18 A New Sport

Chapter 18 A NEW SPORT When he opened his eyes, Coke was sprawled across lane two, his head and feet in the gutters, about ten feet in front of the pins. Pep was in the same position, lying across lane three. But neither of them knew that yet, because except for a few pinpoints of light, they were in total darkness. Somebody had taken off the poisoned bowling shoes and put their sneakers back on their feet. "Where are we?" Coke asked his sister. "What time is it?" "How should I know?" she replied. "Mrs. Higgins probably kidnapped us and put us in a cell while she decides what to do to us next." "How could we have been so stupid?" he said. "I can't believe we ever trusted her."

当他睁开眼睛的时候，可乐已经趴在第二道，头和脚都在排水沟里，离球瓶大约十英尺远。 佩普也在同样的位置，躺在第三车道对面。 但他们谁也不知道，因为除了几处光点外，他们完全处于黑暗之中。 有人脱下了有毒的保龄球鞋，把球鞋穿上了脚。 “我们在哪儿？”科克问他的妹妹。 “现在几点了？”“我怎么知道？”她回答。 “希金斯太太可能绑架了我们，把我们关在牢房里，然后再决定下一步该怎么处置我们。” “我们怎么这么蠢？”他说。 “我真不敢相信我们曾经信任过她。”

"We?" Pep replied. "I didn't trust her. You trusted her. I tried to run away as soon as I saw her face. You stopped me, remember?" "There's no point in arguing about it now," Coke said. "There's no point in arguing about it because I'm right," Pep replied angrily. "You have no argument." Actually, there was no point in arguing about it for another reason—they were about to be attacked. At the far end of lanes two and three, two men silently picked up bowling balls and got into position to bowl. Suddenly, all the lights in the International Bowling Training and Research Center flashed on. "What the—" Coke said, looking up. "I hear something," Pep said, her voice cracking. "What's that sound?" It was the distinctive sound of a fifteen- pound bowling ball hitting the wood floor and

“我们?”Pep答道。“我不相信她。 你信任她。我一看到她的脸就想逃跑。 你阻止了我，记得吗？”“现在争论这件事没有意义，”科克说。 “争论这件事没有意义，因为我是对的，”佩普生气地回答。 “你没有理由。”实际上，因为另一个原因而争论这件事是没有意义的——他们即将受到攻击。 在第二道和第三道的远端，两个男人默默地拿起保龄球，准备投球。 突然间，国际保龄球训练和研究中心所有的灯都亮了起来。 “这是什么——”科克抬起头说。 “我听到了一些声音，”佩普说，她的声音有些沙哑。 “那是什么声音？”这是一个15磅重的保龄球击打木地板的独特声音

rolling down an alley. Two bowling balls, to be precise. They were rolling down lanes two and three. "Watch out!" Coke shouted to his sister. "Ahhhhhhhhhh!" she screamed. One of the balls was coming on a direct line toward Pep's head. The other one was about to hit Coke in the midsection. At the last possible instant, both twins flopped out of the way and narrowly avoided getting slammed. The balls passed harmlessly by, knocking down some of the pins behind them. The two men at the other end of lanes two and three had already picked up new balls and were preparing to heave them. "Stop!" Pep shouted uselessly. "Are you crazy?" "They're not crazy! They're trying to kill us!" Coke said. "Who are they?" "Who do you think? The bowler dudes!" Yes, the bowler dudes. The two mentally

滚下一条小巷。准确地说，是两个保龄球。 他们沿着2号和3号车道行驶。 “小心!”可口可乐对他的妹妹喊道。 “啊啊啊啊！”她尖叫起来。 其中一个球直接飞向佩普的头部。 另一个正准备在肚子上打可乐。 在最后一刻，这对双胞胎猛地闪开，险些被撞到。 球没有造成伤害，撞倒了后面的一些木瓶。 在第二道和第三道另一端的两个人已经捡起了新球，正准备把它们举起来。 “住手!”佩普徒劳地喊着。 “你疯了吗？”“他们没有疯！”他们想杀了我们！”可口可乐表示。 “他们是谁？”“你认为是谁？” 那些玩保龄球的家伙！”是的，那些打保龄球的家伙。 两个人精神上

challenged lunatics, who had been terrorizing the twins from the very beginning, were at it again. "Ha-ha-ha-ha!" cackled the bowler dude with the mustache. "This is fun!" He let loose with his second ball. Pep stumbled while trying to get up to dodge it and almost got hit in the ankle. Coke jumped up at the last instant and the clean-shaven bowler dude's ball passed right beneath him. "You like bowling?" shouted Mrs. Higgins from the front desk. "Let's see if you like it from the pin's point of view!" "We gotta get out of here!" Coke shouted, reaching over to grab Pep by the hand and pull her up. The bowler dudes had already picked up balls from the ball return. "Where are we going to go?" Pep yelled. "Over there!" Coke shouted, pointing to the far corner of the large building. "There's a fire exit! Follow me!" The twins, still feeling the effects of the

