8 The Prank Hall of Fame

8 The Prank Hall of Fame When I got home from school, I told my parents the teachers were clobbering us in The Prank War. It looked like we were going to lose for sure. That meant no candy party, and the teachers would get a hot tub. Bummer in the summer! "It's not fair!" I complained.

8恶作剧名人堂当我从学校回到家，我告诉父母老师们在恶作剧大战中痛打我们。 看起来我们肯定要输了。 这意味着没有糖果派对，老师们会得到一个热水浴缸。 夏天的流浪者！“这不公平！”我抱怨道。

"Why don't you go to Goofy Gifts?" my dad suggested. "It has all kinds of silly stuff. Maybe they have some things that will help you pull pranks on Miss Banks." Of course! Goofy Gifts is a store that sells goofy gifts, so it has the perfect name. "Didn't somebody give you a Goofy Gifts gift card for your birthday?" asked my mom. That's right! My aunt gave me a twenty-fivedollar gift card! I forgot all about it. I called up Ryan and we went to Goofy Gifts together. It's a really big store, and they sell all kinds of junk. We walked around for a while, until I saw a wall filled with silly gifts like whoopie cushions, sneezing powder, and joy buzzers. It was amazing! They even had lollipops shaped like poop. They were called Lollipoops. "Look at all this great stuff!" marveled Ryan. "It might as well be the Prank Hall of Fame." "This is gonna score us tons of points," I told him. "We're sure to win The Prank War now!" We had twenty-five dollars to spend. The prank gifts were pretty cheap, so we could get a bunch of them. I got a shopping basket. Ryan put some itching powder in the basket. I put in a can

“你为什么不去高飞礼物店？”爸爸建议道。 “它有各种各样愚蠢的东西。 也许他们有什么东西可以帮你捉弄班克斯小姐。” 当然!Goofy Gifts是一家出售傻傻的礼物的商店，所以它有一个完美的名字。 “你生日的时候不是有人送你一张高飞礼品卡吗？”妈妈问。 这是正确的!我阿姨给了我一张25美元的礼品卡！我全忘了。 我给瑞恩打了电话，我们一起去了高飞礼物店。 那是一家很大的商店，他们卖各种各样的垃圾。 我们四处走了一会儿，直到我看到一堵墙上堆满了愚蠢的礼物，比如呜呜声坐垫、打喷嚏粉和欢乐蜂鸣器。 太神奇了！他们甚至有大便形状的棒棒糖。 它们被称为棒棒糖。 “看看这些好东西！”瑞恩惊叹道。 “这就像恶作剧名人堂一样。” “这会给我们加分的，”我告诉他。 “我们现在肯定能赢得恶作剧大战了！”我们有25美元可以花。 恶作剧礼物很便宜，所以我们可以买很多。 我有一个购物篮。瑞恩在篮子里放了些止痒粉。 我放了一个罐头

of fart spray. Ryan put in a dribble glass and a bag of Lollipoops. I put in some fake ice cubes with bugs inside them and a stink bomb. We also threw in some fake mustaches, a squirting calculator, a skunk-scented candle, and a can of dehydrated water.* Ryan picked up a rubber chicken. "What are you gonna do with that?" I asked him. "I don't know," he replied. "You can always use a rubber chicken." We totaled up our stuff. It was exactly twentyfive dollars.

放屁喷雾。瑞恩放了一个玻璃杯和一袋棒棒糖。 我放了一些假冰块里面有虫子还有臭弹。 我们还赠送了一些假胡子、一个会喷水的计算器、一支臭鼬味的蜡烛和一罐脱水水。* Ryan捡起一只橡皮鸡。 “你要拿它做什么？”我问他。 “我不知道，”他回答说。 “你可以随时用橡皮鸡。” 我们把我们的东西加起来。正好25美元。

"This is gonna be great!" Ryan said as we got in line to pay. "We're gonna get Miss Banks good!" I replied. The line was long, but they had a bunch of cashiers, so it moved fast. Soon we were at the

“这太棒了！”我们排队付款时，瑞安说。 “我们要把班克斯小姐弄好！”我回答说。 队伍很长，但他们有很多收银员，所以速度很快。 很快我们就到了

front of the line. "Next customer!" a lady shouted. And you'll never believe in a million hundred years who was standing behind the cash register. It was Miss Banks! NOOOOOOOOOOOO! "Quick," I whispered to Ryan. "Hide the basket!" "You hide the basket!" Ryan whispered. "I can't hide the basket!" I whispered back. "Let's make a run for—" But I didn't get the chance to finish my sentence because Miss Banks spotted us. This was the worst thing to happen since TV Turnoff Week! I wanted to run away to Antarctica and go live with the penguins. "A.J.! Ryan!" she said. "What are you boys doing here?" I tried to hide the basket behind my back, but the bag of Lollipoops fell on the floor. I didn't know what to say. I didn't know what to do. I had to think fast. "Oh, nothing," I replied. "What are you doing here, Miss Banks?"

排在队伍前面。“下一位顾客！”一位女士喊道。 你永远也不会相信站在收银机后面的是谁。 是班克斯小姐！NOOOOOOOOOOOO !“快，”我小声对瑞恩说。 “把篮子藏起来！”“你把篮子藏起来！”瑞安低声说。 “我藏不住篮子！”我小声回答。 “我们跑去——”但我还没来得及说完，因为班克斯小姐发现了我们。 这是电视关闭周以来发生的最糟糕的事情！我想逃到南极洲，和企鹅一起生活。 “A.J. !瑞恩！”她说。“你们在这儿干什么？”我试图把篮子藏在背后，但那袋棒棒糖掉在了地板上。 我不知道该说什么。 我不知道该怎么办。我必须快速思考。 “哦，没什么，”我回答。“你在这儿干什么，班克斯小姐？”

"I work here after school," she told us. "It's hard to make ends meet on a teacher's salary. Did you want to buy those Lollipoops? They're on sale today. Buy one, get one free." "Uh, no thanks," Ryan said. "We just stopped by to... say hello." "Yeah, hello," I said. "I'll see you boys at school tomorrow," said Miss Banks. "Next customer!" We put the prank stuff back on the shelf and ran out of there.

“放学后我在这里工作，”她告诉我们。 “靠教师的工资很难维持生计。 你想买那些棒棒糖吗？ 今天特价。买一送一。” “呃，不用了，谢谢，”瑞恩说。 “我们只是顺路过来……打个招呼。” “是的，你好，”我说。“孩子们，明天学校见，”班克斯小姐说。 “下一个客户!”我们把恶作剧的东西放回架子上，然后跑了出去。