11. The Return of the Halloween Monster

11 The Return of the Halloween Monster "Ahhhhhhhhhhh!" we all screamed. "It's the Halloween Monster!" That big, ugly, disgusting, furry Halloween Monster was standing right in front of us! He must have followed us to Mrs. Yonkers's house. "Run for your lives!" shouted Neil the nude kid. But there was no place to run. There was no place to hide. We were trapped in the kitchen. Emily was on the floor, freaking out. For once I couldn't blame her. We were all freaking out. "Who are you?" Mrs. Yonkers yelled at the Halloween Monster. "Get out of my

“啊啊啊啊啊！”我们都尖叫起来。 “是万圣节怪兽！”那个又大又丑又恶心的毛茸茸的万圣节怪物就站在我们面前！他一定是跟着我们去了扬克斯太太家。 “逃命！”裸体小孩尼尔喊道。 但却无处可逃。 没有地方可躲。 我们被困在厨房里了。 艾米丽躺在地板上，吓坏了。 这一次我不能怪她。 我们都吓坏了。“你是谁？”扬克斯太太对着万圣节怪物大吼大叫。 “滚出我的。

house, you varmint! I didn't invite you in here." "Take our candy!" I shouted. "Go ahead. I don't want it. Just don't chop us up into little pieces. Please!" "I don't want your dumb candy," the Halloween Monster said angrily. "What do you want then?" asked Andrea. "I want... the MicroMole 4000 Expandinator!" the Halloween Monster shouted. WHAT?! "No!" Mrs. Yonkers yelled, wrapping her arms around the MicroMole 4000 Expandinator. "This is my invention!" "But soon it will be mine," said the Halloween Monster. "Think of it. I could build a larger version of your machine. Then I could take solid gold coins and turn

豪斯，你这个恶棍！我没有邀请你进来。” “拿走我们的糖果！”我叫道。 ”继续。我不想要。 别把我们切成碎片就行。 请!”“我不想要你的愚蠢的糖果，”万圣节怪物生气地说。 “那你想要什么？”安德烈问。 “我想要……小鼹鼠4000膨胀器！”万圣节怪物喊道。 什么? !“不!”扬克斯太太喊着，双手抱着小鼹鼠4000膨胀器。 “这是我的发明！”“但很快它就会是我的。”万圣节怪物说。 “想想看。我可以造一个更大的你的机器。 然后我可以拿纯金硬币，然后转弯

them into solid gold manhole covers! I could take a compact car and turn it into an SUV! I could climb inside the MicroMole 4000 Expandinator and supersize myself. I would become a giant! With this technology, I could... rule the world! Aha-ha-ha-ha-ha!" The Halloween Monster let out an evil, cackling laugh. He was obviously crazy. Any time somebody says they want to rule the world and they let out an evil, cackling laugh, you know they're nuts. "Get out of here before I call the police, you varmint!" shouted Mrs. Yonkers as she reached for the phone with one hand. "First hand over the MicroMole 4000 Expandinator," said the Halloween Monster. "Never!" yelled Mrs. Yonkers. "Don't make this difficult, lady," said the Halloween Monster. "Just give me the machine, and nobody will get hurt."

它们变成了纯金的井盖！我可以把一辆小型轿车变成一辆SUV！我可以爬进微型鼹鼠4000膨胀器把自己变大。 我要变成巨人！有了这项技术，我可以… 统治世界！Aha-ha-ha-ha-ha !”万圣节怪物发出了邪恶的咯咯的笑声。 他显然是疯了。任何时候，只要有人说他们想统治世界，然后发出邪恶的咯咯笑，你就知道他们疯了。 “在我叫警察之前滚出去，你这个恶棍！”扬克斯太太一边喊一边伸手去拿电话。 “我第一次拿到小鼹鼠4000膨胀器。”万圣节怪物说。 “决不！”扬克斯太太嚷道。 “别为难我，女士。”万圣节怪物说。 “把机器给我，没人会受伤的。”

"No way!" "You heard her," I yelled at the Halloween Monster. "Get out of here! She's not going to give it to you." "Oh, well," he said, "then I guess I'm just going to have to take it." He reached out to grab the MicroMole 4000 Expandinator from Mrs. Yonkers's hands. She held on tight. The Halloween Monster got hold of the MicroMole 4000 Expandinator! Mrs. Yonkers grabbed it back! Then the two of them were wrestling on the floor and yelling at each other! Watching grown-ups wrestle is cool. And we got to see it live and in person. You should have been there!

“不可能!”“你听到她说的了。”我对万圣节怪物喊道。 “滚出去！”她不会给你的。” “哦，好吧，”他说，“那我想我只好接受了。” 他伸手从扬克斯太太手中抢过小鼹鼠4000膨胀器。 她紧紧地抓着。万圣节怪兽拿到了微型鼹鼠4000膨胀器！扬克斯太太把它抢了回来！然后他们俩在地板上扭打在一起，对着对方大喊大叫！看成年人摔跤很酷。 而且我们还能亲眼看到。 你应该去的！

And then, suddenly, the most amazing thing in the history of the world happened. Two men burst in the front door. They were wearing policeman costumes. "Freeze, dirtbag!" they hollered at the Halloween Monster. Cops on TV always shout "Freeze, dirtbag" at bad guys. Nobody knows why. Everybody froze. But not really. It would have had to be really cold in Mrs. Yonkers's house for everybody to freeze. "Step away from the machine, mister," said one of the guys dressed up as a policeman. "Put your hands in the air." The Halloween Monster stepped away from the MicroMole 4000 Expandinator and put his hands up. "Hey, those are great costumes," I said. "I've never seen a trick-or-treater dressed up

然后，突然间，世界历史上最神奇的事情发生了。 两个人破门而入。 他们穿着警察服装。 “别动，混蛋！”他们对万圣节怪物喊道。 电视上的警察总是对着坏人喊“别动，混蛋”。 没人知道为什么。每个人都冻结了。 但事实并非如此。只有在扬克斯太太家非常冷的情况下，大家才会冻僵。 “先生，离机器远点，”其中一个打扮成警察的人说。 “把手举起来。” 万圣节怪兽从微型鼹鼠4000膨胀器旁走开，举起双手。 “嘿，这些服装真棒，”我说。 “我从没见过一个不给糖就捣蛋的人打扮得漂漂亮亮的