4 THE BIG RED NOSE

CHAPTER 4 THE BIG RED NOSE We raced back upstairs. A big red nose filled the video-phone screen. Uh-oh. It was Mr. Big Nose, our publisher. And he was angry. I could tell this because his nose was even bigger—and redder—than usual. "WHERE'S MY BOOK?" he yelled. "What book?" said Terry. "The one you chuckle-heads promised me a year

第四章大红鼻子我们跑回楼上。 视频电话屏幕上满是一个大红鼻子。 哦。是大鼻子先生，我们的出版商。 他很生气。我看得出来，因为他的鼻子比平时更大，更红。 “我的书在哪儿？”他喊道。 “什么书？”特里问。“就是你们这些傻笑的家伙答应我一年的那个

ago would be on my desk last Friday!" "Oh," said Terry. "Is it last Friday already?" "It's PAST last Friday already!" shouted Mr. Big Nose. "WAY past, and your book is STILL not on my desk." The truth was we'd kind of forgotten about the book. We were a little behind schedule. Well, when I say "a little behind schedule," I mean a lot behind schedule. And when I say "a lot behind schedule," I mean a LOT LOT LOT behind schedule. Not that I was about to let Mr. Big Nose know that. He was already pretty angry and the angrier he gets, the bigger his nose gets. And if his nose got any bigger I was worried that it might explode. And that

上星期五就在我的桌子上了！”“哦，”特里说。 “已经是上星期五了吗？”“上星期五已经过去了！”大鼻子先生喊道。 “早就过去了，你的书还没在我桌上。” 事实是我们有点忘记了那本书。 我们有点落后于计划。 我说的“有点落后”是指远远落后于计划。 当我说“远远落后于计划”时，我的意思是远远落后于计划。 我可不想让大鼻子先生知道。 他已经很生气了，而且他越生气，鼻子就越大。 如果他的鼻子再大一点，我担心它会爆炸。 这

was not something I wanted to see— especially not in 3D. ABOVE: An artist's impression of what it would look like if Mr. Big Nose's nose exploded. "No problem, Mr. Big Nose," I lied. "It's under control. We'll get it to you as soon as we can." "Well, as soon as you can had better be by five o'clock tomorrow afternoon, or else!" "Don't worry, Mr. Big Nose," I said. "It will be there, all right. You can count on us!" "But—" said Terry.

并不是我想看的——尤其是在3D的情况下。 上图：一位艺术家描绘的大鼻子先生的鼻子爆炸后的样子。 “没问题，大鼻子先生。”我撒了个谎。 “一切都在控制之中。我们会尽快给你送去的。” “好吧，越快越好，最好在明天下午五点钟之前赶到，否则就等着瞧吧！”“别担心，大鼻子先生，”我说。 “它会在那儿的，没错。 你可以相信我们！”“可是——”特里说。

I quickly ended the call before Terry could say anything that would make Mr. Big Nose any angrier than he already was. "You shouldn't have told him that," said Terry. "I'm way too busy to get it done by tomorrow. Look at my 'To Do' list. I'm full up!"

在特里说出任何会让大鼻子先生更加生气的话之前，我迅速挂断了电话。 “你不应该告诉他这些，”特里说。 “我太忙了，没法在明天之前完成。 看看我的待办事项清单。我吃饱了！”

"And don't even get me started on my 'To Don't' list."

“甚至不要让我开始我的‘禁忌’清单。”

"Your 'To Dos' and 'To Don'ts' will just have to wait," I said. "If we don't get this book finished it will be back to the monkey house for us."

“你的‘该做什么’和‘不该做什么’得等等再说，”我说。 “如果我们写不完这本书，我们就会被关进猴屋。”