16 SNOW MORE MR. ICE GUY

CHAPTER 16 SNOW MORE MR. ICE GUY The ice-crusher smacked its icy lips. "Yuck!" it bellowed. "These kid-pops taste funny. They taste like"—its eyes widened—"SALT?!" Alexander, Rip, and Nikki ran out from behind the salt mound. "Gotchya, iceberg!" shouted Rip. "We made fake snow-kids out of good old ice-melting salt!"

第十六章雪又下了冰人先生破冰机咂着它冰冷的嘴唇。 “恶心！”它吼道。“这些棒棒糖味道很怪。 它们尝起来像——它睁大了眼睛——“盐？！”亚历山大、里普和尼基从盐丘后面跑了出来。 “抓住了，冰山！” “我们用古老的融冰盐做了假雪娃！”

"NOOOOOO!" howled the ice-crusher. The monster's face fell. And so did all of its other parts as it melted into a salty, slushy mess. Then, as quick as a sneeze, three things happened: 1. The sun appeared in the sky. 2. The temperature shot up to ninety-nine degrees. 3. All the snow—and all the snombies— melted, turning the ground into a big mud pit. Alexander, Rip, and Nikki danced in the mud.

“不！”破冰机嚎叫着。 怪物的脸垂了下来。它的其他部分也融化了，变成了一团又咸又湿的东西。 然后，像打喷嚏一样快地发生了三件事： 太阳出现在天空中。 2. 气温一下子上升到九十九度。 3. 所有的雪和所有的雪都融化了，把地面变成了一个大泥坑。 亚历山大、里普和尼基在泥里跳舞。

Ranger Harry stepped into the clearing, dragging a load of wood. "Drat!" he said. "This weather is bananas!" The ranger twisted the end of his beard. "Where'd the other campers go?" "Back to the cabins," said Nikki. "Okay, prairie dogs," said Ranger Harry. "It's been one weird morning. You should head back, too. I'll join you as soon as I put my sled away!" "Yes, sir!" said Alexander. The happy, tired, muddy, slushy friends walked toward the cabins. Suddenly, Rip stopped. Something orange and pointy rested on a pile of leaves. "A snombie nose!" he said. "Or just a carrot," said Nikki. Rip grabbed the carrot, and—

护林员哈里拖着一车木头走进空地。 “该死！”他说。“这天气糟透了！”护林员捻了捻胡须。 “其他露营者去哪儿了？”“回小屋去，”妮基说。 “好吧，土拨鼠，”护林员哈里说。 “这是一个奇怪的早晨。 你也该回去了。 等我把雪橇收起来，我就去找你们！”“是的，先生！”亚历山大说。 这群快乐、疲惫、满身泥泞的朋友朝小屋走去。 突然，瑞普停了下来。一堆树叶上有一个橙色的尖尖的东西。 “一个侏儒鼻子！”他说。 “或者只是一根胡萝卜，”妮基说。 里普抓起胡萝卜，然后——

FLOOP! A large net swooped them up into a tree. "I think we found Dottie's bunny trap!" said Nikki. Alexander laughed. "Camp Rule #1: Nothing beats, uh, hanging around with your friends." "Hanging around?" said Rip. "I don't get it." Nikki punched his arm. Alexander fished in his backpack for the monster notebook. Then he added a new entry.

软区!一张大网把他们抛到一棵树上。 “我想我们找到了多蒂的兔子陷阱！”尼基说。 亚历山大笑了。“营地规则1：没有什么比和朋友一起闲逛更好的了。” “闲逛？”瑞普说。 “我不明白。”尼基打了他的胳膊。 亚历山大在背包里摸索着寻找那本怪物笔记本。 然后他又加了一条新条目。