12 Joke-Writing Time

CHAPTER 12 JOKE-WRITING TIME Before we can start work, however, we really need to eat. After all that stair-climbing and sleeping and shopping both Terry and I are feeling pretty hungry. The marshmallow machine senses our hunger and starts firing marshmallows into our mouths at high speed.

然而，在我们开始工作之前，我们真的需要吃饭。 爬了那么多楼梯、睡了那么久、买了那么多东西之后，泰瑞和我都觉得饿极了。 棉花糖机器感觉到了我们的饥饿，并开始高速向我们嘴里发射棉花糖。

'I'm full!' I say. 'Me, too,' says Terry.

“我吃饱了!”我说。“我也是，”特里说。

We close our mouths and the marshmallow machine fires marshmallows at our faces for a while and then drifts away to see if anybody else in the treehouse is hungry. 'Right,' I say. 'Now we can get started.' I pick up the Joke Writer 2000TM It's surprisingly heavy and for a moment I wonder how I'm actually going to write with it, but then something incredible happens—it leaps out of my hand and starts writing all by itself!

我们闭上嘴，棉花糖机器向我们脸上发射棉花糖一会儿，然后飘走，看看树屋里是否有人饿了。 “好的，”我说。“现在我们可以开始了。”我拿起Joke Writer 2000TM，它出奇地重，有一刻我不知道我该怎么用它来写字，但随后不可思议的事情发生了——它从我手中跳出来，开始自己写字！

'Look, Terry!' I say. 'It's writing automatically! I'm not doing anything!' 'Wow!' says Terry. 'That's amazing! It's doing all the work. I can't wait to see why the koala fell out of the tree. I bet it will be hilarious.' 'Well, you won't have to wait long,' I say. 'It's writing the answer right now!'

“看,特里!”我说。“它在自动写字！”我什么都没做！“哇!特里说。 “这是惊人的!它完成了所有的工作。 我迫不及待地想看看考拉为什么从树上掉下来。 我打赌一定很好笑。“好吧，你不会等太久的，”我说。 “它现在正在写答案！”

'I was right,' says Terry. 'It is hilarious! Make it write another one.' I put the tip of the Joke Writer 2000TM on the paper and it starts writing again.

“我是对的，”特里说。 “太搞笑了！”让它再写一个。”我把Joke Writer 2000TM的笔尖放在纸上，它又开始写了。

'That's even funnier than the first one,' says Terry. 'I know!' I say. 'This pencil is fantastic!' 'Can I have a go?' says Terry. 'Sure,' I say, passing it to him.

“这比第一个更有趣，”特里说。 “我知道!”我说。“这支铅笔太棒了！”“我可以试一试吗？”特里说。 “当然，”我说着，把信递给了他。