9 BATTLE PLANS

CHAPTER 9 BATTLE PLANS Alexander raced through the woods bright and early the next morning. He came to an old caboose: the S.S.M.P. headquarters. He rushed inside. Nikki was studying a map of Stermont. Rip was eating a peanut butter cup. "Gross, Rip!" said Alexander. "Did you find that on the ground, too?" Rip nodded. "Yup. Next to a flattened mailbox." "I wouldn't eat it if I were you. That candy came from our latest monster!" warned Alexander. Rip swallowed. "Say what?"

第九章作战计划第二天一大早，亚历山大飞快地穿过树林。 他来到了一个老车尾：S.S.M.P. 总部。他冲了进去。 妮基在研究斯特蒙特的地图。 里普在吃花生酱杯。 “恶心，里普！”亚历山大说。 “你在地上也找到了吗？”把点了点头。 “是的。旁边是一个被压扁的邮箱。” “如果我是你，我就不会吃它。 那糖果是我们新买的怪物送的！”亚历山大警告说。 吞下。“你说什么?”

Alexander whipped out the notebook. "Look! I found the monster last night. It's right here!" he said. "It's a pinata monster!" He showed the P-rex pages to Rip and Nikki. "A pinata?" asked Nikki. "Like the kind you break open at birthday parties?" "Yeah," said Alexander. "And this one wants to break things open all over Stermont." Rip poked the P-rex drawing, leaving a chocolate smudge on its belly. "It sounds like this monster be easy to beat: We tap it with a stick, and POW!- sweet-surprise time! We'll have a lifetime supply of candy!"

亚历山大迅速拿出笔记本。 “看!我昨晚发现了怪物。 就在这儿！”他说。 “这是皮纳塔怪兽！”他给里普和妮基看了霸王龙的页面。 “皮纳塔？”尼基问。“就像你在生日聚会上打开的那种吗？”“是的，”亚历山大说。 “这个人想把斯特蒙特的一切都搞砸。” 瑞普戳了戳P-rex的画，在它的肚子上留下了一块巧克力污渍。 “听起来这个怪物很容易被打败：我们用棍子轻敲它，噗！”-甜蜜惊喜时间！这样糖果就够我们吃一辈子了！”

"But the P-rex is enormous!" said Nikki. "How can we hit it without getting smashed?" "The notebook says the P-rex is nice to little pinata monsters," said Rip. "Too bad we don't know any." He snorted. Alexander clapped Rip on the back. "That's it!" he said. "We can fool the P-rex! We'll become a little pinata monster!" "Huh?" asked Rip.

“但是P-rex是巨大的！”尼基说。 “我们怎么才能不被撞到呢？”“笔记本上说P-rex对小皮纳塔怪物很好，”里普说。 “可惜我们不知道。” 他哼了一声。亚历山大拍了拍瑞普的背。 “就是这样！”他说。“我们可以骗过霸王龙！”我们会变成一个小皮纳塔怪物！”“嗯？”瑞普问。

"Here, I'll show you," said Alexander. He flipped over the map of Stermont and started sketching on the back.

“来，我指给你看。”亚历山大说。 他把斯特蒙特的地图翻过来，开始在背面画草图。

"Great plan, Salamander!" said Nikki. She pulled out a box of art supplies. "It's burro-building time!"

“好计划，蝾螈！”尼基说。 她拿出一盒美术用品。 “这是造毛囊的时间！”