Chapter 10

CHAPTER 10 Wogan, Mohsen, Flora and Charlie were skulking. They had just rushed out of lunch, and were hanging round in the corridor near Ms Fyre's office. Bulging in Charlie's pocket was his dad's electric shaver, which he had sneaked into his bag that morning. If he got it back in the bathroom as soon as he got home, his dad would never know. The minutes ticked by as they nervously waited for Ms Fyre to leave her office. Finally the door swung open, and Ms Fyre marched out towards the school cafe. 'OK, people! Take your positions!' whispered Flora dramatically. Wogan quickly chased after Ms Fyre. He positioned himself in the next corridor, so he had the perfect view of her in the canteen, where she would

第十章沃根、莫森、弗洛拉和查理在偷偷摸摸。 他们刚吃完午饭，在费尔女士办公室附近的走廊里闲逛。 查理口袋里鼓鼓囊囊的是他爸爸的电动剃须刀，那是他那天早上偷偷放进包里的。 如果他一回家就把它拿回浴室，他爸爸就不会知道了。 他们紧张地等待着弗尔离开办公室，时间一分一秒地过去。 最后，门开了，费尔女士大步走向学校咖啡厅。 ‘好吧,人!各就各位！弗洛拉戏剧性地小声说。 沃根迅速追上了弗雷。 他站在旁边的走廊里，这样他就能完美地看到她在食堂里，她会在那里

soon be holding a tray and choosing her lunch. If Ms Fyre did anything, Wogan would be able to warn Mohsen, who was standing at the corner, where he could see both Wogan and Flora, who was standing outside Ms Fyre's office with Charlie. Wogan gave Mohsen the thumbs up, and Mohsen turned and gave Flora the thumbs up. 'OK. It's time. Good luck, Charlie McGuffin,' said Flora. There was something nagging in the back of Charlie's mind, but he dismissed it. The plan was

很快就会端着托盘挑选午餐了。 如果弗尔女士做了什么，沃根就可以警告站在角落里的莫森，在那里他可以看到沃根和弗洛拉，弗洛拉和查理一起站在弗尔女士的办公室外面。 沃根对莫森竖起大拇指，莫森转过身来，对弗洛拉竖起大拇指。 ‘好吧。它的时间。“祝你好运，查理·麦高芬。”弗洛拉说。 在查理的内心深处，有什么东西在纠缠着他，但他没有理会。 计划是

ready. It was now or never. He nodded solemnly to Flora and took one last look up and down the corridor to make sure the coast was clear. He placed his hand on the handle, swallowed and, quick as a flash, sneaked into the office. The minute the door closed behind him he realized what had been nagging him. He was desperate for a wee. He opened the door again. 'Flora!' 'What do you want? Get back in there!' Flora asked. 'I'm busting for a wee!' 'Charlie, we don't have time!' Flora said, slapping her forehead. 'Get back in there and shave monkey! Ms Fyre could be back any moment. You can have a wee after!' 'OK, OK. I'm going in.' Reluctantly Charlie crept back into the office and tried to forget about the wee. He closed the door of the office behind him, and tiptoed into the stuffy silence. It was a pretty ordinary office, apart from Ms Fyre's prize orchids, which lined the windowsill. And of course, sitting there like a giant stuffed monkey on a bookshelf sat the giant

准备好了。机不可失，时不再来。 他严肃地向弗洛拉点了点头，然后在走廊里上下打量了最后一眼，以确保没有危险。 他把手放在把手上，咽了口气，然后像闪电一样迅速地溜进了办公室。 门在他身后一关上，他就意识到是什么在困扰着他。 他非常想尿尿。 他又打开了门。“植物!“你想要什么？” 回到那里去！”植物问道。 “我要去尿尿！”“查理，我们没时间了！”弗洛拉拍着额头说。 “猴子，回去给我刮胡子！”弗尔女士随时可能回来。 之后你可以休息一个星期！“好吧，好吧。” 我要进去了。”查理不情愿地爬回办公室，试图忘记这一点。 他随手关上了办公室的门，蹑手蹑脚地走进了闷热的寂静。 这是一间非常普通的办公室，除了窗台上摆放着弗尔女士的珍贵兰花。 当然，坐在书架上的巨人就像一只巨大的毛绒猴子

monkey on top of the bookshelf. There was no way Charlie could reach it, so he pulled Ms Fyre's swivel chair over and began to climb on it. Meanwhile, Wogan, who was spying on Ms Fyre, was the first person to realize that things were about to go wrong. Horribly, horribly wrong. He watched in horror as Ms Fyre began patting her pockets as if she'd lost something, tutted, and began walking towards Wogan, who froze in terror, his brain crashing. Fortunately his body snapped into action. He began frantically waving at Mohsen. Unfortunately, just at that precise moment, Mohsen had found a particularly well-lodged bogey and was giving that his full attention rather than the frantically waving Wogan. Wogan realized that no matter how much he waved, Mohsen was just not going to see him. Ms Fyre was already nearly on top of him, so Wogan made a decision and began running towards Mohsen. 'She's coming!' Wogan panted. 'What?' said Mohsen, one finger still deeply embedded in his left nostril. 'Fyre's coming! Look!'

