8 Silly Sid's Snake

Silly Sid's SNAKE SNAKES SLITHER TO THE TOP on a list of the world's worst pets. They are joint world's worst with spiders (creepy AND crawly), bats (all that blood-sucking nonsense), sharks (like to

蛇在世界上最糟糕的宠物名单上名列榜首。 他们是世界上最糟糕的蜘蛛（令人毛骨悚然的爬行），蝙蝠（所有吸血的废话），鲨鱼(喜欢

eat children), hippopotamuses (take up too much space) and worms (not much conversation). So, what would happen if one of your parents brought home a snake? That is what Silly Sid did. "Kids! Look what I bought you down the pub!" announced Silly Sid as he burst through the door of the family home. Silly Sid was wearing his usual mismatched colours and patterns.

吃孩子)，河马（占太多空间）和蠕虫（不怎么说话）。 那么，如果你的父母带回家一条蛇会发生什么呢？ 傻希德就是这么做的。 “孩子!看我在酒吧给你买了什么！”傻希德冲进家门时大声说。 傻希德穿着他平时穿的那种颜色和图案不搭的衣服。

As always, it looked as if he'd got dressed in the dark. His hair was a wild bush, his glasses were on all wonky and he had his right shoe on his left foot and his left shoe on his right. Well, Silly Sid was rather silly as his name suggests. Over his shoulder, he was carrying a large cloth sack. Something was wriggling and waggling* and wruggling** around inside it. WRIGGLE! WRAGGLE! WRUGGLE! Can you guess what it is? You can? Oh yes, the title of this story does give it away a bit. DRAT! DOUBLE DRAT! And TRIPLE DRAT! Well, let's not spoil the surprise for his poor children just yet! Silly Sid's three not-at-all-silly kids stopped playing Snakes and Ladders, and rushed over excitedly to greet him. Like most children, they had wanted a pet for as long as they could remember. "Is it a kitten?" "Is it a hamster?" "Is it a bunny?" "WHOA! WHOA! WHOA!" exclaimed their dad. "Just wait and see!"

和往常一样，他似乎是在黑暗中穿好衣服的。 他的头发乱蓬蓬的，眼镜都歪了，右脚的鞋穿在左脚上，左脚的鞋穿在右脚上。 嗯，傻希德就像他的名字所暗示的那样，相当愚蠢。 他肩上背着一个大布袋。 有什么东西在里面扭动着、摇摆着、挣扎着。 蠕动!WRAGGLE !WRUGGLE !你能猜出它是什么吗？ 你还能怎么样呢?哦，是的，这个故事的标题确实透露了一点。 见鬼!双见鬼!三滴！好吧，我们先不要破坏他可怜的孩子们的惊喜吧！傻希德的三个一点也不傻的孩子停止了玩蛇梯游戏，兴奋地跑过来迎接他。 像大多数孩子一样，他们从记事起就想要一只宠物。 “是小猫吗？”“是仓鼠吗？”“是兔子吗？”“哇!哇!哇！”他们的爸爸叫道。 “等着瞧吧！”

With that, he reached into his bag and pulled out a... SNAKE! "HISS!" Not just any snake- one of the biggest species of snake in the world... A PYTHON! The snake stuck out its tongue, then, with what looked like a smile, wrapped itself round Silly Sid... and began to squeeze! SQUOOSH! "HISS!" hissed the snake, its eyes bulging with delight. This was one scary snake! Silly Sid just smiled his silly smile. "ARGH!" "HELP!" "GET IT AWAY FROM US!" screamed the children. "What's all this noise?" cried Mum

说着，他把手伸进包里，掏出一张…… 蛇!“嘘!”不是普通的蛇，它是世界上最大的蛇种之一…… 一个PYTHON !蛇伸出舌头，然后，像是在笑，把自己裹在傻希德身上…… 然后开始挤！压扁!“嘶嘶！”蛇嘶嘶地叫着，它的眼睛因高兴而凸出来。 这是一条可怕的蛇！傻希德只是傻笑了一下。 “啊!”“救命!”“把它拿开！”孩子们尖叫着。 “这是什么声音？”妈妈叫道

as she stormed into the living room with her hair in curlers. Mum's name was Nancy. Nancy had been married to silly Sid for twents long, silly years. she thought she'd seen it all before, but this time Silly Sid had done something silier than ever! "Oh no, Silly Sid, what on earth have you done now?" cried Nancy on seeing the snake. Immediately, she tried to yank the python off her husband. Any moment now, it was going to squeeze the life out of him. "HISS!" "What do you mean?" he asked innocently as the snake wrapped itself round his neck. Silly Sid didn't know he was silly which added an extra layer of silfiness. silly sid's life had been one long list of silly mistakes: SILLY SID'S SLIP-UPS! There was the time Nancy sent Silly Sid out to buy a pint of milk and he came back with a caravan. Or there was the famous incident when Silly Sid walked out of the door with a flowerpot on his head rather than his hat.

她卷着头发冲进客厅。 妈妈的名字叫南希。南希嫁给傻希德已经傻了二十年了。 她以为这一切她以前都见过，但这次傻希德做了一件比以前更愚蠢的事！“哦，不，傻希德，你到底干了什么？”南希看见蛇叫道。 她立刻想把蟒蛇从丈夫身上拽下来。 现在，它随时都可能把他的生命挤出去。 “嘘!”“你是什么意思？”当蛇缠住他的脖子时，他天真地问道。 傻希德不知道自己很傻，这又增加了一层愚蠢。 傻席德的一生就是一长串愚蠢的错误：傻席德的疏忽！有一次，南希让傻希德出去买一品脱牛奶，他带着一辆大篷车回来了。 还有一件著名的事，傻希德出门时头上顶着一个花盆，而不是帽子。