1 TWENTY QUESTIONS

CHAPTER 1 TWENTY QUESTIONS School hadn't started yet, but Alexander was about to take a quiz. It wasn't a math quiz or a spelling quiz. It was a super-secret quiz about monsters. His two best friends, Rip and Nikki, had made it for him.

第一章二十个问题学校还没开学，但亚历山大要做一个小测验。 这不是数学测验或拼写测验。 这是一个关于怪物的超级秘密测验。 他的两个最好的朋友，里普和尼基，为他做的。

Alexander grabbed his pencil and got to work. He raced through the questions. True! False! All of the above! Don't get eaten! The quiz was totally easy, until he got to question #20. What's the stinkiest monster in the notebook? saber-toothed skunk?

亚历山大抓起铅笔开始工作。 他飞快地回答了问题。 真的!错误!以上都是！别被吃掉！测验非常简单，直到他遇到第20题。 笔记本里最臭的怪物是什么？ 剑齿臭鼬?

DING! Rip hit a bell. "Time's up, weenie!" "Let's see how you did!" said Nikki. Rip, Nikki, and Alexander were the three members of the Super Secret Monster Patrol. They were hanging out in an old caboose in the woods: S.S.M.P. headquarters. Alexander handed his quiz to Nikki. "Nice work, Salamander," she said. "You're a grade-A monster-fighter. Or grade-A-minus, anyhow. You missed the last question." "Nuts," said Alexander. "So, which monster is the stinkiest?" Nikki held up an old notebook. It said S.S.M.P. on the cover, and its pages were full of monster drawings. She flipped it open and passed it to Alexander.

丁!里普打了个铃。“时间到了，孩子！”“让我们看看你做得怎么样！”尼基说。 里普，尼基和亚历山大是超级秘密怪物巡逻队的三个成员。 他们在树林里的一辆旧车尾里闲逛：S.S.M.P. 总部。亚历山大把测验交给了妮基。 “干得好，蝾螈，”她说。 “你是一个一流的怪物战士。 或者是a -。你错过了最后一个问题。” “坚果，”亚历山大说。“那么，哪个怪物最臭？”妮基举起一本旧笔记本。 封面上写着S.S.M.P.，版面上全是怪物的图画。 她把它打开，递给亚历山大。

TRASH-SQUATCH Walking heap of garbage. HABITAT Out at the curb, every Tuesday

蹲垃圾行走的一堆垃圾。 在路边，每周二

BOOHOO! Nobody ever wants to hug a trash-squatch DIET Banana peels, rotten eggs, fuzzy bread. BEHAVIOR These monsters smell like gym socks filled with ham salad. WARNING! Trash-squatches are THE STINKIEST! Anyone touched by a trash-squatch must take three baths.

放声大哭!没人想要拥抱一个蹲垃圾的人香蕉皮，臭鸡蛋，毛茸茸的面包。 这些怪物闻起来就像塞满了火腿沙拉的运动袜。 警告!垃圾堆是最臭的地方！被垃圾霸王碰过的人必须洗三次澡。