6. The Halloween Monster

6 The Halloween Monster We all followed Andrea so we could go to Mrs. Yonkers's house and get the magical Halloween surprise treat. She made a left at Avondale Avenue. Then she made a right at Redman Road. Then she made a left at West End Street. Those streets weren't on Michael's map. I didn't know where we were anymore. Andrea looked a little confused. It seemed like she didn't know where she was either. "Where does Mrs. Yonkers live anyway?" I asked her. "I know her house is around here somewhere," Andrea said. "Maybe it's down this street." But it wasn't down that street. And it wasn't down the next street either. We

我们都跟着安德里亚，这样我们就可以去扬克斯太太家，得到万圣节的神奇惊喜。 她在埃文代尔大街向左拐。 然后她在红人路右转。 然后她在西区街向左拐。 那些街道不在迈克尔的地图上。 我都不知道我们在哪里了。 安德烈看上去有点困惑。 她似乎也不知道自己身在何处。 “扬克斯太太住在哪儿？”我问她。 “我知道她家就在附近的某个地方，”安德里亚说。 “也许就在这条街上。” 但不是在那条街上。 而且也不在隔壁那条街。 我们

passed by a big field. The houses were getting farther apart. We must have walked a million hundred miles. We didn't find Mrs. Yonkers's house, and we weren't even getting candy anymore. This wasn't fun at all. The sun was going down. Soon it would be dark out. Suddenly, Andrea stopped. "I'm lost," she admitted. "Lost?" asked Emily. She looked like she was going to cry. "I don't know which way to go," said Andrea. "I'm scared." To be honest with you, I was a little scared myself. But part of me was happy that we were lost. In school, Little Miss Know-It-All never makes any mistakes. She's always in control of everything. Now we were lost, and it was all Andrea's fault. Ha! It was kind of fun to

经过一片大田野。房子之间的距离越来越远。 我们一定走了一百万英里。 我们没找到扬克斯太太的家，甚至连糖果都没有了。 这一点也不好玩。太阳要下山了。 很快，外面就黑了。 突然，安德烈停了下来。“我迷路了，”她承认。 “迷路了？”艾米丽问。她看起来好像要哭了。 “我不知道该走哪条路，”安德烈说。 “我害怕。”说实话，我自己也有点害怕。 但我内心的一部分很高兴我们迷路了。 在学校里，万事通小姐从不犯错。 她总是能掌控一切。 现在我们迷路了，都是安德里亚的错。 哈!这很有趣

watch her freak out for a change. "Y'know," I said, "this is just the kind of neighborhood where the Halloween Monster would be hiding." "Halloween Monster?" asked Emily, her eyes wide open. "You never heard of the Halloween Monster?" I asked her. "He lives in a cave, and he only comes out on Halloween. Every year on this night, he sneaks up from behind, chops kids into little pieces, steals their candy, and keeps it for himself. Stuff like that happens all the time, you know." I was totally yanking Emily's chain. There was no such thing as a Halloween Monster. I just made it up. "Arlo, stop trying to scare Emily," Andrea said. "I'm scared!" said Emily. "Dudes, we need to get out of here," Billy

看看她怎么变的。 “你知道，”我说，“这就是万圣节怪物会躲的地方。” “万圣节怪物？”爱米丽睁大眼睛问。 “你没听说过万圣节怪兽吗？”我问她。 “他住在一个山洞里，只在万圣节出来。 每年的这个晚上，他都会从后面溜过去，把孩子们切成小块，偷走他们的糖果，自己留着。 你知道，这样的事情经常发生。” 我完全是在玩弄艾米丽 没有万圣节怪物这种东西。 我刚编的。“阿乐，别吓唬艾米丽了，”安德里亚说。 “我害怕！”爱米丽说。“伙计们，我们得离开这里，”比利说

said. "We could be stranded in the middle of nowhere for the rest of our lives." "At least we have something to eat so we can survive," Ryan said. "I think we should eat some candy so we don't starve to death." "Didn't we just eat some candy five minutes ago?" asked Neil. "I think Ryan has a good idea," I said, grabbing a Milky Way out of my pillowcase. Any idea that involves eating candy is a good idea, if you ask me. That's the first rule of being a kid. "I'm not hungry," said Alexia. "Me neither," said Michael. "Well, I am," said Billy. "I'm saving my candy for later," said Neil. We went back and forth like that for a while. But as we were arguing over when to eat our candy, something had sneaked up

说。“我们可能会被困在荒无人烟的地方度过余生。” “至少我们有东西吃，所以我们可以生存，”瑞恩说。 “我想我们应该吃点糖，这样我们就不会饿死了。” 尼尔问：“我们五分钟前不是刚吃过糖吗？” “我觉得瑞恩有个好主意，”我说着，从枕套里抓起一杯银河。 如果你问我，我会说任何涉及到吃糖果的想法都是好主意。 这是当孩子的第一准则。 “我不饿。”亚历克西娅说。 “我也是。”迈克尔说。 “嗯，我是，”比利说。“我要把糖果留到以后吃，”尼尔说。 我们这样来来回回聊了一会儿。 但就在我们争论什么时候吃糖果的时候，有件事悄悄发生了

behind us. I heard a noise. I turned around. And standing before us was a giant, six-foot creature that was covered with brown fur from head to toe. "Your candy or your life!" the horrible thing said with a growl. It was the Halloween Monster!

在我们身后。我听到有声音。 我转过身来。站在我们面前的是一个六英尺高的庞然大物，从头到脚都覆盖着棕色的皮毛。 “你的糖果还是你的命！”这个可怕的东西咆哮着说。 那是万圣节怪兽！