Chapter 3

Chapter Three This is monumentally unexpected. This woman atop the monster is the first other human we've seen. Until we heard that radio broadcast, we didn't even know other humans still existed!

这完全出乎意料。 这个站在怪物上的女人是我们见到的第一个人类。 在我们听到无线电广播之前，我们甚至不知道还有其他人类存在！

June grabs my sleeve and twists it tight. Her eyes are high-beam wide. You think she knows about the human settlement in New York? Maybe she has her own settlement and with real houses and other kids that aren't three dorky boys. Let's initiate communication. "Hold up, hold up!" I say. "This human's intentions may not be great. She is, y'know, riding a giant fanged beast!" June shakes her head. "You ride Rover! He's a giant fanged beast!" "Maybe technically he's a beast—but really he's just a big fluffy monster-dog!" I say. "This monster here looks like something out of a demon's nightmare! Plus, it ate Quint's sled!"

琼抓住我的袖子，把它拧紧。 她的眼睛睁得大大的。 你觉得她知道纽约的人类定居点吗？ 也许她有自己的住处，有真正的房子和其他孩子，而不是三个傻小子。 让我们开始沟通吧。 “等一下，等一下！”我说。 “这个人的意图可能并不伟大。 你知道，她骑着一只巨大的长着獠牙的野兽！”琼摇了摇头。 “你骑罗孚！”他是一只长着獠牙的巨兽！”“严格说来，他也许是一只野兽——但实际上，他只是一只毛茸茸的大怪狗！”我说。 “这个怪物看起来就像恶魔的噩梦！”而且，它还吃了昆特的雪橇！”

Quint is jittery beside me. I can almost hear the wheels in his brain spinning away with curiosity and excitement—clink, clink, clink. And like that, he goes to make contact... Hello there. What a wonderful chance encounter. It is fantastic to meet another human From the tunnel, we watch the human eye Quint. Then the monster tilts its head. Then—

昆特在我身边紧张不安。 我几乎能听到他脑子里的轮子在好奇和兴奋中旋转——叮当，叮当，叮当。 就这样，他去接触…… 你好。多么美妙的邂逅啊。 能见到另一个人真是太棒了从隧道里，我们看到了人类的眼睛，昆特。 然后怪物倾斜了它的头。 然后,

HARRRUGH! The monster raises its fist, and I can see what's coming—Pancake Quint. "Crud!" I scream as I race out to grab my friend. "I miscalculated!" Quint cries out. "That human is a villainess!" "No kidding!" I yell, pulling him across the snow. "And that monster's a meathook!" Meathook's fist comes slamming down, snow erupting, throwing us back into the car wash. The monster's fist opens and it reaches into the tunnel. It swipes and thrashes. Luckily, the arm is not long enough to reach us. And he's not pleased about it. But then— Footsteps outside. Human footsteps. Suddenly— POP! SIZZLE! An electrical hum. Harsh fluorescent overhead lights flash on. "THE CAR WASH! IT'S ALIVE!" screams Dirk. The automatic car wash conveyor suddenly jolts us forward...

HARRRUGH !怪物举起拳头，我能看到是什么——薄煎饼·昆特。 “Crud !”我尖叫着跑出去抓住我的朋友。 “我错误!”昆特喊道。 “那个人是个坏蛋！”“不开玩笑!”我喊道，拉着他穿过雪地。 “那怪物是只肉钩！”Meathook的拳头猛击过来，雪花喷涌而出，把我们扔回了洗车场。 怪物的拳头张开，伸到了隧道里。 它又扫又打。幸运的是，手臂不够长，够不着我们。 他对此很不高兴。 但接着——外面有脚步声。 人类的脚步。突然——流行!嘶嘶声!电的嗡嗡声。 头顶上刺眼的荧光灯闪烁着。 “洗车！”它还活着！”德克尖叫道。 自动洗车传送带突然把我们推向前方。

So, I've been through a drive-through car wash many times. Always in a car, naturally. And I thought it would be just so goofy and fun to go through one on foot. Not true. The nozzles are as strong as fire hoses! Snow, dirt, and gunk fly off us. This is the most painful shower of all time. At least we are showering For real. Just Fyi-You guys smell often a lot. Don't look at me. I bathe in the pond.

我去过很多次免下车洗车。 当然，总是在车里。 我觉得步行去看一遍会很傻很有趣。 不正确的。喷嘴和消防水管一样坚固！雪、土和垃圾从我们身上飞了出去。 这是有史以来最痛苦的淋浴。 至少我们真的在洗澡。 顺便说一句，你们经常很臭。 别看我。我在池塘里洗澡。

A roar echoes down the length of the car wash tunnel. I see the monster appear at the exit. It is now waiting for us, where the conveyor ends. Our conveyor belt of cleanliness is now a conveyor belt of doom, carrying us on a deadly path to a fang- filled mouth. "Run back! The other way!" I shout. But the whole thing is moving too fast—it's like trying to walk down an up escalator. Our only choice is to embrace the conveyor! Massive brushes whack us! Then we're dried off —hit with high-pressure air and smacked with huge strips of towel. We race down the belt. Every step is like Flash- style hyperspeed. We burst through a big wall of flapping thingies and then the conveyor belt hurls us out of the tunnel. My feet slide across black ice. I spin past Meathook, managing to stay upright. In an instant, I've lost track of my buddies. I reach out, feeling for something I can use as cover. My hand finds metal. Hmmm.... smells like

一声轰鸣声回荡在整个洗车隧道中。 我看见怪物出现在出口处。 它现在就在传送带的尽头等着我们。 我们清洁的传送带现在变成了厄运的传送带，把我们带到一条通往满嘴獠牙的致命道路上。 “快跑回来!另一边！”我喊。 但整个过程太快了——就像试图走下一个向上的自动扶梯。 我们唯一的选择就是拥抱传送带！巨大的刷子击打我们！然后用高压空气吹干身体，再用大毛巾擦干身体。 我们沿着腰带赛跑。每一步都像是Flash风格的超高速。 我们冲破了一堵由扑扇着翅膀的东西组成的大墙，然后传送带把我们扔出了隧道。 我的脚滑过黑色的冰。 我从Meathook身边转过身来，努力保持直立。 一瞬间，我失去了我的伙伴们的联系。 我伸出手，想找点什么东西作为掩护。 我的手找到了金属。嗯… 闻起来像