9 BRIGHT IDEA

CHAPTER 9 BRIGHT IDEA Help!" Alexander's dad shouted. "I'm being swallowed by a nine-armed space-blob!" "Okay, Dad," said Alexander. He rolled a six and saved his dad. Alexander's dad looked up from his cards. "Something tells me you're not into this game."

第9章好主意，救命！”亚历山大的爸爸喊道。 “我要被一个有九条胳膊的太空团吞噬了！”“好的，爸爸，”亚历山大说。 他掷出6，救了他爸爸。 亚历山大的爸爸从打牌的地方抬起头来。 “我觉得你不喜欢这个游戏。”

Alexander dumped his spaceships back in the box. "Sorry, Dad. It's been a rough day." "Cheer up, AI," his dad said. "Tomorrow's Gopher Day!" "Yeah," said Alexander. He gave his dad a hug and shuffled up to bed. Alexander read the notebook for a while before finally turning off his flashlight. His bedroom went dark.

亚历山大把他的飞船扔回箱子里。 “对不起,爸爸。这是艰难的一天。” “振作起来，AI，”他爸爸说。 “明天是地鼠日！”“是的，”亚历山大说。 他拥抱了爸爸一下，拖着脚步上床睡觉。 亚历山大看了一会儿笔记本，最后关掉了手电筒。 他的卧室一片漆黑。

Maybe Rip's right. Maybe we should kick Nikki out of the S.S.M.P., he thought. But we're a team. He let out a long sigh. Then he gasped he could see his breath! The room had suddenly become icy cold just like that time in the fitting room. A shadow smasher! He jolted upright. The dark shadow glided across a patch of moonlight on the wall. Straight for his bed.

也许里普是对的。也许我们应该把妮基踢出S.S.M.P，他想。 但我们是一个团队。他长叹一声。 然后他倒吸了一口气，他可以看到自己的呼吸了！房间突然变得很冷，就像那次在试衣间里一样。 阴影粉碎者！他猛地站了起来。 黑影掠过墙上的月光。 直奔他的床。

Alexander rolled to the floor. The shadow twisted into a sledgehammer, and POW! Alexander's feet felt all tingly. He looked back and saw that his shadow had grown into the shape of a giant spider. The spider shadow followed him along a wall. Alexander scrambled toward the opposite corner of his room. CONK! he bumped his night-light. Suddenly, the spider shadow paused, all eight legs trembling. Is it afraid of me? Alexander wondered, sitting up. No, not me— it's the light! Just like how Rip's reindeer shadow disappeared when his mom turned on his bedroom light!

亚历山大滚到地板上。 影子扭曲成一把大锤，噗！亚历山大的脚感到一阵刺痛。 他回头一看，发现自己的影子已经变成了一只大蜘蛛的形状。 蜘蛛的影子跟着他沿着一堵墙走。 亚历山大爬向他房间的另一个角落。 睡去!他撞坏了夜灯。 突然，蜘蛛影子停了下来，八条腿都在颤抖。 它怕我吗？亚历山大想，坐了起来。 不，不是我，是灯光！就像里普的驯鹿影子在他妈妈打开卧室灯的时候消失了一样！

Alexander kicked his nightstand. His flashlight fell off, rolling toward him. He pointed it at the shadow smasher and flicked the switch. The spider shadow quivered in the light. Then it peeled away from Alexander's feet and dashed under the bed. Alexander quickly dragged a lamp and a glow-in-the-dark sword over to the night-light. He made a circle of light and sat in the middle, on a nest made of blankets. "Sorry, shadow smasher," Alexander said to the underside of his bed. "Looks like I'll be reading 'til sunrise." He opened the S.S.M.P. notebook.

亚历山大踢了他的床头柜。 他的手电筒掉了下来，滚向他。 他把枪对准影子粉碎器，轻按开关。 蜘蛛的影子在阳光下颤抖。 然后它从亚历山大的脚上脱落下来，冲到床底下。 亚历山大迅速拖着一盏灯和一把夜光剑来到夜灯前。 他做了一个光圈，坐在中间用毯子做的窝上。 “对不起，阴影粉碎者，”亚历山大对他的床底说。 “看来我要一直读到天亮了。” 他打开了S.S.M.P.笔记本。