't call Swamp-Yak 'scary."' "Are you nuts?!" his dad said. "He's got seven eyes! And lightning breath!" "Sorry, Dad," said Alexander. "But Swamp-Yak is silly. He slips on a bowling ball and falls into a volcano THE END A real monster would be way smarter than that." Alexander's dad laughed. "Oh, AI. You take this monster stuff too seriously." Alexander was serious about monsters, ever since he had moved to Stermont. The town was crawling with them. Real, scary monsters not the kinds you find in comic books. "All right, kiddo. You can go play outside," said Alexander's dad.

亚历山大·波普打了个哈欠。“这是一部简洁的漫画，但我不会说《沼泽牦牛》‘可怕’。”“‘你疯了吗？！’他爸爸说。 “他有七只眼睛！”还有闪电般的呼吸！”“对不起，爸爸，”亚历山大说。 “可是沼泽牦牛很傻。他在保龄球上滑倒了，掉进了火山一个真正的怪物会比这聪明得多。” 亚历山大的爸爸笑了。“哦,AI。 你把这些怪物看得太严重了。” 自从亚历山大搬到斯特蒙特后，他就对怪物很认真。 镇上到处都是他们。 真实的，可怕的怪物不是你在漫画书里看到的那种。 “好吧，孩子。你可以去外面玩，”亚历山大的爸爸说。

"Thanks, Dad!" Alexander yelled as he shot out the door and into the woods. He followed a footpath to an old caboose. The train car was the hideout of the Super Secret Monster Patrol, which was also known as the S.S.M.P. The S.S.M.P. was a group of kids who fought monsters. This group had fallen apart years ago, but Alexander had restarted it after being attacked by monsters. Alexander climbed into the caboose. There was stuff everywhere: papers, boxes, flashlights, ice skates, a saxophone, a birdcage, a globe, a cheese grater, and a basket of Ping-Pong balls. In other words, everything you might need to fight a monster.

“谢谢你,爸爸!”亚历山大大叫着冲出大门，冲进了树林。 他沿着一条小路来到一节旧车尾。 火车车厢是超级秘密怪物巡逻队的藏身之处，也被称为S.S.M.P. S.S.M.P.是一群与怪物战斗的孩子。 这个组织多年前就分崩离析了，但亚历山大在被怪物攻击后重新组织了这个组织。 亚历山大爬进了车尾。 到处都是东西：文件、盒子、手电筒、溜冰鞋、萨克斯风、鸟笼、地球仪、奶酪磨碎器和一篮子乒乓球。 换句话说，就是你与怪物战斗所需要的一切。

In the middle of this mess sat Rip and Nikki, the only other members of the S.S.M.P. "Sorry I'm late," said Alexander. "How's the cleanup going?" "Great!" said Nikki. "I've been organizing all of our gear." "And I drew this awesome picture of me fighting balloon goons at your leap-year birthday party," said Rip. "And look! Here's me sword- fighting the fish-kabob monster!"

里普和妮基坐在混乱之中，他们是S.S.M.P.仅有的两名成员 “对不起，我迟到了。”亚历山大说。 “清理工作进行得怎么样了？”“太好了！”尼基说。 “我一直在整理我们所有的装备。” “我还画了一幅很棒的画，画的是我在你的跨年生日派对上和气球打手打架，”里普说。 “看!这是我的剑——和鱼串怪物搏斗！”

"Sheesh!" Nikki said, whipping a Ping-Pong ball at Rip. "You didn't defeat those monsters single-handed, you know." "Fine," he said. "I'll add you to the picture. And Salamander." Salamander was Alexander's nickname. He was almost used to it. "Oh, and check this out!" Rip said. He tossed something curved and white to Alexander. It was a jawbone. With fangs. Nikki's eyes grew wide.

“天哪!”妮基一边说，一边朝里普挥着乒乓球。 “你知道，你不是单枪匹马打败那些怪物的。” “很好，”他说。“我要把你也算进去。 和火蜥蜴”。火蜥蜴是亚历山大的昵称。 他几乎习惯了。“哦，看看这个！”Rip说。 他把一件弯曲的白色的东西扔给亚历山大。 那是一块颚骨。尖牙。 尼基睁大了眼睛。