8 THE BIG BUBBLE

CHAPTER 8 THE BIG BUBBLE We took the elevator up to the main deck and sat down at the table. "Okay," I said, "where were we up to? Oh that's right...'Once upon a time.' Now let me see...Once upon a time there was a...a...a...help me out here, Terry! Once upon a time there was a...what?" "A whatever," sighed Terry. "I don't care. I can't work. I'm too sad. I know Mermaidia was a sea monster but I really liked her when she was a

第八章大泡泡我们乘电梯上到主甲板，在桌旁坐下。 “好吧，”我说，“我们说到哪儿了？ 哦，对了……“从前有过。”现在让我看看……从前，有一个……啊……帮我一下，特里！从前有一个……什么？”“无所谓，”特里叹了口气。 “我不在乎。我不能工作了。 我太伤心了。我知道美人鱼是个海怪，但我真的很喜欢她小时候

mermaid." "How about a marshmallow?" I said. "Would that help? I'll call the machine over." "Nah," said Terry. "I'm tired of marshmallows." "Maybe you just need a change," I said. "How about some popcorn?" Terry shrugged. "We can pop it with the lid off," I said. Terry shrugged again. "Okay." I filled the popcorn-maker up and turned it on. We waited...

美人鱼。”“棉花糖怎么样？”我说。 “这有帮助吗？”我把机器叫过来。” “不，”特里说。“我吃腻了棉花糖。” “也许你只是需要改变一下，”我说。 “来点爆米花怎么样？”特里耸耸肩。 “我们可以把盖子打开，”我说。 特里又耸了耸肩。“好吧。” 我把爆米花机装满并打开。 我们等待着……

and waited... and waited... and just when we thought it was never going to pop, suddenly..................... IT DID!

等着……等着…… 就在我们以为它永远不会流行的时候，突然..................... 它了!

We ran around and caught as much of it in our mouths as we could until we couldn't eat any more.

我们跑来跑去，尽可能多地把它塞进嘴里，直到我们再也吃不下了。

"That was a great idea, Andy!" said Terry. "But now I'm really thirsty." "Some lemonade will fix that," I said. "I'll start the fountain." Did I mention that we have a lemonade fountain? Well, we do. It's just like a regular fountain but instead of water it has lemonade. Any flavor you want as long as it's red, orange, lemon, cola, or tutti-

“这是个好主意，安迪！”特里说。 “但现在我真的很渴。” “喝点柠檬水就好了，”我说。 “我来开喷泉。” 我说过我们有柠檬水喷泉吗？ 嗯，我们有。它就像一个普通的喷泉，但不是水，而是柠檬水。 任何你想要的口味，只要是红色，橙色，柠檬，可乐，或tutti-

frutti (which is all the flavors mixed together). We sat in the lemonade fountain for a long time. And when I say "a long time," I mean probably a lot longer than we really should have.

Frutti（把所有的味道混合在一起）。 我们在柠檬水喷泉里坐了很长时间。 当我说“很长一段时间”的时候，我的意思是可能比我们真正应该做的要长得多。