那些从一开始就在恐吓双胞胎的疯子们又来了。 “哈哈哈哈哈！”那个蓄着小胡子的保龄球手咯咯地笑着。 “这很有趣！”他掷出了第二个球。 佩普在试图站起来躲避时绊倒了，差点撞到脚踝。 可乐在最后一刻跳了起来，那个刮得干干净净的保龄球手的球正好从他身下飞过。 “你喜欢打保龄球吗？”前台的希金斯太太喊道。 “让我们从别针的角度看看你是否喜欢它！”“我们得离开这里！”可乐喊道，伸手抓住佩普的手，把她拉了起来。 那些打保龄球的家伙已经从回球处捡起了球。 “我们要去哪里？”Pep喊道。 “在那边!”科克喊道，指着那幢大楼远处的角落。 “有一个安全出口！”跟我来!”那对双胞胎，还在受

poison that had been put in their bowling shoes, struggled to get their footing on the slippery surface. Gingerly, they stepped over the gutter of lane three and hopped onto lane four. The bowler dudes, watching them carefully, moved over to lane four, both heaving balls down that alley at the same time. "Jump, Pep!" Coke shouted. They both jumped and narrowly evaded the balls. "Ooooh, I almost got a strike that time!" one of the bowler dudes shouted gleefully. "You need to work on your follow-through," his brother cackled as he picked up another ball. As the McDonald twins frantically scampered across lanes five and six, the bowler dudes moved across the floor with them, picking up balls and whipping them down the alley as fast as they could roll them. "Watch your left!" Coke shouted as he ran across lane seven. Pep dodged that ball, and the next one too.

他们的保龄球鞋里下了毒药，在光滑的地面上挣扎着站稳。 他们小心翼翼地跨过第三道的排水沟，跳上了第四道。 投球手们仔细地看着他们，走到第四道，两人同时把球抛向那条球道。 “跳,Pep !”可口可乐喊道。 他们俩都跳了起来，侥幸躲过了那些球。 “噢，那次我差点就全中了！”一个投球手高兴地喊道。 “你得练练你的接球能力，”他哥哥咯咯地笑着，又捡起了一个球。 当麦克唐纳双胞胎疯狂地跑过第五和第六道的时候，那些打保龄球的家伙也跟着他们在地板上移动，捡起球，然后以最快的速度把它们扔到小巷里。 “小心你的左边！”可口可乐跑过第七车道时喊道。 佩普躲开了那个球，又躲开了下一个球。

As the twins dashed from lane to lane, the bowler dudes ran across the floor, chucking shot after shot at them. It was as though Coke and Pep were being attacked with cannonballs. "This is much more fun than aiming at pins," the mustachioed bowler dude said as he ran from lane nine to lane ten to let loose his next shot. "Yeah," said his clean-shaven brother, already at lane twelve. "It adds a human dimension to the game." "Hey, we invented a new sport!" the mustachioed bowler dude said, racing to pick up the next ball. "This should be in the Olympics! Ha-ha-ha-ha!" "Stop fooling around, you idiots!" shouted Mrs. Higgins from the front desk. "Knock them over! That's what I'm paying you for! Quick! They're getting away!" Coke and Pep managed to make it to lane nineteen without getting hit with more than a glancing blow. Coke was the first one to reach

当这对双胞胎从一条球道跑到另一条球道时，那些打保龄球的家伙在地板上跑来跑去，朝他们扔了一个又一个球。 就好像可口可乐和佩普受到了炮弹的攻击。 “这比瞄准瓶要有趣得多，”这位大胡子保龄球手边说边从9号道跑到10号道，准备打出下一杆。 “是啊，”他那刮得干干净净的哥哥说，这时他已经到了第12车道。 “这为游戏增添了人性的一面。” “嘿，我们发明了一项新运动！”那个大胡子保龄球手一边说，一边跑去捡下一个球。 “这应该出现在奥运会上！”哈哈哈哈!”“别胡闹了，你们这些白痴！”希金斯太太在前台喊道。 “把他们打翻！”这就是我付钱给你的原因！快!他们跑了！”可口可乐和佩普成功地跑到了19号跑道，没有受到任何轻微的打击。 可口可乐是第一个进入市场的