30 The End of a Nightmare

Chapter 30 THE END OF A NIGHTMARE To passersby, it looked like Dr. Warsaw was giving CPR to revive a drowning man. Somebody must have dialed 911, because in seconds an ambulance and a police car were on the scene. Dr. Warsaw argued with the cops until they finally threw him into the squad car. The twins watched as it drove away. The Skyride was nearing the end of its journey over Joyland. "I just realized something," Pep said. "That's the third person we killed this summer." "That one doesn't count," Coke replied. "It was a robot. You can't kill a robot. And besides, Doominator had it coming. They all did." "I guess you're right," his sister replied. After Pep got over the shock of what had

第三十章噩梦的结束在过路的人看来，这就像约翰？ 华沙当时正在给一个溺水的人做心肺复苏。 一定是有人拨打了911，因为几秒钟后一辆救护车和一辆警车就到了现场。 华沙医生和警察争吵，直到警察把他扔进警车。 双胞胎看着它开走了。 Skyride在Joyland上空的旅程即将结束。 “我刚刚意识到一件事，”佩普说。 “这是我们今年夏天杀的第三个人了。” “这个不算，”可口可乐回答说。 “那是一个机器人。你不能杀死一个机器人。 再说，末日终结者是咎由自取。 他们都这么做了。”“我想你是对的，”他妹妹回答。 在佩普缓过神来之后

just happened, a smile slowly crept to her face as she realized how her life had suddenly changed. Doominator was dead, or irreparably damaged, anyway. Mrs. Higgins and the bowler dudes were still out there somewhere, but they didn't seem like such a threat anymore. And Dr. Warsaw was in police custody. The twins' long nightmare had come to an end. And so had Skyride. At the bottom, Coke and Pep's parents were waiting for them. During the ride, they hadn't turned around to see what was going on in the chair behind them, so they had no idea that their children very nearly just died. "Wasn't that fun?" asked Mrs. McDonald. Coke and Pep looked at each other. "Yeah!" they said simultaneously. With Dr. Warsaw and his clone out of the way, the twins could cut loose. Joyland lived up to its name. Coke and Pep went on every ride in the park, even the kiddie rides. They had a fantastic time. Their parents had not seen such

当她意识到自己的生活突然发生了怎样的变化时，微笑慢慢地爬上了她的脸上。 毁灭者已经死了，或者是受到了不可挽回的伤害。 希金斯太太和那些打保龄球的家伙还在外面，但他们似乎不再是什么威胁了。 华沙医生被警方拘留了。 双胞胎的噩梦终于结束了。 Skyride也是如此。在底层，可口可乐和佩普的父母正在等着他们。 在旅途中，他们没有回过头去看看他们身后的椅子上发生了什么，所以他们不知道他们的孩子差点就死了。 “那不是很有趣吗？”麦克唐纳太太问。 可口可乐和佩普面面相觑。 “是的！”他们异口同声地说。 有了华沙博士和他的克隆体，这对双胞胎就可以自由了。 乔伊兰没有辜负它的名字。 可口可乐和佩普去了公园里的每一个游乐设施，包括儿童游乐设施。 他们玩得很开心。 他们的父母从未见过这样的事

big smiles on their faces in a long, long time. Finally, an announcement came over a loudspeaker saying the park would close in thirty minutes. "Let's blow this pop stand," Coke said. As they got back on the road, everyone agreed that Texas was amazing. They had seen and done so many cool things. Mrs. McDonald, of course, made it a point to mention all the cool places they hadn't visited yet: Cadillac Ranch in Amarillo. The statue of a pig on wheels in Abilene. The Texas Surf Museum in Corpus Christi. The National Museum of Funeral History in Houston. The World's Largest Strawberry in Poteet. And they never made it to Hidalgo, the Killer Bee Capital of the World. The McDonalds could have spent the entire summer in Texas. But it felt like the time was right to move on. Heading west on Route 114 out of Lubbock, they soon passed through the appropriately

