6 HOT LUNCH

CHAPTER 6 HOT LUNCH Alexander tried to carry the snowball to lunch, but it melted on the way. "Ah, the last porcupine!" said Ranger Harry, waving to Alexander. "You're just in time to learn Camp Rule #218: Lunch tastes better in the shade!" Alexander plopped down in a shady spot near Rip and Nikki. Ranger Harry held up a menu he'd carved from a chunk of wood.

亚历山大想把雪球带去吃午饭，但是雪球在路上融化了。 “啊，最后一只豪猪！”护林员哈利向亚历山大挥手说。 “你正好赶上学习夏令营规则第218条：在阴凉处吃午饭味道更好！”亚历山大扑通一声坐在里普和尼基附近的一个阴凉的地方。 护林员哈利举起一份他从一块木头上刻出来的菜单。

LUNCH Huckleberry sandwich (with mayo.) Trail mix (Evtra-chunky!) Bug juice (Less Chunky.) "Eat up!" said Ranger Harry. "Bug juice?" said Rip. "Blecchh!" Nikki drank hers in one gulp. She gave Rip a big, red smile. "You goofball," she said. "Bug juice is camp talk for fruit punch!" CRUNCH! Alexander ate a handful of trail mix. It tasted like mixed-up bits of trail. "Guess what?" he said. "I heard that strange clinking sound again! Just before I got smacked with Rip's slushball." He turned to Rip. "Where'd you find the snow, anyway?" "Snow?!" said Rip. "How could there be snow here at Camp Sweatbox?"

午餐：哈克贝利三明治（加蛋黄酱）什锦干果（Evtra-chunky!）虫子汁（不太厚实）“快吃！”护林员哈利说。 “虫汁？”瑞普说。“Blecchh !”妮基一饮而尽。 她给了里普一个大大的红色微笑。 “你这个笨蛋，”她说。“虫汁是水果潘趣酒的营地用语！”危机!亚历山大吃了一把什锦干果。 尝起来就像混在一起的小道。 “你猜怎么着？”“我又听到那奇怪的叮当声了！”就在我被里普的雪球打之前" 他转向里普。“你是在哪儿找到雪的？”“下雪？！” “汗箱营地怎么会下雪呢？”

Alexander nibbled on his sandwich. "Well, somebody splatted me." "It wasn't me," said Rip. "I've been parked on that salt mound all morning reading about fire safety." "And I've been canoeing!" said Nikki. "I can almost steer!" Rip snatched the map from Alexander's backpack. "Okay, weenie. Let's see what you've been working on." "Wow!" said Nikki. "Great map, Salamander!" "Thanks," said Alexander. "But mapmaking's still not as fun as canoeing or archery or— "Or trap-making!" said Dottie. She held up a huge net woven from little straps. "I made it to catch pet bunnies!" "That trap could catch fifty bunnies!" said Anna. "Or a bear!" said Leo.

亚历山大啃着他的三明治。 “嗯，有人打了我。” “不是我，”瑞普说。“我整个上午都把车停在那个盐堆上，读消防安全方面的书。” “我一直在划独木舟！”尼基说。 “我几乎可以掌舵了！”里普从亚历山大的背包里抢走了地图。 “好的,微小的。让我们看看你在忙些什么。” “哇！”尼基说。“地图真棒，蝾螈！”“谢谢，”亚历山大说。 “但绘制地图还是不如划独木舟、射箭或者——”“或者制作陷阱！”多蒂说。 她举起一个用小带子织成的大网。 “我做它是为了抓宠物兔子！”“那个陷阱可以抓住五十只兔子！”安娜说。 “或者一只熊！”利奥说。

BLAAAARP! Ranger Harry blew into his bugle. "Ranger Blare-y really needs a new horn," said Rip, plugging his ears. "Listen up, squirrels," he said. "My beard is drooping. That means it's way too hot. So this afternoon we're going to rest in our cabins. Then tonight we'll take a long hike." "Like, in the dark?" said Leo. He gulped. The campers trudged back to the cabins.

BLAAAARP !护林员哈里吹了吹他的军号。 “布雷游骑兵真的需要一个新喇叭了，”瑞普堵着耳朵说。 “听着，松鼠们，”他说。 “我的胡子耷拉着。这意味着它太热了。 所以今天下午我们要在我们的小屋里休息。 然后今晚我们将进行一次长途徒步旅行。” “比如，在黑暗中？”利奥说。 他一饮而尽。露营者们步履蹒跚地回到小屋。

"Guys," Alexander whispered to his friends, "keep your, uh, ears peeled for that clinking sound. It could be coming from a monster!" "A monster? Up here?" asked Nikki. "I think this heat is really starting to get to you, Salamander!" said Rip. "Maybe so," said Alexander, touching the back of his neck. But where did that snowball come from? And how come my neck still feels cold?

“伙计们，”亚历山大低声对他的朋友们说，“注意听那叮当声。 可能是怪物发出来的！”“一个怪物? 在这里吗？”尼基问。“我觉得你真的开始感到热了，蝾螈！”里普说。 “也许吧，”亚历山大摸着他的后颈说。 但是那个雪球是从哪里来的呢？ 为什么我的脖子还是觉得冷？