7 THE OTHER MONSTER

CHAPTER 7 THE OTHER MONSTER Alexander sat alone on the low end of the teeter-totter. He took the folded note from his pocket and reread it.

第七章另一个怪物亚历山大独自坐在跷跷板的一端。 他从口袋里拿出折叠起来的纸条，重新看了一遍。

Suddenly: "Whoa!" Alexander found himself teetering three feet in the air. Rip had jumped onto the totter end. "Okay, weenie," Rip said. "You were right about the shadow monsters." Alexander held up the class photo. "They really ruined our picture, didn't they?" "Picture, shmicture!" said Rip. "I'm talking about me! I got in trouble last night for staying up late. But I didn't do it!" Rip took a step back. Alexander crashed to the ground.

突然:“哇!”亚历山大发现自己在三英尺高的空中摇摇欲坠。 瑞普跳到了摇摇晃晃的一端。 “好吧，孩子，”瑞普说。“关于影子怪物，你是对的。” 亚历山大举起班级照片。 “他们真的毁了我们的照片，不是吗？”“图片，假的！”瑞普说。 “我在说我自己！”昨晚我因为熬夜而惹上了麻烦。 但不是我干的！”里普向后退了一步。 亚历山大瘫倒在地。

"It was after bedtime," said Rip. "Mom was taking out the trash, and she thought she saw me through the curtains, dancing around wearing antlers." "You were dancing?" asked Alexander. "No! I was asleep!" Rip barked. "My stupid reindeer shadow was dancing! But when Mom flipped on the light to yell at me, it was gone!" Rip looked at Alexander. Alexander did not know what to say. "So when did that shadow thing get me, anyhow?" asked Rip. "Yesterday, after lunch," said Alexander. "The shadow smashed onto you when you were walking to the bathroom. And I have already checked the notebook there's nothing about them in there."

“那是在就寝时间之后，”瑞普说。 “妈妈在倒垃圾，她以为透过窗帘看到我戴着鹿角跳舞。” “你在跳舞？”亚历山大问。 “不!我睡着了！”吠叫。 “我那愚蠢的驯鹿影子在跳舞！但是当妈妈打开灯对我大喊大叫时，它就不见了！”瑞普看着亚历山大。 亚历山大不知道说什么好。 “那么，那个影子是什么时候抓住我的呢？”瑞普问。 “昨天，午饭后。”亚历山大说。 “当你走向浴室的时候，影子砸在了你身上。 我已经检查了笔记本，上面没有关于他们的任何信息。”

"Hmm..." said Rip. "Hey, guys!" Nikki trotted over. "There you are!" Alexander smiled. "Nikki!" "So get this, Nikki," said Rip. "Stermont is swarming with shadow smashers!" "Oh, really..." said Nikki, jamming her hands into her hoodie pocket. "Yeah!" said Alexander, "I've seen them all over town: in the fitting room, in our class photo, on my dad, and, um, on Rip. They even screwed up the Gopher Day filmstrip and my dad's tulips. We should "Stop," said Nikki.

“嗯……”瑞普说。“嘿,伙计们!”妮基小跑过来。 “你在这儿！”亚历山大笑了。 “妮可!”“所以，尼基，记住这个，”里普说。 “斯特蒙到处都是暗影粉碎者！”“哦,真的……” 妮基把手塞进连帽衫口袋里说。 “是啊！”亚历山大说，“我在镇上到处都看到过：在试衣间里，在我们的班级照片里，在我爸爸身上，还有，嗯，在里普身上。 他们甚至搞砸了地鼠节的短片和我爸的郁金香。 我们应该“停下来”，妮基说。

Alexander and Rip gave Nikki a puzzled look. "We need to talk about another monster in Stermont," she said. "Ugh," said Rip. "You mean we have to fight something besides shadow smashers?" "I hope not," said Nikki. She looked at Alexander as she pulled the torn-out notebook pages from her pocket. "The other monster is me."

亚历山大和里普不解地看了妮基一眼。 “我们需要谈谈斯特蒙特的另一个怪物，”她说。 “啊，”瑞普说。“你的意思是说，除了暗影粉碎者，我们还得跟别的什么战斗？”“我希望不是，”妮基说。 她看着亚历山大，从口袋里掏出撕烂的笔记本。 “另一个怪物就是我。”