4 MUMMY'S THE WORD

CHAPTER 4 MUMMY'S THE WORD A tall, frowning mummy guarded the entrance to the cafeteria. Most students walked right on by. But not Alexander. He stepped up for a closer look.

一个高高的、皱着眉头的木乃伊守着自助餐厅的入口。 大多数学生都径直走过。 但亚历山大不是。他走上前仔细看了看。

The mummy was a cardboard cutout. It held the lunch menu. The BUMPY MUMMY I'll be waiting for MR. PLUNKETT'S CLASS at the Stermont Museum TOMORROW!

这具木乃伊是用硬纸板剪出来的。 里面装着午餐菜单。我将等待MR。 明天在斯特蒙特博物馆举办普伦基特的课堂！

Alexander skipped the lunch line. He found Rip and Nikki at their usual table. Their plates were piled high with slimy yellow strips. Rip made gagging sounds. "Do you think the food will be less barfy at our new school?" he asked. "We can only hope," Nikki said, BLOOP! BLAP! she dumped a whole jar of salsa on her plate. She mixed it up until her plate was a red, gloppy mess. Then she snarfed it down. Rip dropped his fork. "You really do eat like a monster!" he said. "Thank you, Rip!" Nikki smiled. She was a monster— a good monster called a jampire.

亚历山大没有排队吃午饭。 他发现里普和妮基坐在老桌子旁。 他们的盘子里堆满了黏糊糊的黄条。 里普发出令人作呕的声音。“你觉得我们新学校的饭菜会不那么难吃吗？”他问。 “我们只能希望，”妮基说，“噗！BLAP !她把一整罐莎莎酱倒在盘子里。 她把它混合在一起，直到她的盘子变成了一团又红又粘的东西。 然后她把它吞了下去。瑞普的叉子掉在地上。 “你吃东西真像个怪物！”他说。 “谢谢你，瑞普！”尼基笑了。 她是一个怪物——一个被称为jampire的好怪物。

Alexander opened his lunchbox. Alexander munched an orange slice as he looked back at the fake mummy. "So, what's the deal with the Bumpy Mummy?" he asked. "Relax, Salamander," said Rip. "The Bumpy Mummy is just a plain, old museum mummy." "But it's got these dead, empty eyes," said Nikki. "And it's covered in strange little bumps." Alexander became covered in strange little bumps, Goose bumps.

亚历山大打开他的午餐盒。 亚历山大一边嚼着一片橘子片，一边回头看了看假木乃伊。 “那么，颠簸的木乃伊是怎么回事？”他问。 “放轻松，蝾螈，”瑞普说。 “颠簸的木乃伊只是一个普通的，古老的博物馆木乃伊。” “但它有一双死气沉沉的、空洞的眼睛，”妮基说。 “而且上面有很多奇怪的小凸起。” 亚历山大浑身长满了奇怪的小疙瘩，鸡皮疙瘩。

"And there's this story," said Nikki, "that the Bumpy Mummy will come alive if someone steals the Ruby Scorpion, But that's "ATTENTION, STUDENTS!" Alexander jumped Principal Vanderpanls stood behind him, shouting. "We've already packed our loudspeaker! So I must speak LOUDLY!" she spoke loudly. "Since today is Packing Day, you will spend the rest of the afternoon packing up our school! Report to the loading dock in five minutes!" Rip groaned. "No, this is good," said Alexander. "This will give us a chance to learn more about those striped boxes!"

“还有一个故事，”妮基说，“如果有人偷走了红宝石蝎子，颠簸的木乃伊就会活过来，但这是‘学生们注意了！’”亚历山大跳了起来，范德潘斯校长站在他身后大喊。 “我们已经把扬声器装好了！”所以我必须大声说话！”她大声说。 “既然今天是打包日，你就用整个下午的时间来收拾我们的学校！”五分钟后到装货码头报到！”Rip呻吟着。 “不，这很好，”亚历山大说。 “这将使我们有机会更多地了解那些条纹盒子！”