7 READY AIM SPLAT!

CHAPTER 7 READY... AIM... SPLAT! Alexander spent the rest of the morning trying to convince Rip and Nikki that monsters were turning their school into a refrigerator. "And look!" Alexander said as they stepped into the cafeteria. "The monsters even changed the menu again!"

第七章准备好了…目的……长条木板!亚历山大花了整个上午的时间试图让里普和尼基相信怪物正在把他们的学校变成一个冰箱。 “看!”他们走进自助餐厅时，亚历山大说。 “怪物们甚至又改了菜单！”

"Pie?!" Alexander said, raising an eyebrow. "Why would a school serve just pie?" Rip and Nikki looked at each other, and then over at the pie case. "Listen, Salamander," Rip began. "Surely the school is looking out for us." "Yeah," said Nikki, heading toward a tall wedge of raspberry pie. Alexander sighed. Once again, he carried his lunch box to an empty table to wait for his friends. He looked around. Everyone was chowing down on pie. He flipped open his lunch box.

“派? !”亚历山大扬起眉毛说。 “为什么学校只提供派？”里普和尼基面面相觑，然后看了看饼盒。 “听着，蝾螈，”瑞普开始说。 “学校肯定在照顾我们。” “是啊，”妮基说着，朝一个高高的楔形覆盆子派走去。 亚历山大叹了口气。他又一次把午餐盒端到一张空桌子上等他的朋友。 他环顾四周。每个人都在大吃馅饼。 他猛地打开他的午餐盒。

Beneath his dad's note was a veggie pita. Alexander took a bite as Rip and Nikki plopped down their trays. "Watch me use my table manners," said Rip. He nibbled a bite of his blueberry pie. "Manners? Ha!" said Nikki. She attacked her pie. Her plate looked like a crime scene. "Here, Salamander," said Rip. "Try a bite!" He scooted his pie toward Alexander.

在他爸爸的纸条下面是一个素皮塔饼。 亚历山大吃了一口，里普和妮基扑通一声放下盘子。 “看我怎么用餐桌礼仪，”瑞普说。 他咬了一口蓝莓派。 “礼仪吗?哈！”尼基说。 她猛咬她的馅饼。她的盘子看起来像犯罪现场。 “给你，蝾螈。”瑞普说。 “尝一口！”他飞快地把馅饼递给亚历山大。

Alexander slammed his fist down. "NO!" he barked. "There's something wrong here! School lunches should be healthy! Pie and ice cream for lunch is just... weird!" He stood up and began shouting to the entire cafeteria, "I don't know why, but we shouldn't trust this pie! Am I right?" Pie-stained faces stared back at Alexander. Rip began waving his arms. "Sorry, Rip. You can't stop me!" Alexander said. He held Rip's pie above his head. "Even if no one believes me, I can't let you eat this pie! It's going in the garbage!" He spun around and threw the pie.

亚历山大用力握紧拳头。 “不！”他吼道。“这里有点不对劲！”学校午餐应该是健康的！午餐的馅饼和冰淇淋只是… 奇怪!”他站起来，开始对整个餐厅大喊：“我不知道为什么，但我们不应该相信这个派！我说得对吗？”满是馅饼的脸盯着亚历山大。 瑞普开始挥动双臂。 “对不起,撕裂。你阻止不了我！”亚历山大说。 他把里普的馅饼举过头顶。 “就算没人相信我，我也不能让你吃这个派！”把它扔进垃圾桶！”他转身把馅饼扔了出去。

SPLOORCH! Right into Ms. Vanderpants's face. Silence fell over the lunchroom as clumps of blueberry rolled down the principal's coat. Everyone could hear what Ms. Vanderpants said next, even though she spoke in a whisper. "Alexander Bopp... see me after school." Ms. Vanderpants stormed out, her face purple with anger—or maybe smooshed blueberry.

SPLOORCH !正对着范德帕斯女士的脸 一簇簇蓝莓从校长的外套上滚下来，餐厅里一片寂静。 每个人都能听到她说的话。 范德帕斯接着说，尽管她说话的声音很低。 “亚历山大Bopp…放学后见我。” 范德佩斯怒气冲冲地走了出去，她的脸被气得发紫——或者可能是被压扁了的蓝莓。