01 The Case of the Bothersome Brother

MEGAN McDONALD JUDY MOODY Girl Defective

梅根麦克唐纳朱迪穆迪女孩缺陷

The Case of the Bothersome Brother It was a dark and stormy night. Rain slashed the window. Lightning flashed and thunder crashed. Spooky shadows like giant teeth danced across the walls. Tick-tock, tick-tock went the old clock, thumping like a scary heartbeat. Quiet as a ghost, she climbed the dark, dark stairs. In her bare feet, she tiptoed down the dark, dark hallway to the dark, dark door. She tapped one, two, three times, signaling in Morse code. Just then, the door creaked open. Knock-knock.

那是一个漆黑的风雨交加的夜晚。 雨水划破了窗户。电闪雷鸣。 可怕的影子像巨大的牙齿在墙上跳舞。 嘀嗒，嘀嗒，旧钟像可怕的心跳一样砰砰作响。 她悄无声息地爬上漆黑的楼梯。 她光着脚，蹑手蹑脚地走过漆黑的走廊，来到漆黑的门口。 她敲了一、二、三下，用摩尔斯电码发出信号。 正在这时，门嘎吱一声开了。 能听懂。

"AAHHH!" screamed Judy from under the covers of her top bunk bed. She let go of the Mood Libs tablet she'd been writing in. It sailed through the air, bonking Stink on the noggin. "Ouch!" yelled Stink, rubbing his head. "Watch the brains! You're gonna give me an egg on my head." "You already are an egghead, Stink," Judy teased. "Well, you didn't have to throw the book at me." "At least it wasn't the encyclopedia. That's what you get for scaring the pants off me while I was writing a spooky Mood Libs story."

“啊啊啊！”朱迪躲在上铺的被窝里尖叫起来。 她放下了一直在用的Mood Libs平板电脑。 它在空中飞过，“臭”在脑袋上砰砰作响。 “哎哟！”臭臭揉着头大叫。 “当心他的脑子！”你要在我头上放个鸡蛋。” “臭臭，你已经是个书呆子了。”朱迪揶揄道。 “好吧，你没必要对我进行惩罚。” “至少不是百科全书。 这就是你在我写《Mood Libs》的恐怖故事时吓得我裤子掉下来的下场。”

"Why are you under the covers? It's the

“你为什么躲在被子里？” 这是

middle of the day." "Nancy Drew says a person should never be afraid of the dark. So I was practicing." "Why do you have a flashlight?" "A good detective always keeps a flashlight under her pillow." "Does Nancy Drew do that?" "Hel-lo! Haven't you read The Message in the Hollow Oak?" "I'm not a Nancy Drew cuckoo-head like some people!" "Can I help it if I'm trying to read all fifty-six original Nancy Drew classics?" Stink waved the Mood Libs book at her. "Does Nancy Drew throw stuff at her brother, too?" "Nancy Drew doesn't have a brother. But if

中午的时候。”“南希·德鲁说，一个人永远不应该害怕黑暗。 所以我一直在练习。”“你为什么拿着手电筒？”“一个好侦探总是在枕头下放一个手电筒。” “南希·德鲁会那样做吗？”“Hel-lo !你没读过《空心橡树寄语》吗？”“我不像有些人那样是南希·德鲁（Nancy Drew）的杜鹃脑袋！”“如果我要读全部56本《神探南茜》原著，我能忍住吗？”臭臭向她挥舞着《心情词典》。 “南希·德鲁也会朝她哥哥扔东西吗？”“南希·德鲁没有兄弟。 但是,如果

she did, I'm sure she'd throw stuff if he scared the jeepers out of her." "Jeepers?" "That's Nancy Drew talk, Stink. Get a clue." "Do Nancy Drew mysteries have any stuff that blows up? Good mysteries have stuff that blows up. Like boats or cakes or maybe exploding motorcycles?" "No, Stink. Nancy Drew mysteries have old clocks and hidden diaries and squeaky steps and stuff." "Oh," said Stink. He did not sound one teeny bit scared. He sounded a teeny bit bored. "But Nancy Drew mysteries do have stuff like exploding oranges and flaming rockets and spooky old mansions. Lots of mansions. And they are all haunted, and one time Nancy Drew

我敢肯定，如果他把她吓得魂不守散，她一定会扔东西的。” “天呀?”“臭小子，这是南希·德鲁的话。 找个线索。”“《神探南茜》的推理小说里有爆炸的东西吗？” 优秀的推理剧都有爆炸的情节。 比如船、蛋糕或者爆炸的摩托车？”“不,臭。 《神探南茜》里有古老的时钟、隐藏的日记、吱吱作响的脚步声等等。” “哦，”臭臭说。他听起来一点也不害怕。 他听起来有点无聊。 但《神探南茜》的推理小说中确实有爆炸的橙子、燃烧的火箭和令人毛骨悚然的老宅子之类的东西。 很多豪宅。他们都闹鬼，还有一次是《神探南茜