9 Tattletales

Chapter 9 Tattletales I didn't believe for a minute that Mr. Granite was born in New Jersey. He was an alien from another planet for sure. And even though we didn't have a picture of him peeling off his face, we decided there was only one thing left for us to do: We had to tell Mr. Klutz. The next morning we all met at school early to go to Mr. Klutz's office. When we got there, he was wearing one of those weird square hats we had to wear at graduation. And he was sticking his head out the window. "Why are you sticking your head out the window?" Ryan asked. "Oh, excuse me," said Mr. Klutz, pulling

我一点也不相信格拉尼特先生是在新泽西出生的。 他肯定是来自另一个星球的外星人。 尽管我们没有他撕脸的照片，但我们觉得只有一件事要做：我们必须告诉克鲁茨先生。 第二天早上，我们都早早地在学校集合，一起去克鲁茨先生的办公室。 当我们到那里时，他戴着一顶我们毕业时必须戴的奇怪的方形帽子。 他把头伸出窗外。 “你为什么把头伸出窗外？”瑞恩问道。 “哦，对不起，”克鲁茨先生一边拉着绳子一边说

his head back inside. "I had to sharpen my pencil." "You have a pencil sharpener outside your window?" asked Michael. "No, I was just gathering solar energy to power my pencil sharpener," Mr. Klutz told us. "See? This cap has a solar panel in it. It was Mr. Granite's idea." Mr. Klutz showed us how to sharpen a pencil with his solar-powered pencil sharpener. It was cool. "We wanted to talk to you about Mr. Granite," said Ryan. "I'm all ears," Mr. Klutz said. "You are not," I told him. "You have eyes and a nose and a mouth, too. It would be weird to be all ears."

他的头回到了里面。“我得削铅笔。” “你窗外有把卷笔刀？”迈克尔问。 “不，我只是在收集太阳能，给我的卷笔刀供电，”克鲁茨告诉我们。 “看到了吗?这顶帽子里有一块太阳能板。 这是格拉尼特先生的主意。” 克鲁茨先生向我们展示了如何用他的太阳能卷笔刀削铅笔。 很酷。“我们想跟你谈谈格拉尼特先生，”瑞安说。 “我洗耳恭听，”克鲁茨说。 “你不是，”我告诉他。 “你也有眼睛、鼻子和嘴巴。 全神贯注地听会很奇怪。”

"It's just an expression, dumbhead," said Andrea, rolling her eyes. "It means Mr. Klutz is listening." "I knew that," I lied. "Anyway, we think there's something weird about Mr. Granite." "Yes, I agree," Mr. Klutz said. "I can't put my finger on it." "Why would you want to put your finger on it?" I asked. "Mr. Granite lives in a pod," Emily said.

“这只是一种表达，笨蛋，”安德烈翻着白眼说。 “这意味着克鲁茨先生在听。” “我知道。”我撒了个谎。“不管怎么说，我们觉得花岗岩先生有点奇怪。” “是的，我同意，”克鲁茨说。 “我说不清楚。” “你为什么要把你的手指放在它上面？”我问。 “花岗岩先生住在一个豆荚里，”艾米丽说。

"And he has no nose hair," said Michael. "Mr. Klutz," said Andrea, "we suspect that Mr. Granite is from another planet." "Hmmmm," said Mr. Klutz. "It's funny you should mention that. The other day I saw a flying saucer in the teachers' lounge." "WHAT?!" we all shouted. "You did?" "Yes," said Mr. Klutz, "the teachers were throwing their teacups around again. I'll have to make another announcement about that." "If Mr. Granite is an alien, will you have to fire him?" asked Emily. "Or attack him with laser beams?" asked Ryan. "Hmmmm," said Mr. Klutz.* "This has never come up before. I'm not sure aliens from other planets are allowed to teach third grade. I'll have to check in the Board of Education rule book."

“他没有鼻毛，”迈克尔说。 “克鲁茨先生，”安德烈说，“我们怀疑格拉尼特先生来自另一个星球。” “嗯，”克鲁茨说。“你提到这件事真有趣。 前几天我在教师休息室看到了一个飞碟。” “什么？！”我们都喊道。“你做的?”“是的，”克鲁茨先生说，“老师们又把茶杯扔得到处都是。 关于那件事，我得再宣布一次。” “如果花岗岩先生是外星人，你会解雇他吗？”艾米丽问。 “或者用激光束攻击他？”瑞恩问。 “嗯，”克鲁茨说。“这个问题以前从来没有提过。 我不确定其他星球的外星人是否被允许教三年级。 我得查一下教育委员会的规章制度。”

"I'm bored of education," I said. "In the meantime," said Mr. Klutz, "let's all keep our eyes peeled." "That will probably hurt," I told him. "Can't we just watch Mr. Granite instead?" "Okay, let's do that," he said. "I want to know everything about him. I want to know what makes him tick." "Mr. Granite ticks?" I asked. "Maybe there's a clock inside him. Like the crocodile in Peter Pan." "Maybe there's a bomb inside him!" Ryan said. "Mr. Granite swallowed a bomb?" asked Emily. "We've got to do something!"

“我厌倦了教育，”我说。 “与此同时，”克鲁茨说，“让我们都睁大眼睛。” “那可能会很疼，”我告诉他。 “我们就不能看格拉尼特先生吗？”“好吧，就这么办吧，”他说。 “我想知道关于他的一切。 我想知道他的动力是什么。” “花岗岩扁虱先生？”我问。 “也许他体内有个钟。 就像《彼得潘》里的鳄鱼一样。” “也许他体内有炸弹！”瑞恩说。 “格拉尼特先生吞了一颗炸弹？”爱米丽问。 “我们必须做点什么！”

"Run for your lives!" shouted Neil the nude kid. And we all went running out of Mr. Klutz's office.

“逃命！”裸体小孩尼尔喊道。 我们都跑出了克鲁茨先生的办公室。