12 ALL TIED UP

CHAPTER 12 ALL TIED UP Fwoof! Alexander yanked the sheet off the creature. "Aha!" he said. "This whirly-wisp was a fake!" String Pulleys Rubber skull Lights Loudspeaker Sliced-up sheet

第十二章全捆起来了！亚历山大猛地把床单从那家伙身上扯下来。 “啊哈！”“这个旋风是假的！”弦滑轮橡胶头骨灯扬声器切片片

"We've been tricked!" said Rip. "But why?" asked Nikki. "And who would do something like this?" added Dottie. Alexander turned off the loudspeaker. The tunnel became quiet. SHUFF. SHUFF. Alexander heard new footsteps. Alexander, Rip, Nikki, and Dottie all turned to see an oddly dressed man carrying a lantern. The man had one arm in a huge sling. "Count Chad!" said Rip. "Thank goodness you're here!" cried Dottie, smiling. "How did you find us?" asked Nikki. Count Chad tugged at his beard. "A good magician never reveals his tricks!" "Can you get us out of here?" asked Dottie.

“我们上当了！”瑞普说。 “为什么？”妮基问。“谁会做这种事呢？”多蒂补充道。 亚历山大关掉了扩音器。 隧道里变得安静了。SHUFF。 SHUFF。亚历山大听到了新的脚步声。 亚历山大、里普、尼基和多蒂都转过身来，看到一个穿着奇怪的人提着灯笼。 那人的一只胳膊吊在一个巨大的吊带上。 “查德伯爵！”瑞普说。“谢天谢地，你来了！”多蒂笑着叫道。 “你怎么找到我们的？”尼基问。 查德伯爵扯了扯他的胡子。 “一个好的魔术师从不暴露他的把戏！”“你能把我们弄出去吗？”多蒂问。

"Hmmm..." said Count Chad, stroking his beard. "I think I'd rather show you my latest trick." "Huh?" said Rip. FWISH! A lasso of colorful scarves shot from the magician's sleeve, binding Alexander's arms to his sides. "Oof!" Alexander fell onto the tracks. "Presto!" said Count Chad. "You've tumbled right into my trap!" The magician smiled at Rip, Nikki, and Dottie. The friends took a few steps back. "You three," he said, "will be the audience for my next magic trick!" He raised his sling above his head.

“嗯……”查德伯爵抚摸着胡须说。 “我想我还是让你看看我最新的把戏吧。” “嗯？”瑞普说。FWISH !一套五颜六色的围巾从魔术师的袖子里伸出来，把亚历山大的手臂绑在身体两侧。 “呕!”亚历山大摔倒在铁轨上。 “马上！”查德伯爵说。 “你掉进了我的陷阱！”魔术师对里普、尼基和多蒂笑了笑。 朋友们向后退了几步。 “你们三个，”他说，“将是我下一个魔术的观众！”他把吊带举过头顶。

CRACK! Count Chad's huge sling burst open, revealing a spiky crab claw. "You're the one who's been cutting stuff up?!" said Nikki, wide-eyed. "You got it!" said the crab creature. SNIP-SNIP-SNIP! Count Chad's claw sliced off his cape. Then he yanked off his fake beard and tossed it aside. "TA-DAAAAA!" he said. "I'm the wonderful, mysterious, amazing CRAB-RA CADABRA!" Alexander squirmed. The monster leaned down to pat his head. "Alexander Bopp! I knew you'd follow my fake monster clues!" Dottie gave Alexander a strange look. "This guy knows you?" she said. "I—I don't know," said Alexander.

裂缝!查德伯爵的巨大吊带突然打开，露出了一只尖尖的蟹爪。 “是你把东西切开的？！”妮基睁大了眼睛说。 “你说对了！”螃蟹说。 SNIP-SNIP-SNIP !查德伯爵的爪子削掉了他的斗篷。 然后他猛地扯下假胡子，扔到一边。 “哒——哒——哒！”他说。“我是奇妙、神秘、神奇的螃蟹——ra CADABRA!”亚历山大局促不安。 怪物俯下身来拍了拍他的头。 “亚历山大Bopp !我就知道你会跟着我的假怪物线索！”多蒂奇怪地看了亚历山大一眼。 “这家伙认识你？”她说。 “我不知道，”亚历山大说。

The crab creature laughed. "Every monster knows the Super Secret Monster Patrol!" he said. "We've been trying to stop the S.S.M.P. since forever! And finally: hocus-pocus! I've trapped the leader!" Rip took a baby step toward Alexander. CLICKA-CLICK! The creature pointed his claw at Alexander. "You! The boy tied up on the tracks! You'll help me with the old saw-the-boy- in-half trick!"

螃蟹笑了。 “每个怪物都知道超级秘密怪物巡逻队！”他说。 “我们一直在试图阻止S.S.M.P. 因为永远!最后：hocusus -pocus！我把首领困住了！”瑞普向亚历山大迈出了一小步。 CLICKA-CLICK !这个生物用爪子指着亚历山大。 “你!那个男孩被绑在铁轨上了！你要帮我玩那个把孩子锯成两半的老把戏！”

"What?! No!" cried Nikki. "I could use my claw as the saw..." the monster continued, "...but cutting you in half with this roller coaster will be way more fun!" The crab-ra cadabra scuttled over to a panel near the service tunnel. "It's show time!" he said. He pressed GO. Rip rushed over to Alexander and began yanking on the scarves. "Rip, hurry!" yelled Alexander. He could feel the rumble of the cold metal track as the coaster rolled closer.

“什么? !不！”妮基喊道。“我可以用我的爪子当锯……” 怪物接着说：“……但是用过山车把你切成两半会更有趣！”那只蟹蟹飞快地跑到维修隧道附近的一块镶板上。 “表演时间到了！”他说。 他按下了GO键。瑞普冲到亚历山大身边，开始猛拉围巾。 “瑞普，快点！”亚历山大喊道。 过山车越滚越近，他能感觉到冰冷的金属轨道发出的隆隆声。