8. The Amazing Apple

Chapter 8 The Amazing Apple I took a swing at that humongous apple and missed by a mile. Then Wyatt saw it too. "It's the hugest apple on the planet!" Wyatt cried. "It's my apple!" I said. "Not if I'm the one who picks it!" he said.

第8章神奇的苹果我朝那个巨大的苹果挥了一挥，却没打中一英里。 然后怀亚特也看到了。“这是地球上最大的苹果!”怀亚特叫道。 “这是我的苹果!”我说。“如果是我摘的就不会!”他说。

We both swung our sticks at that gigantic apple. And we both missed. We swung again. Crack! Our sticks hit with a loud whack. "Boys," Ms. Diz warned, "careful with the sticks!" "It's just one apple, you know," Emma said. "There are hundreds of apples on this tree." "It's a super apple!" I corrected. "It's Gigantor, the Killer Apple from Outer Space!" Wyatt added. "Wow," Gus said. "It looks like a basketball!" I swung and missed again. "Guys," Emma said, "our basket is only half full. Everybody else has a ton of apples."

我们俩都用棍子朝那个巨大的苹果挥去。 我们都没打中。我们再次摇摆。 裂缝!我们的棍子砰的一声打在一起。 “孩子们，”迪兹女士警告说，“小心棍子!”“这只是一个苹果，你知道，”艾玛说。 “这棵树上有好几百个苹果。” “这是一个超级苹果!”我纠正。 “这是巨人，来自外太空的杀手苹果!”怀亚特补充道。 “哇，”格斯说。“它看起来像个篮球!”我挥棒，又没打中。 “伙计们，”艾玛说，“我们的篮子只有半满。 其他人都有很多苹果。”

"But they don't have the Awesome, Amazing Super Apple!" Wyatt said. He swung again and missed. I had an idea. "Gus," I said. "Come here. It's time for a ladder." "We don't have a ladder," Gus pointed out. "I'll be the ladder," I said. I got down on my hands and knees. "Oh." Gus grinned. "I get it." Gus climbed up on my back. He used his stick for balance. "Ow," I said. "Ow, ow, ow. Hurry, Gus. Your ladder can't take much more of this." Whack! Whack! Whack!

“但是他们没有超级苹果啊!”怀亚特说。 他又挥了一挥，没打中。 我有个主意。“格斯，”我说。 “过来。是时候搭梯子了。” “我们没有梯子，”格斯指出。 “我来做梯子，”我说。 我跪在地上。 “哦。”格斯笑了。“我明白了。” 格斯爬到我背上。 他用手杖保持平衡。 “噢，”我说。“嗷，嗷，嗷。 快点,格斯。你的梯子承受不了这么多了。” 不正常!不正常!不正常!

Gus kept missing. "Keep still. It's hard to balance when your ladder keeps breathing," he complained. "Hey, it's cheating if you have to step on a friend," Wyatt said. "I don't mind," I said.

格斯一直不见踪影。“保持不动。 当梯子不停地呼吸时，很难保持平衡，”他抱怨道。 怀亚特说:“嘿，如果你不得不踩到朋友，那就是作弊。” “我不介意，”我说。

Even though Gus was turning out to be way heavier than I'd expected. "Emma," Wyatt said. "Come here. I need to step on you." "Excuse me? Emma said. She laughed. "No way, Wyatt." Wyatt turned to Gus. "Gus," he said. "We need to work together. Stay on Roscoe. I'll climb on your shoulders and whack that apple down." "How about I climb on you?" Gus asked. "How about nobody else climbs on me?" I asked. "I'm taller than you," Wyatt said to Gus. Gus nodded. "Can't argue with that." "Yes you can," said Emma. "And are you three aware that this is dumb?"

尽管格斯比我想象的要重得多。 “艾玛，”怀亚特说。“过来。 我要踩到你。”“对不起? 艾玛说。她笑了。“没门，怀亚特。” 怀亚特转向格斯。“格斯，”他说。 “我们需要共同努力。 盯紧罗斯科。我要爬上你的肩膀，把苹果敲下来。” “我爬到你身上怎么样?”格斯问道。 “没人爬到我身上怎么样?”我问。 “我比你高，”怀亚特对格斯说。 格斯点了点头。“这是无可争辩的。” “是的，你可以，”艾玛说。“你们三个知道这很蠢吗?”

"I agree with Emma," I said with a groan. "And my back agrees too." Just then somebody yelled a cover-your-ears kind of yell. "OUCH! I'm hit! Call 9-1-1!" Emma went to find out what was going on. "It's just Coco," Emma said when she came back. "An apple fell on her head." Wyatt glanced over his shoulder. All the teachers and parents were busy with Coco. "The coast is clear," said Wyatt. "Stand still, Gus." Gus stayed on me. Wyatt climbed on him. "UGH," I said. One kid is heavy.

“我同意艾玛的看法，”我呻吟着说。 “我的背也同意。”就在这时，有人捂住耳朵大喊大叫。 “哎哟!我打!叫9-1-1 !”艾玛去看看发生了什么事。 “就是可可，”艾玛回来后说。 “一个苹果掉在了她的头上。” 怀亚特回头瞥了一眼。 所有的老师和家长都在忙着照顾可可。 “没有危险了，”怀亚特说。 “站着别动，格斯。”格斯一直盯着我。 怀亚特爬到他身上。“呃，”我说。 一个孩子很重。