6 CRACKED UP

CHAPTER 6 CRACKED UP Class outside is going to be awesome!" said Rip. Alexander slid his sandy lunchbox into his backpack. "As long as we don't get squashed by the huge-footprint-leaving monster," he said. Alexander, Rip, and Nikki followed their classmates to the playground. Rip stopped walking and started laughing. "What?" asked Alexander. "Second time today!" he said. Rip pointed to Alexander's left foot.

第六章外面闹哄闹的课堂一定会很棒的！”瑞普说。 亚历山大把他的沙质午餐盒塞进背包。 “只要我们不被留下巨大脚印的怪物压扁，”他说。 亚历山大、里普和尼基跟着他们的同学来到操场。 里普停下脚步，开始大笑起来。 “什么？”亚历山大问。“今天是第二次了！” 里普指着亚历山大的左脚。

Alexander looked down. A pink square of paper clung to his shoe. He rolled his eyes and tore it off. "Line up, everyone!" Mr. Plunkett shouted. He had set up his ant city near the jungle gym. Have your ant farms out! It's time to move your ants into their new home!" Alexander watched as the other students gave Mr. Plunkett their farms, filled with ants.

亚历山大低下头。一张粉红色的正方形纸粘在他的鞋子上。 他翻了个白眼，把它撕了下来。 “大家排队！”普伦基特先生喊道。 他在攀爬架附近搭起了蚁城。 把你的蚂蚁农场拿出来！是时候把你的蚂蚁搬进新家了！”亚历山大看着其他学生把满是蚂蚁的农场交给普伦基特先生。

Finally, it was his turn. "Let's see what you've got!" Mr. Plunkett said. Alexander handed over his cracked ant farm. Sand spilled to the ground. A single, dizzy ant ran along the frame. "Uh, sorry," said Alexander. "It kind of broke." "Well," said Mr. Plunkett, "one ant is better than none." He added Alexander's ant to his ant city. "Welcome to Antville, little guy!" he said. Then he turned to the class. "Alexander's ant farm may have cracked," he said. "But that won't happen to Antville!" TOCK TOCK TOCK! He tapped the thick glass. "A wrecking ball couldn't crack this baby!" Mr. Plunkett nodded toward the school. "I wish I could say the same for this place!" Alexander looked up and gasped.

最后，轮到他了。“让我们看看你有什么！”普伦基特说。 亚历山大交出了他的破蚂蚁农场。 沙子洒到了地上。 一只头晕的蚂蚁沿着框架跑着。 “呃，对不起，”亚历山大说。 “它有点坏了。”“好吧，”普伦基特先生说，“一只蚂蚁总比没有好。” 他把亚历山大的蚂蚁加入了他的蚂蚁城。 “欢迎来到安特维尔，小家伙！”他说。 然后他转向全班同学。 “亚历山大的蚂蚁农场可能已经破裂了，”他说。 “但这不会发生在安特维尔！”嘀嗒嘀嗒！他轻敲厚玻璃。 “连个破球都打不碎这个宝宝！”普伦基特先生朝学校点了点头。 “我希望我也能对这个地方说同样的话！”亚历山大抬起头来，倒吸了一口气。

An enormous crack ran down the side of Stermont Elementary. At the bottom of the crack, there were two wide holes. "More giant footprints!" whispered Alexander. "And check it out!" said Rip, pointing. "Another pile of candy." "The earthquake at lunch—" said Nikki. "Come on, Nikki, we know it wasn't an earthquake," said Alexander. "It was the huge-footprint-making monster attacking our school!"

一道巨大的裂缝从斯特蒙特小学的一侧滑下。 裂缝的底部有两个大洞。 “更多的巨人脚印！”亚历山大低声说。 “看看它！”里普指着说。 “又是一堆糖果。”“午餐时的地震——”妮基说。 “得了吧，尼基，我们知道那不是地震，”亚历山大说。 “是那个留下巨大脚印的怪物袭击了我们学校！”