Chapter 10

chapter ten I can't believe I let this happen! I was too loud! Too careless. Globlet and I didn't check these houses! We did no reconnaissance! We were just loudly bumbling down the streets like eighth graders on Halloween night! With no idea we were traveling through a GIANT MAZE OF ZOMBIE-FILLED HOUSES! Then, suddenly, there's that rawr sound again. The baby Wretch. It's still there, looking at us with that Hey, what are you doing, dummies? expression on its face. Then its head dips and it strides up the thick vine, disappearing over the roof. I stare at that spot for a split second, though it feels like an eternity. Finally— "Well, June!" Globlet exclaims. "GO!"

我真不敢相信我让这种事发生了！我太大声了！太粗心。 Globlet和我没有检查这些房子！我们没有侦察！我们就像万圣节前夜的八年级学生一样在街上大吵大闹！完全不知道我们正在穿越一个充满僵尸的房子的巨大迷宫！然后，突然，又有了那个生涩的声音。 小坏蛋。它还在那儿，拿着那个看着我们嘿，你们在干什么，笨蛋？ 它脸上的表情。然后它低下头，大步爬上粗壮的藤蔓，消失在屋顶上。 我盯着那个地方看了一瞬间，虽然感觉像是永恒。 最后——“哦，琼！”Globlet声称。 “走吧!”

"But, but—" I stammer. "That's where the Wretch went!" "Uh... yeah?" Globlet says. "WENT. Past tense! Which means now it's GONE. Which means that must be a way OUT." Argh! Now I have to update the math in my head. Stay where we are—and definitely be devoured by zombies? Or follow the Winged Wretch and maybe be hopelessly eaten?

“可是，可是——”我结结巴巴地说。“那坏蛋就是到那儿去的！”“嗯… 是吗?”Globlet说。“去了。 过去式!这意味着现在它消失了。 这意味着一定有一条出路。” 啊!现在我得在脑子里更新一下数学了。 待在原地，然后被僵尸吃掉？ 或者跟着长翅膀的可怜虫，可能会被绝望地吃掉？

Fine. I'll take the maybe eaten over the definitely devoured. But I realize, terror ripping through me, that I may have taken too long to act. Zombies are staggering from the house in front of us. One enormous zombie, wearing swim shorts and half-deflated water wings, stands in our way. "Globlet, hang on!" I shout, and I dart forward. Globlet slips off my shoulder, then manages to grab my hair. She smacks, smacks, smacks against my back as I run. The water-wings zombie lunges toward me. I yank the Rifter polearm from my backpack and skid to a quick stop. Maybe too quick—

很好。我宁愿选择可能被吃掉的，而不是肯定被吃掉的。 但我意识到，恐惧席卷了我，我可能花了太长时间才采取行动。 僵尸正摇摇晃晃地从我们前面的房子里出来。 一个巨大的僵尸，穿着游泳短裤和半瘪的水翼，站在我们的路上。 “地球球，坚持住！”我喊着，向前冲去。 地球球滑下我的肩膀，然后设法抓住我的头发。 她在我跑的时候拍我的背。 水翼僵尸向我扑来。 我从背包里抽出步枪，滑行着快速停了下来。 也许太快了

"AIEE!" Globlet shouts as she goes flying over my head, still clutching my hair, then slams into my face. "Let go!" I shout. "I can't see!" "You let go!" Globlet exclaims. "I'm not holding you!" "Your fur is! Tell your fur to let go!" "It's not fur, it's my hair!!" "I HATE YOUR HUMAN HAIR-FUR!" Globlet shouts. MUURGGH! The swimming pool zombie's moan is loud. I can't see, but I swing anyway. Whacking and slashing and snapping the polearm through the air. But I miss my target every time! "Where is it, Globlet!?" I bark. Globlet is less than helpful....

“AIEE !”Globlet喊道，她飞过我的头顶，仍然抓着我的头发，然后猛击我的脸。 “放手!”我喊。“我看不见！”“你放开我！”Globlet声称。 “我没有抱着你！”“你的皮毛！”叫你的毛皮放开！”“这不是毛，是我的头发！！”“我讨厌你的人毛！”Globlet喊道。 MUURGGH !泳池僵尸的呻吟声很响。 我看不见，但我还是荡。 挥舞着长柄武器，在空中噼啪作响。 但我每次都打偏！“它在哪儿，环球球！？”我叫。 Globlet的帮助不大....

left. I mean, right? Whoosh, miss, wait, trace south. Yeah, swing south, swish or maybe north, Wish, miss. Oh, behind you, miss.

离开了。我是说，对吧？呼，小姐，等等，向南追踪。 是啊，往南，往北，小愿望，小姐。 哦，在你后面，小姐。

Finally, Globlet says, "LET ME HANDLE THIS!" and she pounces from my head, toward the zombie. I can finally see—and I watch, in awe, as—smack! Globlet slams into the zombie's chest, then slides to the ground. She shrieks, "Back off, bozo! This is a June and Globlet adventure play date and you weren't invited!" The staggered zombie leans down, swiping for her. But she scuttles beneath his legs, grabbing one moldy flip-flop and pulling his feet out from under him. The zombie topples to the ground with a loud— THUNK! I scoop Globlet up, carrying her like a football in the crook of my arm, as I speed toward the massive vine that leads up and over the house. We scramble up, finally reaching the top— the point where the baby Wretch disappeared. Behind us, zombies are swarming the lawn

最后，Globlet说：“让我来处理！”然后她从我的头上扑向僵尸。 我终于可以看见了——我敬畏地看着——啪！Globlet猛撞到僵尸的胸部，然后滑到地上。 她尖叫道：“退后，笨蛋！这是六月和Globlet的冒险约会，你没有被邀请！”摇摇晃晃的僵尸倾身向她扑去。 但她从他的腿下爬过去，抓住一只发霉的人字拖，把他的脚从他脚下拉了出来。 丧尸轰隆一声倒在地上！我把Globlet抱起来，像抱足球一样抱在臂弯里，飞快地朝那根长长的藤蔓奔去，藤蔓一直延伸到房子的上方。 我们爬上去，终于到达了山顶——小坏蛋消失的地方。 在我们身后，僵尸正蜂拥在草坪上