16 POP TIL YOU DROP

CHAPTER 16 POP 'TIL YOU DROP The bubble-wrap warrior squeezed Rip and Alexander until their eyes bulged. "Drop my friends, bubble brain!" yelled Nikki. She sat on a platform near the clock's face, dangling her legs over the edge. She stuck out her arm, jiggling something red and shiny over the grinding gears.

第十六章挤到你掉下去那个泡泡包战士把瑞普和亚历山大挤得眼睛鼓鼓的。 “放下我的朋友，笨蛋！”妮基喊道。 她坐在钟面附近的平台上，双腿悬在边缘上。 她伸出手臂，在磨磨的齿轮上摇晃着一个红色发亮的东西。

The Ruby Scorpion!" said Alexander. "Warrior, if you don't put my friends down," she said, "I'll toss this into the gears!" "You wouldn't dare ruin Stermont's shiniest treasure!" growled the monster. It squeezed the boys tighter. "Sure I would!" said Nikki. She tossed the red shiny scorpion into the clock's gears.

红宝石蝎子！”亚历山大说。 “勇士，如果你不把我的朋友放下来，”她说，“我就把它扔进齿轮里！”“你竟敢毁掉斯特蒙最闪亮的宝藏！”怪物咆哮道。 它把男孩们挤得更紧了。 “我当然愿意！”尼基说。 她把那只红色闪闪发光的蝎子扔进了时钟的齿轮里。

CRRUNNNCHH!!! Shiny red pebbles tinkled down through the gears. "NOOOOII!!" the bubble- wrap warrior screamed. The monster dropped the boys and reached for the gears. POP-POP! One of its arms got twisted in a cog. Alexander rolled to his feet. He was standing near the broken cuckoo. "SQUAAAAARRK!" The monster let out an angry battle squeak. It raised its puffy fists high, ready to smash. "Guys, quick!" Alexander shouted. "Over here!" Rip and Nikki ran over.

CRRUNNNCHH ! !闪亮的红色鹅卵石叮当作响地穿过齿轮。 “不！！”泡泡纸战士尖叫道。 怪物放下男孩，伸手去拿齿轮。 POP-POP !它的一只胳膊被齿轮拧了。 亚历山大翻身站了起来。 他站在破布谷鸟旁边。 “SQUAAAAARRK !”怪物发出一声愤怒的战斗尖叫。 它高高举起胖乎乎的拳头，准备把它砸碎。 “伙计们,快点!”亚历山大喊道。 “在这里!”里普和妮基跑了过来。

Together, the three friends lifted the cuckoo. Then they pointed it at the monster's head. "Hey, bubbles!" said Alexander, "Watch the birdie!" He pulled a latch near the cuckoo's spring. BOING! The bird delivered a cuckoo punch, right on the monster's nose. The monster fell backward. The rest of its long arms became tangled in the clockwork gears.

三个朋友一起举起了布谷鸟。 然后他们用枪指着怪物的头。 “嘿，泡泡！”亚历山大说，“看那只小鸟！”他拉开布谷鸟弹簧附近的门闩。 啵嘤!那只鸟给了它一记布谷鸟拳，正好打在怪物的鼻子上。 怪物向后倒了下去。 它的长臂的其余部分被发条齿轮缠住了。

It sounded like the Fourth of July as the bubble-wrap warrior was pressed between the gears, building up to one final clock-rocking BOOM! Nikki, I can't believe you destroyed the Ruby Scorpion!" said Alexander. "What?! No way!" said Nikki. "That was a paperweight I bought in the gift shop." She pulled the real Ruby Scorpion from her pocket.

这听起来就像7月4日的独立日，当气泡包装战士被压在齿轮之间，建造最后一个时钟摇摆的BOOM！尼基，我不敢相信你摧毁了红宝石蝎子！”亚历山大说。 “什么? !不可能！”尼基说。 “那是我在礼品店买的镇纸。” 她从口袋里掏出了真正的红宝石蝎。

CLICK-CLICK-CLICK-WHIRR! The clock's gears spat out a flat, clear sheet of plastic. "Looks like every last bubble's been popped," said Nikki. "So, what now?" asked Rip. "Ms. Sargent will lock us up if she sees us with the Ruby Scorpion!" "Hmmm," said Alexander. "Let's prop the clock door open and leave it here for her to find." "Along with all the other missing stuff!" said Nikki.

CLICK-CLICK-CLICK-WHIRR !时钟的齿轮喷出一片平坦的透明塑料片。 “看起来所有的泡沫都破灭了，”妮基说。 “那么，现在怎么办？”瑞普问。 “如果萨金特女士看到我们和红宝石蝎子在一起，她会把我们关起来的！”“嗯，”亚历山大说。 “我们把钟门撑开，留在这儿让她去找吧。” “还有其他丢失的东西！”妮基说。