4. The Rules of Halloween

4 The Rules of Halloween We followed Michael's map until we came to the first house on Maple Street. We all ran up the front steps. Alexia rang the doorbell. A bald guy opened the door. "Oob!" we all shouted. "Oob?" the bald guy said. "Don't you mean boo?"

万圣节的规则我们顺着迈克尔的地图走到枫树街的第一所房子前。 我们都跑上前面的台阶。 亚历克西娅按响了门铃。一个秃顶的家伙开了门。 “噢！”我们都叫了起来。“哦？”秃头说。 “你是说嘘吗？”

"'Oob' is 'boo' backward I told him. Saying stuff backward is cool.* "Treat or trick!" yelled Ryan. "I guess you mean trick or treat," the bald guy said. "Well, what's the trick?" We all looked at each other. Nobody knew any tricks. It had never come up before. People always gave us candy, no questions asked. Maybe this guy just came to America a few days ago, and he didn't know how Halloween worked yet. "You're supposed to give us candy," I explained to the guy. "Then we leave." "What if I don't have any candy?" the guy asked. "You're supposed to play a trick on me." "We don't have any tricks," Neil told him. "Well, I don't have any candy," the guy replied.

“‘哦’是‘哦’，”我告诉他。 倒着说东西很酷。“不给糖就捣蛋！”瑞恩喊道。 “我猜你是说不给糖就捣蛋，”秃头说。 “那么，诀窍是什么呢？”我们都面面相觑。 没人知道什么把戏。这个问题以前从来没有提过。 人们总是给我们糖果，不问问题。 也许这家伙几天前才来美国，他还不知道万圣节是怎么回事。 “你应该给我们糖果，”我向那个人解释道。 “然后我们就走。”“如果我没有糖果怎么办？”男孩问。 “你应该跟我开个玩笑。” “我们没有什么花招，”尼尔告诉他。 “嗯，我没有糖果，”那人回答。

"How can you not have candy?" asked Alexia. "It's Halloween." "Yeah, don't you know the rules of Halloween mister?" I asked "I ate all my candy yesterday," the guy told us "I have a sweet tooth , and I couldn't resist." Some people just don't get Halloween. I bet that guy had plenty of candy, but he just wanted to give us a hard time. I'm not sure I would want his candy anyway. We got out of there fast. That guy was weird.

“你怎么能没有糖果呢？”亚历克西娅问。 “这是万圣节。”“是啊，难道你不知道万圣节的规矩吗，先生？”我问他：“我昨天把所有的糖果都吃光了。”那个人告诉我们：“我喜欢吃甜食，我就是忍不住。” 有些人就是不懂万圣节。 我打赌那家伙有很多糖果，但他只是想让我们难堪。 反正我也不确定要不要他的糖果。 我们很快就离开了那里。那家伙很奇怪。