5 Terry’s Story

CHAPTER 5 TERRY'S STORY Back in the kitchen, our automatic marshmallow machine senses how hungry we are and begins firing marshmallows into our mouths. "So," says Terry, through a mouthful of marshmallows, "what story were you telling the readers when I interrupted you?" "I was telling them the story of how we met," I

回到厨房，我们的自动棉花糖机器感觉到我们有多饿，开始向我们嘴里发射棉花糖。 “那么，”特里嘴里含着棉花糖说，“当我打断你的时候，你在给读者讲什么故事？”“我给他们讲了我们相遇的故事，”我说

say. "Oh, I love that story!" says Terry. "We were both lost in the forest… and then we met and found that house made of gingerbread… and we started eating it and a nice little old lady came out and invited us in…

说。“哦，我喜欢那个故事！”特里说。 “我们都在森林里迷了路……然后我们相遇了，发现了那座姜饼做的房子……我们开始吃它，一位和蔼可亲的小老太太出来邀请我们进去……”

Hello, boys. and then she put you in a cage to fatten you up so she could eat you—which, come to think of it, really wasn't a very nice thing for a nice little old lady to do— so I pushed her into the oven—which, come to think of it, wasn't a very nice thing for me to do, but—" "Terry," I say, "that's not the story of how we

你好,男孩。然后她把你关在笼子里，把你养肥了，好让她吃掉你——这，想想看，对一个善良的小老太太来说，真的不是一件很好的事情——所以我把她推进炉子里——这，想想看，对我来说也不是一件很好的事情，但是——”“特里，”我说，“这不是我们如何

met… that's Hansel and Gretel—it's a fairy tale!" (Remember how I told you that Terry can be a bit annoying at times? Well, this is one of those times.) Terry frowns and looks confused. "Oh, yeah… my mistake," he says. "I remember now. I was taking some food to my sick grandmother and I met you in the woods. You had big eyes…

那是《韩赛尔和格蕾特》——一个童话故事！”(还记得我告诉过你特里有时会有点烦人吗？ 好吧，这就是其中一次。)特里皱起眉头，看起来很困惑。 “哦，是的……是我的错，”他说。 “我现在想起来了。我在给我生病的祖母送食物的时候在树林里遇见了你。 你有一双大眼睛……

big teeth… and you were covered in fur in those days…

那时候你全身都是毛……

Later, you dressed up in my grandmother's clothes… I never really understood why you did that." "I didn't do that!" I say. "And that's not how we met, either. That's Little Red Riding Hood!" Terry smacks his head. "It is? Of course! Sorry, Andy—how could I be so dumb? Hang on, I've got it.

后来，你穿上了我祖母的衣服……我一直不明白你为什么要那样做。” “不是我干的！”我说。 “我们也不是这样认识的。 那是小红帽！”特里拍了拍他的头。 “这是什么?当然!对不起，安迪，我怎么这么笨？ 等一下，我找到了。