18 The Sinister Sandwich

The Sinister Sandwich Bethany woke up early in the morning and prepared the meatiest sandwich she had ever made—tearing out the soft innards of a French baguette and stuffing it with strips of chicken, pork, beef, boar, ox, and anything else she could find in the meat fridges. She put some cheese on the top to disguise what was inside.

贝瑟妮一大早就起床，准备了她做过的最肉的三明治——把法国长棍面包柔软的内脏撕掉，塞进鸡肉条、猪肉条、牛肉条、野猪条、牛条，以及她能在肉类冰箱里找到的任何其他东西。 她在上面放了一些奶酪来掩盖里面的东西。

Bethany had hoped to make the sandwich in peace and sneak it up to the beast nice and early. But before she finished making it, Ebenezer came downstairs. He was dressed in an even sillier outfit than usual, and his face was positively dripping with smugness. "Good morning!" he said. "Making another peculiar sandwich? Well, I hope it turns out excellently." Bethany scowled. She still wasn't anywhere near close to forgiving him. "What are you doing up so early?" she asked. "The Wise Tweezer is about to do a record day of business," said Ebenezer. He practically skipped from the kitchen to the front room. "Just look at this!"

宝芬妮本想安安静静地做好三明治，早点偷偷摸摸地给野兽吃。 但她还没做好，埃比尼泽就下楼来了。 他穿了一套比平时更傻的衣服，脸上满是沾沾自喜的神气。 “早上好！”他说。“又要做一个奇怪的三明治？” 好吧，我希望结果会很好。” 伯大尼皱起了眉头。她离原谅他还差得远。 “你起这么早干什么？”她问。 埃比尼泽说：“‘智慧镊子’今天的营业额将创历史新高。” 他几乎是从厨房跳到前厅的。 “看看这个！”

He drew open the curtains to reveal a huge crowd of people on the front lawn of the fifteen-story house. "Isn't it marvelous?" said Ebenezer. "They must have heard about all my do-gooding from yesterday." "You mean the beast's vomiting," said Bethany. "Yes, yes—it's the same thing, really. After all, they wouldn't have received any vomit in the first place, if I hadn't been clever enough to take the beast out on tour," said Ebenezer. He turned around and saw that the scowl on Bethany's face had deepened. "Now, I know we've had our tiffles, but I really think we should put this whole arguing business behind us. Soon enough you'll see that I'm right on this one."

他拉开窗帘，看见一大群人站在这幢十五层楼房的前草坪上。 “这不是很奇妙吗？”埃比尼泽说。 “他们一定听说了我昨天做的那些好事。” “你是说那畜生在呕吐吗？”宝芬妮说。 “是的，是的——这是一回事，真的。 毕竟，如果不是我很聪明，把这头野兽带出去巡游，他们一开始就不会收到呕吐物。”埃比尼泽说。 他转过身来，看到宝芬妮脸上的怒容加深了。 “现在，我知道我们有过争执，但我真的认为我们应该把这一切争吵抛诸脑后。 很快你就会发现我是对的。”

"Soon enough you'll see what an idiot you've been," said Bethany. She grabbed her baguette and headed for the staircase. However, before she could even take a step, the beast whooshed down in its canoe—still wearing the dog costume. "Whooopeeeeesies!" it cried, as it wiggled the canoe to a halt in the hallway. "Morning, Bethany. Morning, Ebby-kneesies! When can I start vomiting?" "I'm sure that someone will ring the doorbell any min—" began Ebenezer. He was going to say any minute, but the correct term would have been any millisecond, because the doorbell immediately started dingedy-donging. "Ooh, yaysies!" said the beast. "Hurry, bestie, hurry!"

“你很快就会发现自己是个多么愚蠢的人，”宝芬妮说。 她抓起长棍面包朝楼梯走去。 然而，她还没来得及迈步，那只野兽就驾着它的独木舟呼啸而下——还穿着狗的戏服。 “呜呜呜！”它一边叫着，一边摇晃着独木舟停在走廊上。 “早,伯大尼。早上好,Ebby-kneesies !我什么时候可以开始呕吐？”“我敢肯定，随时都会有人按门铃——”埃比尼泽开始说。 他本想说任何一分钟，但正确的说法应该是任何一毫秒，因为门铃立刻开始叮当作响。 “哦，耶耶斯！” “快点，闺蜜，快点！”

Ebenezer checked himself in the hallway mirror, blushed at how pretty he was looking in his new outfit, and opened the door. As usual, the queue was headed by Eduardo Barnacle. "The word of the day on my loo paper today was 'astounding.' A very fitting word, I believe, because I've been truly astounded by everything your gardening gnomes have done for my garden," said Eduardo, who had prepared a little speech. "I hope you don't think me greedy, but I was wondering whether you might have anything that might make my garden even prettier?" Ebenezer shut the door in Eduardo's face and turned to the beast. The beast vomited out some instant growing seeds for a flower

埃比尼泽对着走廊的镜子看了看自己，看到自己穿着这套新衣服是多么漂亮，脸红了，然后打开了门。 和往常一样，队伍由爱德华多·巴纳克尔（Eduardo Barnacle）带队。 “今天我厕纸上的单词是‘惊人’。“我相信这是一个非常恰当的词，因为我真的对你们的园艺小矮人为我的花园所做的一切感到震惊。”爱德华多说，他准备了一个简短的演讲。 “我希望你不会认为我贪心，但我想知道你是否有什么东西可以让我的花园更漂亮？”埃比尼泽当着爱德华多的面关上了门，转向那头野兽。 那野兽吐出了一些速成种子，用来开一朵花

that could help sniffers rediscover forgotten memories. "Give these to the gnomes, Eduardo," said Ebenezer as he reopened the door. "They should prove a real treat for the nostrils." "Mr. Tweezer, I am astounded—you are fast becoming one of the most wonderful people in the neighborhood," said Eduardo. Then he said something that made Ebenezer grin and Bethany grimace. "If I were Miss Muddle, I'd throw tomorrow's party in honor of you instead."

这可以帮助嗅探者重新发现被遗忘的记忆。 “把这些给地精，爱德华多。”埃比尼泽说着重新打开了门。 “它们应该是对鼻孔的真正享受。” “Tweezer先生，我很惊讶——你正迅速成为这附近最了不起的人之一，”Eduardo说。 然后他说了些什么，让埃比尼泽咧嘴一笑，贝瑟妮做了个鬼脸。 “如果我是马德尔小姐，我就替你办明天的晚会。”