9 SINGLE DIP

CHAPTER 9 SINGLE DIP They call that a roller coaster?" yelled Rip, shaking his head. There was a sign lying on the ground. Nikki picked it up. "Look, guys!" she said. "This rope has been snipped!" OUT OF ORDER

他们管那叫过山车？”瑞普摇着头嚷道。 地上有一块牌子。 妮基把它捡起来。“看，伙计们！”她说。 “绳子断了！”出故障

Low, flat track Well-lit tunnel One bump "See, Rip?" said Alexander. "Somebody has been cutting stuff all over the park!" "Okay, fine, Salamander," said Rip. "But so what?! And why cut that rope? The ride is out of order with or without the sign!" Just then, an empty roller coaster car rolled into view, and stopped.

低矮平坦的轨道明亮的隧道一次碰撞“看见了吗，里普？”亚历山大说。 “有人在公园里到处乱砍东西！”“好吧，好吧，蝾螈。”瑞普说。 “那又怎样？”为什么要割断绳子？ 不管有没有这个标志，这个过山车都是坏的！”就在这时，一辆空的云霄飞车映入眼帘，停了下来。

CLICK CLICK CLICK CLICK CLICK "Uh, this ride doesn't look out of order," said Nikki. The three friends glanced at the control booth, but there was nobody in there. They stepped up to the coaster. "Look! What's that in the front seat?" said Rip. "Something fuzzy," said Nikki. "And rabbity!" "Dottie's backpack!" cried Alexander. "How did it get here?" asked Nikki.

“嗯，这辆车看起来没有毛病，”妮基说。 三个朋友看了看控制室，但里面没有人。 他们走到过山车前。 “看!前座上那是什么？”里普问。 “一些模糊的东西，”妮基说。 “和胆小的!”“多蒂的背包！”亚历山大叫道。 “它是怎么到这里来的？”尼基问。

"Beats me," said Rip, scratching his head. "But there's no way a ghost put it here." "Not a ghost..." said Alexander. "That's it! Those eyes in the crystal ball! They weren't ghost eyes—they belong to a whirly-wisp!" He opened the notebook.

“我不知道，”瑞普搔着头说。 “但不可能是鬼把它放在这儿的。” “不是鬼……”亚历山大说。 “就是它!水晶球里的眼睛！那不是鬼眼——那是一缕旋风的眼睛！”他打开笔记本。

WHIRLY-WISP Looks like a ghost, but it's not. (There's no such thing as ghosts.) skull head Glowing red eyes Raggedy body HABITAT Dark caves.

WHIRLY-WISP看起来像鬼，但它不是。 （世上没有鬼）骷髅头发光的红眼睛破烂的身体黑暗的洞穴。

GRUMMM! A whirly-wisp's growl sounds like a rumbling train. DIET Jellied Kid brains (served on crackers). BEHAVIOR The whirly-wisp turns anything it touches to jelly. WARNING! This monster will stop at nothing to eat your brains! But if you can draw a circle around it, the whirly-wisp will fade away.

GRUMMM !旋风的咆哮声听起来像隆隆的火车。 无糖儿童脑胶（放在饼干上吃）。 旋风会把它碰到的任何东西都变成果冻。 警告!这个怪物会不惜一切代价吃掉你的大脑！但如果你能在它周围画一个圆圈，漩涡就会消失。