Chapter 11

Sunday afternoon Me and Dev rushed out of the aquarium car park to see which way the courier scooter had gone. We were just in time to see the back lights disappearing down the high street. FANTASTIC. Ged and his granny were nowhere to be seen. Agung was still standing by the photo board trying to get a picture of Oli on his camera, completely oblivious to the chaos. At

星期天下午，我和戴夫冲出水族馆停车场，想看看快递机车往哪个方向去了。 我们正好赶上看到大街上的车灯消失了。 太棒了。格德和他的奶奶不见了。 阿贡仍然站在照相板旁边，试图用相机给奥利拍照，完全没有注意到混乱。 在

least THEY were having a good time! There was a golf buggy parked by the prom and in a moment of insanity I thought about borrowing it for a kind of rubbish low-speed pursuit, even though my feet would barely reach the pedals and I had problems telling my left from my right. I didn't fancy ending up in A&E trussed up with a neck brace and leg splints, so I dismissed that idea pretty quickly. 'Sudmouth's only tiny, the courier can't go far,' said Dev. 'A bit like you with those harem pants on,' I replied, watching them billow like sails in the wind. Physically I prepared myself for yet another chase around town, but mentally all I wanted was a hot chocolate and a ten-hour

至少他们玩得很开心！舞会旁边停着一辆高尔夫球车，在一阵疯狂的时刻，我想借它来一场无聊的低速追逐，尽管我的脚几乎够不到踏板，而且我分不清左右。 我可不想最后被绑着颈托和腿夹板送进急诊室，所以我很快就打消了这个念头。 “萨德茅斯很小，快递员走不了多远。”戴夫说。 “有点像你穿着后宫裤，”我回答，看着它们像风中的风帆一样翻腾。 身体上，我准备好了再一次在镇上追来追去，但精神上，我只想要一杯热巧克力和十个小时的休息

foot massage in a jacuzzi. We had to get those vouchers back though. We were almost there. We couldn't risk being held up this time so I said to Oli, 'Right, you've been assigned to grandad-sitting duties again!' 'AWWW, DO I HAVE TO?' he bawled. 'Yes,' I said. 'Can I have Magic Moo this time?' 'Novelty balloons not involved, I'm afraid.' 'Awww, what can I have then?' he bawled again. Oli was on the verge of one of his tantrums and I had to stop it before he threatened to call Mam and fabricate some story about how

在按摩浴缸里做足部按摩。 不过我们得把代金券拿回来。 我们就快到了。这次我们不能再冒被耽搁的风险了，所以我对奥利说：“好吧，你又被派去当爷爷了！”“啊，我一定要这么做吗？”他大叫道。 “是的，”我说。“这次能给我魔法哞吗？”“恐怕不涉及新奇的气球。”“啊，那我能吃什么呢？”他又大叫起来。 奥利快要发脾气了，我不得不制止他，免得他威胁说要打电话给妈妈编造故事

appallingly I was treating him. I saw a poster outside the café advertising something I knew he had wanted to try for ages. 'Ooh look,' I said. 'Why don't you get a freakshake?' 'I'll watch Agung if I can have one of those!' he replied, before I hardly finished my sentence. Freakshakes are basically what a little kid would put together if you left them alone to make their own dinner. The one on the poster showed a tall glass stuffed with

我对待他的态度令人震惊。 我看到咖啡馆外面的一张海报，上面写着他很久以来一直想尝试的东西。 “哦，看，”我说。“你为什么不去喝杯奶昔？”“如果我能有一个，我就去看阿贡！”我话还没说完，他就回答说。 如果你让一个小孩子自己做晚餐，他们基本上会把这些东西拼在一起。 海报上的那张是一个高高的玻璃杯，里面装满了

strawberry milkshake, chocolate ice cream, custard, whipped cream and topped with a slice of Battenberg cake. I suppose they are called freakshakes because they are for freaks! Rumour has it that Poppy Plummel from school had one last year and ended up having all her top teeth replaced with a set of dentures– at the age of eleven! Oli offered to use his birthday money to treat Agung too. I said, 'Good lad, we'll be back in half an hour and whatever you do, DON'T MOVE!' Agung didn't understand what was happening so I did some shoddy sign language which probably made him think I was about to knit a balaclava and ladle soup

草莓奶昔，巧克力冰淇淋，蛋奶冻，生奶油，上面放一片巴顿堡蛋糕。 我想他们被称为怪胎奶昔是因为他们是为怪胎准备的！有传言说，学校里的波比·普卢默去年也做了一颗假牙，结果在她11岁的时候，把她所有的上牙都换成了假牙！奥利也提出用他的生日钱来治疗阿贡。 我说：“好孩子，我们半小时后回来，不管你做什么，别动！”阿贡不明白发生了什么，所以我做了一些拙劣的手语，这可能让他以为我要织巴拉克拉瓦帽和舀汤

into a wellington boot. He seemed to accept that explanation. We didn't get far before Dev's new loafers started rubbing on his heels. He had to visit the chemist for a packet of blister patches which cost three pounds ninety-nine when he could have just worn socks. Serves himself

穿上惠灵顿长筒靴。他似乎接受了那个解释。 我们没走多远，戴夫的新便鞋就开始磨他的脚跟了。 他不得不去药房买一包水泡贴剂，要花3.99英镑，而他本来可以穿袜子的。 是自己