Chapter 4

CHAPTER 4 WHEN THE MAYOR STEPPED INTO the wagon, he was not disappointed. The walls of the wagon were painted a very fun color. There were polka dots and stripes and swirls and splatters of rainbow colors. The floor was covered in a very fun rug. It was fuzzy and warm and had plenty of pleasing patterns. There was also some very fun music playing from a little turntable in the corner. It was the kind of music that makes you want to tap your toes and snap your fingers and bob your head to the funky beat. And while all of these things were certainly fun, what really made the Fun House of Fun especially fun was the

当市长跨进马车时，他没有失望。 马车的墙壁被漆成一种非常有趣的颜色。 有圆点、条纹、漩涡和彩虹色的飞溅。 地板上铺着很有趣的地毯。 它毛茸茸的，温暖的，有很多令人愉快的图案。 还有一些非常有趣的音乐从一个小转盘在角落里播放。 这是一种让你想要敲你的脚趾，打你的手指，摇你的头的音乐。 虽然所有这些都很有趣，但真正让fun House of fun特别有趣的是

peculiar mirror standing in the very center of the wagon. The mayor stood before the mirror and made silly faces. He stuck out his tongue. He rolled his eyes. He pulled on his mustache. "Oh my," he said, "this certainly is fun!" But then something strange happened. Something very out of the ordinary. A large swirl formed in the middle of the mirror. It was a black-and-white swirl that began to spin, faster and faster and faster. The mayor could not look away. And then something even stranger happened. The mayor's eyes had the exact same swirl. He was hypnotized! His swirly eyes stared straight ahead, and he shuffled out the door on the other side of the wagon.

马车正中央有一面奇特的镜子。 市长站在镜子前做鬼脸。 他伸出舌头。他翻了个白眼。 他捋了捋胡子。 “哦，天哪，”他说，“这确实很有趣！”但是奇怪的事情发生了。 非常不寻常的事情。 镜子中间形成了一个大漩涡。 那是一个黑白相间的漩涡，开始旋转，越来越快，越来越快。 市长无法把目光移开。 然后更奇怪的事情发生了。 市长的眼睛也有一模一样的旋转。 他被催眠了！他那双旋转的眼睛直盯着前方，拖着脚走出车门，走到马车的另一边。

"How was it, Mayor?" asked one villager. "Fun," he said. "On a scale from one to ten, how fun was it?" asked another villager. "Fun," said the mayor. "That sounds like the most fun ever!" said a third villager. "I'm going to buy a hundred tickets!" "So. Much. Fun," said the mayor.

“怎么样，市长？”一个村民问。 “有趣，”他说。另一位村民问道：“从一到十分，你觉得好玩吗？” “有趣，”市长说。“听起来真是太好玩了！”第三个村民说。 “我要买一百张票！”“所以。 多。有趣，”市长说。

"That's right, ladies and gentle-villagers!" said the disguised Baron Von Grump. "Step right up and get your tickets here! The one and only Fun House of Fun!" The villagers lined up, waving their money in the air. They could not wait to enter the Fun House of Fun. Why, the mayor himself had said it was So. Much. Fun. "I'll take one," said a villager, waving her money at Baron Von Grump. "I'll take three," said another villager, shoving his money into Baron Von Grump's hands.

“没错，女士们、先生们——乡亲们！”乔装打扮的冯·格朗普男爵说。 “请到这里来取票！”唯一的欢乐之家！”村民们站成一排，在空中挥舞着他们的钱。 他们迫不及待地想进入“欢乐之屋”。 唉，市长自己也说过是这样的。 多。乐趣。“我要一个，”一个村民说，向冯·格朗普男爵挥舞着她的钱。 “我要三个，”另一个村民说，把他的钱塞到冯·格朗普男爵的手里。

"Fifteen for me!" said a third, pushing a wheelbarrow of money right up to the wagon. "I'll have this mirror paid off in no time," Baron Von Grump whispered to Edgar. "Caw?" asked Edgar. "Oh yes, very expensive," said Baron Von Grump. "Terribly expensive. But it'll be worth every penny once I have them all

“我十五块钱！”第三个人说着，推着一手推车钱走到马车跟前。 “我很快就能还清这面镜子的钱，”冯·格朗普男爵低声对埃德加说。 “法律？”艾加问。“哦，是的，非常贵。”冯·格朗普男爵说。 “非常昂贵。但一旦我得到了它们，每一分钱都是值得的

under my control." Baron Von Grump snickered. "These villagers don't even know that they're paying for their own hypnosis!" Baron Von Grump could not hand out tickets fast enough. Even Edgar couldn't keep up. As Baron Von Grump took the villagers' money, he handed it up to Edgar, who stashed it all under the baron's tall top hat. And as Edgar stashed the money in the tall top hat, the baron handed each villager a ticket. It read: ADMIT ONE FUN HOUSE OF FUN -NO REFUNDS- The line stretched from one end of the village to the other. Everyone wanted to have as much fun as the mayor had had. Nobody wanted to miss out. Not even Wolfy's little brothers and sisters.

在我的控制之下。”冯·格朗普男爵窃笑起来。 “这些村民甚至不知道他们是在为自己的催眠买单！”冯·格朗普男爵分发门票的速度不够快。 就连埃德加也跟不上。 当冯·格朗普男爵拿走村民们的钱时，他把钱交给了埃德加，埃德加把钱都藏在了男爵的高礼帽下面。 当埃德加把钱藏在高礼帽里时，男爵递给每个村民一张票。 它是这样写的：允许一个有趣的房子-不退款-队伍从村庄的一端延伸到另一端。 每个人都想和市长玩得一样开心。 没人想错过。 甚至连狼的弟弟妹妹都没有。