Chapter 9

Sunday morning ARRRRGGGHH, I overslept! It was gone ten o'clock by the time I woke up– the day was practically over with! All my plans of getting to MacCavity's the second they opened this morning were down the drain. Forget about heading to the newsagent's, the only thing I was heading for was a nervous breakdown!

星期天早上啊，我睡过头了！我醒来的时候已经十点钟了——这一天实际上已经结束了！我所有的计划都泡汤了，他们今天早上一开门我就去了。 忘了去报刊亭的事吧，我唯一要做的就是精神崩溃！

I was so broken from yesterday that I had slept through Dev's deafening snoring and my phone alarm. It was the SQUAWKING seagull that woke me in the end. I should have been grateful but the thought of a KILLER BEAST on our windowsill was scaring me witless. I had to get rid of it. Reluctantly I opened the window and poked at it with a teaspoon. It was the only thing that resembled a weapon close to hand.

昨天的事让我很伤心，我一直睡到戴夫震耳欲聋的鼾声和我的手机闹铃都没听见。 最后是海鸥的叫声把我吵醒了。 我本应该心存感激，但一想到窗台上有一只杀人野兽，我就吓得不知所措。 我得把它处理掉。我不情愿地打开窗户，用茶匙戳了戳它。 这是唯一一件近处看起来像武器的东西。

How To defend yourself from a killer seagull Poke at it with a teaspoon Woefully inadequate d/ Threaten it with a shovel The gull swiped it and chucked it onto the street below, narrowly missing a postwoman on her bike. Imagine the CATASTROPHE if it had landed in her spokes! Then it spotted the packet of shortbread on the sideboard and tried to barge its way in, and I am not EXAGGERATING when I

如何保护自己不受杀手海鸥的伤害？用茶匙戳它，用铲子威胁它。这只海鸥把它扫了一下，扔到了下面的街上，差点撞到一个骑自行车的邮递员。 想象一下，如果它落在她的辐条上，会有多大的灾难！然后它发现了餐具柜上的那包脆饼，就想闯进来，我一点也不夸张

say it had the wingspan of a Boeing 747! I had to wrestle the window shut without losing my fingers and throughout the whole traumatic ordeal, Dev slept like a baby. It is all right for some! I couldn't believe I had just woken up and already wished I was back in bed. I dreaded what the rest of the day had in store. Dev was in such a deep sleep that I had to resort to slapping him on the cheeks. 'What d'you do that for?' he grumbled. 'IT WAS EITHER THAT OR A BOOT UP THE BUTTOCKS,' I replied. After washing and dressing in record time, we went downstairs (my trousers were still damp so I had to wear Dev's cargo pants

说它有波音747的翼展！我必须在不失去手指的情况下使劲关上窗户，在整个痛苦的折磨过程中，戴夫睡得像个婴儿。 对一些人来说，这还可以！我简直不敢相信我刚刚醒来就希望自己能回到床上。 我担心这一天剩下的时间会发生什么。 戴夫睡得很沉，我不得不打他的脸颊。 “你为什么要这样做？”他嘟囔着。 “不是那样，就是屁股被踢上一脚。”我回答。 在创纪录的时间里洗完衣服，我们下了楼（我的裤子还是湿的，所以我不得不穿上戴夫的工装裤）

again). Agung and Oli had just finished breakfast. 'Why didn't you wake us?' I said to Oli. 'You didn't tell me to,' he said. EXCELLENT. 'Why didn't you save us any brekkie then?' I asked. Agung answered with a hearty BURP. Cor, the things I do for these people and this is what I get in return! Oli must have felt unusually guilty, as he sprinted up to his room and returned with two of his bribery Easter eggs for our breakfast.

再一次)。阿贡和奥利刚刚吃完早餐。 “你为什么不叫醒我们？”我对奥利说。 “你没叫我这么做，”他说。 太好了。“那你为什么不给我们留点早餐呢？”我问。 阿贡重重地打了个嗝。 哎呀，我为这些人做了这么多，而我得到的就是这样的回报！奥利一定感到了异乎寻常的内疚，他冲进自己的房间，拿着两个他收受贿赂的复活节彩蛋回来给我们当早餐。

I chomped on a bit and nearly gagged. I checked the best before date on the box and discovered they were off. No wonder Oli was so keen to offload them onto us, plus it served us right for scrimping at the NINETY-NINE PENCE SHOP! Anyway, we didn't need breakfast, we needed one more voucher. It was our last day in Sudmouth, the amusement park closed at five and we were due to get the six o'clock bus home. Timings were tight, but we could do it! I rounded everyone up, we made our way to MacCavity's and hoped for the best. When we got there the shopkeeper was arranging coral reef snow globes on the shelf.

我咬了一点，差点噎住了。 我检查了盒子上的最佳食用日期，发现它们已经过期了。 难怪奥利如此热衷于把它们卸给我们，而且我们在99便士商店里省吃俭用是罪有应得！总之，我们不需要早餐，我们还需要一张代金券。 这是我们在萨德茅斯的最后一天，游乐园五点关门，我们要乘六点钟的公共汽车回家。 时间很紧，但我们能做到！我召集了所有人，我们一起去了麦卡蒂蒂酒吧，希望一切顺利。 当我们到达那里时，店主正在架子上摆放珊瑚礁雪花玻璃球。