5 The Sequel to Halloween

Chapter 5 The Sequel to Halloween It was getting dark outside when my mom finally came to pick me up from school. "So, tell me all about the after-school program," she said as we got into the car. "What did you do?" "Nothin'," I said. Any time your mom asks what you did during the day, always say "Nothin'." Even if an alien spaceship landed in the middle of the lunchroom that day, just tell your mom that nothing happened. Even if a spaceship landed and a bunch of alien Elvis impersonators got out and sang "Hound Dog," just say "Nothin'." That's the first rule of being a kid. "Did you and The Six Moms make a lot

当我妈妈终于从学校来接我时，外面已经天黑了。 “那么，跟我说说课外活动吧，”我们上车时她说。 “你做了什么？”“没什么，”我说。 任何时候你妈妈问你白天做了什么，总是说“没事”。 即使那天一艘外星飞船降落在餐厅中央，也要告诉你妈妈什么都没发生。 即使一艘宇宙飞船着陆了，一群外星人猫王模仿者出来唱《猎犬》，你也要说“没什么”。 这是当孩子的第一准则。 “你和六位妈妈赚了很多钱吗？

of sandwiches today?" I asked her. "No, we don't have any customers yet," Mom told me. "Our company is just getting off the ground." I told her that it will be hard to make sandwiches if her company is floating around in the air. We emptied out my backpack, and there was a sheet of paper inside telling the parents all about the Ella Mentry School food drive. So my mom called Ryan's, Michael's, and Neil's moms and arranged for me and my friends to go out collecting food together. The next day was Saturday, and me and the guys met up at Michael's house. Our moms gave us pillowcases to hold the food we collected. Then we went door-to-door around the neighborhood asking for food. "We're collecting food for hungry

今天的三明治？”我问她。 “没有，我们还没有顾客，”妈妈告诉我。 “我们公司才刚刚起步。” 我告诉她，如果她的公司在空中漂浮，那就很难做三明治了。 我们清空了我的背包，里面有一张纸，上面写着艾拉·门特里学校的食物募捐活动。 所以我妈妈打电话给瑞恩家、迈克尔家和尼尔家的妈妈，安排我和我的朋友们一起出去收集食物。 第二天是星期六，我和朋友们在迈克尔家碰头。 我们的妈妈给了我们枕套来装我们收集的食物。 然后我们挨家挨户地在附近讨吃的。 “我们在为饥饿的人收集食物

people," we said at the first house we visited. The lady gave us a can of tomato sauce. "We're collecting food for hungry people," we said at the next house. A man gave us a can of beans. We went to a bunch of houses, and everybody was happy to give us some food. The pillowcases were starting to get heavy. When we came to the next house, you'll never believe in a million hundred years who answered the door. Nobody. You can't answer doors, because doors don't talk. But you'll never believe

人们，”我们在拜访的第一户人家说。 那位女士给了我们一罐番茄酱。 “我们在为饥饿的人收集食物，”我们在下一家说。 一个男人给了我们一罐豆子。 我们去了很多家，每个人都很高兴给我们一些食物。 枕套开始变得沉重起来。 当我们来到下一个房子时，你永远也不会相信是谁开的门。 没有人。你不能开门，因为门不会说话。 但你永远不会相信

who opened the door. It was Mr. Klutz! "Ah!" he said. "I see you boys are collecting food for the food drive. Good work! Here's a can of soup." "Thanks, Mr. Klutz!" we said. "Remember, if you kids collect 3,000 pounds of food, I'll jump out of a plane in an ape suit and land on the roof of the school." "How will you be able to see the roof of the school from the sky?" Michael asked. "There's a big red circle on the roof," Mr. Klutz told us. "I should be able to land right on it unless there's a lot of wind that day." Before we left, Mr. Klutz gave all of us cookies. We ate them as we walked down the street. "Y'know," Ryan said as we ate our cookies, "this is almost like Halloween! We

是谁开的门。是克鲁茨先生！“啊！”他说。 “我看到你们在为食品募捐活动收集食物。 干得好!这是一罐汤。” “谢谢，克鲁茨先生！”我们说。 “记住，如果你们这些孩子能收集到3000磅的食物，我就会穿着猩猩装从飞机上跳下来，降落在学校的屋顶上。” “你怎么能从天上看到学校的屋顶呢？”迈克尔问道。 “屋顶上有一个大红圈，”克鲁茨告诉我们。 “除非那天风很大，否则我应该能在上面着陆。” 在我们离开之前，克鲁茨先生给了我们所有人饼干。 我们边走边吃。 “你知道吗，”我们吃饼干的时候瑞恩说，“这简直就像万圣节！我们

just knocked on Mr. Klutz's door, and he gave us treats." That's when I came up with the greatest idea in the history of the world. When Ryan knocked on the next door and a lady opened it, I held out my pillowcase and yelled, "Trick or treat!" "Isn't Halloween in October?" the lady asked. "That was months ago." I didn't know what to say. I didn't know what to do. I had to think fast. "You know how really good movies have sequels?" I said. "Well, they decided that really good holidays should have sequels, too. Today is the sequel to Halloween." "The sequel to Halloween?" the lady said. "Hmmm, I never heard of that." "Oh, it was in all the newspapers," I told her. "But you boys aren't even wearing

敲了敲克鲁茨先生的门，他给了我们好吃的。” 就在那时，我想到了世界历史上最伟大的想法。 赖安敲了敲隔壁的门，一位女士打开了门，我拿出枕套喊道：“不给糖就捣蛋！”“万圣节不是在十月吗？”女士问。 “那是几个月前的事了。”我不知道该说什么。 我不知道该怎么办。我必须快速思考。 “你知道真正的好电影都有续集吗？”我说。 “嗯，他们认为真正好的假期也应该有续集。 今天是万圣节的续集。” “万圣节的续集？”女士说。 “嗯，我从来没听说过。” “哦，所有的报纸都登了，”我告诉她。 “可你们这些男孩子连衣服都没穿

costumes," she said. "Oh, costumes aren't allowed on the sequel to Halloween," I told her. "Everybody knows that." "Well... okay," the lady said. "Let me see if I have any candy." She came back a minute later with four Hershey bars. "Thanks!" we all said. "Happy Halloween!" What a scam!

服装，”她说。“哦，万圣节续集是不允许穿戏服的，”我告诉她。 “每个人都知道。”“嗯…… 好吧，”女士说。“让我看看我有没有糖果。” 一分钟后，她拿着四块好时巧克力回来了。 “谢谢！”我们都说。“万圣节快乐!”真是个骗局！