9 The Big Surprise Ending

9 The Big Surprise Ending Mrs. Patty looked really upset. Tears were running down her face. She managed to tell us that Jake the Snake had somehow slithered out of his basket and was gone. "Where could he be?" asked Emily.

大惊喜的结局帕蒂夫人看起来很沮丧。 眼泪顺着她的脸流了下来。 她设法告诉我们，蛇杰克不知怎么地从篮子里滑了出来，不见了。 “他会在哪儿呢？”爱米丽问。

"If I knew that, he wouldn't be missing!" said Mrs. Patty, sobbing. All of us looked at the floor at the same time. If Jake the Snake was missing, that meant he could be anywhere. He could be right next to our feet. He could be about to bite our toes off! He could be

“如果我知道，他就不会失踪了！”帕蒂太太抽泣着说。 我们所有人同时看着地板。 如果蛇杰克失踪了，那就意味着他可能在任何地方。 他可能就在我们脚下。 他可能要把我们的脚趾咬掉！他可能是

"AHHHHHHHHHH!" Suddenly, everybody was yelling and screaming and hooting and hollering and freaking out. "There's nothing to be afraid of!" Mrs. Patty shouted. "Jake the Snake is harmless! He's an eastern hognose." I didn't care what kind of a hognose he was. I didn't want a snake biting my toes off. We ran inside our classroom and climbed up on our desks so Jake the Snake wouldn't be able to get at us. Once we were up on our desks, I noticed something weird. The Liberty Bell wasn't hanging from the ceiling anymore. It was on the floor. And there was a muffled noise coming out of it. "Look!" I shouted, as I pointed at the Liberty Bell. "Jake the Snake must have set off our trap! He's inside the bell!" Everybody looked at the Liberty Bell. "Jake!" shouted Mrs. Patty. "My baby!" That's when the weirdest thing in the history of the world happened. I heard another noise coming from inside the Liberty Bell. And I'm pretty sure it wasn't Jake the Snake.

“AHHHHHHHHHH !”突然间，每个人都在大喊大叫，大喊大叫，惊慌失措。 “没什么好怕的！”帕蒂太太喊道。 “蛇杰克是无害的！”他是东方的猪鼻子。” 我才不管他是个什么样的猪鼻子。 我可不想被蛇咬掉脚趾。 我们跑进教室，爬到桌子上，这样蛇杰克就找不到我们了。 当我们坐到桌子上时，我注意到一些奇怪的事情。 自由钟不再悬挂在天花板上了。 它在地板上。从里面传出一种低沉的声音。 “看!”我指着自由钟喊道。 “一定是蛇杰克放了我们的陷阱！”他在钟里面！”每个人都看着自由钟。 “杰克！”帕蒂太太喊道。 “我的孩子!”就在那时，世界历史上最奇怪的事情发生了。 我听到另一个声音从自由钟里面传来。 我很确定那不是蛇杰克。

"Help! Help!" cried a muffled voice. "Let me out of here!" "It's not Jake the Snake!" I shouted. "It's Larry the Leprechaun!" "WE CAUGHT HIM!" everyone shouted at once. We all jumped down from our desks and ran over to the Liberty Bell. "Okay," said Alexia. "Let's pick it up." "Get ready to grab him as soon as the bell is off the floor," said Ryan. "Remember, he's fast, and he's tricky." All of us gathered around the Liberty Bell. It was really heavy. We groaned and moaned trying to pick it up. We couldn't wait to see what Larry the Leprechaun looked like. Everybody was on pins and needles. Well, not really. It would hurt to be on pins and needles. But there was electricity in the air. Well, not exactly. If there was electricity in the air, we would have been electrocuted. But we were all glued to our seats.

“救命!救命！”一个低沉的声音喊道。 “放我出去！”“不是蛇杰克！”我叫道。 “是小妖精拉里！”“我们抓住他了！”大家齐声喊道。 我们都从桌子上跳下来，跑向自由钟。 “好吧。”亚历克西娅说。“我们把它捡起来吧。” “准备好，铃声一响就抓住他，”瑞恩说。 “记住，他跑得很快，而且很狡猾。” 我们所有人都聚集在自由钟周围。 它真的很重。我们呻吟着，呻吟着，试图把它捡起来。 我们迫不及待地想看看小妖精拉里长什么样。 每个人都如坐针毡。 嗯，不完全是。如坐针毡会很痛的。 但空气中充满了电。 嗯，不完全是。如果空气中有电，我们早就触电了。 但我们都被粘在座位上了。

Well, no. That would be weird. Why would I glue myself to a seat? How would I get the glue off my pants? But it was intense.* Slowly, the Liberty Bell started to rise. Isn't this exciting? And you'll never believe in a million hundred years what was under the Liberty Bell. I'm not going to tell you. Okay, okay, I'll tell you. IT WAS ANDREA YOUNG! Betcha didn't see that coming! Andrea was dressed up like a leprechaun! She even had a beard. "EEEEEK!" Andrea screamed, running out from under the Liberty Bell. "EEEEEK!" we all screamed as we put it down. "Andrea!" shouted Emily as the two girls hugged. "I thought you didn't like Saint Patrick's Day." "Yeah," I said. "What are you doing here? We thought you were girlcotting Saint Patrick's Day." "I couldn't stay home!" Andrea told us. "I didn't want to miss all the fun you guys were

嗯,没有。那会很奇怪。 我为什么要把自己粘在座位上？ 我怎么才能把裤子上的胶水弄掉？ 但气氛很紧张。*自由钟开始缓缓升起。 这不是很令人兴奋吗？你永远也不会相信自由钟下有什么。 我不会告诉你的。 好吧，好吧，我告诉你。 是安德里亚·杨！我打赌你没想到会这样！安德莉亚打扮得像个小妖精！她甚至留了胡子。 “EEEEEK !”安德里亚尖叫着，从自由钟下跑了出来。 “EEEEEK!”我们放下它时都尖叫起来。 “安德里亚！”当两个女孩拥抱在一起时，艾米丽喊道。 “我还以为你不喜欢圣帕特里克节呢。” “是的，”我说。“你在这儿干什么？” 我们还以为你在庆祝圣帕特里克节呢。” “我不能呆在家里！”Andrea告诉我们的。 “我不想错过你们的欢乐时光

having without me. Mr. O'Klutz said I could come to school dressed up like a leprechaun." "Nice beard," Michael said as Andrea pulled off her beard. "So you were the one who turned our desks upside down and messed up the classroom?" asked Ryan. "Yes," Andrea admitted. "And you were the one who wrote those messages?" asked Alexia.

没有我的生活。奥克鲁茨先生说我可以打扮成小妖精来学校。” “胡子真漂亮，”迈克尔说，安德烈把胡子拔了下来。 “所以是你把我们的课桌弄得乱七八糟，把教室弄得一团糟？”瑞恩问。 “是的，”安德烈承认。“这些留言就是你写的吗？”阿列克谢亚问。