猴子在书架上。 查理根本够不着，所以他把弗尔女士的转椅拉过来，开始爬上去。 与此同时，监视弗尔女士的沃根是第一个意识到事情即将出错的人。 大错特错。他惊恐地看着弗尔女士开始拍自己的口袋，好像丢了什么东西似的，然后嘘了一声，朝沃根走去。沃根吓得僵住了，脑子都要崩溃了。 幸运的是，他的身体立刻动了起来。 他开始疯狂地向莫森挥手。 不幸的是，就在那一刻，莫森发现了一个特别到位的柏忌，他把全部注意力都放在了这个柏忌上，而不是疯狂挥舞的沃根。 沃根意识到，无论他怎么挥手，莫森都不会看到他。 弗尔女士已经快到他身上了，所以沃根做了一个决定，开始向莫森跑去。 “她来了!”Wogan气喘。 “什么?莫森说，他的一根手指还深深插在左鼻孔里。 Fyre的来了!看!”

A look of horror spread across Mohsen's face as he saw Ms Fyre striding back towards her office. Immediately he swung round and began waving madly at Flora. Flora, fortunately, was keeping good watch. Her face paling when she saw Mohsen's panicked waving, she quickly gave three knocks on the office door. That was the agreed signal for Charlie to hide. They couldn't risk Charlie leaving the office in case he was seen, so they had agreed that if Ms Fyre returned early that Charlie would hide and Flora would try to delay her to give Charlie longer to get himself hidden. When Charlie heard Flora's three sharp knocks his heart nearly fell out of his bum. He jumped down off the swivel chair, and looked round in blind panic. He dived down under the desk and curled up into a ball. Then, with a shock of fear, he realized that he had left the chair by the bookcase,

当莫森看到弗尔大步朝办公室走去时，他的脸上露出了恐惧的表情。 他立刻转过身来，开始疯狂地向弗洛拉挥手。 幸运的是，弗洛拉守得很好。 当她看到莫森惊慌地挥手时，她的脸变得苍白，她迅速地敲了三下办公室的门。 这是查理藏起来的信号。 他们不能冒着查理离开办公室的风险，以防他被人看见，所以他们达成了协议，如果弗莱女士回来得早，查理就躲起来，弗洛拉会设法拖延她，让查理有更多的时间躲藏起来。 当查理听到弗洛拉的三声尖锐的敲门声时，他的心几乎要跳出来了。 他从转椅上跳下来，惊慌失措地环顾四周。 他钻到桌子底下，蜷缩成一团。 接着，他惊恐地意识到自己把椅子忘在书架旁边了，

and not by the desk where it belonged. He scrambled out, and began pulling the chair backwards when he heard the voice of Flora, suddenly, loud, right outside the door. 'Oh, hi, Ms Fyre.' 'Good afternoon, child. Out of my way and allow me to enter my office.' Ms Fyre's cut-glass voice cut through the closed door. 'But… how are you, Ms Fyre?' 'I'm perfectly adequate, thank you, now if you would move out of the way–' 'Ms Fyre, can I just say you're looking really lovely today? The way the sun is shining through the window on to your head, it makes your hair look beautiful, like a great big bush caught fire.' Charlie crawled backwards under the desk, dragging the chair with him. 'Hmm. Why, thank you, I suppose. Now out of my way, child.' 'But, Ms Fyre, can I just show you, I've got this strange rash–' 'Then go to the nurse, child. Out. Of. My. Way. Now!'

而不是放在桌子旁边。 他爬了出来，开始把椅子往后拉，这时他听到弗洛拉的声音，突然，响亮，就在门外。 “哦，你好，费尔女士。“下午好，孩子。” 让开，让我进办公室。”弗尔女士的声音穿透了紧闭的门。 “可是……你好吗，费尔女士？”“我完全够用，谢谢，现在请您让开——”“费尔女士，我能说您今天看起来真漂亮吗？” 阳光透过窗户照在你的头上，让你的头发看起来很美，就像一丛大灌木着火了。”查理拖着椅子向后爬到桌子下面。 “嗯。嗯，我想是谢谢你吧。 现在别挡道，孩子。“可是，费尔女士，我能不能给你看看，我长了一种奇怪的皮疹——”“那就去找护士吧，孩子。 出去了。的。我的。道路。现在!”