7 Karate Canine

Karate Canine

空手道犬

Stink got bitten by a bug. Not a bedbug. The karate bug! He practiced kicks while Sophie did cartwheels. He practiced stances when he wasn't thumb-wrestling Webster. He practiced punches, even in the bathtub. Stink planned to punch and kick his way to a yellow belt in just a few more weeks. And to celebrate, he was going to have a pizza party. An ultimate thumb-wrestling smackdown pizza party, that is. Stink drank protein shakes. He ate energy bars. He dipped apple slices in peanut butter. Body and brain food. When Sophie and Webster came over, Stink was pacing up and down the hall with library books on his head. He tried to memorize the karate Yellow Belt Creed. "I am only I. I come to you with only karate. Here are my empty hands, blah, blah, blah."

臭臭被虫子咬了。 不是臭虫。那个空手道迷！他练习踢腿，苏菲则做侧手翻。 他不玩《韦氏词典》的时候也练姿势。 他练习出拳，甚至在浴缸里。 臭小子计划再过几个星期就能拳打脚踢拿到黄腰带。 为了庆祝，他打算举办一个披萨派对。 那就是终极拇指摔跤披萨派对。 臭臭喝了蛋白奶昔。 他吃能量棒。他把苹果片蘸上花生酱。 身体和大脑的食物。索菲和韦伯斯特过来的时候，臭臭头顶着图书馆的书在大厅里踱来踱去。 他试图记住空手道黄带信条。 “我只是我，我来找你只会空手道。 这是我空空的双手，等等，等等，等等。”

"How come you never want to do stuff anymore?" Webster asked. "Karate on the brain," said Sophie.

“你怎么再也不想做事了？”韦伯斯特问道。 “大脑上的空手道。”索菲说。

"Karate in the body," said Stink. The books tumbled to the ground. "All I know is, you were way more fun before you became a sports freak." "I can't stop now. I'm almost a yellow belt." Stink picked up his yellow belt list. "I know all my stances and a bunch of punches, and I have my side kick down. Plus I learned to respect the jump rope. If I can just learn the Yellow Belt Creed, and—" "Harry the Dirty Dog?" Sophie asked, picking up the books. "Clifford the Big Red Dog? Go Dog Go?" "What's with all the baby books?" asked Webster. "I thought you flunked gym, not reading," said Sophie. "I'm going to read to a dog!" said Stink. "At the library. To get my yellow belt, I have to do three hours of community service." "A dog in the library?" asked Sophie. "They bring in dogs that are learning to be Seeing Eye dogs, you know, to help blind people. But first the dog has to get used to people and kids and stuff."

“身体里有空手道。”臭臭说。 书掉在地上。 “我只知道，在你成为一个运动狂之前，你要有趣得多。” “我现在停不下来。我差不多是黄腰带了。” 臭臭拿起他的黄腰带名单。 “我知道我所有的姿势和一堆出拳，我有我的侧踢。 而且我学会了尊重跳绳。 只要我能学会黄带信条，然后——”“脏狗哈利？”索菲一边捡起书，一边问道。 “大红狗Clifford ?” Go Dog Go?”韦伯斯特问：“这些婴儿书是怎么回事？” “我以为你体育不及格，而不是阅读不及格。”苏菲说。 “我要给狗读书！”臭臭说。 “在图书馆。为了拿到黄腰带，我必须做三个小时的社区服务。” “图书馆里有狗？”苏菲问。 “他们引进正在学习成为导盲犬的狗来帮助盲人。 但首先，狗狗必须习惯人和孩子之类的东西。”

"That's so bow-wow!" said Webster. "Can we come?" Stink and his friends made a beeline for the library. "Is the reading dog here yet?" "Any minute," said Lynn, the librarian. At last! The dog that liked to read trotted into the library. Moose. He was a German shepherd with humongous ears and a pink tongue longer than a hot dog. Slurp! Moose licked Stink's whole face. "Don't worry if you feel like an ice-cream cone," said Maggie, his trainer. "That's his way of getting to know you." In no time, the dog had turned Stink into a human Popsicle. "Okay. I want

韦伯斯特说：“这太棒了！” “我们能来吗？”臭臭和他的朋友们直奔图书馆。 “那只读书的狗来了吗？”“随时都可以，”图书管理员林恩说。 终于!那只喜欢读书的狗小跑着进了图书馆。 麋鹿。它是一只德国牧羊犬，长着巨大的耳朵，粉红色的舌头比热狗还长。 发出声音!驼鹿舔了臭臭的整个脸。 他的教练麦琪说：“如果你觉得自己像个蛋筒，别担心。” “这是他了解你的方式。” 很快，这只狗就把臭臭变成了一根人类冰棒。 “好吧。我想要

Moose to get used to being around kids without me, so I'll be in the coffee shop out front." Stink read a book about the big red dog at Halloween. Moose barked. "Maybe he's afraid of ghosts," said Webster. Stink read the one where the big red dog takes a bath. Moose yawned. "Maybe he doesn't like taking baths," said Sophie. "I think that might be true," said Stink, pinching his nose. Stink read the one about the big red dog and his first snow. Moose pricked up his ears. Stink turned the page. Stink turned another page. Moose rested his head on his paws. "He likes it!" said Stink as Moose put his paw up on the book. Sophie and Webster laughed. "Look! He's trying to turn the page!" Stink chose a book about dog and cat best friends. Moose grabbed the book and took off.

驼鹿要习惯和孩子们在一起没有我，所以我会在外面的咖啡店。” 臭臭在万圣节读了一本关于大红狗的书。 麋鹿吠叫。“也许他怕鬼，”韦伯斯特说。 大红狗洗澡的那张“臭”字。 驼鹿打了个哈欠。“也许他不喜欢洗澡。”苏菲说。 “我想这可能是真的。”臭臭捏着鼻子说。 臭臭读了关于大红狗和他的第一场雪的故事。 驼鹿竖起了耳朵。 臭臭翻过了这一页。臭臭又翻了一页。 驼鹿把头靠在爪子上休息。 “他喜欢它！”臭臭说，这时驼鹿把爪子放在书上。 索菲和韦伯斯特笑了。 “看!他想翻过这一页！”臭臭选了一本关于狗和猫最好朋友的书。 慕斯抓起书就跑了。