Chapter 8

Saturday afternoon There was moaning all the way back to the B&B about missing lunch at the café. I said to Agung, 'Tell you what, I'll make you your favourite instant cup noodle with a pickled egg on top.' He definitely knew those English words because he clapped and shouted, 'Hao

星期六下午，在回旅馆的路上，人们一直在抱怨错过了在咖啡馆吃午饭。 我对阿贡说：“这样吧，我给你做你最喜欢的速溶杯面，上面放一个腌鸡蛋。”他肯定知道这些英文单词，因为他拍手喊着：“好。

liang!' 'What about me?' said Oli. 'You can have the biggest gobstopper I can find,' I said. I carefully dried and cut out the voucher, put it in an envelope I found in the bedside drawer and locked it firmly in the safe like gold bullion. Afterwards I tried drying my trousers with the hairdryer too, but the motor had worn out and wouldn't have dried a combover on an ant.

梁!“那我呢？”奥利说。 “你可以吃我能找到的最大的那个，”我说。 我小心翼翼地把代金券晒干并剪下，放进我在床边抽屉里找到的一个信封里，像金条一样牢牢地锁在保险柜里。 后来我也试着用吹风机吹干我的裤子，但是马达已经坏了，连一只蚂蚁也吹不干头发。

What to do With a pathetic hairdryer Dry combover on an anf Store it somewhere important, for example... THE BIN! I didn't think I'd end up in the sea fully dressed (not a typical holiday pastime– unless you're Victorian), so I'd only brought one pair of trousers with me. Dev offered to lend me a pair from his extensive spring wardrobe, but the only choices were: a) Paisley harem pants

把可怜的吹风机吹干，然后把它放在重要的地方，比如…… 本!我没想到自己会穿着整齐地去海里（这可不是典型的假日消遣——除非你是维多利亚时代的人），所以我只带了一条裤子。 戴夫从他丰富的春季衣橱里拿出一条借给我，但唯一的选择是：a)佩斯利的后宫裤

b) Turquoise velvet jeggings c) The gold jogging bottoms he had on today (These were soggy so I couldn't wear them.) I would rather have worn a bin bag than go out looking like a fan of Debony Delite from Girlzlife, so I insisted that he give me the more acceptable camouflage cargo pants he'd brought along as spare emergency back-ups, and he wear a) or b) instead. Just as I thought my day was improving slightly, Oli whined, 'I'M HUNGRRRRY.' Honestly, since when was staying alive more important than getting on THE MEGA BEAST?! That boy needs to take a long hard look at himself and get his priorities

b)绿松石丝绒打底裤c)他今天穿的金色慢跑裤（这些都湿透了，所以我不能穿。）我宁愿背一个垃圾袋，也不愿像Girlzlife乐队的黛博妮·迪丽特（Debony Delite）的粉丝一样出门，所以我坚持让他给我一条更容易接受的迷彩工装裤，这是他带来的备用应急裤，结果他穿了a)或b)。 正当我以为我的一天有了些许好转时，奥利呜咽着说：“我饿了。”说实话，从什么时候开始活下去比登上巨型野兽更重要了？！那孩子需要好好审视一下自己，分清轻重缓急

straight. Mind you, we had missed lunch and it was almost half two. Feeding him would be far more favourable than adding Social Services onto my list of nightmare scenarios. On the way out Wendy caught us at reception. ARGH! This holiday was one hold up after another. 'Afternoon, everyone. Lovely day for it,' she said. If she meant lovely day for running around, getting stressed and going slowly mad then she was spot on. 'Have you been anywhere nice so far?' she asked.

直。提醒你一下，我们错过了午饭，现在已经快两点半了。 给他提供食物比在我的噩梦清单上加上社会服务要有利得多。 出去的时候，温迪在接待处撞见了我们。 啊!这个假期是一个接一个的抢劫。 下午,每一个人。“天气真好，”她说。 如果她的意思是在可爱的一天跑来跑去，感受压力，慢慢发疯，那么她就是对的。 “到目前为止，你去过什么好地方吗？”她问。

'We saw cockroaches in the library!' said Oli. Wendy frowned. 'Well, I'm sorry about that. I hope you've reported it to Sudmouth Council's pest control office.' I couldn't be bothered to explain that that's not what Oli meant. 'And we haven't had lunch yet!' Oli sniffed. WHAT. A. BLABBERMOUTH. 'Aw, look at him, scrawny little thing,' Wendy cooed. 'I'll make you lunch on the house if you like. Mr and Mrs Chan are always giving us free spring rolls, so it's the least I can do.'

“我们在图书馆看到蟑螂！”奥利说。 温迪皱起了眉头。“嗯，我很抱歉。 我希望你已经向萨德茅斯议会的害虫控制办公室报告了。”我懒得解释奥利不是这个意思。 “我们还没吃午饭呢！”奥利闻了闻。 什么。长舌者。“啊，看看他，骨瘦如柴的小东西。”温迪低声说。 "如果你愿意，我可以免费给你做午饭。 陈先生和陈太太总是免费给我们春卷，所以这是我最起码能做的。”