11. The Big Surprise Ending

11 The Big Surprise Ending We looked around for Mayor Hubble. Nobody knew if Andrea was safe or out, because there was no umpire behind home plate. "Where's Mayor Hubble?" everybody was asking. "Where did he go?"

大惊喜的结局我们四处寻找哈勃市长。 没有人知道安德里亚是安全了还是出局了，因为本垒后面没有裁判。 “哈伯市长在哪儿？”大家都在问。 “他去哪儿了？”

We were all yelling and screaming and hooting and hollering and freaking out. "Maybe he went to the bathroom," I suggested. But Mayor Hubble wasn't in the bathroom. He wasn't in the bleachers either. And he wasn't at the snack bar. "Look!" Morgan Brocklebank shouted. She was pointing toward the parking lot. We all looked. Mayor Hubble was getting into his limousine. And he had the Freckle Fund box under his arm! "Mayor Hubble is stealing our money!" shouted Morgan. "Get him!" everyone shouted. A bunch of kids and parents from both schools ran to the parking lot and chased Mayor Hubble's limo. The

我们都在大喊大叫大喊大叫，吓坏了。 “也许他去洗手间了。”我暗示道。 但哈伯市长不在洗手间。 他也不在看台上。 他也不在小吃店。 “看!”摩根·布罗克班克喊道。 她指着停车场。 我们都看了。哈勃市长正上他的豪华轿车。 他腋下夹着雀斑基金的盒子！“哈伯市长在偷我们的钱！”摩根喊道。 “抓住他！”每个人都喊道。 两所学校的一群孩子和家长跑到停车场追赶哈勃市长的豪华轿车。 的

wheels kicked up dirt and gravel as the limo peeled away. I saw it with my own eyes! Well, it would be pretty hard to see it with somebody else's eyes. I didn't bother chasing after Mayor Hubble. Neither did Andrea. What's the use? Mayor Hubble always steals stuff,

豪华轿车开走时，车轮扬起了泥土和沙砾。 我亲眼所见！用别人的眼睛是很难看到的。 我也懒得去追哈勃市长。 安德里亚也不知道。有什么用？ 哈勃市长总是偷东西，

and he always seems to get away with it. Andrea and I sat down on the bench. "Well, it was a good game anyway," I said. "Hey, look!" Andrea said, pointing to first base. I looked. And you'll never believe who was standing out there. It was Mr. Ott and Mrs. Ott! And you'll never believe what they were doing. They were kissing!* "Isn't that romantic, Arlo?" asked Andrea. Well, that's pretty much what happened. We didn't win the game, but we didn't lose it either. At least we won't have to clean a toilet bowl at Dirk

而且他似乎总能逃脱惩罚。 安德里亚和我坐在长凳上。 “嗯，不管怎样，这是一场精彩的比赛，”我说。 “嘿,你看!”安德烈指着一垒说。 我看了看。你绝对不会相信站在外面的是谁。 是奥特先生和奥特太太！你绝对不会相信他们在做什么。 他们在接吻！“这不是很浪漫吗，阿乐？”安德烈问。 嗯，事情就是这样发生的。 我们没有赢，但我们也没有输。 至少我们不用在德克打扫马桶了

School with a toothbrush. The best part was that Mr. Ott got a big hit with the pressure on. He looked really happy. Maybe Mayor Hubble will get caught and wind up in jail again. Maybe

带着牙刷上学。最棒的是，奥特先生在压力下得到了巨大的打击。 他看起来真的很高兴。也许哈勃市长会被抓，再进监狱。 也许

we'll get through page twenty-three in our math books. Maybe Mr. Ott will teach us how to spit. Maybe Mr. Klutz will stop walking into doors. Maybe grown-ups will get their ears checked and stop saying they can't hear us all the time. Maybe we can eat brunch, linner, lupper, lunner, brinner, lunfast, dunch, or dinch. Maybe they'll find a cure for freckles. But it won't be easy!

我们将读完数学课本的第二十三页。 也许奥特先生会教我们怎么吐痰。 也许克鲁茨先生不会再走进大门了。 也许大人们会去检查一下耳朵，不再总是说他们听不到我们的声音。 也许我们可以吃早午餐、晚餐、晚餐、午餐、晚餐、午餐、午餐或午餐。 也许他们会找到治疗雀斑的方法。 但这并不容易！