4 Sir Simon is upset

Chapter 4 Sir Simon is upset Sir Simon was cross and tired. The excitement of the past few days had been too much for him. For five days he stayed in his room. He even gave up making new blood stains.

西蒙爵士又气又累。 过去几天的兴奋使他受不了。 他在自己的房间里呆了五天。 他甚至放弃了制造新的血迹。

With the twins constantly playing tricks on him, he only felt safe in his room. He knew it was his ghostly duty to appear in the corridor once a week, but he made sure he wasn't seen or heard. He even slipped into Mr. Otis's bedroom and took a bottle of oil for his chains. But he still wasn't left alone.

那对双胞胎老是捉弄他，他只有在自己的房间里才感到安全。 他知道这是他幽灵般的职责，每周在走廊里出现一次，但他确保没人看见或听到他的声音。 他甚至溜进奥蒂斯先生的卧室，拿了一瓶油给他的铁链。 但他并不是孤身一人。

The twins put down pins for him to tread on. One night they even stretched a piece of string across the corridor. Nooo! "That's it!" he decided. "I'm going to scare those twins one last time, if it kills me."

那对双胞胎放下大头针让他踩。 一天晚上，他们甚至在走廊上拉了一根绳子。 人参公鸡!“就是这样！” “我要最后一次吓唬那对双胞胎，哪怕要了我的命。”

"I'll appear as my most terrifying character, Reckless Rupert the Headless Earl," he thought. Reckless Rupert always worked. Not bad. Not bad at all. Sir Simon spent two days getting ready. Finally, he was satisfied with his appearance.

“我要扮演我最可怕的角色，鲁莽的无头伯爵鲁伯特。”他想。 鲁莽的鲁珀特总是成功的。 不坏。还不错。西蒙爵士花了两天时间准备。 最后，他对自己的外表感到满意。

As the clock struck midnight, he made his way to the twins' bedroom. He flung open the door... Hee hee! ...and a large jug of icy water tipped over him. He was soaked. Sir Simon heard muffled shrieks of laughter from the twins' beds.

午夜钟声敲响时，他向双胞胎的卧室走去。 他猛地把门打开。嘻嘻!…一大壶冰水倒在他身上。 他浑身湿透了。西蒙爵士听到双胞胎床上传来低沉的尖叫声。

Furious, Sir Simon squelched back to his room. The next day he had a very bad cold. "I must give up all hope of scaring the Otis family," he said sadly. Why aren't I scary anymore? Perhaps I'm getting old. He started creeping along the passages in his slippers.

西蒙爵士怒不可遏，闷声不响地回到了自己的房间。 第二天，他得了重感冒。 “我必须放弃吓唬奥蒂斯一家的所有希望，”他悲伤地说。 为什么我不再可怕了？ 也许我老了。他开始穿着拖鞋在过道里爬来爬去。