15. AMANDA PIG AND THE AWFUL,SCARY MONSTER

AMANDA PIG AND THE AWFUL, SCARY MONSTER

小猪阿曼达和可怕的吓人怪兽

THE MONSTER "Look at the moon," said Father. Amanda looked up into the sky. There was the roundest, fattest, brightest moon she had ever seen.

怪兽 “看那月亮呀，”爸爸说。 阿曼达抬头看向天空。 那是她见过的最圆、最饱满、最亮的月亮。

"Moon," she said. What a round, fat, wonderful word. A poem popped into her head. "The moon," she said, "is like a yellow balloon." "Hey," said Oliver. "That's good." That was when Amanda saw it, right there in the back yard. "A monster!" she said. "An awful, scary monster!"

“月亮呀，”她说。 多好听的词呀，圆圆胖胖的，妙极了。 她脑子里突然冒出了一首小诗。 “月亮呀，”她说，“就像个黄色的气球。” “嘿，”奥利弗说。 “写得真好。 就在这时，阿曼达看见了它，就在后院里。 “有怪兽！” 她喊道。 “一只好可怕、好吓人的怪兽！”

"Where?" said Oliver. "There," said Amanda. "Why, Amanda," said Father. "That is only a bush." "And anyway," said Oliver, "there are no such things as monsters." "Of course not," said Mother. "Come, my big girl. I will tuck you in." I am a big girl, thought Amanda. There are no such things as monsters. I won't think about it. But as soon as the lights were out, Amanda knew.

“在哪？”奥利弗问。 “在那儿，”阿曼达说。 “哎呀，阿曼达，”爸爸说。 “那只是一丛灌木呀。” “再说啦，”奥利弗说，“这世界上根本没有怪兽这种东西。” “当然没有啦，”妈妈说。 “来吧，我的大姑娘。 我来给你盖被子哄你睡。” 我是大姑娘了，阿曼达心里想。 世界上没有怪兽这种东西的。 我不要再想这件事了。 可是灯刚一灭，阿曼达就知道不对了。

There was a monster in her room. It was hiding in the closet. Or the toy box. Or maybe under her bed. Yes, that was it. If she tried to get up, it would grab her by the foot. Amanda squeezed Sallie Rabbit tight. She lay very still. She didn't even breathe. Maybe the monster wouldn't notice her. But her heart was going ka-boom, ka-boom. The monster would hear it. KA-BOOM, KA-BOOM. KA-BOOM! KA-BOOOM!

她的房间里真的有只怪兽。 它藏在衣柜里。 要么就在玩具箱里。 说不定就在她的床底下。 对，肯定是这样。 要是她敢试着起来，它就会一把抓住她的脚。 阿曼达紧紧抱着萨莉兔子玩偶。 她一动不动地躺着。 她连气都不敢喘。 说不定怪兽就注意不到她了。 可是她的心脏咚咚、咚咚跳个不停。 怪兽肯定会听见的。 咚——咚！咚——咚！ 咚——咚！ 咚——咚——！

"Mother!" cried Amanda. "Father! Come here!" Mother and Father came running. "What is it?" asked Mother. "An awful, scary monster," said Amanda. "I think it's under my bed." Father shone his flashlight under her bed. "No one there," he said. "Besides, there are no such things as monsters. Remember?" "Well, it was there," whispered Amanda.

“妈妈！”阿曼达大叫起来。 “爸爸！快来呀！” 爸爸妈妈赶紧跑了过来。 “怎么啦？”妈妈问。 “有一只好可怕、好吓人的怪兽，”阿曼达说。 “我觉得它就在我床底下。” 爸爸把手电筒往床底下照。 “这儿没人呀，”他说。 “再说啦，世界上根本没有怪兽的。 还记得吗？” “唔，它刚才还在这儿的，”阿曼达小声说。