8 ROUND AND ROUND

CHAPTER 8 'ROUND AND 'ROUND The sky was as dark as the blacktop in the school parking lot. The only stars out that night were on Alexander's pajama bottoms. "Nice pants, weenie," said Rip. "Thanks," said Alexander, giving Rip the stink-eye. The boys got in line behind Nikki to board the school bus.

第八章一圈又一圈天空和学校停车场的柏油路一样黑。 那天晚上，亚历山大的睡裤上只有星星。 “裤子不错，小家伙，”里普说。 “谢谢。”亚历山大说着，狠狠地瞪了瑞普一眼。 男孩们排在妮基后面上校车。

"I didn't see anything this afternoon," said Alexander. "No crawling hands. No mummies. And no more missing stuff." "Well," said Rip, "during dinner, my mom said her trumpet had disappeared." "And my ice skates are missing!" said Nikki. The bus door opened. Alexander's dad leaned out. waving like a beauty queen. "Howdy, kiddos!" he said. "I'm Dr. Bopp, Alexander's dad!" Everyone in line gave Alexander a look. At least. that's how it felt to him. The students climbed on the bus. Mr. Hoarsley started the engine as Mr. Plunkett took attendance.

“今天下午我什么也没看见，”亚历山大说。 “没有爬来爬去的手。没有木乃伊。 而且不会再丢东西了。” “嗯，”里普说，“吃饭的时候，我妈妈说她的小号不见了。” “我的溜冰鞋不见了！”尼基说。 车门开了。亚历山大的爸爸探出身子。 像选美皇后一样挥手。 “你们好，孩子们！”他说。“我是博士。 波普，亚历山大的爸爸！”排队的每个人都看了亚历山大一眼。 至少。这就是他的感受。 学生们爬上公共汽车。 霍尔斯利启动了发动机，普伦基特也来了。

Alexander plopped down beside Rip and Nikki. "Your dad is so cute," said Nikki. "And his pj's match yours, starpants!" said Rip. "Yeah, yeah," said Alexander. The three friends looked out the window as the bus left the parking lot. "Yikes," said Nikki. "That old hospital is really falling apart."

亚历山大扑通一声坐在里普和尼基旁边。 “你爸爸真可爱，”妮基说。 “他的睡衣和你的一模一样，伙计们！” “是的，是的，”亚历山大说。 当公共汽车离开停车场时，三个朋友看着窗外。 “哎呀，”妮基说。“那所老医院真的要垮了。”

The bus drove along. it passed a brand-new building. Look at our new school!" said Alexander. "It's so clean and perfect," said Nikki. "And not smashed up by monsters," said Rip. "At least, not yet." "It's song time!" Alexander's dad called out from up front. "Here's one I learned at dental school." He took a big breath. Alexander tried to melt into his seat. It didn't work.

公共汽车继续行驶。它经过一座崭新的大楼。 看看我们的新学校！”亚历山大说。 “它是如此干净和完美，”妮基说。 “而不是被怪物砸碎。”瑞普说。 “至少，现在还没有。”“唱歌时间到了！”亚历山大的爸爸在前面喊道。 “这是我在牙科学校学到的。” 他深深地吸了一口气。亚历山大试图融入他的座位。 但没有成功。