9. Ms. Leakey Is Everywhere!

Chapter 9 Ms. Leakey Is Everywhere! That night I was lying in bed. It was hard to fall asleep. All I could do was think about candy, cookies, cakes, ice cream, and junk food. I just wanted to taste something sweet again. Then, suddenly, a lightbulb appeared over my head. I remembered something. A few months back, on Halloween, I'd taken a Hershey bar out of my Halloween candy and hidden it in my closet. I'd known there would come a day when I would want candy after Halloween was over. I had forgotten about it all this time. The Hershey bar was still in my closet! I could eat it now! This was the greatest night of my life! I got out of bed and opened my closet

第九章到处都是利基小姐！那天晚上我躺在床上。 很难入睡。 我能想到的只有糖果、饼干、蛋糕、冰淇淋和垃圾食品。 我只是想再尝点甜的。 然后，突然，一个灯泡出现在我的头上。 我想起来了。几个月前的万圣节，我从我的万圣节糖果里拿出一块好时巧克力棒，藏在我的壁橱里。 我早就知道，总有一天，万圣节过后我想要糖果。 我一直都把它忘了。 好时巧克力棒还在我的衣橱里！我现在就可以吃了！这是我一生中最美好的夜晚！我下了床，打开衣柜

door. There's a lot of junk in there, but finally I found the Hershey bar. I climbed back into bed with the Hershey bar. I unwrapped the Hershey bar. Ummm. It smelled good. I was about to take a bite of the Hershey bar when the weirdest thing in the history of the world happened. Ms. Leakey jumped out from under my bed! "Aaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh!" I screamed. "DROP THAT HERSHEY BAR, A.J.!" Ms. Leakey said. I dropped the Hershey bar. She picked it up. "Why are you hiding under my bed?" I asked her. "How did you get in here?" "I climbed in the window," she told me. "Do you know the average person eats

门。里面有很多垃圾，但最后我找到了好时巧克力棒。 我拿着好时巧克力棒爬回床上。 我打开好时巧克力棒的包装。 嗯。闻起来很香。我正要咬一口好时巧克力棒，这时世界上最奇怪的事情发生了。 利基小姐从我床底下跳了出来！“Aaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh !”我尖叫起来。 “放下那块好时巧克力，aj ”Ms。 李基说。我掉了好时巧克力棒。 她把它捡起来。“你为什么躲在我床底下？”我问她。 “你是怎么进来的?”“我从窗户爬进去的，”她告诉我。 “你知道一般人吃

twenty-two pounds of candy every year?" "But I just…" "Well, if you'll excuse me," Ms. Leakey said, "I need to go do some squat thrusts."

每年22磅的糖果？”“好吧，如果你不介意的话。” 利基说：“我需要做一些深蹲推举。”

I had no idea what a squat thrust was, but it didn't matter. Ms. Leakey opened my window and climbed out. She was gone. I was still sitting up in bed when my door opened. It was Mom and Dad. "A.J., are you okay?" Mom asked. "We heard a scream," said Dad. "Ms. Leakey was here!" I told them. "She was hiding under my bed! I went to eat a Hershey bar, but she grabbed it out of my hand! And then she ran away!" "There, there," my mom told me as she stroked my head. "You were just having a bad dream. Everything's fine, A.J." "See?" my dad said. "Ms. Leakey isn't under your bed. It was just a nightmare." "No, she was really here!" I insisted. "She ran away! She climbed out the window!"

我不知道什么是深蹲推力，但没关系。 利基女士打开窗户，爬了出去。 她走了。我还在床上坐着，门开了。 是爸爸妈妈。“aj，你还好吗？”母亲问。 “我们听到一声尖叫，”爸爸说。 “利基女士来过！”我告诉了他们。 “她躲在我床底下！”我去吃好时巧克力棒，但她从我手里抢走了！然后她就跑了！”“好了，好了，”妈妈抚摸着我的头对我说。 “你只是做了一个噩梦。 一切都很好，A.J.。”“看到了吗？”爸爸说。 “利基女士不在你的床底下。 这简直就是一场噩梦。”“不，她真的在这里！”我坚持。 “她跑了！”她从窗户爬出去了！”

"Sure she did," Dad said.

“当然了，”爸爸说。

"You go back to sleep, A.J." said my mom. "In the morning you probably won't even remember that this happened." Oh, I'll remember. I know what I saw. Ms. Leakey was hiding under my bed, just like she was hiding under the candy in the supermarket. She was following me! She was watching my every move to make sure I didn't eat candy, cookies, or junk food. She probably put a GPS in my brain so she could track me. Ms. Leakey was everywhere.

“你回去睡觉吧，aj。” 妈妈说。“到了早上，你可能都不记得发生了什么。” 哦，我会记得的。我知道我看到了什么。 利基女士躲在我的床底下，就像她躲在超市的糖果下面一样。 她在跟踪我！她监视着我的一举一动，确保我不吃糖果、饼干或垃圾食品。 她可能在我脑子里装了GPS这样她就能跟踪我了。 利基女士无处不在。