12 MR. MANNERS

CHAPTER 12 Mr. MANNERS Mr. Plunkett waited for his students to stop groaning. Then he plowed ahead with a third day of teaching table manners. "Take out your napkins and start folding!" he said. "The Chili Supper is tonight!" Alexander and Nikki sat in the back of the room, staring at Rip's empty seat. "Do you think the veggies ate him?" whispered Nikki.

普伦基特先生等着他的学生们停止呻吟。 接着，他又开始了第三天的餐桌礼仪教学。 “拿出你的餐巾纸，开始叠！”他说。 “今晚有辣椒晚餐！”亚历山大和尼基坐在房间的后面，盯着里普的空座位。 “你觉得是蔬菜把他吃了吗？”妮基小声说。

"No!" said Alexander. "Not yet the carrot said they'd feast on us tonight! Let's go see Nurse Brock. She was the last "Ahem!" Mr. Plunkett was standing right in front of Alexander. "What could possibly be more important than napkin-folding?" he asked. "Er," Alexander said, "Well, Nurse Brock "Who?" said Mr. Plunkett. "Nurse Brock. Yesterday "There's no Nurse Brock here," said Mr. Plunkett. "Hoarsely is the school nurse and—"

“不！”亚历山大说。“还没有，胡萝卜说他们今晚要吃我们！”我们去看看布洛克护士吧。 她是最后一个“嗯哼！”普伦基特先生就站在亚历山大的正前方。 “还有什么比叠餐巾更重要的呢？”他问道。 “呃，”亚历山大说，“那么，布洛克护士。”“谁？”普伦基特先生说。 ”护士布鲁克。“这里没有护士布洛克，”普伦基特先生说。 “学校的护士声音嘶哑，而且——”

LISTEN UP! Ms. Vanderpants's voice craclded over the loudspeaker. "Head Student chef Bopp, report to the lobby. It's time to prepare the Chili Supper." "Uh, that's me," said Alexander. Mr. Plunkett's frown turned upside down. "Head chef?!" he asked. "Use your table manners! Make us proud!" Alexander swung his backpack onto his shoulders. "Hey, Nikki," he whispered. "Keep an eye out for Rip." She nodded, frowning. "You know, I sort of, kind of miss that guy."

听好了!扬声器里传来了范德帕斯的声音。 “学生总厨师长波普，请到大厅报到。 是时候准备辣椒晚餐了。” “嗯，那是我，”亚历山大说。 普伦基特先生皱起了眉头。 “厨师长？！”“注意餐桌礼仪！”让我们为你骄傲！”亚历山大把背包甩到肩上。 “嘿，尼基，”他低声说。 “小心里普。” 她点点头，皱着眉头。“你知道，我有点，有点想念那个人。”