5 SHAKE ON IT

CHAPTER 5 SHAKE ON IT After the world's longest spelling quiz, the students headed to the cafeteria. "Aw, rats," said Nikki. "I miss having pie for lunch." Alexander, Rip, and Nikki sat at their usual table. Alexander pulled his lunchbox out of his backpack. It was covered in sand from his cracked ant farm. "Hey, Nikki," he said, "I packed some strawberry gummies for you."

在世界上最长的拼写测验结束后，学生们走向自助餐厅。 “哦，老鼠，”妮基说。“我想念午餐吃馅饼。” 亚历山大、里普和尼基坐在他们常坐的桌子旁。 亚历山大从背包里拿出午餐盒。 它被他破碎的蚂蚁农场里的沙子覆盖着。 “嘿，尼基，”他说，“我给你带了一些草莓软糖。”

"Thanks, Salamander." Nikki smiled, flashing her sharp-looking fangs. She was secretly a monster— a good monster— called a jampire. Jampires loved red, juicy treats. Alexander brushed off his lunchbox and flipped it open. AAAAAGN! He jumped out of his chair. Rip and Nikki peeked inside the lunchbox. It was full of ants. Most of them were crawling around on the red gummies. "Looks like ants really do love the sweet stuff," Rip said. "Were those ants in your backpack?" asked Nikki, taking an ant-free gummy.

“谢谢,蝾螈。”尼基笑了，露出了她那锋利的尖牙。 她暗地里是一个怪物——一个善良的怪物——一个叫jampire的怪物。 Jampires喜欢红色多汁的食物。 亚历山大拂去他的午餐盒，把它打开。 AAAAAGN !他从椅子上跳了起来。 里普和妮基偷看了午餐盒里面。 里面全是蚂蚁。他们大多数都在红色软糖上爬来爬去。 “看起来蚂蚁真的很喜欢甜食，”里普说。 “那些蚂蚁在你的背包里吗？”妮基问，拿了一块没有蚂蚁的软糖。

"They must have crawled out of my cracked ant farm," Alexander said. "So much for that science project." Alexander sat back down. He checked his sandwich for bugs. There were none. He took a bite as he watched the ants march out of his lunchbox. "Cheer up!" said Rip. "It's not like Plunkett needs any more ants! There were a zillion in his giant ant farm!" He tossed Alexander a peppermint. Alexander made a yuck-face. "Is this more sidewalk candy?"

“它们一定是从我那破蚂蚁农场里爬出来的，”亚历山大说。 “那个科学项目到此为止了。” 亚历山大又坐了下来。他检查他的三明治有没有虫子。 没有。当他看着蚂蚁从他的午餐盒里爬出来时，他咬了一口。 “振作起来！”瑞普说。“普伦基特又不需要蚂蚁了！”他的巨型蚂蚁农场里有无数的蚂蚁！”他扔给亚历山大一块薄荷糖。 亚历山大做了个鬼脸。 “这又是人行道上的糖果吗？”

"'Yep!" said Rip. "I still have a few pieces left!" "Uh, no thanks," Alexander said. He scooted the peppermint back to Rip. "We really need to figure out what kind of monster left that footprint! I don't think it's a trample hamster since the footprint wasn't round. But it still must be big enough to—" BOOOOOM!! There was a thundering rumble as the whole building shook for a few seconds. The cafeteria grew quiet. "What was that?" asked Rip. "Was that an earthquake?!" asked Nikki.

“是的！”瑞普说。“我还剩下几块呢！”“呃，不了，谢谢，”亚历山大说。 他飞快地把薄荷递给里普。 “我们真的需要弄清楚是什么怪物留下的脚印！”我不认为这是踩踏仓鼠，因为脚印不是圆的。 但它仍然必须足够大——“噗！！”整座建筑摇晃了几秒钟，发出雷鸣般的隆隆声。 自助餐厅安静了下来。“那是什么？”瑞普问。 “那是地震吗？”尼基问。

Alexander shook his head. "It—" He was interrupted by the loudspeaker. ATTENTION! This is Principal Vanderpants. You may have noticed a minor vibration. This shaking was likely caused by bulldozers at our new school building down the street. There is no reason to panic. Alexander watched the ants scurry down the table leg and out of sight. "I think those guys have the right idea," he said.

亚历山大摇了摇头。“它——”扩音器打断了他的话。 注意!我是范德帕斯校长。 你可能注意到了轻微的震动。 这次震动很可能是由推土机在我们街那头的新校舍上造成的。 没有理由恐慌。 亚历山大看着蚂蚁顺着桌腿往下窜，不见了。 “我认为这些人的想法是对的，”他说。