Horrid Henry's Dance Class

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Horrid Henry's dance class. Stomp, stomp, stomp, stomp, stomp, stomp, stomp, stomp. Horrid Henry was practicing his elephant dance. Clap, clap, clap, clap, clap, clap, clap, clap, clap. Perfect Peter was practicing his raindrop dance. Peter was practicing being a raindrop for his dance class show. Henry was also supposed to be practicing being a raindrop.

调皮鬼亨利的舞蹈课。 咚咚咚咚咚咚咚咚 调皮鬼亨利正在练习他的大象舞。 啪啪啪啪啪啪啪啪啪 乖乖仔彼得正在练习他的雨滴舞。 彼得正在为舞蹈课的演出练习扮演雨滴。 亨利本来也该练习扮演雨滴的。

But Henry did not want to be a raindrop. He did not want to be a tomato, a string bean, or a banana, either. Stomp, stomp, stomp, went Henry's heavy boots. Tap, tap, tap, went Peter's tap shoes. You're doing it wrong, Henry, said Peter. No, I'm not, said Henry. You are, too, said Peter. We're supposed to be raindrops. Stomp, stomp, stomp, went Henry's boots. He was an elephant smashing his way through the jungle, trampling on everyone who stood in his way. I can't concentrate with you stomping, said Peter, and I have to practice my solo. Who cares? screamed Horrid Henry. I hate dancing. I hate dance class. And most of all, I hate you.

可亨利不想当雨滴。 他也不想当番茄、四季豆或者香蕉。 咚咚咚，亨利厚重的靴子踩得直响。 哒哒哒，彼得的踢踏鞋踏得轻响。 “你跳错啦，亨利。”彼得说。 “我才没有。”亨利说。 “你就是错了。”彼得说。 “我们应该扮演雨滴呀。” 咚咚咚，亨利的靴子又响了起来。 他现在是一头在丛林里横冲直撞的大象， 把所有挡路的家伙都踩扁。 “你咚咚踩个不停，我没法专心了。”彼得说， 我还得练我的独舞呢。 “谁在乎啊？” 调皮鬼亨利大吼道。 “我讨厌跳舞。” “我讨厌舞蹈课。” “最讨厌的就是你。”

This was not entirely true. Horrid Henry loved dancing. Henry danced in his bedroom. Henry danced up and down the stairs. Henry danced on the new sofa and on the kitchen table. What Henry hated was having to dance with other children. Couldn't I go to karate instead? asked Henry every Saturday.

这话也不全对。 调皮鬼亨利可喜欢跳舞了。 亨利在卧室里跳舞。 亨利在楼梯上跳上跳下。 亨利在新沙发上跳，还在餐桌上跳。 亨利讨厌的是得跟别的小朋友一起跳舞。 “我不能去上空手道课吗？” 每个周六亨利都这么问。

No, said Mum, too violent. Judo, said Henry. N -O spells no, said Dad. So, every Saturday morning at nine forty -five a .m., Henry and Peter's father drove them to Miss Impatience Tutu's dance studio. Miss Impatience Tutu was skinny and bony. She had long stringy grey hair. Her nose was sharp. Her elbows were pointy. Her knees were knobbly.

“不行，”妈妈说，太暴力了。 “那柔道呢？”亨利说。 “N-O，就是不行。”爸爸说。 于是，每个周六早上九点四十五分，亨利和彼得的爸爸都会开车送他们 去急躁图图小姐的舞蹈工作室。 急躁图图小姐瘦得皮包骨头。 她留着一缕缕乱糟糟的灰色长发。 她的鼻子尖尖的。 她的手肘尖尖的。 她的膝盖疙疙瘩瘩的。

Perhaps this was because Impatience Tutu hated teaching. Impatience Tutu hated noise. Impatience Tutu hated children. But most of all, Impatience Tutu hated Horrid Henry.

或许这是因为急躁图图讨厌教书。 急躁图图讨厌噪音。 急躁图图讨厌小孩。 不过她最讨厌的，是调皮鬼亨利。