5 Larry the Leprechaun

5 Larry the Leprechaun WHAT?! A LEPRECHAUN? I thought leprechauns weren't real. Everybody stopped looking for four-leaf clovers. We all started yelling and screaming and hooting and hollering and freaking out.

5小妖精拉里什么？小妖精? 我以为小矮妖是不存在的。 每个人都停止寻找四叶三叶草。 我们都开始大叫，尖叫，大喊大叫，吓坏了。

"Grab him!" Alexia shouted. "If we catch him, he'll give us his pot of gold!" We didn't bother lining up like Pringles. We just ran into the school. "Which way did he go?" shouted Neil. "This way!" Michael shouted. "Follow me!" We ran down the hallway past the gym, the band room, and the all-porpoise room. I don't know why they call it the all-porpoise room. There are no dolphins in there. But there were no leprechauns in there either. "He must be hiding somewhere!" shouted Emily. We ran past the front office, the nurse's office, and the art room, looking up and down all the hallways. No leprechaun. "He got away," said Alexia. "Maybe he's hiding in the teachers' lounge!" shouted Ryan. "Good thinking!" I shouted. "We're not allowed in there!" We ran down the hall to the teachers' lounge. It's a magical wonderland where the teachers get back rubs, lie around in hot tubs, and have servants feed them grapes all day.*

“抓住他!”亚莉克希亚喊道。 “如果我们抓住他，他会把他的那罐金子给我们的！”我们没有像品客薯片那样排队。 我们只是跑进了学校。 “他往哪边走了？”尼尔喊道。 “这样!”迈克尔喊道。 “跟我来!”我们穿过走廊，经过健身房、乐队室和海豚室。 我不知道他们为什么叫它海豚室。 那里没有海豚。 但是里面也没有小矮妖。 “他一定藏在什么地方！”爱米丽喊道。 我们跑过前厅、护士室和美术室，在所有的走廊上上下打量着。 没有小妖精。“他跑了。”阿列克谢说。 “也许他藏在教师休息室里！” “好主意!”我叫道。 “我们不能进去！”我们跑过大厅来到教师休息室。 这是一个神奇的仙境，在那里老师们可以按摩背部，躺在热水浴缸里，让仆人整天喂他们葡萄

I opened the door. Mr. O'Cooper was sitting there at a table by himself. It looked like he was grading papers. I didn't see any hot tub or massage table. "Students aren't allowed in the teachers' lounge," Mr. O'Cooper told us. "You kids know that." "Did a leprechaun run in here?" I shouted. "No, why?" asked Mr. O'Cooper. "We were out in the playground," said Michael, "and we saw a leprechaun run in through the back door. Now we can't find him." "A leprechaun in the school?!" shouted Mr. O'Cooper. "He may be in our classroom!" He jumped up from his chair and ran out of the teachers' lounge. We all followed him. By the time we got to our classroom, I was panting. That means I was wearing pants. Mr. O'Cooper yanked open the door. And you'll never believe in a million hundred years

我打开门。奥库伯先生独自坐在一张桌子旁。 看起来他像是在批改卷子。 我没看到热水浴缸或按摩床。 “学生不允许进入教师休息室，”奥库珀先生告诉我们。 “你们这些孩子知道的。”“是不是有个小妖精跑进来了？”我叫道。 “没有，为什么？”奥库珀先生问。 “我们当时在操场上，”迈克尔说，“我们看见一个小矮妖从后门跑了进来。 现在我们找不到他了。”“学校里有小矮妖？！”奥库珀先生喊道。 “他可能在我们的教室里！”他从椅子上跳起来，跑出了教师休息室。 我们都跟着他。当我们到达教室时，我已经气喘吁吁了。 也就是说我当时穿了裤子。 奥库珀先生猛地打开了门。 你永远也不会相信一百万年

what we found in there. A mess! All our desks and chairs were upside down. Books and papers and colored pencils were scattered around. Our backpacks had been taken out of our cubbies and thrown on the floor. "What happened?" asked Emily. "Was there a robbery?"

我们在里面找到的东西。一片混乱!我们所有的桌子和椅子都颠倒了。 书、纸和彩色铅笔到处都是。 我们的背包被人从小柜子里拿出来扔在地板上。 “发生什么事了？”艾米丽问。 “发生抢劫了吗？”

"No, this is what leprechauns do," said Mr. O'Cooper. "They play tricks on you." "Man, leprechauns are slobs," I said. Mr. O'Cooper looked angry. He likes a really neat classroom. I noticed something on the floor near the door. It was a tiny envelope. "Look!" I said as I ran over to pick it up. "It's a note!" I gave the envelope to Mr. O'Cooper, and he tore it open. We all crowded around him as he read it. This is what it said... Eeh eeh eeh !em hctac t'nac uoY nuahcerpeL eht yrraL— "What does that mean?" asked Emily. "Leprechauns are tricky," said Mr. O'Cooper. "He wrote it in code." "Maybe he reversed the letters!" shouted Neil. We read the note backward. This is what it said... Hee hee hee

“不，这是小矮妖的做法，”奥库珀先生说。 “他们在捉弄你。” “伙计，小矮妖都是懒汉，”我说。 奥库珀先生看上去很生气。 他喜欢整洁的教室。 我注意到门边的地板上有东西。 那是一个很小的信封。“看!”我边说边跑过去把它捡起来。 “是一张纸条！”我把信封交给了奥库伯先生，他撕开了信封。 他读的时候，我们都围在他周围。 上面是这样写的……Eeh Eeh Eeh ! em hctac t 'nac uoY nuahcerpeL过去yrraL——“这是什么意思?”艾米丽问。 “小矮妖很狡猾，”奥库珀说。 “他用代码写的。”“也许他把字母颠倒了！”尼尔喊道。 我们倒着读纸条。 上面是这样写的……嘻嘻嘻嘻