8 FANGS FOR THE MEMORIES

CHAPTER 8 FANGS FOR THE MEMORIES Umm..." Alexander was speechless. "Poor Nikki," said Rip, shaking his head. "Sure, you're a weirdo. But a monster?!" Nikki handed over the notebook pages. Alexander and Rip looked at the drawings and then at Nikki. "This... is you?" asked Rip. "Sort of," said Nikki. "But the entry was all wrong, so I fixed it." She took a roll of tape from her pocket. "Here, I'll put these pages back."

第八章回忆的尖牙嗯……” 亚历山大无言以对。“可怜的尼基，”里普摇着头说。 “当然，你是个怪人。可是怪物？！”妮基交出了笔记本。 亚历山大和里普看了看图纸，然后又看了看尼基。 “这……是吗？”瑞普问。 “差不多吧，”妮基说。“但是条目全错了，所以我修改了它。” 她从口袋里拿出一卷胶带。 “来，我把这几页放回去。”

WRONG! JAMPIRE A terrible undead monster. smart, brave girl. HABITAT Gravevarda. Grade schools!

错了!一个可怕的不死怪物。 聪明、勇敢的女孩。Gravevarda栖息地。 学校年级!

PEEK! Jampites have no shadows. DIET Yuck! No! Anything red and juicy: ketchup, fruit punch, raspberry jam, jelly donuts, strawberry gummies. BEHAVIOR vampires are evil friendly. Also, they can see in the dark. WARNING! Keep jampires out of direct sunlight!

偷看!Jampites没有影子。 饮食恶心!不!任何红色多汁的东西：番茄酱、水果潘趣酒、覆盆子果酱、果冻甜甜圈、草莓软糖。 吸血鬼是邪恶友好的。 而且，它们在黑暗中也能看见东西。 警告!让jampire远离阳光直射！

"So. Any questions about jampires?" said Nikki. "I'll tell you anything. But you've got to promise to keep my secret!" "Cross my heart," said Alexander. "And hope to die!" said Rip. He frowned. "No, wait. Hope to sprain my ankle!" "Good enough," said Nikki. "Okay," said Alexander. "Can you turn into a bat?" Nikki rolled her eyes. "No. That's ridiculous." "Or eat people's brains?" added Rip. "Gross, no!" said Nikki. "It's mostly a lot of little things: like seeing in the dark, or getting sunburns in like five seconds." "Or casting no shadow during the filmstrip," said Alexander. "You really are a... uh..."

“所以。对jampire有什么问题吗？”尼基说。 “我什么都可以告诉你。但你得答应替我保守秘密！”“我发誓，”亚历山大说。 “希望去死！”瑞普说。 他皱起了眉头。“不,等等。希望扭伤我的脚踝！”“很好，”妮基说。 “好吧，”亚历山大说。“你能变成蝙蝠吗？”妮基翻了个白眼。 “没有。那太荒唐了。”“或者吃人脑？”瑞普补充道。 “恶心，不！”尼基说。“主要是很多小事：比如在黑暗中看东西，或者在五秒钟内被晒伤。” “或者在电影中没有投下阴影，”亚历山大说。 “你真是个……嗯…”

"A monster," Rip mumbled. "I wasn't going to tell you," said Nikki, "but then I lost my baby teeth and my fangs started coming in. So I thought I should be honest with... you know, my best friends." Again, Alexander was speechless. But not Rip. "Thanks," he said, "for lying to us this whole time." Nikki took a step back. "I didn't— I would never lie to you! I just—" She rushed off the playground. "Rip! Go easy on her!" said Alexander. "It was brave of Nikki to tell us her secret." "Yeah," said Rip. "So when are you going to kick her out of the S.S.M.P.?"

“怪物。”瑞普咕哝道。“我本来不想告诉你的，”妮基说，“但是后来我的乳牙掉了，尖牙开始长出来了。 所以我觉得我应该跟你说实话 你知道，我最好的朋友。” 亚历山大又一次说不出话来。 但里普不是。“谢谢你，”他说，“你一直在骗我们。” 尼基往后退了一步。“我没有——我永远不会对你撒谎！”我只是——”她冲出操场。 “把!对她宽容点！”亚历山大说。 “妮基告诉我们她的秘密很勇敢。” “是的，”瑞普说。“那你打算什么时候把她踢出S.S.M.P.?”

Alexander's jaw dropped. "Huh?" "We can't have a monster in the Super Secret Monster Patrol!" Rip said. "She's what we are supposed to be fighting!" Alexander looked at Rip. "It's your call, Salamander. You're the head of the club," said Rip. "Um, can we talk about this tomorrow?" Alexander said. "Fine," said Rip. "Let's meet at the caboose in the morning, since there's no school. What are you doing tonight, anyway?" "It's board game night," said Alexander. "I should go."

亚历山大的下巴掉了下来。“嗯?”“我们不能在超级秘密怪物巡逻队里有怪物！”Rip说。 “她就是我们要对付的人！”亚历山大看着瑞普。 “你说了算，蝾螈。 “你是俱乐部的头儿，”里普说。 “嗯，我们能明天再谈吗？”亚历山大说。 “很好，”瑞普说。“既然不上学，我们明天早上在车尾碰头吧。” 你今晚有什么安排？”“今天是桌游之夜，”亚历山大说。 “我该走了。”