8 The Big Surprise Ending!

8 The Big Surprise Ending! "The winner...," said Ms. Coco, "of the first annual Ella Mentry School poetry contest... is... Andrea!" NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Say it ain't so! Bummer in the summer!

8大惊喜结局！“赢家…她说。 可可，"艾拉·门特里学校第一届年度诗歌比赛… 是……安德里亚!”NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO !说不是这样！夏天的流浪者！

The whole place went nuts. The kids started yelling and screaming and hooting and hollering and freaking out. Well, of course, Andrea had to be the winner. She wins everything. I wanted to run away to Antarctica and go live with the penguins. Penguins probably don't even like Zip-Zaps.

整个地方都疯了。 孩子们开始大喊大叫，大喊大叫，然后吓坏了。 当然，安德莉亚必须是赢家。 她赢得了一切。我想逃到南极洲，和企鹅一起生活。 企鹅可能根本不喜欢Zip-Zaps。

It took a long time for everybody to calm down. I knew what was going to happen next. Mayor Hubble was going to give Andrea a trophy and say how great she is. But that's when the weirdest thing in the history of the world happened. I looked around the room for Mayor Hubble, but I didn't see him. "Where's Mayor Hubble?" asked some kid. "Where's Mayor Hubble?" asked some parent. "Where's Mayor Hubble?" asked some teacher. In case you were wondering, everybody was asking where Mayor Hubble was. I glanced out the window, and you'll never believe in a million hundred years what I saw. It was Mayor Hubble! He was opening the door of the Zip-Zap truck! He climbed into the truck! He rolled down the window! "April Fools!" he shouted. Then he hit the gas and the Zip-Zap truck peeled out of the driveway in a cloud of dust! I saw it with my own eyes!*

大家过了好长时间才平静下来。 我知道接下来会发生什么。 哈勃市长本来要给安德里亚一个奖杯说她有多棒。 但就在那时，世界历史上最奇怪的事情发生了。 我环顾房间寻找哈勃市长，但没有看到他。 “哈伯市长在哪儿？”一个孩子问。 “哈伯市长在哪儿？”一个家长问。 “哈伯市长在哪儿？”一个老师问。 如果你想知道，每个人都在问哈勃市长在哪里。 我瞥了一眼窗外，你永远也不会相信我看到了什么。 是哈勃市长！他在打开Zip-Zap卡车的门！他爬上了卡车！他摇下了车窗！“愚人节！”他喊道。 然后他加了气，Zip-Zap卡车在一团灰尘中冲出了车道！我亲眼所见！＊

"Mayor Hubble is stealing the Zip-Zaps!" I shouted as I pointed out the window. Everybody ran outside and tried to chase the Zip-Zap truck, but it was too late. Mayor Hubble was gone, and he took all the Zip-Zaps with him. Well, that's pretty much what happened during National Poetry Month. I guess Mayor Hubble is the one who gets the lifetime supply of Zip-Zaps. I don't know where he drove the truck. Maybe he has another mansion somewhere, and he's going to go there and stash all the Zip-Zaps.

“哈勃市长在偷Zip-Zaps!”我指着窗外喊道。 大家都跑到外面去追那辆Zip-Zap卡车，但是已经太晚了。 哈勃市长走了，他带走了所有的Zip-Zaps。 嗯，这就是全国诗歌月期间发生的事情。 我猜哈勃市长是那个一辈子都能得到zip - zap的人。 我不知道他把卡车开到哪里去了。 也许他在什么地方有另一座豪宅，他会去那里把所有的Zip-Zaps都藏起来。

I was thinking about it. Probably the only reason we had the poetry contest in the first place was so Mayor Hubble could get a lifetime supply of Zip-Zaps. He pulled off the April Fools' prank of the century! Maybe the mayor will get caught, and he'll have to go to jail again. Maybe people will stop walking into doors. Maybe I'll make farting noises with my armpits. Maybe penguins will recite poetry. Maybe I'll get run over by a steamroller. Maybe they'll put "burple" in the dictionary. Maybe Ryan will eat a tarantula. Maybe they'll put some dolphins in the all-porpoise room. Maybe William Blake will jump in a lake. Maybe I'll figure out how to get the glue out of my pants. Maybe I'll stop eating Zip-Zaps and switch to KitKats. But it won't be easy!

我正在考虑这件事。也许我们举办诗歌比赛的唯一原因就是哈伯市长可以得到一辈子的Zip-Zaps。 他开了一个世纪之最的愚人节玩笑！也许市长会被抓，他又得进监狱了。 也许人们会不再走进大门。 也许我会用腋窝发出放屁的声音。 也许企鹅会吟诗。 也许我会被压路机碾过。 也许他们会把“紫色”放进字典。 也许瑞恩会吃狼蛛。 也许他们会在海豚室里放些海豚。 也许威廉·布莱克会跳湖。 也许我能想出办法把裤子上的胶水弄掉。 也许我会不再吃Zip-Zaps转而吃KitKats。 但这并不容易！