11 SURPRISE INSIDE

CHAPTER 11 SURPRISE INSIDE The boys crouched behind a stump near the rickety old bridge. "Why doesn't that snombie have a face?" Alexander whispered. "Who cares?!" said Rip. "It stole Nikki's hat!" He stood up. "Rip, no!" whispered Alexander. He grabbed Rip's elbow. Rip broke free and charged onto the bridge, swinging his fists. "Nobody steals from the S.S.M.P.!" he shouted.

孩子们蹲在摇摇晃晃的老桥附近的一个树桩后面。 “为什么那个瞌睡虫没有脸？”亚历山大低声说。 “谁在乎？！”瑞普说。“它偷了妮基的帽子！”他站了起来。 “瑞普，不！”亚历山大小声说。 他抓住瑞普的胳膊肘。里普挣脱了，冲到桥上，挥舞着拳头。 “没有人会偷社会党的东西！”他喊道。

The snowman didn't move. PLOFF! Rip knocked its head off with a single punch. He caught Nikki's hat before it hit the ground. The snowman's body shook. Clumps of snow fell away from its middle ball, revealing a blue- faced girl with fangs and braces. "Nikki!!!" Alexander ran over. He and Rip brushed away the snow. "How did you get covered in snow?" Rip asked. "The sn-sn-snombies g-g-got me!" she said, shivering. "I heard that clinking noise, and a bunch of snombies rose up from the snow! They clobbered me with snowballs until I was c-c-c-overed! I couldn't move! I think they were trying to FR-FR-FREEZE me!"

雪人没有动。PLOFF !里普一拳就把它的头打掉了。 他在尼基的帽子落地前接住了它。 雪人的身体颤抖着。一簇簇的雪从它中间的球上飘落下来，露出一个蓝脸、尖牙和牙套的女孩。 “妮可! !”亚历山大跑了过来。 他和里普把雪扫掉。 “你是怎么被雪覆盖的？”Rip问道。 “那些瞌睡虫——瞌睡虫——逮到我了！”她颤抖着说。 “我听到叮当声，一群侏儒从雪地里爬了起来！”他们用雪球打我，直到我被——被——被覆盖！我动不了！我想他们是想冻住我！”

CLINK-CLINK! "W-w-w-watch out! There's that n-n-n-noise again!" yelled Nikki. Four growling snombies rose up from the snow on the far side of the bridge. Some had broken sticks for arms. Some had lopsided heads. They all looked angry. The bridge shook as the monsters rolled toward Alexander, Rip, and Nikki.

CLINK-CLINK !“W-w-w-watch出来!又有那个噪音了！”妮基喊道。 四只咆哮着的侏儒从桥另一边的雪地上飞了起来。 有些人用折断的树枝当胳膊。 有些人歪着头。他们看上去都很生气。 怪物们向亚历山大、里普和妮基滚来，桥摇晃起来。

"Let's knock their blocks off!" said Rip. "No way—there are too many of them!" yelled Alexander. "And besides, Nikki is still half-frozen!" ZING! ZING! The snombies whipped dozens of snowballs through the air. The three friends ducked. Then they raced off the bridge. "It's hard..." said Nikki, to run... in snow." "Head to the salted path," said Alexander. "There's hardly any snow there!" "Yeah," said Nikki. "And the snombies seemed to be avoiding that trail."

“让我们把他们的积木敲掉！”瑞普说。 “不可能——他们人太多了！”亚历山大喊道。 “而且，妮基还是半冻的！”活力!活力!侏儒们在空中抛起了几十个雪球。 三个朋友躲了起来。然后他们跑下了桥。 “这很难……”妮基说，跑…… 在雪。”“走到盐渍小路上去。”亚历山大说。 “那里几乎没有雪！”“是的，”妮基说。 “而侏儒们似乎在避开那条小路。”

They soon made it back to the cabins, leaving the monsters behind. "Luckily, snombies move slower than cold snot!" said Rip. Nikki dashed into the girls' cabin. She came back out a minute later in dry clothes, wrapped in a towel. "I'm warmed up, and ready for battle!" she said. "Let's— "Those screams are coming from campfire circle!" said Rip. "The other campers!" said Alexander. "We have to help them!"

他们很快就回到了小木屋，把怪物留在了后面。 “幸运的是，侏儒比冷鼻涕移动得慢！”瑞普说。 妮基冲进女孩们的小屋。 一分钟后，她穿着干衣服，用毛巾裹着出来了。 “我已经热身好了，准备战斗了！”她说。 “那尖叫声是从营火圈里传来的！”里普说。 “其他露营者！”亚历山大说。 “我们必须帮助他们！”