7 Looking for Mr. Crab Cakes

LOOKING FOR MR. CRAB CAKES

找蟹饼先生

Webster took one last bite of his waffle. Sophie mopped up the last of her maple syrup. "How can you guys even think about waffles at a time like this?" Stink asked. "A time like what?" Webster asked. "Hel-lo! Bloody Mary? I'll never be able to sleep now. Not in a million years." Stink scooched closer to Sophie and Webster. Just then, Miss D. made an announcement. "It's been a great night, everybody. But this is a sleepover. Time to join your group or family. Let's all get some shut-eye." Stink shivered at the thought of trying to sleep, in the dark, with sharks. Not to mention Bloody You-Know-Who. "One of our staff will be on call all night," said Miss D. "If you need anything, talk to the person at the info desk." "C'mon, Mr. Crab Cakes. Time for bed," Sophie said, then yawned. "Stink, where is your family set up?" "Not far enough away from that door," Stink said. "Go up the ramp, turn left, and they're at the other end of Sharks Ahoy."

韦伯斯特吃了最后一口华夫饼。 苏菲把最后一点枫糖浆擦干了。 “在这种时候，你们怎么还能想到华夫饼呢？”臭问道。 “像什么时候？”韦伯斯特问道。 “Hel-lo !血腥玛丽吗?我现在再也睡不着了。 一百万年也不会。”臭臭靠近索菲和韦伯斯特。 就在这时，d小姐宣布了一个消息。 “这是一个美好的夜晚，各位。 但这是在朋友家过夜。是时候加入你的团队或家庭了。 我们都去睡一会儿吧。” 臭臭一想到要在黑暗中和鲨鱼一起睡觉，就浑身发抖。 更别提血腥神秘人了。 D小姐说：“我们的一位职员将整夜值班。” “如果你需要什么，跟服务台的人说。” “来吧，蟹饼先生。该睡觉了。”索菲说着打了个哈欠。 “臭臭，你的家在哪里？”“离那扇门不够远，”臭臭说。 “走上坡道，左转，他们就在鲨鱼大道的另一端。”

Suddenly, the aquarium felt a lot darker. Gurgling and burbling sounds coming from the tanks seemed a lot creepier. Clumps of families and kids in sleeping bags were already asleep on the floor of Sharks Ahoy. Mom, Dad, and Judy were playing a game of Go Fish. "Did you have fun?" asked Dad. "Yeah, until Bloody Mary," said Stink. "Bloody who?" asked Judy. Stink pointed to the KEEP OUT door at the other end of Sharks Ahoy. He told Judy all about the vampire squid. "Creep-a-zoidal," said Judy. Everybody snuggled down into sleeping bags. Mom and Dad were softly snoring in no time. Even Mr. Crab Cakes was tucked away in his coconut-shell hut. "Night, Mr. Crab Cakes," said Sophie. "See you in the morning." "I have an idea," said Stink. "Let's all three of us promise not to fall asleep tonight. We can shake on it with our new handshake." "New handshake?" asked Sophie. "Hold out your arm, like this." Stink held out his arm, wiggled his fingers on top of Sophie's,

突然间，水族馆感觉暗了很多。 从坦克里传出的汩汩声和汩汩声似乎更令人毛骨悚然。 成群结队的家庭和孩子们已经睡在了大鲨鱼旅店的地板上。 妈妈、爸爸和朱迪在玩钓鱼游戏。 “你玩得开心吗？”爸爸问。 “是的，直到血腥玛丽。”臭臭说。 “该死的谁？”朱迪问。臭臭指了指《鲨鱼阿霍伊》另一头的那扇“不许出去”的门。 他跟朱迪说了吸血鬼乌贼的事。 “爬行动物，”朱迪说。 每个人都蜷缩在睡袋里。 爸爸妈妈很快就打起鼾来了。 就连蟹饼先生也躲在他的椰子壳小屋里。 “晚安，蟹饼先生。”索菲说。 “早上见。”“我有个主意，”臭臭说。 “让我们三个人保证今晚不睡着。 我们可以用新的握手方式来握手。” “新的握手？”苏菲问。 “伸出你的胳膊，像这样。” 臭臭伸出胳膊，在索菲的手指上扭动着，

then slowly pulled it back. "That tickles," said Sophie. "It's the vampire-squid handshake," said Stink. "Can't," said Sophie, rubbing her eyes. "I'm too tired." "Me, too," said Webster, yawning. Sophie fell asleep as soon as her head hit the pillow. Webster took off his glasses and hunkered down in the bag next to Stink's.

然后慢慢地把它拉回来。 “好痒。”索菲说。 “这是吸血鬼和乌贼的握手。”臭臭说。 “不行。”索菲揉着眼睛说。 “我太累了。”“我也是，”韦伯斯特打着哈欠说。 索菲的头一碰到枕头就睡着了。 韦伯斯特摘下眼镜，蹲在臭臭眼镜旁边的袋子里。

"Webster?" Stink whispered. But his friend was already fast asleep. The bluey-green light from the shark tanks cast a ghostly glow over the room. A pointy-nosed tiger shark streaked by, eyeing Stink and showing off his jagged teeth. A smack of goose bumps— a swarm, a fleet, a bloom of goose bumps— prickled up and down Stink's spine. What if the shark tank broke and all the sharks got out? He missed his own room. With his very own race-car bed and Astro and Toady and his Spider- Man, not-baby night-light. He squeezed his eyes shut. He tried counting shark teeth. He tried counting moon jellies in the ocean. What if Bloody Mary reached out and slimed me? "Judy?" He crawled over and gave his sister a nudge. "You asleep?" "Yes, I'm asleep," Judy mumbled. "I can't sleep," said Stink. "Try counting shark teeth." "Tried. But now I'm afraid I'll have shark- eating-me dreams."

“韦伯斯特?”臭低声说。 但是他的朋友已经睡得很熟了。 鲨鱼箱发出的蓝绿色的光在房间里投下了幽灵般的光芒。 一条尖鼻虎鲨飞快地游过来，盯着臭臭，炫耀着它那锯齿状的牙齿。 一阵鸡皮疙瘩——一群人，一群人，一阵鸡皮疙瘩——刺痛了臭臭的脊背。 如果鲨鱼池坏了，所有的鲨鱼都出来了怎么办？ 他想念自己的房间。有他自己的赛车床，阿斯特罗，癞蛤蟆还有他的蜘蛛侠，不是婴儿夜灯。 他紧紧地闭上眼睛。 他试着数鲨鱼的牙齿。 他试着数海里的月水母。 如果血腥玛丽伸出手来给我涂了粘液怎么办？ “朱迪?”他爬过去，推了他妹妹一把。 “你睡着了吗?”“是的，我睡着了。”朱迪喃喃地说。 “我睡不着，”臭臭说。 “试试数鲨鱼的牙齿。” “试过了。但现在我怕我会做鲨鱼吃我的梦。”