15. Attack of the Mutant Veggie

15 Attack of the Mutant Veggie The next day, Miss Nichol arrived on her tractor, wearing a T-shirt that said IT'S THYME TO TURNIP THE BEET on it. Well, the tractor wasn't wearing the T-shirt. She was. Didn't we go over this a million hundred times already?

第二天，尼科尔小姐开着她的拖拉机来了，她穿着一件t恤，上面写着“用百里香来切萝卜”。 拖拉机上可没穿t恤。 她是。我们不是已经说过无数遍了吗？

After we pledged the allegiance and did Word of the Day with Miss Banks, we went out to the garden to clean it up and plant new veggies. And you'll never believe what we found out there growing in the garden. You're probably thinking it was more zucchini. But you're wrong again! So nah-nah-nah boo-boo on you. It was just one cucumber! And not just any cucumber. It was a giant cucumber. I mean, this cucumber was ginormous.* It was as big as a sixth grader. "WOW," we said, which is "WOW" backward and "MOM" upside down. "That's the biggest pickle I've seen in my life," I said. "It's not a pickle, Arlo," said Andrea. "It's a cucumber."

在我们宣誓效忠并和班克斯小姐一起做每日一词之后，我们去花园打扫并种植新的蔬菜。 你绝对不会相信我们在花园里发现了什么。 你可能会以为是西葫芦。 但是你又错了！所以不，不，不，不。 那只是一根黄瓜！而且不是普通的黄瓜。 那是一个巨大的黄瓜。我的意思是，这个黄瓜是巨大的。它和六年级学生一样大。 “WOW，”我们说，就是“WOW”倒过来，“MOM”倒过来。 “这是我这辈子见过的最大的麻烦，”我说。 “这不是泡菜，阿乐，”安德烈说。 “是根黄瓜。”

I knew that. But Andrea said cucumbers turn into pickles, so technically I was right. Miss Nichol got a long knife. She said she was going to cut up the ginormous cucumber and pass it around to all the classes. But just as she was about to cut into it... "Wait!" shouted Mr. Tony, snapping his fingers. "What's the matter?" asked Miss Nichol.

我知道。但安德里亚说黄瓜会变成泡菜，所以严格来说我是对的。 尼科尔小姐拿了一把长刀。 她说她要把这个巨大的黄瓜切成小块，分发给所有的班级。 但就在她要切开的时候…… “等等！”托尼先生打了个响指，喊道。 “怎么了？”尼科尔小姐问。

"I have another idea," Mr. Tony said as he pulled out his cell phone. "I know a guy who works for Guinness World Records. Before you cut the cucumber, he should see it. It just might be the biggest cucumber in the world." "Cool!" we all shouted. "We're gonna be in Guinness World Records!" shouted Alexia. Mr. Tony should get the Nobel Prize for that idea. He called up the Guinness Guy, and less than an hour later he showed up. The guy must have rushed over. I guess it's not every day that somebody calls up and says they grew the biggest cucumber in the world. The Guinness Guy came out to the garden. He had a long yardstick with him. We showed him our ginormous cucumber. "Hmmm," he said as he measured it. "Very interesting." "Is it the biggest cucumber in the world?" asked Mr. Tony. "Well, I must say that this cucumber is quite large," said the Guinness Guy, "but it's only the second biggest cucumber in the world." What?!

“我有另一个主意，”托尼一边说一边掏出手机。 “我认识一个为吉尼斯世界纪录工作的人。 切黄瓜之前，让他看看。 它可能是世界上最大的黄瓜。” “酷！”我们都喊道。“我们要进吉尼斯世界纪录了！”亚历克西亚喊道。 托尼先生应该为此获得诺贝尔奖。 他打电话给吉尼斯吉尼斯，不到一个小时后他就出现了。 那家伙一定是冲过来的。 我想并不是每天都有人打电话说他们种了世界上最大的黄瓜。 吉尼斯世界纪录保持者来到花园。 他带着一把很长的标尺。 我们给他看了我们的大黄瓜。 “嗯，”他边量边说。 “很有趣。”“它是世界上最大的黄瓜吗？”托尼先生问。 “嗯，我必须说这根黄瓜相当大，”吉尼斯吉尼斯说，“但它只是世界上第二大的黄瓜。” 什么? !

