12 Back to the Present The Present

CHAPTER 12 BACK TO THE PRESENT As we swirl our way backwards through time, I have my fingers crossed we'll arrive safely back at the

第十二章回到现在当我们旋转着时光倒流的时候，我祈祷我们能安全回到

treehouse. It feels like we've been away for ages. 'Hey, I can smell marshmallows!' says Terry. 'And lemonade!' says the inspector.

树屋。感觉我们已经离开很久了。 “嘿，我闻到棉花糖的味道了！”特里说。 “和柠檬水!巡查员说。

'And chocolate, pizza, ice-cream, lollipops, dodgem cars, popcorn and ants!' I say. 'We must be getting close to the treehouse!' I open the lid of the bin and see that, sure enough, we are hurtling straight towards our tree. Our treehouse. Our ant farm. Our ant farm? OUR ANT FARM!!! The ant farm that Jill made us promise never to disturb again!!!

“还有巧克力、披萨、冰淇淋、棒棒糖、碰碰车、爆米花和蚂蚁！”我说。 “我们一定离树屋越来越近了！”我打开垃圾桶的盖子，果然，我们正朝着我们的树飞奔而去。 我们的树屋。我们的蚂蚁农场。 我们的蚂蚁农场？我们的蚂蚁农场！！吉尔让我们保证再也不打扰的蚂蚁农场！！

'Terry, can you steer us away from the ant farm?' I say. 'Into the chocolate fountain instead, maybe? Or the swimming pool?' 'I can't control it,' says Terry. 'I forgot to ask H.G. Wells to fix the steering. Brace yourselves!'

“特里，你能带我们离开蚂蚁农场吗？”我说。 “要不去巧克力喷泉吧？” 还是游泳池？“我控制不了，”特里说。 “我忘了让h·g·威尔斯修理方向盘。 坚持住!”

We all fall out of the bin onto the level where the ant farm used to be.

我们都从垃圾桶里掉了出来，落到了蚂蚁农场以前的地方。