14 BUBBLE TROUBLE

CHAPTER 14 BUBBLE TROUBLE Alexander, Rip, and Nikki backed away from the crinkling, snapping, one-handed bubble- wrap warrior.

亚历山大、里普和妮基从这个皱巴巴、咔咔作响的单手泡泡纸战士面前后退了几步。

Alexander shouted over the grinding clock gears. "So you sent us the striped boxes and stole our stuff!?" "Yes!" said the bubble-wrap warrior. "You humans are so annoying! You use bubble wrap to protect your shiny treasures. But then. when you no longer need us, you pop us! That hurts, you know?! I did it all for payback!" The monster's voice grew louder as it bounced closer to the three friends. "Instead of protecting your shiniest treasures, I stole them!" said The bubble-wrap warrior. "First I mailed my little helping hands to every house in town—" "The bubble wrap inside the striped boxes!" said Nikki.

亚历山大在时钟的齿轮声中喊道。 “所以你给我们寄了条纹盒子，偷走了我们的东西！？”“是的！”泡泡包装战士说。 “你们人类真烦人！”你用泡沫包装来保护你闪亮的宝贝。 但随后。当你不再需要我们的时候，你就干掉我们！这很伤人，你知道吗？！我所做的一切都是为了回报！”怪物的声音越弹越响，越靠近三个朋友。 “我没有保护你最闪亮的宝贝，而是偷走了它们！” “首先，我把我的小援助之手寄给了镇上的每一个家庭——”“条纹盒子里的气泡包装纸！”妮基说。

"Exactly," said the monster. "But things like skates and trumpets weren't valuable enough. I needed bigger, shinier treasure! Then I heard your teacher talking about the Ruby Scorpion. So I built an awesome laser-bouncing machine from your junk!" But why are you pretending to be the Bumpy Mummy?" asked Rip. "To blend in!" said the bubble-wrap warrior. It's easy to hide in a museum when you look like a mummy! I kept lookout while my helping hand popped off to steal this— Stermont's greatest treasure!" The bubble-wrap warrior raised its handless arm toward the shadows above. Just then, the bubble-wrap hand dropped down from the gears. It was clutching the Ruby Scorpion!

“没错，”怪物说。 “但像溜冰鞋和小号这样的东西还不够值钱。 我需要更大、更闪亮的宝藏！然后我听到你老师在说红宝石蝎。 所以我用你的垃圾造了一个很棒的激光弹跳机！”可你为什么要假装成颠簸的木乃伊呢？”瑞普问。 “为了融入人群！”泡泡膜战士说。 当你看起来像木乃伊时，很容易藏在博物馆里！在我伸出援助之手去偷这个——斯特蒙最大的宝藏的时候，我一直在放哨！”泡泡包战士向上方的阴影举起了没有手的手臂。 就在这时，包裹泡沫的手从齿轮上掉了下来。 它抓着红宝石蝎子！

It scampered up the bubble-wrap warrior's leg, and snapped itself to the end of the monster's arm. "At last, I am complete!" said the warrior. "Now that I have the ruby, there's just one thing left for me to wrap up. The monster puffed itself up. Then it lunged at Alexander.

它蹦蹦跳跳地爬上了泡泡包战士的腿，啪地一声抓住了怪物的手臂。 “我终于完整了！”勇士说。 “现在我有了红宝石，只剩下一件事要我完成了。 那怪物把自己鼓了起来。 然后它向亚历山大扑去。