16 FEELING ANTSY

CHAPTER 16 FEELING ANTSY A gazillion ants streamed out of Mr. Plunkett's broken ant farm. "GRAAAR?" The candy-saurus picked up one foot. Then the other. Soon it was doing a little dance. Within seconds, the candy monster was up to its gumdrops in ants. The candy-saurus roared one last time before it was completely covered with hungry ants.

第十六章坐立不安一大群蚂蚁从普伦基特先生的破蚁场里涌出。 “GRAAAR ?”糖果龙捡起一只脚。 然后是另一个。很快它就跳起了小舞。 几秒钟之内，糖果怪物就把它的口香糖糖变成了蚂蚁。 糖果龙在被饥饿的蚂蚁完全覆盖之前最后一次咆哮。

Alexander untied Rip from the tetherball pole. Thousands of ants chomped away at the taffy that was holding Nikki down. She ran over to Alexander and Rip. "Guys, look!" Alexander said.

亚历山大把利普从绳球杆上解开。 成千上万的蚂蚁啃噬着压住妮基的太妃糖。 她跑向亚历山大和瑞普。 “伙计们,看!”亚历山大说。

The candy-saurus was gone. The ants had eaten the entire monster, from snout to tail. All that was left was a single sourball. "I wonder why the ants didn't eat that," said Nikki. Rip picked it up, brushed it off, and GLOMP!- popped the sourball into his mouth. Alexander and Nikki stared at him. "What?" said Rip. "Candy is candy!" Alexander and Nikki looked at Rip again. He swallowed. "What?!" he said. "So it came from a monster! No big deal."

糖果龙不见了。 蚂蚁把怪物从头到尾都吃光了。 只剩下一个酸丸子了。 “我想知道蚂蚁为什么不吃那个，”妮基说。 里普把球捡起来，刷了一下，砰！——把酸丸子塞进嘴里。 亚历山大和尼基盯着他。 “什么？”瑞普说。“糖果就是糖果！”亚历山大和尼基又看了看里普。 他吞下。“什么？！”他说。 “这么说，它来自一个怪物！”没什么大不了的。”

"I guess we'll find out," said Alexander. He took the notebook from his backpack and— "YOU THREE!" shouted a voice. Ms. Vanderpants came storming across the playground. "Explain yourselves!" she said. "Uh, we didn't do this," Alexander said. "At least, not all of it!" Ms. Vanderpants frowned. "I know you didn't do this," she said. "But you shouldn't be on school grounds on a Saturday. We're dealing with a major"— she glanced at the crack in the building "pest problem."

“我想我们会知道的，”亚历山大说。 他从背包里拿出笔记本，然后——“你们三个！”一个声音喊道。 范德培斯女士怒气冲冲地穿过操场。 “解释一下！”她说。 “呃，我们没有这么做，”亚历山大说。 “至少，不是全部！”Ms。 Vanderpants皱起了眉头。“我知道不是你干的，”她说。 “但是星期六你不应该出现在学校操场上。 我们正在处理一个严重的”——她瞥了一眼大楼的裂缝，“害虫问题。”

"Um, sorry, Ms. Vanderpants," said Alexander. He turned to his friends. "We were just leaving. They got out of there. "Pest problem?!" said Nikki. "What was that about? And besides— she should be thanking us! We saved the school!" "Totally!" said Rip. "The S.S.M.P. bashed the mighty P-rex and licked the candy-saurus!" "Yeah!" said Alexander. "It was pretty sweet!" He grabbed his pencil and made a new entry.

“嗯，对不起，范德帕斯女士，”亚历山大说。 他转向他的朋友们。“我们正要离开。 他们离开了那里。“害虫问题？！”尼基说。 “那是怎么回事？”而且——她应该感谢我们！我们拯救了学校！”“当然！”瑞普说。 “S.S.M.P.打败了强大的P-rex，还舔了糖果龙！”“是啊！”亚历山大说。 “真是太甜蜜了！”他抓起铅笔，重新写了一条。