1 The Great Wall

Stink and The Great Guinea Pig Express Megan McDonald illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds

臭和伟大的豚鼠快车梅根麦克唐纳由彼得H。 雷诺兹

The Great Wall

长城

Shake! Rattle! Squeal! Stink could hardly see as he carried a Leaning Tower of Cereal Boxes up to Webster's front door. "Ding-dong," he called out. "Whoa!" said Webster. "C'mon in. Sophie's here, too. This is going to be the most fun ever." "How many cereal boxes did you collect?" Sophie asked. "Umpteen," said Stink. "All I brought was Cheerful O's," said Sophie of the Elves. "My dad says they're heart healthy." "Carrying all these boxes is not heart healthy," said the out-of-breath Stink. "Why couldn't we just use sugar cubes?"

动摇!喋喋不休!尖叫!臭臭几乎看不见，他抬着一个谷物盒子的斜塔来到韦伯斯特家的前门。 “叮咚，”他叫道。 “哇！”韦伯斯特说。“来吧。 苏菲也来了。这将是有史以来最有趣的一次。” “你收集了多少盒麦片？”苏菲问。 “无数。”臭臭说。“我只带了快乐的O。”精灵们的索菲说。 “我爸爸说它们对心脏很健康。” “背这么多箱子对心脏不好，”上气不接下气的臭猫说。 “为什么我们不能直接用方糖呢？”

"Stink, we're building the Great Wall of China! Do you know how long it would take to build a wall out of teeny-tiny cubes?" "Well, it took hundreds of years in real life," said Stink.

“臭臭，我们正在修建中国的长城！”你知道用这么小的立方体砌一堵墙要花多长时间吗？”“嗯，这在现实生活中花了几百年的时间。”臭臭说。

"Ours is only going to take one day," said Webster. Just then, Stink's giant stack of cereal boxes crashed to the ground. "Somebody sure likes Mood Flakes!" said Webster. "My sister, Judy," said Stink. "They change color when you pour milk on them." "Weird!" said Webster. "Interesting," said Sophie. Stink pulled two shiny silver-gray rolls of tape out of his back pockets. "I brought super-sticky duck tape!" "In our family, we call it goose tape," said Sophie. Stink and Webster cracked up. The three friends lined up the cereal boxes in the backyard and goose-taped them together.

韦伯斯特说：“我们只需要一天的时间。 就在这时，臭臭的一大堆麦片盒摔到了地上。 “肯定有人喜欢心情片！”韦伯斯特说。 “我妹妹，朱迪，”臭臭说。 “你往它们身上倒牛奶，它们就会变色。” “奇怪！”韦伯斯特说。“有意思。”索菲说。 臭臭从他后面的口袋里掏出两卷闪亮的银灰色胶带。 “我带了超级粘鸭胶带！”“在我们家，我们管它叫鹅带。”苏菲说。 臭臭和韦伯斯特大笑起来。 三个朋友在后院把麦片盒子排成一排，用鹅胶布粘在一起。

"The Great Wall of Goose Tape!" said Stink. "Did you guys know that you can see the Great Wall from outer space?" He wondered if any aliens or Martians would be able to see the Great Wall of Cereal Boxes when it was done. "The real Great Wall is more than two thousand miles long," said Webster. "We have about a thousand miles to go," said Sophie. Webster stood up. His arm was stuck to Sophie. Sophie's shoe was stuck to Stink. Stink's shirt was stuck to Webster's sleeve.

“鹅带长城！”臭臭说。 “你们知道从外太空可以看到长城吗？”他想知道是否有外星人或火星人能够看到麦片盒长城建成后。 “真正的长城有两千多英里长，”韦伯斯特说。 “我们还有大约一千英里要走呢。”苏菲说。 韦伯斯特站了起来。他的胳膊紧紧地搂着索菲。 苏菲的鞋子粘在臭臭上了。 臭臭的衬衫粘在韦伯斯特的袖子上。