Chapter 16

Saturday– Plunkthorpe Drama Club Variety Show Day The worst has happened. Mam has banned me from using Hulk as an accessory for my magic act. EXCELLENT. 'You know how nervy he is, he shouldn't even be out of his hutch,' she said. HA! Try

星期六——普朗克索普戏剧俱乐部综艺表演日最糟糕的事情发生了。 妈妈禁止我用绿巨人做我魔术表演的附属品。 太好了。“你知道他有多紧张，他甚至不应该走出他的小屋，”她说。 哈!试一试

telling that to EVIL TWINS, after all, it was them who let him out in the first place, I felt like saying. The show was on in a few hours and I was prop-less! I didn't know what to do so I went to see Dev. When I told him my dilemma, he came up with a brilliant solution. At half-past two, everyone filed into the care home dining room. There was a huge turnout. All the family were there, including Jack who had brought Kayla along for a 'cultural experience'. EVIL TWINS were there with their dad too. Miss Gabb went on stage and introduced the show. Nicola Jenkins was on first with her plate spinning. I'd never heard of it before. Apparently her second cousin's

把这些告诉邪恶双胞胎，毕竟，是他们把他放出来的，我想说。 演出几小时后就要开始了，而我却没带道具！我不知道该怎么办，所以我去找戴夫。 当我告诉他我的困境时，他想出了一个绝妙的解决办法。 两点半，大家鱼贯进入养老院的餐厅。 到场的人很多。所有的家人都在那里，包括杰克，他带着凯拉一起去“文化体验”。 邪恶双胞胎也和他们的爸爸在一起。 加布小姐走上舞台，介绍演出。 尼古拉·詹金斯在一垒，盘子在旋转。 我以前从来没听说过。 显然是她表亲的

milkman's uncle was a professional plate spinner in the 1980s and that's what inspired her. Nicola is in my art class and quite good at pottery. It will come in handy if she smashes any of the plates and needs to replace them. A troop of Irish dancers and a ukulele player were next, then Dynamites in Tights. They are a brother and sister acrobatic duo who I thought were extremely brave. Not for attempting a triple twist straddle jump from the shoulders, but for wearing matching green spandex tights.

牛奶男的叔叔在20世纪80年代是一名专业的盘子纺纱机，这就是她的灵感来源。 妮可拉和我一起上美术课，她很擅长陶艺。 如果她打碎了盘子，需要更换的话，它就会派上用场了。 接下来是一群爱尔兰舞者和一名尤克里里乐手，然后是穿紧身衣的炸药人。 他们是一对杂技兄妹，我觉得他们非常勇敢。 不是因为他试图从肩膀上跳三圈，而是因为他穿着绿色的弹性紧身衣。

After them was Princess Silvia Gomez Kumquat. That is her stage name. Her real name is Maureen Snodgrass. She sang a song from the musical Les Misérables. It was ever so depressing. One lady started crying hysterically in the front row and had to be taken outside for air.

在他们之后是西尔维娅·戈麦斯·金桔公主。 那是她的艺名。她的真名是莫林·斯诺德格拉斯。 她演唱了音乐剧《悲惨世界》中的一首歌。 这真是太令人沮丧了。 前排的一位女士开始歇斯底里地哭泣，不得不被带到外面呼吸新鲜空气。

Then it was me. My original plan was to re-enact what happened at the care home open evening. Except this time Hulk was at home recuperating. Thankfully Dev's idea was perfect. He got me to borrow Agung's furry hat and attached a long piece of transparent thread to it. It would be Hulk's replacement stunt double! When the false guinea pig dropped out of the bottom of the MAGIC BOX, Dev would pull the thread from the side of the stage, thus appearing to make it escape, and I'd pretend to chase it around.

然后是我。我最初的计划是重现养老院开放之夜发生的事。 只不过这次绿巨人在家休养。 谢天谢地，Dev的想法是完美的。 他让我借了阿贡的毛帽子，并在上面系了一根长长的透明线。 他会是绿巨人替身的替身！当假豚鼠从魔术盒底部掉出来时，戴夫会从舞台的一边拉线，假装让它逃跑，我就假装追着它跑。