Chapter 3

Monday– later that day It took ages to get to the garden centre because of Agung's sciatica. He needed to sit down fourteen times for a rest, and that was only to the bus stop. AMAZING. The garden centre was dead busy when we got there. Mostly full of pensioners looking for a free day out. I don't understand what the appeal is myself. There is nothing remotely interesting about woody

星期一，那天晚些时候，由于阿贡的坐骨神经痛，他花了很长时间才到达花园中心。 他需要坐14次休息，这还只是到公共汽车站的时候。 不可思议。我们到那里时，花园中心忙得要命。 大部分都是想打发一天空闲时间的退休老人。 我自己也不明白这有什么吸引力。 伍迪一点也不有趣

perennials or Victorian trellises, and to top it all off the place smells like a pile of rotten manure. I found the ornaments section quite entertaining though, due to the puzzling array of useless tat on display. Right now you can get resin hedgehogs wearing cloth caps at half price, and if you buy a camper vanshaped watering can you get a free glow-in-the-dark toadstool with it. Hideous! No wonder they were trying to give them away! I spotted a badly painted gnome with a monobrow and pointed it out to Agung.

多年生植物或维多利亚式的棚架，最糟糕的是，这个地方闻起来像一堆腐烂的粪便。 不过，我发现装饰品部分相当有趣，因为陈列着一堆令人费解的无用物品。 现在，你可以半价买到戴着布帽子的树脂刺猬，如果你买了一个露营车形状的水壶，你就可以免费得到一个在黑暗中发光的毒菌。 可怕的!难怪他们要把它们送人！我发现了一个画得很糟糕的单眉侏儒，并把它指给阿贡看。

'Look, it's Jack!' I said. He laughed so hard his teeth fell out ito a terrarium full of cacti and I had to fetch a member of staff to help us retrieve them. She ended up putting on weeding gloves and using a trowel to pluck them out. She didn't seem very pleased about the whole ordeal. I wanted to point out that it said 'Happy to help with anything!' on her badge, but thought best not to push it.

“看，是杰克！”我说。 他笑得太厉害了，牙齿掉到了一个装满仙人掌的玻璃容器里，我不得不找了一个工作人员来帮我们把它们捡回来。 最后，她戴上了除草手套，用铲子把它们拔了出来。 她似乎对整个磨难不太满意。 我想指出的是，上面写着“乐意帮助任何事情！”她的警徽上写着这句话，但我觉得还是不要太过分了。

After we wiped the soil off Agung's teeth and he put them back in, we traipsed about for another half an hour until he finally bought something, which turned out to be one piddly packet of tomato seeds! I couldn't believe I'd given up half my day for this when I should have been guarding my

我们擦去阿贡牙齿上的土，他把牙放回去，我们又闲逛了半个小时，他终于买了东西，结果是一小包番茄籽！我真不敢相信我浪费了半天的时间就为了这个我本该守着我的

Easter eggs and preparing to break a local record. As we made our way towards the exit I wondered what the status was with my booby traps. The twins could have had a very nasty surprise by now. Then I had a dreadful thought, I forgot to tell Jack what I was up to. What if he walked into the traps instead? I came to the conclusion that it would: a) Serve him right for being a sneaky thief b) Mean my life wasn't going to be worth living when I got back! Agung tugged my sleeve and said something in Chinese. He pointed to the café and rubbed his belly. That meant he wanted to stop for lunch.

复活节彩蛋和准备打破当地纪录。 当我们向出口走去时，我想知道我的饵雷是什么情况。 这对双胞胎现在可能已经吃了一惊。 然后我有一个可怕的想法，我忘了告诉杰克我在做什么。 如果他走进了陷阱呢？ 我得出的结论是：a)他是一个鬼鬼祟祟的小偷，这是罪有应得b)这意味着当我回来的时候，我的生活就不值得活下去了！阿贡拽了拽我的袖子，用中文说了几句。 他指着咖啡，揉了揉肚子。 这意味着他想停下来吃午饭。

GREAT. Anyone who's ever had a meal with Agung knows he eats at the speed of a tortoise and weirdly, chews like one too. I always half expect him to suddenly retract his head at the slightest hint of danger. It is quite disturbing. 'I'm hungry too,' said Oli. 'And so is Luke.' 'How can Luke be hungry when he's a doll?' I said. 'He's not a doll, he's an action figure!' said Oli, thrusting the swivel-eyed Jedi at me.

好了。任何和阿贡一起吃过饭的人都知道他吃东西的速度像乌龟一样快，奇怪的是，咀嚼起来也像乌龟一样。 我总是希望他一有危险的迹象就会突然缩回头来。 这很令人不安。“我也饿了，”奥利说。 “卢克也是。“卢克是个娃娃，他怎么可能饿呢？”我说。 “他不是娃娃，他是人偶！”奥利说着，把那个旋转眼睛的绝地武士推到我面前。