Chapter 10

Sunday Hulk has been missing for a whole day. I double checked his hutch this morning just in case he had come back. He hadn't, but what I did find was crucial evidence! When I looked closer I found Evil Twin-sized jammy fingerprints all over the hutch. So it WAS them that had let him out! I showed Oli but he was more concerned about getting told off by his school. I told him not to worry as I am

周日浩克已经失踪一整天了。 我今天早上再次检查了他的厨房，以防他回来了。 他没有，但我找到了至关重要的证据！当我仔细看的时候，我发现厨房里到处都是邪恶双胞胎大小的指纹。 原来是他们把他放出来的！我给奥利看了，但他更担心被学校训斥。 我告诉他不要像我这样担心

sure they wouldn't want that mangy old thing back scaring all the kids. I haven't told Mam and Dad yet as they will most likely have a different view altogether about losing school property. They won't be happy at all, knowing it was their responsibility as parents to supervise Oli's pet handling. Oli has been ordered not to say anything to them either. Sundays are their rest days when Mam likes to do a seven-mile run followed by one hundred press-ups and Dad likes to construct some monumental feat of engineering in his shed. In the meantime, if Hulk turns up, we can pretend he has only just escaped and act surprised. That's if EVIL TWINS aren't holding him hostage somewhere. We tried to keep the secret from Jack too but he got

他们肯定不想让那个脏兮兮的老东西回来吓到所有的孩子。 我还没有告诉爸爸妈妈，因为他们很可能对失去学校财产有完全不同的看法。 他们会很不高兴的，因为他们知道，作为父母，监督奥利的宠物是他们的责任。 奥利也被命令不许对他们说任何话。 星期天是他们的休息日，妈妈喜欢跑7英里，然后做100个俯卧撑，爸爸喜欢在他的棚子里建造一些不朽的工程壮举。 与此同时，如果绿巨人出现了，我们可以假装他刚刚逃脱，装出惊讶的样子。 如果邪恶双胞胎没有把他劫为人质的话。 我们也试图不让杰克知道这个秘密，但他还是

suspicious when he caught me waving a courgette around inside the cupboard under the stairs. I told him it was an ancient witchcraft ritual to ward off spirits but he didn't believe me. Then Oli came over and blurted out, 'Those cucumbery things give Hulk diarrhea!' which gave the whole game away. BRILLIANT.

当他发现我在楼梯下的碗柜里挥舞小胡瓜时，他起了疑心。 我告诉他这是一种古老的巫术仪式，用来驱邪，但他不相信我。 然后奥利走了过来，脱口而出：“那些黄瓜会让绿巨人腹泻！”这就暴露了整个游戏。 辉煌。

they make his who go all running.

他们让他的人都跑了。

Jack demanded to know what was going on so I had to tell him everything. I couldn't think of any other excuses as to why I was waving a courgette around otherwise. I described how I was going to use Hulk for my magic trick at the variety show and how EVIL TWINS had let him escape. 'It was my job to make Hulk disappear, not theirs!' I told Jack they were trying to sabotage my plans and had either kidnapped Hulk and were holding him hostage or just let him run free to get mauled to death by FUZZFACE. 'Nah, he's more likely to get pecked to death by crows,' he said.

杰克要求知道发生了什么事，所以我不得不把一切都告诉他。 我想不出任何其他的借口来解释我为什么要挥舞小胡瓜。 我描述了我是如何在综艺节目上用绿巨人做我的魔术，以及邪恶的双胞胎是如何让他逃跑的。 “让浩克消失是我的工作，不是他们的！”我告诉杰克，他们试图破坏我的计划，要么绑架了浩克，把他当作人质，要么就让他自由地跑，让他被FUZZFACE殴打致死。 “不，他更有可能被乌鸦啄死，”他说。

Oli started blubbing so I assured him it wouldn't come to that. Crows wouldn't waste their time on anything so scrawny. I asked Jack if he would assist in our search and to my surprise he agreed. Pre-book club, he would have laughed in my face, blabbed to our parents and headed straight to his bedroom for a round of Ninja Banana 2 on his computer like a typical moody teenager. Instead he was incredibly mature and took over the proceedings with great enthusiasm and leadership. I expect that is the effect wearing a cravat has on you. We had already looked for Hulk around the house. Our next step was to extend our search out into the neighbourhood. Oli was

奥利开始哭，所以我向他保证不会哭到那个地步。 乌鸦不会把时间浪费在这么骨瘦如柴的东西上。 我问杰克是否愿意帮助我们寻找，令我惊讶的是他同意了。 在读书俱乐部开始前，他会当着我的面嘲笑我，向我们的父母泄密，然后直奔卧室，在电脑上玩一轮《忍者香蕉2》（Ninja Banana 2），就像一个典型的喜怒无常的青少年。 相反，他非常成熟，以极大的热情和领导能力接管了整个过程。 我想这就是你系领带的效果吧。 我们已经在房子周围找过绿巨人了。 我们的下一步是把搜索范围扩大到附近地区。 奥利是