7 Building a Leprechaun Trap

7 Building a Leprechaun Trap The war would have to wait, because it was time for art class. We had to walk a million hundred miles to the art room. Our teacher is Ms. Hannah. I mean, Ms. O'Hannah. "In honor of Saint Patrick's Day," she told us, "I thought it would be fun to cut shamrocks out of

这场战争不得不推迟，因为现在是美术课的时间了。 我们得走一百多里路才能到美术室。 我们的老师是汉娜女士。 我是说，欧汉娜女士。“为了纪念圣帕特里克节，”她告诉我们，“我想把三叶草剪下来会很有趣

construction paper and decorate the walls of the school with them." There were sheets of green paper and scissors out on the table. "Ms. O'Hannah," I said, "can we make a leprechaun trap instead?" "Yeah," said Alexia. "If we catch Larry the Leprechaun, we'll get his pot of gold." "What a wonderful idea!" said Ms. O'Hannah. She cleared the paper off the table and got a bunch of other stuff—Popsicle sticks, string, tape, stickers, green tissue paper, a glue stick, and a big cardboard box. She helped us cut a hole in the top of the cardboard box. Then we covered the hole with the tissue paper and the rest of the box with green paper. We glued a long stick to the side of the box and attached a string to the end of it so a fake gold coin would dangle over the hole. That would be the bait. Finally, we made a little ladder out of Popsicle sticks so the leprechaun could climb up on the box and fall into the hole when he tried to grab the coin.

用它们装饰学校的墙壁。” 桌子上有几张绿色的纸和剪刀。 “奥汉娜女士，”我说，“我们可以做一个小妖精陷阱吗？”“是啊。”亚历克西娅说。 “如果我们抓到小妖精拉里，我们就能得到他的那罐金子。” “多好的主意啊！” O 'Hannah。她把桌子上的纸清理掉，拿了一堆其他的东西——冰棒棒、绳子、胶带、贴纸、绿色薄纸、胶棒和一个大纸板箱。 她帮我们在纸板箱的顶部剪了一个洞。 然后我们用薄纸盖住这个洞，用绿色的纸盖住盒子的其余部分。 我们把一根长棍子粘在盒子的侧面，在盒子的末端系上一根绳子，这样一枚假金币就会在盒子的洞上晃来晃去。 那就是诱饵。最后，我们用冰棒棒做了一个小梯子，这样小妖精就可以爬上盒子，在他试图抓住硬币的时候掉进洞里。

When our leprechaun trap was done, we stepped back to admire our work. "It's cool," said Ryan. "It's awesome," said Michael. "It's sure to catch Larry the Leprechaun," said Alexia. Ms. O'Hannah said we could take the leprechaun trap back to our classroom. We walked a million hundred miles back there and set it up on a desk in the front of the room. And you'll never believe who walked into the door at that moment. Nobody! People don't walk into doors! You'd bump your head.* But you'll never believe who walked into the doorway. It was our school tech guy, Mr. Harrison. I mean, Mr. O'Harrison. Mr. O'Harrison fixes the computers and copy machines when they break down. He can fix anything. "What's that contraption?" asked Mr. O'Harrison. "It's a leprechaun trap," said Mr. O'Cooper. "The students just built it during art class." Mr. O'Harrison walked around the trap, looking it over. Then he let out a snort.

当我们的小妖精陷阱完成后，我们退后一步欣赏我们的工作。 “这很酷，”瑞恩说。“太棒了，”迈克尔说。 “它一定能抓住小妖精拉里。”亚历克西娅说。 奥汉娜老师说我们可以把小妖精的陷阱带回教室。 我们走了一百多英里回到那里，把它放在房间前面的桌子上。 你绝对不会相信那一刻谁走进来了。 没有人!人是不会撞门的！你会撞到你的头。但你绝对不会相信谁走进了门口。 是我们学校的技术员哈里森先生。 我是说，欧哈里森先生。奥哈里森先生在电脑和复印机坏了的时候修理它们。 他什么都能修。“那是什么玩意儿？”奥哈里森先生问。 “这是一个小妖精的陷阱，”奥库珀说。 “这是学生们在美术课上做的。” 奥哈里森先生绕着陷阱走了一圈，仔细地看了看。 然后他哼了一声。

"You call that a leprechaun trap?" he said. "That's not gonna catch any leprechauns." "It won't?" we all said. "Nah," said Mr. O'Harrison. "For one thing, it's too small." He was probably right. The leprechaun I saw running into the school was way too big to fit

“你管这叫小矮妖陷阱？” “那可抓不到小矮妖。” “不会吗？”我们都说。“不，”奥哈里森先生说。 “首先，它太小了。” 他可能是对的。我看到的那个跑进学校的小妖精太大了，装不下

inside our trap. "I'll be back in a jiff," said Mr. O'Harrison as he ran out of the room. I don't know what peanut butter had to do with anything. But a few minutes later Mr. O'Harrison came back. He was pushing a big cart full of wood, a hammer, nails, and lots of other stuff, including a big bell that looked like the Liberty Bell. "Leprechauns are tricky and sneaky," Mr. O'Harrison told us. "If you want to catch 'em, you've got to be trickier and sneakier than they are." He unrolled a big sheet of paper on Mr. O'Cooper's desk. It had a drawing of a leprechaun trap on it. We all gathered around him as he explained how it worked. "Look," Mr. O'Harrison said as he pointed to his drawing. "First, we lure the leprechaun over here with some cookies and gold coins. When he steps on this spot, he'll bump against this string. That will knock over this line of dominoes. The last domino will hit this little car. It will roll down this ramp and bump into the baseball at the end. The baseball will roll down this tube and push this

在我们的陷阱里。“我马上就回来，”奥哈里森先生说着跑出了房间。 我不知道花生酱和这有什么关系。 但几分钟后，奥哈里森先生回来了。 他推着一辆大车，车上装满了木头、锤子、钉子和许多其他东西，包括一个看起来像自由钟的大钟。 “小矮妖狡猾狡猾，”奥哈里森告诉我们。 “如果你想抓住他们，你就得比他们更狡猾、更狡猾。” 他在奥库珀先生的桌子上展开了一张大纸。 上面画着一个小妖精的陷阱。 当他解释它是如何工作的时候，我们都围着他。 “看，”奥哈里森先生指着自己的画说。 “首先，我们用一些饼干和金币把小妖精引到这里来。 当他踩到这个地方时，他会撞到这根绳子。 这样就能推倒这排多米诺骨牌。 最后一块多米诺骨牌会砸到这辆小车。 它会滚下斜坡，最后撞到棒球。 棒球会顺着管子滚下去，推动管子

box of rocks off the table. The box of rocks will land on this bicycle pedal and turn it, causing these nails to pop the water balloon. The water in the balloon will slide down this marble run and knock down this bowling pin, which causes this wheel to spin, which activates this little zip line, which flips this switch, which drops the big bell that's hanging from the ceiling. BAM! The bell falls on top of the leprechaun and he's trapped!"

把桌子上的一盒石头扔掉。 装着石头的盒子会落在自行车踏板上并转动它，导致这些钉子戳破水球。 气球里的水会顺着大理石滑道滑下去撞到保龄球瓶，这就导致了这个轮子旋转，这就激活了这个小滑索，这就打开了这个开关，于是悬挂在天花板上的大钟就掉了下来。 砰!铃声落在小妖精的头上，他被困住了！”