8 HIDE-AND-GO-FEP!

CHAPTER 8 HIDE-AND GO-EEP! After lunch, Alexander's classmates lined up for the Barely-go-round. "Should we give it a go?" Alexander asked Rip and Nikki. BARELY- GO-ROUND NO UP-AND-DOWN HORSES! SEAT BELTS! AIR BAGS! SNAIL-SPEED!

第八章藏起来！午饭后，亚历山大的同学们排着队去参加“Barely-go-round”。 “我们应该试一试吗？”亚历山大问里普和尼基。 几乎没有——绕圈，没有上下的马！安全带!空气袋!慢如蜗牛!

"Forget that baby ride!" said Rip. "Let's play ring toss!" Alexander and Nikki followed Rip to a game booth. Joan the Safety Cone stood behind the counter. Rip paid a dollar for a floppy ring. He tossed the ring. PLINK! It landed on a peg. "Fiddly-ho! Way to go!" said Joan. "So what's my prize?" asked Rip. "You get to keep the ring!" said Joan. She tossed the ring back to Rip.

“忘了那个婴儿车！”瑞普说。 “我们来玩抛圈游戏吧！”亚历山大和尼基跟着里普来到一个游戏摊位。 安全筒琼站在柜台后面。 里普花了一美元买了一个软盘戒指。 他把戒指扔了。叮铃声!它落在一个钉子上。 “Fiddly-ho !干得好！”琼说。 “那么我的奖品是什么呢？”瑞普问。 “你可以留着戒指！”琼说。 她把戒指扔回给里普。

Rip frowned. "I paid a whole dollar for this?" Alexander and Nikki laughed as Rip slipped the ring on his wrist. "Excuse me." Dr. Tallow stepped in front of Nikki. She leaned down to talk to Alexander and Rip. "You two are such responsible students. Could you do me a favor?" "Sure!" said Rip. Alexander saw Nikki grit her teeth. Dr. Tallow lowered her voice. "Dottie and Mr. Hoarsely are still not back yet. Could you run a loop around the park to look for them?" "Uh, Nikki's my park-buddy," said Alexander. "Can she come with us?"

Rip皱起了眉头。“我花了整整一美元买这个？”里普把戒指戴在手腕上时，亚历山大和妮基都笑了。 “对不起。”塔洛医生走到尼基面前。 她俯下身来，跟亚历山大和瑞普说话。 “你们两个是非常负责任的学生。 你能帮我个忙吗？”“当然！”瑞普说。 亚历山大看到尼基咬紧牙关。 塔洛医生放低了声音。 “多蒂和沙哑先生还没有回来。 你能绕着公园跑一圈去找他们吗？”“嗯，尼基是我的公园伙伴，”亚历山大说。 “她能和我们一起去吗？”

Dr. Tallow paused. "Of course, dearie," she said. "Okay guys, let's go!" said Alexander. "We'll hit the petting zoo first!" The friends ran past rides, game booths, and snack carts. They finally arrived at the petting zoo: a fake ranch filled with giant stuffed animals. "I should've known!" said Nikki. "Real animals would be too dangerous for Safety Land."

塔洛医生停顿了一下。“当然，亲爱的，”她说。 “好了，伙计们，我们走吧！”亚历山大说。 “我们先去宠物动物园吧！”朋友们跑过游乐设施、游戏摊位和小吃车。 他们终于来到了宠物动物园：一个充满巨大毛绒动物的假牧场。 “我早该知道的！”妮基说。 “真正的动物对安全地带来说太危险了。”

Rip tried to pet a cow, but it tipped over. "Sheesh!" he said. He unsnapped his helmet and strapped it to the cow's head. "You need this more than I do." "Eep!" shouted a giant stuffed llama. Actually, it wasn't a giant stuffed llama. It was a tall person crouched down behind a llama. "Mr. Hoarsely!" said Nikki. "Where have you been?" "I've been hiding!" said Mr. Hoarsely. His kneepads made a clack-clack-clack sound as they knocked together. "Count Chad was right. The coaster ghost is real!"

里普试图抚摸一头牛，但它翻了。 “嘘！”他说。他解开头盔，把它绑在牛的头上。 “你比我更需要这个。” “嘘！”一只巨大的毛绒羊驼喊道。 事实上，它不是一个巨大的填充羊驼。 那是一个高个子的人蹲在一只美洲驼后面。 “沙哑先生！”尼基说。 “你上哪儿去了？”“我一直在躲！”沙哑先生说。 他的膝盖骨碰撞在一起，发出噼里啪啦的声音。 查德伯爵说得对。过山车的鬼魂是真的！”

"Where's Dottie?" asked Rip. "I think the ghost got her!" cried Mr. Hoarsely. "We were near the roller coaster when we heard a terrible noise. Then I ran!" "You left Dottie all alone?" asked Alexander. A thunderous rumble rang out across the park. Mr. Hoarsely jumped into the pouch of a giant kangaroo. "Mr. Hoarsely," said Alexander, "head back to Pillow Mountain! We'll find Dottie!" Mr. Hoarsely hopped the fence and ran. Alexander, Rip, and Nikki ran the other way. Toward the roller coaster.

“多蒂在哪儿？”瑞普问。 “我想是鬼抓住了她！”沙哑先生叫道。 “当我们靠近过山车时，我们听到了一声可怕的噪音。 然后我就跑了！”“你把多蒂一个人留下了？”亚历山大问。 一声雷鸣般的隆隆声响彻整个公园。 沙哑先生跳进一只大袋鼠的育儿袋里。 “沙哑先生，”亚历山大说，“回枕头山去！我们会找到多蒂的！”沙哑先生跳过篱笆跑了。 亚历山大，里普和妮基跑了。 走向过山车。