4 RED IN THE FACE

CHAPTER 4 RED IN THE FACE Rip! We have to talk!" said Alexander. He ran to the lunch line, where Rip was getting a tray. "Hey," said Rip. "Look! For once, I am not grossed out by lunch. Although I can't say I'm thrilled about the rest of the week."

第4章脸被撕得通红！我们得谈谈！”亚历山大说。 他跑到排队买午餐的地方，瑞普正在那里取餐盘。 “嘿，”瑞普说。“看!这一次，我没被午餐恶心到。 虽然我不能说我对这周剩下的时间感到兴奋。”

MENU MONDAY CHICKEN FINGERS TUESDAY CHICKEN TOES WEDNESDAY CHICKEN THUMBS THURSDAY CHICKEN KNUCKLES FRIDAY THE REST OF THE CHICKEN "Forget the menu!" said Alexander. "Have you noticed anything strange... about Nikki?" Rip took a plate of chicken fingers. "Like how she ripped those pages from the notebook yesterday?" "No, not that," said Alexander. "Well, maybe that." He spoke quietly. "Nikki has fangs, Rip."

菜单星期一鸡手指星期二鸡脚趾星期三鸡拇指星期四鸡指关节星期五剩下的鸡“忘掉菜单吧！”亚历山大说。 “你有没有注意到什么奇怪的事情…… 尼基呢?”里普吃了一盘鸡柳。 “就像她昨天从笔记本上撕下那几页一样？”“不，不是那个。”亚历山大说。 “嗯，也许吧。”他轻声地说。 “妮基有尖牙，里普。”

"Oh, geez!" said Rip, grinning. "There's no way Nikki's got fangs." Alexander frowned. "But I saw "Hey, guys," said Nikki, stepping in between them. "I saved us a spot." Alexander followed Rip and Nikki to a table. "So, Salamander," said Nikki. She punched a straw into a juice box. "Tell us about this monster you saw yesterday." Alexander hadn't noticed it before, but Nikki barely moved her lips when she talked. He couldn't get a good look at her teeth. "Well," he said. "I was trying on pants, when "GROSS!" Rip yelled, pointing his chicken finger at Nikki. "What are you doing?" BLOOP! BLOP! Nikki was pouring tons of ketchup all over her plate.

“哦，天哪！”瑞普笑着说。 “妮基不可能有尖牙。” 亚历山大皱起了眉头。但我看到了“嘿，伙计们，”妮基说，走到他们中间。 “我帮我们保住了一个位置。”亚历山大跟着里普和尼基来到一张桌子前。 “那么，蝾螈，”妮基说。 她把吸管戳进果汁盒里。 “跟我们说说你昨天看到的怪物吧。” 亚历山大之前没有注意到，但妮基说话时几乎不动嘴唇。 他看不清她的牙齿。 “嗯，”他说。我当时正在试裤子，“恶心！”里普喊道，用鸡手指着妮基。 “你在干什么？”杂音!BLOP !妮基往盘子里倒了好多番茄酱。

"What?" she asked. Rip made a face. "I was hoping to make it through lunch without gagging." Nikki drowned a tiny nugget of chicken in her lake of ketchup. Then she ate it. A drop of red rolled down her chin.

“什么？”她问。里普做了个鬼脸。 “我希望能在不呕吐的情况下吃完午餐。” 妮基在她的番茄酱湖里淹死了一小块鸡肉。 然后她吃了。一滴红色的泪水从她的下巴上滚落下来。

Alexander stared at Nikki. "So... anyway. Maybe it was just a shadow, but I think I saw a snake monster. Or a leech." "A leech?!" said Rip. "Bloodsucking monsters are the worst! With their fangs and "ENOUGH!" Nikki shouted. She grabbed her juice box and SPLISSHH! sprayed Rip in the face. Then she stomped out of the cafeteria. "What did I say?" asked Rip, dripping with cherry punch. Alexander handed Rip a napkin. "I'm not sure," he said. "But you should probably wash up." Rip headed to the bathroom. As Alexander nibbled a chicken finger, he noticed a strange shadow along one wall. It was shaped like a sledgehammer.

亚历山大盯着妮基。 “所以……无论如何。也许那只是一个影子，但我想我看到了一个蛇怪。 或者是水蛭。”“水蛭？！”瑞普说。 “吸血的怪物是最可怕的！”他们的尖牙和“够了！”尼基喊道。 她抓起果汁盒，“嘘！”朝瑞普脸上喷了一下。 然后她跺着脚走出了自助餐厅。 “我说什么来着？”瑞普问，浑身都是樱桃味潘趣酒。 亚历山大递给瑞普一张餐巾。 “我不确定，”他说。“但是你应该洗洗手。” 里普走向洗手间。 当亚历山大啃着鸡柳时，他注意到墙上有一个奇怪的影子。 它的形状像一把大锤。

The hammer shadow rose up as Rip walked by and then it silently smashed down right onto Rip's own shadow. Rip shivered a moment, but kept walking. Alexander stopped chewing. Rip's shadow had sprouted antlers!

瑞普走过时，锤子的影子升起，然后无声无息地砸向瑞普自己的影子。 里普打了个寒噤，但还是继续往前走。 亚历山大停止了咀嚼。 瑞普的影子长出了鹿角！