"I'm sorry," said the Guinness Guy. "Last year, a woman in Australia grew a cucumber that was an inch longer than this cucumber. Nice try though." Bummer in the summer! We weren't going to get into Guinness World Records after all. Everybody was sad, especially Mr. Tony. He always wants to set world records. Miss Nichol took out her knife again. She sliced the cucumber in half and opened it up, like a coffin. It looked squishy and gooey on the inside. The Guinness Guy said he had to go. He was about to leave when the weirdest thing in the history of the world happened. "Wait a minute," the Guinness Guy said as he was looking at the garden. "What's this?" He picked up a veggie. We all gathered around. The veggie he was holding didn't look like a tomato or a cucumber or a banana or anything else we had planted. "I don't rightly know," said Miss Nichol. "I've never seen this kinda veggie in all mah days." "Is it possible," asked the Guinness Guy, "that you might have planted two seeds right next to

“对不起，”吉尼斯说。 “去年，澳大利亚的一位妇女种了一种比这只黄瓜长一英寸的黄瓜。 不过尝试得不错。”夏天的流浪者！我们终究没能进入吉尼斯世界纪录。 每个人都很伤心，尤其是托尼先生。 他总是想创造世界纪录。 尼科尔小姐又拿出了刀。 她把黄瓜切成两半，像棺材一样打开。 里面看起来又软又黏。 吉尼斯保持者说他必须去。 他正要离开的时候，世界历史上最奇怪的事情发生了。 “等一下，”吉尼斯吉尼斯说，他看着花园。 “这是什么?”他拿起一个蔬菜。 我们都围了过来。他手里拿着的蔬菜看起来既不像西红柿，也不像黄瓜，也不像香蕉，也不像我们种的其他蔬菜。 “我不太清楚，”尼科尔小姐说。 “我一辈子都没见过这种蔬菜。” “有没有可能，”吉尼斯吉尼斯的人问道，“你可能在旁边种了两颗种子？

one another, and they combined to create some sort of a... mutant vegetable?" "Hmmm," all the grown-ups hmmmed. "It looks sort of like a cross between a cantaloupe and a tomato," said Mr. Tony. "It's a tomataloupe!" I shouted. "No, It's a cantamato!" shouted Andrea. "Tomataloupe!" I shouted. "Cantamato!" shouted Andrea. "Tomataloupe!" "Cantamato!" We went back and forth like that for a while. "Oooooh!" Ryan said, "A.J. and Andrea both want to name the mutant veggie. They must be in LOVE!" "When are you gonna get married?" asked Michael. If those guys weren't my best friends, I would hate them. "Whatever you call this thing," the Guinness Guy said, "I've never seen anything like it. It's one of a kind. It may be the first one in the world! I'm going to put it in Guinness World Records." "YAY" everybody shouted, which is also "YAY" backward.

相互作用，它们结合在一起创造了某种… 突变体植物?”“嗯，”所有的大人都哼了起来。 “它看起来有点像哈密瓜和番茄的杂交品种，”托尼说。 “这是一个西红柿！”我叫道。 “不，这是一首康塔马！”安德烈喊道。 “Tomataloupe !”我叫道。“康塔玛托！”安德烈喊道。 “Tomataloupe !”“Cantamato !”我们这样来来回回聊了一会儿。 “嗡嗡!”瑞安说：“A.J. 和安德里亚都想给这种变异的蔬菜命名。 他们一定是相爱了！”“你打算什么时候结婚？”迈克尔问。 如果他们不是我最好的朋友，我会讨厌他们的。 “不管你叫它什么，”吉尼斯吉尼斯说，“我从来没见过这样的东西。 这是独一无二的。它可能是世界上第一个！我要把它列入吉尼斯世界纪录。” “耶！”每个人都喊，这也是“耶！”