Chapter 9

chapter 9 Papa Pete was in a great mood when he returned with Ms. Lopez. "This trip to the library has been very successful," he said. "I now know more about bowling leagues than any human should. How about you, Hankie? Did you learn the truth about zombies?" "I sure did," I said. "See what I told you?" He patted me on the shoulder. "Knowing the facts is the best way not to be afraid." He said good-bye to Ms. Lopez and we walked downstairs and out the door onto Amsterdam Avenue. I was completely silent. You're probably wondering why I didn't tell

当皮特爸爸和彼得太太一起回来的时候，他心情很好。 洛佩兹。“这次图书馆之旅非常成功，”他说。 “我现在对保龄球联盟的了解比任何人都多。 你呢，汉基？你知道僵尸的真相了吗？”“当然，”我说。 “看到我跟你说的话了吗?”他拍了拍我的肩膀。 “了解事实是不害怕的最好方法。” 他向洛佩兹女士说了再见，我们走下楼梯，出了门，来到阿姆斯特丹大街。 我完全沉默了。你可能在想我为什么不告诉你

Papa Pete the real truth I learned about zombies. This is why. I love Papa Pete more than anyone in the world. And I knew that zombies went for old people first. It was going to be up to me to protect him. I just hadn't figured out how to do that yet. So I decided to keep quiet until I figured out a plan. The last thing I wanted was to scare him, too. When Papa Pete dropped me off at my apartment, I said to him, "Keep your phone close, okay?" "Why?" "I'm going to need to talk to you in a little while." "Oh, you've got a secret, do you?" Papa Pete said with a wink. "I love secrets." He wasn't going to love this one, that's for sure. "Oh, and Papa Pete," I added. "You might want to practice some of your karate moves. They could come in handy." "This gets more interesting by the minute," he said. Then he gave me one of his giant hugs

皮特爸爸告诉我关于僵尸的真相。 这就是原因。我爱皮特爸爸胜过世界上任何人。 而且我知道僵尸会先攻击老年人。 我要靠自己来保护他。 我只是还没想好该怎么做。 所以我决定保持沉默，直到我想出一个计划。 我最不想做的就是把他也吓到。 当皮特爸爸把我送到我的公寓时，我对他说：“把手机放在身边，好吗？”“为什么?”“过一会儿我需要和你谈谈。” “哦，你有秘密，是吗？”皮特爸爸眨眨眼说。 “我喜欢秘密。”他肯定不会喜欢这个人的。 “哦，还有皮特爸爸。”我补充道。 “你可能想练习一下你的空手道招式。 它们可能会派上用场。” “每一分钟都变得更有趣了，”他说。 然后他给了我一个大大的拥抱

and headed for home. When I walked into my living room, my parents were busy helping Emily into her Halloween costume. She was in a really bad mood because her tail had fallen off. "I told you that we put too many scales on it," my dad was telling her. "The costume just couldn't take the weight." "Fine," Emily snapped. "Then I'm not going trick-or-treating." "Don't be silly, honey," my mom said. "You wait all year for this night." "A Komodo dragon without a tail is like a pizza without cheese," she said, and stomped her clawed foot so hard that one of the toenails

然后回家。当我走进客厅时，父母正忙着帮艾米丽穿上万圣节服装。 她心情很不好，因为她的尾巴掉了。 “我告诉过你，我们在上面放了太多的天平。”爸爸对她说。 “服装承受不了重量。” “好吧，”艾米丽厉声说。“那我就不去‘不给糖就捣蛋’了。” “别傻了，宝贝，”妈妈说。 “你一整年都在等待这个夜晚。” “没有尾巴的科莫多巨蜥就像没有奶酪的披萨，”她说着，用带爪的脚使劲跺着，一只脚趾甲

fell off, too. "Hank," my mom said. "Maybe you can talk Emily into going out trick-or-treating with you and your friends. I don't want her to miss a good time." "I think I'll stay home, too," I said. "You know how I always want to support my little sister." "When did that start happening?" my dad asked. "A minute ago." "What's up with you, Hank?" Emily asked. "You seem weird." "Me? Nothing's up with me. I was just thinking that what we should do tonight is call Papa Pete and have him come over. Once he's inside the apartment, we lock all the doors and windows and don't turn on any water faucets.

也掉下来了。“汉克，”我妈妈说。 “也许你可以说服艾米丽和你和你的朋友一起出去玩‘不给糖就捣蛋’。 我不想让她错过好时光。” “我想我也呆在家里，”我说。 “你知道我一直都很想支持我的小妹妹。” “什么时候开始的？”爸爸问。 “一分钟以前。”“你怎么了，汉克？”艾米丽问。 “你看起来怪怪的。”“我?我没什么事。 我在想我们今晚应该给皮特爸爸打电话，让他过来。 一旦他进了公寓，我们就锁上所有的门窗，不打开任何水龙头。

We'll have a fun family night, just us, locked inside. Oh, and if we want to have an even better time, we could shove the couch over to block the front door." My mom, my dad, and Emily all stared blankly at me. But before anyone could answer, the doorbell rang. "Nobody open that," I whispered. "Of course we're going to open the door," my mom said. "It's probably Frankie and Ashley. They called a few minutes ago to say they'd meet you here to go out trick-or-treating." "But how do you know it's them and not some creepy zombie?" I blurted out. My father had already reached the front door and opened it. Standing there was a creepy zombie, his eyes half closed and his arms reaching out to me! "Haaaaaannnnnnnnnnnnnk," the zombie moaned. I knew that voice. It was Frankie. Standing behind him was Ashley. At least, I think it was Ashley. Either that, or a giraffe wearing a really sparkly necklace had just

我们会有一个有趣的家庭之夜，只有我们，锁在里面。 哦，如果我们想玩得更开心，我们可以把沙发推过去挡住前门。” 妈妈、爸爸和艾米丽都茫然地看着我。 还没等有人回答，门铃就响了。 “没人打开它。”我低声说。 “我们当然要开门，”妈妈说。 “可能是弗兰基和艾希礼。 他们几分钟前打来电话，说他们会在这里和你见面，一起出去玩‘不给糖就捣蛋’。” “但你怎么知道那是他们，而不是什么令人毛骨悚然的僵尸？”我脱口而出。 父亲已经走到前门，打开了门。 站在那里的是一个令人毛骨悚然的僵尸，他的眼睛半闭着，他的手臂伸向我！“哈哈哈，”僵尸呻吟道。 我认得那声音。是弗兰基。 艾希礼站在他身后。 至少，我觉得是艾希礼。 要么是这样，要么是一只戴着闪闪发光项链的长颈鹿

walked into my apartment.

走进我的公寓。