Chapter 12

CHAPTER 12 "WE DID IT!" SAID IGOR Junior. "You certainly did!" boomed a very loud, very stern voice. "Look at this place!" "Dad?" said Igor Junior. Sure enough, Igor Junior's dad, Igor Senior, stood in the laboratory doorway. And just like Baron Von Grump, he did not look happy. He was also not alone. Doctor Frankenstein was with him. So were Dracula, Frankenstein, and Wolf Man. They also did not look happy. No one was looking happy. It was a very uncomfortable moment. "Look at my laboratory!" said Doctor Frankenstein.

第十二章“我们成功了！”小伊戈尔说。 “当然了！”一个非常响亮、非常严厉的声音低沉地说。 “看看这个地方！”“爸爸？”小伊戈尔说。 果然，小伊戈尔的爸爸老伊戈尔站在实验室门口。 就像冯·格朗普男爵一样，他看起来并不高兴。 他也不是一个人。弗兰肯斯坦博士和他在一起。 德古拉、弗兰肯斯坦和狼人也是如此。 他们看起来也不开心。 没有人看起来很高兴。这是一个非常不舒服的时刻。 “看看我的实验室！”弗兰肯斯坦博士说。

"What did I say, Igor Junior?" asked Igor Senior. "I said one thing. I said, 'Igor Junior —'" "'Do not pull that lever,'" mumbled Igor Junior. "And what did you do?" Igor Senior asked. "I pulled the lever," said Igor Junior. "And one more question," said Dracula. "What's with all the rats? I thought they lived in the basement." "We were promised cheesy popcorn," said Boris. "Yeah," said the rest of the rats.

“我说什么来着，小伊戈尔？”老伊戈尔问。 “我只说了一件事。我说，‘小伊戈尔- ’ ‘ ’ ‘不要拉那个杠杆，’ ‘ ’小伊戈尔咕哝着。 “那你做了什么？”老伊戈尔问。 “我拉了控制杆，”小伊戈尔说。 “还有一个问题。”德古拉说。 “这些老鼠是怎么回事？” 我还以为他们住在地下室呢。” “他们答应给我们买芝士爆米花。”鲍里斯说。 “是的，”其他老鼠说。

Now all the adults did not look as angry. They looked confused. They had no idea what cheesy popcorn had to do with anything, let alone the terrible mess in the laboratory. And they certainly had no idea why the rats would have been promised cheesy popcorn.

现在所有的成年人看起来都不那么生气了。 他们看起来很困惑。他们不知道奶酪爆米花和什么有关系，更不用说实验室里可怕的混乱了。 他们当然也不知道为什么要给老鼠吃芝士爆米花。

"That's the thing," said Vampyra. "Igor Junior did not pull the lever by himself." "He didn't?" Igor Senior asked. "Well, maybe the first time," said Franky. "But then we all pulled the lever." "You did?" asked Frankenstein. "Why would you do that?" Wolf Man asked. "Why would you pull the lever when you were told not to?" "To save the village," said Wolfy. "They needed electricity for their birthday celebration." "Don't forget the cheesy popcorn!" said Boris. "And for their popcorn machines," said Igor Junior. "And lights so they can judge the windup monsters for the first ever Monster Mash competition," Franky said. "And for their merry-go-round," said Wolfy.

“问题就在这里。” “小伊戈尔不是自己拉杆的。” “他没有?”老伊戈尔问。 “嗯，也许是第一次，”弗兰基说。 “但后来我们都拉了杠杆。” “是吗？”弗兰肯斯坦问。 “你为什么要这么做？”狼人问。 “当你被告知不要拉杆时，你为什么要拉杆？”“为了拯救村庄，”狼说。 “他们需要电来庆祝生日。” “别忘了奶酪爆米花！”鲍里斯说。 “还有他们的爆米花机，”小伊戈尔说。 弗兰基说：“还有灯光，这样他们就可以在首届怪物大杂碎大赛中判断上发条的怪物。” “还有他们的旋转木马，”狼说。

"We were just trying to help," said Vampyra. All the adults looked at them for a moment. Nobody said anything. They scrunched their eyebrows. They shuffled their feet. They looked at one another. "Give us a moment, children," said Dracula. He and the other parents put their heads together in a huddle. They lowered their voices and talked about adult things in very low, adult tones. Sometimes they pointed. Sometimes they shrugged. "Thanks for standing by me," said Igor Junior to the Junior Monster Scouts. Franky clapped him on the shoulder. "That's what friends do." Finally the adults turned back around. Dracula cleared his throat. "Okay, kids," he said. "Because you were honest and did what you were not supposed to do for a good

“我们只是想帮忙。”万皮拉说。 所有的大人都看了他们一会儿。 没人说话。他们皱着眉头。 他们拖着脚。他们面面相觑。 “给我们一点时间，孩子们。”德古拉说。 他和其他父母把头凑在一起。 他们压低声音，用非常低的成人语调谈论成人的事情。 有时他们指给我看。有时他们耸耸肩。 “谢谢你们支持我，”小伊戈尔对少年怪兽童子军说。 弗兰克拍了拍他的肩膀。 “这就是朋友该做的。”最后，大人们转过身来。 德古拉清了清喉咙。 “好吧，孩子们，”他说。“因为你很诚实，做了不该做的事

and helpful reason, you are not grounded. You may go to the village birthday celebration after you have helped Igor Junior clean up this mess of a laboratory." "Every bolt, beaker, and bucket of parts," said Doctor Frankenstein. "And you, Igor Junior," said Igor Senior. "Because you pulled the lever the first time, when you were specifically told not to, you are grounded..." Igor Junior's lip trembled. He just nodded and stared at the floor. "After you enjoy the village birthday celebration and a bucket of cheesy popcorn," finished Igor Senior. Igor Junior looked up with a surprised smile on his face. "Really?" he said. "A big birthday bash like this does not happen every day, and you did help make it possible," said Igor Senior. "But starting

有用的理由是，你没有被禁足。 在你帮小伊戈尔把这个乱七八糟的实验室打扫干净之后，你就可以去参加村里的生日庆典了。” “每一个螺栓，每一个烧杯，每一桶零件。”弗兰肯斯坦博士说。 “还有你，小伊戈尔。”老伊戈尔说。 “因为你第一次拉了控制杆，当你被明确告知不要这样做的时候，你被禁足了……” 小伊戈尔的嘴唇颤抖着。 他只是点了点头，盯着地板。 “在你享受村里的生日庆典和一桶奶酪爆米花之后，”老伊戈尔说。 小伊戈尔抬起头来，脸上带着惊讶的微笑。 “真的吗？”他说。老伊戈尔说：“像这样盛大的生日狂欢不是每天都有，是你让它成为可能。” “但是开始