7 FLIPPED LID

CHAPTER 7 FLIPPED LID At lunchtime, the students gathered near Pillow Mountain. Dr. Tallow counted heads, and recounted heads. She frowned. "Hmm..." she said. "Everyone's here but Mr. Hoarsely and Dottie." "Maybe Count Chad made them disappear," said Rip, in a fake-spooky voice. Dr. Tallow chuckled. "Well, I'm sure they'll be here soon. Let's start eating."

午餐时间，学生们聚集在枕头山附近。 塔洛医生数了数人头，又数了数。 她皱起了眉头。“嗯……”她说。 “除了沙哑先生和多蒂，大家都来了。” “也许查德伯爵让他们消失了。”瑞普装出一副恐怖的声音说。 塔洛医生咯咯地笑了。“嗯，我相信他们很快就会来的。 我们开始吃饭吧。”

She turned to Nikki. "Sweetie, could you pass out the lunches? They're in the cooler." "Uh, okay," said Nikki. She walked over to pick up the cooler. KERPLOF! The lid snapped in half. Dr. Tallow scowled. "What did you do?" "I—I don't know!" Nikki said. "The lid was just—sliced down the middle!" Alexander's eyes widened. "All right, Nikki," said Dr. Tallow. "Have a seat." Nikki grumbled as she sat between Rip and Alexander.

她转向妮基。“亲爱的，你能把午餐分发一下吗？” 它们在冷却器里。”“嗯，好吧，”妮基说。 她走过去拿冷藏箱。 KERPLOF !盖子啪地一声折成两半。 塔洛医生皱起了眉头。“你做了什么？”“我——我不知道！”尼基说。 “盖子刚好从中间切开！”亚历山大睁大了眼睛。 “好吧，尼基。” 脂。“请坐。”妮基坐在里普和亚历山大之间嘟囔着。

Dr. Tallow passed out the lunches. There were mini-menus stapled to the bags. Rip chomped a corn chip. "I don't have super-strength," said Nikki, wadding up her paper bag. "That cooler was already broken!" "Just like Joan's costume," added Alexander, "and Count Chad's curtain. And the teacup chain!" "I don't know about that," said Rip. "I think you're starting to imagine monsters because this a-snooze-ment park is booooring."

塔洛医生分发了午餐。 袋子上钉着小菜单。 瑞普嚼着玉米片。“我没有超强的力量，”妮基说着，把她的纸袋揉成一团。 “那个冷却器已经坏了！”“就像琼的衣服一样，”亚历山大补充说，“还有查德伯爵的窗帘。 还有茶杯链！”“这我可不知道，”瑞普说。 “我想你开始想象怪物了，因为这个打盹的公园太闹哄哄了。”

"It's too bad the roller coaster is busted," said Nikki. Alexander sipped his juice. "Wait a minute," he said. "Maybe a ghost broke the coaster! Didn't the crystal ball warn us about a coaster ghost?" "Ha!" said Nikki. "You mean the fake crystal ball?" "Good point," said Alexander. "But still, I saw spooky eyes in the ball." "Oh geez, Salamander!" Rip snorted. "First, monsters. Now, ghosts? You're a bigger weenie than Hoarsely today!" Alexander stuck out his blue tongue at Rip. But he kept thinking about those eyes. They seemed so real—almost like I've seen them before...

“太糟糕了，过山车坏了，”妮基说。 亚历山大呷了一口果汁。 “等一下，”他说。“也许是鬼打破了杯垫！”水晶球不是警告过我们有过山车鬼魂吗？”“哈！”妮基说。 “你是说那个假水晶球？”“说得好，”亚历山大说。 “但我还是在球里看到了幽灵般的眼睛。” “哦，天哪，火蜥蜴！”哼了一声。 “首先,怪物。现在,鬼吗? 你今天比沙哑还小！”亚历山大向里普伸出了蓝色的舌头。 但他一直在想那双眼睛。 它们看起来是那么真实，就像我以前见过一样……