10 Sweet-Smelling Strategy

Chapter 10 Sweet-Smelling Strategy Malia narrowed her eyes. "What?" Ivan explained. "These bats" nasty breath freezes muscles up. Mouthwash should take that power away." Dante nodded. "Smart!" Malia crossed her arms. "And how are we supposed to get it in their mouths, genius?" Dante answered before Ivan could. "We fill up those water guns, and " "Squirt!" Ivan finished. "Minty-fresh victory." "Momentito," said Omi, lifting up his bony hand. "Time to haggle." "Excuse me?" Dante asked. The skeleton rubbed his fingers together: squeak,

第十章 香喷喷的妙计 玛利亚眯起了眼睛。 “什么？” 伊万解释道。 “这些蝙蝠的臭口气能把肌肉冻僵。 漱口水应该能消除这个能力。” 丹特点了点头。 “太聪明了！” 玛利亚抱着胳膊。 “那我们要怎么把漱口水弄到他们嘴里啊，大聪明？” 伊万还没开口，丹特就先回答了。 “我们把那些水枪灌满，然后——”“滋！” 伊万接话道。 “清清爽爽薄荷味的胜利。” “等一下，”欧米说着，抬起了他瘦骨嶙峋的手。 “该谈谈价钱了。” “你说什么？” 丹特问道。 骷髅搓了搓手指：吱呀，

squeak. "Payment. What've you got to swap?"

吱呀。 “报酬。 你们有什么可以用来换的？”

They laid out all of their belongings on top of a box of toilet paper, including Malia's purse and everything in it. "These will do just fine," said Omi, gathering the items up. Malia's eyes watered. Her parents had bought her the little handbag as a reward for good grades and behavior. It wasn't fair! "Boss," Dante warned. "We need this trade." "Fine. It's a deal," Malia said with a sigh. Their freedom was more important than her possessions.

他们把所有随身物品都摆在了一箱卫生纸上面，包括玛利亚的钱包和里面的所有东西。 “这些刚好合适。”欧米说着，把东西都收了起来。 玛利亚的眼睛红了。 这个小钱包是爸爸妈妈奖励她成绩好、表现乖给她买的。 这太不公平了！ “老大，”丹特提醒道。 “我们得做这笔交易。” “好吧。 成交。”玛利亚叹了口气说道。 他们的自由比她的私人物品更重要。

But she refused to shake the shopkeeper's hand. There were limits, after all!

但她不肯和这个店主握手。 毕竟凡事都要有底线嘛！