Chapter 13

CHAPTER 13 WHILE GEORGE WAS GETTING FITTED at the tailor's, the Junior Monster Scouts busied themselves getting everything they needed for the s'mores. Franky bought the chocolate. Vampyra bought the graham crackers. All they needed were the marshmallows. "Hi, Junior Monster Scouts!" George said. "Hi, George!" they replied. They could see him now because he was dressed in a whole new outfit. He had a pair of buckled shoes and knee-high socks, pants and a shirt, gloves and glasses, and even a fancy cap on his head. A fancy cap with a feather! The

第十三章当乔治在裁缝店试穿衣服的时候，少年怪兽侦察兵们忙着为巧克力夹心饼做准备。 弗兰克买了巧克力。 吸血鬼买了全麦饼干。 他们所需要的只是棉花糖。 “嗨，少年怪兽童子军！”乔治说。 “嗨，乔治！”他们回答。 他们现在能看见他了，因为他穿了一套全新的衣服。 他穿着一双带扣的鞋子和及膝的袜子，裤子和衬衫，手套和眼镜，甚至头上还戴着一顶别致的帽子。 一顶带羽毛的漂亮帽子！的

only things they could not see were his mouth and nose. "I never thought that new clothes might make a difference," he said. "My old clothes must have turned invisible in the same experiment that first turned me invisible." He was also holding a bag of marshmallows. "Brought you these," he said. "Now we can have s'mores tonight!" said Fern. The other cubs all howled with delight. Sprocket barked and howled along with them.

他们看不见的只有他的嘴和鼻子。 “我从没想过新衣服会有什么不同，”他说。 “我的旧衣服一定是在第一次让我隐形的实验中变成隐形的。” 他还拿着一袋棉花糖。 “给你带来了这些，”他说。 “现在我们今晚可以吃s'mores了！”芬说。 其他的幼崽都高兴地嚎叫起来。 链轮和他们一起咆哮着。

"Ah, there you are," said the mayor. "George, you are looking splendid. Simply magnificent! I want to show you all something." The mayor led them to the village square where Peter, the piper, stood next to something tall and rectangular and covered with a sheet. Peter pulled the sheet off to reveal a full- length mirror. Only, when you looked at it, you did not get hypnotized. Instead, it made you look squashed and extra wide, or stretched out and super skinny, or wavy and

“啊，你来了，”市长说。 “乔治，你看起来真漂亮。 简单的辉煌!我想给你们看一样东西。” 镇长领着他们来到村里的广场，吹笛手彼得站在一个又高又长方形的东西旁边，上面盖着一张床单。 彼得掀开被单，露出一面全身镜。 只是，当你看着它的时候，你并没有被催眠。 相反，它会让你看起来又扁又宽，又拉长又超瘦，又波浪状又

wobbly. It was a new fun-house mirror, and this one was actually FUN! "Junior Monster Scouts, George," said the mayor, "you taught us all another valuable lesson today. It's not what you look like—it's what you do. We used to be scared of the monsters because they looked different, but they always come to our aid. And George, you weren't noticed because of what you looked like… or didn't look like… but because you helped save us all from being hypnotized!" "So what's the mirror for?" asked Wolfy. He stuck his tongue out, and his reflection looked even sillier. His tongue looked ten times as long! "Because when we look into it," Peter said, "we're reminded that things aren't really what they seem! Even if it looks that way."

不稳定。这是一面新的游乐园镜子，这面镜子真的很有趣！“少年怪兽童子军，乔治，”市长说，“今天你又给我们上了宝贵的一课。 重要的不是你的外表，而是你的行为。 我们过去很害怕怪物，因为他们看起来不一样，但他们总是来帮助我们。 还有乔治，人们注意到你，不是因为你长得怎么样……或者长得不怎么样……而是因为你帮助我们大家免于被催眠！”“那镜子是干什么用的呢？”狼问。 他伸出舌头，他的倒影看起来更傻了。 他的舌头看起来有十倍那么长！“因为当我们仔细观察它的时候，”彼得说，“我们就会发现，事情并不像它看起来的那样！即使看起来是这样。”

"But where did that hypnotizing mirror go?" Franky asked. "You know," said the mayor, "I really don't have the slightest idea."

“那面催眠镜去哪儿了？”弗兰奇问道。 “你知道，”市长说，“我真的一点也不知道。”