在很长很长一段时间里，他们的脸上都露出了灿烂的笑容。 最后，喇叭里传来了公园30分钟后关门的通知。 “让我们炸了这个汽水摊，”可口可乐说。 当他们重新上路时，每个人都一致认为德州太棒了。 他们看到并做了很多很酷的事情。 当然，麦克唐纳夫人特意提到了所有他们还没去过的好地方：阿马里洛的凯迪拉克牧场。 阿比林的轮子上的猪雕像。 科珀斯克里斯蒂的德克萨斯冲浪博物馆。 休斯顿的国家葬礼历史博物馆。 世界上最大的草莓在波提特。 它们从未到达伊达尔戈，世界杀人蜂之都。 麦当劳一家可以在德克萨斯州度过整个夏天。 但我觉得是时候向前看了。 他们从拉伯克出发，沿着114号公路向西行驶，很快就经过了一个适当的

named town of Levelland. Less than an hour later, this sign appeared at the side of the road: "Woo-hoo!" Coke hollered. "Hey, did you guys know that New Mexico has more cattle than human beings?" "Nobody cares, doofus," Pep said. "The cows care," Coke replied. "Too bad they can't vote. They would take over." Mrs. McDonald ceremoniously dropped her Texas guidebook into the trash bag and cracked open her brand-new copy of New Mexico Off the Beaten Path. New Mexico is an amazing state with deep caves, red mountains, and thousand-year-old

被命名为利夫兰镇。不到一个小时后，这个牌子出现在路边：“哇！”可口可乐大声喊道。 “嘿，你们知道新墨西哥州的牛比人还多吗？”“没人在乎，笨蛋，”佩普说。 “奶牛很在乎，”可口可乐回答。 “可惜他们不能投票。他们会接管的。” 麦克唐纳太太隆重地把她的德州旅游指南扔进垃圾袋，打开她那本崭新的《新墨西哥人迹罕至》。 新墨西哥州是一个令人惊叹的州，有很深的洞穴，红色的山脉，还有千年的历史

Indian villages. But right here it looked a lot like West Texas. Hot. Flat. Dry. Barren. As the McDonalds drove west on Route 380, there were no towns for seventy miles. Just nothingness. There was something peaceful about it. Mrs. McDonald was a little worried. It was getting late, and they would need a place to stay for the night. It didn't look like there would be many motels out in the wilderness. Shortly after they saw a sign for the Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge, evidence of civilization started to appear. Soon they were rolling into Roswell, otherwise known as the Dairy Capital of the World. It was obvious. The town smelled like cows. But you, reader, are probably aware that Roswell, New Mexico, is much more famous for something else—UFOs. In the summer of 1947, the story goes, something fell out of the sky near Roswell. The Army said it was an experimental high-altitude

印度的村庄。但这里看起来很像西德克萨斯。 热。平的。干了。贫瘠。当麦当劳一家沿着380号公路向西行驶时，70英里内没有城镇。 只是虚无。有一种平和的感觉。 麦克唐纳太太有点担心。 天色已晚，他们需要一个过夜的地方。 看起来荒野里不会有很多汽车旅馆。 在他们看到苦湖国家野生动物保护区的标志后不久，文明的证据开始出现。 很快，他们就进入了罗斯威尔，也被称为“世界乳品之都”。 这是显而易见的。这个小镇闻起来有股牛的味道。 但是，读者们，你可能知道，新墨西哥州的罗斯威尔更出名的是另一件事——不明飞行物。 故事是这样的：1947年夏天，罗斯威尔附近有东西从天上掉了下来。 军方称这是一次高空试验

balloon. But a lot of people insisted it was an extraterrestrial spacecraft. Not only that, but they said that some alien pilots were found inside the UFO, and the U.S. government performed medical experiments on them. Whether or not aliens visited Roswell in 1947, the town hasn't been reluctant to take advantage of the controversy. As the McDonald family drove downtown through North Main Street, they passed three blocks crammed with alien-themed gift shops and attractions. Tourists were walking around wearing T-shirts with WE PROBE IN PEACE printed on them. The local Arby's has a sign that says ALIENS WELCOME. Streetlights are in the shape of alien heads. Even the McDonald's is shaped like a flying saucer. "This place is cheesetastic!" Coke proclaimed. "Cheesetastic?" asked Mrs. McDonald. "Fantastically cheesy," Coke translated. The International UFO Museum and Research Center had already closed for the day.

气球。但很多人坚持认为这是一艘外星飞船。 不仅如此，他们还说在不明飞行物内发现了一些外星飞行员，而美国 政府对他们进行了医学实验。 不管1947年是否有外星人造访过罗斯威尔，这个小镇一直都在利用这一争议。 当麦当劳一家开车穿过市中心的北大街时，他们经过了三个街区，到处都是外星人主题的礼品店和景点。 游客们穿着印有WE PROBE IN PEACE字样的t恤走来走去。 当地的Arby餐馆有一个牌子，上面写着欢迎外星人。 街灯是外星人头的形状。 就连麦当劳的形状也像飞碟。 “这地方太棒了！”可口可乐宣布。 “奶酪味的？”麦克唐纳太太问。 “非常俗气，”可口可乐翻译道。 国际不明飞行物博物馆和研究中心当天已经关闭。