11 SHADOW BOXING

CHAPTER 11 SHADOW BOXING Rip!" Alexander called, racing into the caboose. "What's going on?"

第11章太极拳撕！”亚历山大喊道，冲进了车尾。 “发生什么事了？”

Rip was sitting on an overturned crate, rubbing his knuckles. "Here's a tip, Salamander," Rip growled. "Don't try to punch your shadow." Alexander spotted a fist-size dent in the wall. "Wait," he said, "why would you punch "The shadow smashers got me, okay?!" Rip said, pointing to the floor. "Look!" Rip now had the shadow of a very large, very cute, fluffy bunny. Alexander tried not to smile.

瑞普坐在一个翻倒的板条箱上，揉着指关节。 “给你个提示，蝾螈，”里普咆哮道。 “不要试图打你的影子。” 亚历山大发现墙上有一个拳头大小的凹痕。 “等等，”他说，“你为什么要揍我？是影子粉碎者抓住了我，明白吗？”里普指着地板说。 “看!”里普现在有了一只非常大、非常可爱、毛茸茸的兔子的影子。 亚历山大强忍着不笑。

"What a weenie shadow!" Rip yelled. "The reindeer was better." Rip sat back, crossing his arms. His bunny shadow wiggled its ears. "So how do we get rid of these things?" "I'll show you," Alexander said. He grabbed a flashlight from the shelf and aimed it at Rip's heels. CLICK! Alexander blasted the bunny with light. The bunny shadow's whiskers twitched. Then the bunny shadow peeled itself away from Rip's feet. It was trapped between the flashlight and a sunbeam.

“多么小的影子啊！”Rip喊道。 “驯鹿更好。” 里普靠在椅背上，交叉着双臂。 他的兔子影子摇着耳朵。 “那么我们如何摆脱这些东西呢？”“我给你看，”亚历山大说。 他从架子上抓起手电筒对准里普的脚跟。 点击!亚历山大用光照射兔子。 兔子影子的胡须抽搐了一下。 然后兔子的影子从里普的脚上溜走了。 它被困在手电筒和阳光之间。

Alexander tossed the flashlight to Rip. "All right, bunny," he said. "Tell us your evil plan, or my friend here will zap you with the light." The shadow smasher shrugged. "Okay," said Alexander. "Why do you smash people's shadows?" The bunny made nibbling motions. "You eat shadows?" The bunny nodded. "You're eating my shadow?!" Rip yelled. The bunny shook its head. "You're not eating his shadow?" asked Alexander. "Why not?" The bunny marched in place. "To walk?" Alexander rubbed his chin. "You're attaching to Rip so you can go somewhere?" The bunny nodded. "Are all of you shadow smashers going to the same place? Somewhere in Stermont?"

亚历山大把手电筒扔给里普。 “好吧，兔子，”他说。 “告诉我们你的邪恶计划，否则我的朋友会用光击中你。” 影子粉碎者耸耸肩。 “好吧，”亚历山大说。“你为什么要打碎别人的影子？”兔子做了啃食的动作。 “你吃影子？”小兔子点点头。 “你在吃我的影子？！”Rip喊道。 小兔子摇了摇头。“你不是在吃他的影子吧？”亚历山大问。 “为什么不?”兔子在原地踏步。 “走?”亚历山大揉了揉下巴。 “你和里普在一起，这样你就能去别的地方了？”小兔子点点头。 “你们这些击影者都要去同一个地方吗？” 在斯特蒙特的某个地方？”

The bunny nodded. Then it twisted itself into the shape of a tree. "You're all coming here, to these woods?" guessed Alexander. "No to Derwood Park!" Rip shouted. "The shadow smashers must want to wreck Gopher Day! Everyone will be there!" The bunny nodded. Rip checked a clock on the caboose's wall. "Gopher Day starts at noon! That's in twenty minutes! We've got to get over there!" Even though it was a sunny day, Alexander grabbed every flashlight he could find. "Hang on!" said Rip. "What are we going to do about Nikki?" "That will have to wait," Alexander said. "Stermont needs us!" The boys shot out of the caboose, leaving the bunny in their dust.

小兔子点点头。然后它把自己扭曲成一棵树的形状。 “你们都到这儿来，到这树林里来？”亚历山大猜想。 “不去德伍德庄园！”Rip喊道。 “影子粉碎者一定想破坏地鼠日！”每个人都会去的！”小兔子点点头。 里普检查了车尾墙上的时钟。 “地鼠日从中午开始！”那是二十分钟以后！我们得赶过去！”尽管天气晴朗，亚历山大还是抓住了他能找到的每一个手电筒。 “坚持住！”瑞普说。“我们该拿妮基怎么办？”亚历山大说：“那得等一等。” “斯特蒙需要我们！”男孩们冲出车尾，把小兔子抛在身后。