10 THE 13-STORY MONKEY HOUSE

CHAPTER 10 THE 13-STORY MONKEY HOUSE "Well, what do you think?" I said. "It's great!" said Terry. "It's the best story we've done all year!" "It's the only story we've done all year," I reminded him. "Come on, let's write the next one." We were just about to get started when the doorbell rang. "Hey, Terry," called Bill. "Got another package for you."

第十章十三层的猴屋“嗯，你觉得怎么样？”我说。 “太棒了！”特里说。“这是我们一整年做的最好的故事！”“这是我们一整年唯一的一篇报道，”我提醒他。 “来吧，让我们写下一个。” 我们刚要开始，门铃就响了。 “嘿，特里，”比尔叫道。 “又有一个包裹给你。”

"Oh great!" said Terry. "It must be my replacement sea-monkeys!" "Replacements?" I said. "Yeah," said Terry. "I rang the sea-monkey company and told them what happened. They said they'd send some more eggs. They were very sorry." "They were sorry?" I said. "You'll be the one who's sorry if you get another sea monster!" But Terry wasn't listening to me. He was already on his way to the front door. I waited for a while but Terry didn't return. I figured he must have gone straight to the lab to make his new sea-monkeys. So I went down to see and, sure enough, there he was.

“哦，太好了！”特里说。“一定是代替我的海猴！”“替代品?”我说。 “是的，”特里说。“我打电话给海猴公司，告诉他们发生了什么事。 他们说会再送些鸡蛋过来。 他们非常抱歉。”“他们很抱歉？”我说。 “如果你再抓到一只海怪，你会后悔的！”但是特里不听我的。 他已经朝前门走去了。 我等了一会儿，但特里没有回来。 我想他一定是直接去实验室做他的新海猴了。 我就下去看，果然在那里。

"I've done it!" he said, holding a jar up to the light. "These are definitely sea-monkeys!" "Congratulations," I said. "Are you happy now?" Terry shrugged. "Nah, not really," he said. "Sea- monkeys aren't that interesting after all." "Never mind," I said. "Let's get back to work." Soon we were back at our table, about to start work on the next story, when we heard a loud crash.

“我做到了！”他说着，把一个罐子举到灯光前。 “这些绝对是海猴！”“恭喜你，”我说。 “你现在快乐了吗？”特里耸耸肩。 “不，不完全是，”他说。 “海猴一点也不有趣。” “没关系，”我说。“我们回去工作吧。” 不久，我们回到桌子旁，正要开始下一个故事，这时我们听到一声巨响。

"What was that?" said Terry. "I don't know," I said. "But it sounds like it came from the lab." We both jumped up and rushed to the elevator. As the doors to the laboratory slid open we were greeted with a scene of total chaos. There were monkeys everywhere and they were wrecking everything!

“那是什么？”特里问。 “我不知道，”我说。“但听起来像是来自实验室。” 我们俩都跳了起来，冲向电梯。 当通往实验室的门打开时，迎接我们的是一片混乱。 到处都是猴子，它们破坏了一切！

They were swinging and leaping and chasing each other all over the laboratory. The noise was deafening.

它们在实验室里荡来荡去，跳来跳去，互相追逐。 噪音震耳欲聋。

"Oh no!" said Terry. "I hope my sea-monkeys are all right!" "They are your sea-monkeys!" I yelled, pointing to the empty jar on the floor. "Except they're not sea- monkeys— they're monkey monkeys! That stupid company has sent you the wrong sort of eggs again!" "But I hate monkeys!" said Terry. "Not as much as I do." I said, "They're getting into the elevator!" said Terry. "Oh great!" I said. "Now they're going to wreck the rest of the treehouse!"

“哦，不！”“我希望我的海猴们一切都好！”“他们是你的海猴！”我指着地上的空罐子喊道。 “只不过它们不是海猴——它们是猴子！”那个愚蠢的公司又给你送错鸡蛋了！”“但是我讨厌猴子！”特里说。 “不像我那么喜欢。”我说：“他们要进电梯了！”特里说。 “哦,太棒了!”我说。“现在他们要破坏树屋的其余部分了！”