11 The 13-Story Treehouse School

CHAPTER 11 THE 13-STORY TREEHOUSE SCHOOL I look around. There's nothing but an enormous puddle of slime where the school used to be. "Our school!" cries Ms. Treacle, emerging from the slime. "What happened to our lovely school?" "Monkeys," says Terry. "Monkeys is what happened."

第十一章十三层高的树屋学校我环顾四周。 原来学校所在的地方现在只剩下一大片烂泥。 “我们的学校！”糖浆小姐从泥里钻出来喊道。 “我们可爱的学校怎么了？”“猴子，”特里说。 “猴子就是发生的事情。”

"But where did they come from?" says Ms. Treacle. "They followed the mirror gang here," says Jill. "The mirror gang?" says Ms. Treacle. "That's us," says Anti-A, stepping forward. "Me and my pals Terrible-Terry and Junkyard-Jill. Sorry about your school, but look on the bright side— now you don't have a school." "But I liked school," says Ms. Treacle. "Don't be a chump," says Anti-A. "Nobody likes school." "We did," say the students. "And so did Principal Gradgrind," says Ms. Treacle. "And speaking of Principal Gradgrind, where is he?" "Last time we saw him he was in the time-out

“但它们是从哪里来的呢？” 糖蜜。“他们跟着镜子帮来到这里，”吉尔说。 “镜子帮？” 糖蜜。“那就是我们，”Anti-A说着，向前走了一步。 “我和我的朋友——可怕的特里和垃圾场吉尔。 关于你的学校，我很遗憾，但往好的方面想——现在你没有学校了。” “但我喜欢学校，”她说。 糖蜜。“不要做傻瓜，”Anti-A说。 “没人喜欢上学。”“是的，”学生们说。 “葛擂梗校长也是如此。” 糖蜜。“说到葛擂梗校长，他在哪儿？”“我们上次见到他时，他正在暂停

room," I say. "We'd better go look for him," says Jill. "Come on." I'm searching around near where the time-out room used to be when I hear loud snoring. The snoring is bubbling up from underneath the slime. I scoop some handfuls of slime out of the way

房间，”我说。“我们最好去找他。”吉尔说。 “来吧。”当我听到响亮的鼾声时，我正在暂停室附近寻找。 鼾声从粘液下面冒了出来。 我舀了几把黏液

and there is Principal Gradgrind, safe and sound, sleeping like a baby. Except that babies, as far as I know, don't snore quite so loudly. I gently prod Principal Gradgrind on the shoulder and he wakes up. "What happened?" he says, slime running down his face, and dripping off his suit. "Where's the time-out room gone? And where's my school, for that matter?"

还有葛校长，安然无恙，睡得像个婴儿。 不过，据我所知，婴儿打呼噜的声音不会那么大。 我轻轻地拍了拍葛校长的肩膀，他醒了过来。 “发生什么事了？”他说，黏液顺着他的脸淌下来，从他的衣服上滴下来。 “暂停室到哪里去了？” 再说，我的学校在哪里？”

"It's been slimed," says Ms. Treacle. "Completely slimed." "Slimed?" says Principal Gradgrind. "Yes— and it's all their fault," says Ms. Treacle, pointing at us. "It's not our fault," I say. "The monkeys did it!" "Well, I can't expel monkeys," says Principal Gradgrind. "But I can expel you. You are all hereby officially expelled from this school… forever!" "We wasn't even enrolled in the first place," says Anti-A. "And what school are you even talkin' about? I don't see no school around here." "I'm referring to the school that was here," says Principal Gradgrind. "The school that was my life! What am I going to do now?"

“它已经被黏住了。” 糖蜜。“完全讨厌。” “黏液？”葛擂梗校长说。 “是的，这都是他们的错。” 糖浆，指着我们。“这不是我们的错，”我说。 “是猴子干的！”“好吧，我不能开除猴子，”葛校长说。 “但我可以开除你。你们被正式开除出这所学校……永远开除！”“我们一开始甚至都没有被录取，”Anti-A说。 “你说的是哪所学校？” 我没看到这附近有学校。” “我指的是曾经在这里的那所学校，”葛擂擂校长说。 “学校就是我的生命！”我现在该怎么办呢？”

"How about you give everyone the rest of the day off?" suggests Terrible-T. "No, I've got an even better idea," says Anti-A. "How about you give everyone the rest of their lives off?" "Not a chance," says Principal Gradgrind. "I built this school with nothing but the sweat of my brow and an instruction book called How to Build a School with Nothing but the Sweat of Your Brow and This Book and I can— and will—do it again! Who's going to help me?" "ME!" says Ms. Treacle. "ME!" say the students. "ME!" says Terry. "AND ME!" says Jill.

“不如你把今天剩下的时间都放了吧？”Terrible-T建议道。 “不，我有一个更好的主意，”Anti-A说。 “不如你让每个人的余生都走吧？”“不可能，”葛擂梗校长说。 “我用自己的汗水和一本名为《如何用自己的汗水建立一所学校》的指导书以及这本书建立了这所学校，我可以——也会再来一次！”谁来帮我？”“我！” 糖蜜。“我！”学生们说。 “我！”特里说。“还有我！”吉尔说。