11. The Kid Who Ruined Christmas

11 The Kid Who Ruined Christmas "Gasp!" everyone gasped. "Hey," I said. "You're not the real Santa! You're just some guy dressed up like Santa!" "Uh... well... um...," Santa mumbled. The fake Santa guy looked really familiar to me. I knew I had seen him somewhere before. So I picked his Santa hat up off his head. And you'll never believe in a million hundred years what was under there. Nothing! The guy was completely bald, just like Mr. Klutz, the principal of my school! In fact, the fake Santa guy was Mr. Klutz!

“呸！”每个人都倒吸了一口气。 “嘿，”我说。“你不是真的圣诞老人！”你只是一个打扮成圣诞老人的家伙！”“嗯… 嗯…嗯…圣诞老人咕哝道。 那个假圣诞老人看起来很眼熟。 我知道我以前在什么地方见过他。 所以我把他的圣诞帽从他头上摘下来。 你永远也不会相信那下面有什么。 没有什么!那家伙完全秃顶，就像我们学校的校长克鲁茨先生一样！事实上，那个假圣诞老人就是克鲁茨先生！

"Mr. Klutz!" I shouted. "What are you doing here?" "Uh... earning a little extra money over the holidays," he replied. I knew I was in trouble as soon as people saw Santa wasn't the real Santa. But I had no idea how much trouble I was in. "EEEEEEEK!" some girl shouted. "Santa

“笨蛋先生!”我叫道。“你在这儿干什么？”“嗯… 在假期挣点外快，”他回答。 当人们看到圣诞老人不是真正的圣诞老人时，我就知道我有麻烦了。 但我不知道我惹了多大的麻烦。 “eeeeek !”一个女孩喊道。 “圣诞老人

has no hair!" "He's a fake!" a boy yelled. "Mommy!" screamed another girl. "You told me that man was the real Santa Claus! You lied!" All the little kids in line started yelling, screaming, crying, and freaking out. Their parents were upset, too. "We've been waiting in line for an hour," a lady shouted, "and now this!" "It's that kid's fault!" one dad yelled, pointing his finger at me. "He ruined Christmas for my son. He ruined Christmas for everybody!" I thought I was gonna die. Mr. Klutz looked scared. He got up quickly and put a sign on his seat that said SANTA HAS GONE TO FEED HIS REINDEER. HE'LL BE BACK SOON.

没有头发！”“他是个骗子！”一个男孩喊道。 “妈妈！”另一个女孩尖叫道。 “你告诉过我那个人是真正的圣诞老人！”你撒谎!”所有排队的小孩都开始大叫，尖叫，哭泣，吓坏了。 他们的父母也很难过。 “我们已经排了一个小时的队了，”一位女士喊道，“现在又是这个！”“都是那孩子的错！”一位父亲用手指着我喊道。 “他毁了我儿子的圣诞节。 他毁了大家的圣诞节！”我以为我要死了。 克鲁茨先生看起来很害怕。他迅速站起来，在座位上放了一个牌子，上面写着圣诞老人去喂驯鹿了。 他很快就会回来。

"I'd better get out of here," he told me. "A.J., what do you have to say for yourself?" I didn't know what to say. I didn't know what to do. I had to think fast. "Uh, peace on earth, goodwill to men?" I said. "Get him!" somebody shouted. "Get that kid who ruined Christmas!" Bummer in the winter! There was only one thing I could do. Run!

“我最好离开这里，”他告诉我。 “aj，你有什么要说的吗？”我不知道该说什么。 我不知道该怎么办。我必须快速思考。 “呃，地球和平，对人类友好？”我说。 “抓住他！”有人喊道。 “抓住那个毁了圣诞节的孩子！”冬天的流浪者！我能做的只有一件事。 快跑!