16 GET CRACKIN

CHAPTER 16 GET CRACKIN' The notebook is finally mine!" said the monster. "I'm as good a monster as I am a magician!" "Oh, please!" Nikki shouted from her teacup. "You're a terrible magician!" The crab-ra cadabra's face became stop-sign red. "Oh yeah?" he said. He tucked the notebook under his arm. Then he reached into his hat and pulled out a squirming bunny. "Watch me make this rabbit disappear!" said the monster.

“笔记本终于是我的了！”怪物说。 “我是一个优秀的魔术师，也是一个优秀的怪物！”“哦,拜托!”尼基从她的茶杯里喊道。 “你是个可怕的魔术师！”蟹蟹的脸涨得通红。 “哦，是吗？”他说。他把笔记本夹在腋下。 然后他把手伸进帽子里，掏出一只蠕动的兔子。 “看我怎么让这只兔子消失！”怪物说。

He held the bunny up. Then he opened his giant claw. "NO!" shouted Dottie, popping up from her hiding spot. "Don't you dare hurt that bunny!" She ran over to the teacup controls and slid the lever from SAFE to FUN. The teacups began to spin. The notebook flew out from under the monster's arm. Alexander caught it, before falling on a pile of teacup parts. Rip and Nikki ducked down in their cup as the teacups spun faster and faster. "Yikes!" cried the monster. He dropped the bunny and quickly tucked himself into his shell.

他把兔子举起来。然后他张开他的巨爪。 “不！”多蒂喊道，从她躲藏的地方跳了出来。 “你敢伤害那只兔子！”她跑到茶杯控制杆前，把控制杆从SAFE滑到FUN。 茶杯开始旋转。 笔记本从怪物的胳膊下飞了出来。 亚历山大接住了它，然后摔倒在一堆茶杯零件上。 随着茶杯转得越来越快，里普和尼基蹲下身来。 “哎呀！”怪物叫道。 他扔下兔子，迅速钻进壳里。

The cups rattled on their saucers. WHOOP! The crab's shell spun like a top. It spun off the ride and down the sidewalk. Dottie smiled as she turned off the ride. Alexander, Rip, and Nikki stumbled to the sidewalk, dizzy, but happy. "That... was... awesome!" mumbled Rip, before falling over. The crab was still spinning in his shell, like a confused break-dancer. He whirled across the sidewalk, through a flowerbed, and right into the path of the Rock-a-bye Cradle.

杯子在茶托上格格作响。 呐喊!螃蟹的壳像陀螺一样旋转着。 它从车上滑下来，沿着人行道滑下去。 多蒂停了车，笑了。 亚历山大、里普和尼基跌跌撞撞地走到人行道上，头晕目眩，但很开心。 “那……是……太棒了！”里普咕哝着，然后摔倒了。 螃蟹还在壳里打转，像个迷糊的霹雳舞演员。 他旋转着穿过人行道，穿过一片花坛，径直来到了摇摇摇篮的小路上。

"Good job, Dottie!" said Alexander. "There's just one thing left to do!" He dashed over to the cradle's controls and hit GO. The huge cradle rocked forward, shattering the crab's hard shell. The pale, flabby monster shivered without his shell. "Noooo!!!!" he groaned. "That shell was my armor—my home!"

“干得好，多蒂！”亚历山大说。 “还有一件事要做！”他冲到摇篮的控制台前，按下了“开始”键。 巨大的摇篮向前摇晃，把螃蟹坚硬的壳震碎了。 这个苍白、松弛的怪物脱了壳，颤抖着。 “不！！！！”他呻吟道。“那壳是我的盔甲——我的家！”

"Whoa!" said Rip. "He's so... pale!" "And so squishy!" said Nikki. "And so not-at-all fluffy!" said Dottie. SPLOOSH! The creature flopped into a sewer drain. A moment later, Dr. Tallow ran into view, stepping over pieces of shattered teacups and crab shell. "Alexander!" she said. "What happened?" "Uh, we found Dottie," said Alexander. "Oh... very good," said Dr. Tallow. She took Dottie's hand. "Come along, Dottie, let's get you some lunch." Dottie looked back and waved to Alexander, Rip, and Nikki. Alexander held a finger to his lips. Shhh! Dottie gave Alexander a thumbs-up. Alexander, Rip, and Nikki stayed behind.

“哇！”瑞普说。“他是那么… 苍白的!”“而且很软！”妮基说。 “一点也不蓬松！”多蒂说。 SPLOOSH !那生物扑通一声掉进了下水道。 过了一会儿，塔洛医生走了进来，踩着碎茶杯和蟹壳。 “亚历山大！”她说。“发生什么事了?”“嗯，我们找到了多蒂，”亚历山大说。 “哦…非常好。” 脂。她握住多蒂的手。 “来吧，多蒂，我给你弄点午饭。” 多蒂回头向亚历山大、里普和尼基挥了挥手。 亚历山大把一根手指放在嘴唇上。 嘘!多蒂朝亚历山大竖起大拇指。 亚历山大、里普和妮基留下了。

"There's no way the crab-ra cadabra will find a shell that big again," said Rip. "Yeah, we cracked this monster," said Nikki. "But what about the boss-monster he mentioned? Do you think there's one big monster in charge?" Alexander frowned. "I don't know," he said. "But if monsters are after the notebook, we'll need to be more careful than ever." "Speaking of careful," said Rip, "why don't we go ride the Barely-go-round?" "Without your helmet?" asked Nikki. Alexander laughed. "We'll get it back from the cow after I update the notebook."

“蟹蟹再也找不到这么大的壳了，”瑞普说。 “是的，我们破解了这个怪物，”尼基说。 “但是他提到的那个怪物老板呢？” 你认为有一个大怪物在掌权吗？”亚历山大皱起了眉头。 “我不知道，”他说。“但如果怪物想要那本笔记本，我们就需要比以往任何时候都更加小心了。” “说到小心，”里普说，“我们为什么不去骑那只‘勉强’轮呢？”“没戴头盔？”妮基问。 亚历山大笑了。“等我更新完笔记本，我们就从奶牛那儿把它拿回来。”