6 Grubby Gertrude

Grubby GERTRUDE Do YOU KNOW an extremely dirty child? A grimy girl? A foul-smelling boy? However dirty and stinky they might be, they could never compare to Grubby Gertrude. This was a girl who delighted in being the dirtiest child in the world! Soap and water were complete strangers to Gertrude. Everywhere she went, a huge cloud of dust and dirt and pong followed her.

你认识一个特别脏的孩子吗？ 脏兮兮的女孩？一个臭烘烘的男孩？ 不管他们有多脏，有多臭，他们永远无法与肮脏的格特鲁德相比。 这是一个以做世界上最脏的孩子为乐的女孩！肥皂和水对格特鲁德来说是完全陌生的。 无论她走到哪里，都有一大团灰尘、泥土和乒乓跟着她。

Needless to say, everything Grubby Gertrude touched became grubby too. Her schoolbooks were splattered and stained with unspeakable things. An!, despite her mother's protestations, Gertrude refu; ed to let her clothes be washed, so in no time they became encrusted with dirt too. However, the grubbiest thing in Gertrude's life was her bedroom. Although her mother begged her to, tidy it, Gertrude never, ever did. She simply dropped everything on the floor. It was as if her room was her own personal rubbish dump.

不用说，肮脏的格特鲁德摸到的东西也变得肮脏起来。 她的课本上溅满了难以形容的东西。 一个!格特露不顾母亲的反对，拒绝了；他不让人把她的衣服洗了，所以很快衣服上也沾满了污垢。 然而，格特鲁德生活中最肮脏的地方是她的卧室。 虽然她母亲恳求她收拾，但格特鲁德从来没有收拾过。 她把所有东西都掉在地板上了。 就好像她的房间是她自己的私人垃圾场。

Over time the pile of pongy trainers, snotty tissues, half-eaten egg sandwiches and hamster droppings that had gone white and crumbly* came up to Gertrude's knees. The only way Gertrude could make it to her mucky bed was to wade through tons of rubbish. The bedroom carpet was a distant memory: it had not been seen for years. But, being one of the world's WORST children, Gertrude loved living knee-deep in filth. The grubbier the better. Now let me take a moment to tell you about Gertrude's feet. They were so grubby they looked like those of a troll.

久而久之，那堆矮马驯马器、流鼻涕的纸巾、吃了一半的鸡蛋三明治和变白易碎的仓鼠粪便，一直堆到了格特鲁德的膝盖上。 格特鲁德要想爬到她那肮脏的床上，唯一的办法就是趟过成堆的垃圾。 卧室的地毯已成为遥远的记忆，多年不见了。 但是，作为世界上最糟糕的孩子之一，格特鲁德喜欢生活在齐膝深的污秽中。 越脏越好。现在让我花点时间给你们讲讲格特鲁德的脚。 他们是如此肮脏，看起来像一个巨怪。

Each foot was covered in a green fungus, and shie had long curling toenails that she refused to cut. As a result, her feet smelled even worse than runny cheese that had gone off decades ago. When Gertrude peeled each sock off at the end of the day, she would lift it to her nose. "Nimmmmmmmmm!" the girl would sigh in pleasure. You or I would have screamed at the smell or, at the very least, projectile-vomited. Not Gertrude. She was over the moon that her socks were the pongiest in the world. Then, like everything else, Gertrude would simply drop them on top of the ever-growing: mountain of muck on her bedroom floor.

每只脚上都覆盖着绿色的真菌，她的脚趾甲又长又卷曲，她拒绝剪。 结果，她的脚闻起来比几十年前变质的奶酪还要难闻。 一天结束时，格特鲁德把每只袜子脱下来，都会把它举到鼻子边。 “嗯嗯嗯！”女孩高兴地叹了口气。 你或我都会被那气味吓得尖叫，或者至少会呕吐。 格特鲁德。她欣喜若狂，因为她的袜子是世界上最长的。 然后，像其他事情一样，格特鲁德会把它们扔到她卧室地板上堆积如山的烂泥上。

"Please tidy your room this instant!" Gertrude's mother would plead. The poor lady was in torment. She prided herself on keeping the rest of her house utterly spotless. If a single biscuit crumb dropped on to the carpet, Mother would get the vacuum cleaner out. The grubbiness of Gertrude's bedroom was absolutely horrifying to her. How had she, a lady who always kept a vase of fresh flowers on the dining table, given birth to a child who chose to live in a... swamp? "BOG OFF!" Gertrude would reply with a laugh. She knew that her mother (always immaculately turned out with her hair in a swirl and a string of pearls round her neck) loathed her saying the word 'BOG'. So Gertrude always, always, always made sure she used it when speaking to her. "Daughter! I forbid you from using that foul word!" Mother would wail. "What? "BOG'?" Gertrude would answer mischievously. "Yes. It's a frightful word that has no place in my otherwise delightful home. Now, young lady, I need you to tidy your room this instant!" "BOG OFF!" Gertrude would shout back.

“请马上整理你的房间！”格特露的母亲会恳求她。 这位可怜的女士受着折磨。 她为自己把房子的其他地方打扫得一尘不染而感到自豪。 如果有一块饼干屑掉在地毯上，妈妈就拿出吸尘器。 格特鲁德卧室的脏乱使她十分害怕。 她，一个总是在餐桌上放一瓶鲜花的女士，怎么会生下一个选择生活在…… 沼泽?“滚开!”格特鲁德会笑着回答。 她知道她的母亲（总是打扮得漂漂亮亮，头发盘成一个漩涡，脖子上戴着一串珍珠项链）讨厌她说“BOG”这个词。 所以格特鲁德总是，总是，总是确保她在和她说话时使用它。 “女儿!我不许你说那个脏话！”母亲会哭。 “什么?“沼泽?”格特露会调皮地回答。 “是的。这是一个可怕的词，在我原本愉快的家里是容不下的。 现在，小姐，我需要你马上整理你的房间！”“滚开!”格特露也会喊回去。