Horrid Henry Tricks the Tooth Fairy

Horrid Henry tricks the tooth fairy by Francesca Simon read by Miranda Richardson

《淘气包亨利捉弄牙仙子》 作者：弗朗西斯卡·西蒙 朗读者：米兰达·理查森

Horrid Henry tricks the tooth fairy. It's not fair! shrieked Horrid Henry. He trampled on Dad's new flower bed, squashing the pansies. It's just not fair! Moody Margaret had lost two teeth. Sour Susan had lost three. Clever Claire lost two in one day. Rude Ralph had lost four, two top and two bottom, and could spit to the blackboard from his desk. Greedy Graham's teeth were pouring out. Even Weepy William had lost one, and that was ages ago.

淘气包亨利捉弄牙仙子。 “这不公平！”淘气包亨利尖叫着。他踩过爸爸的新花坛， 把三色堇都踩扁了。“这太不公平了！”娇气包玛格丽特已经掉了两颗牙。 臭脸苏珊掉了三颗。聪明鬼克莱尔一天就掉了两颗。 粗鲁鬼拉尔夫掉了四颗，上面两颗下面两颗，还能坐在座位上把口水吐到黑板上。 贪吃鬼格雷厄姆的牙掉得哗哗的。就连爱哭鬼威廉都掉过一颗，那都是好久以前的事了。

Every day someone swaggered into school, showing off a big black toothy gap, and waving fifty pence or even a pound that the tooth fairy had brought. Everyone that is but Henry. It's not fair! shouted Henry again. He yanked on his teeth. He pulled. He pushed. He tweaked. And he tugged. They would not budge. His teeth were superglued to his gums. Why me? moaned Henry, stomping on the petunias. Why am I the only one who hasn't lost a tooth? Horrid Henry sat on his fort and scowled. He was sick and tired of other kids flaunting their ugly wobbly teeth and disgusting holes in their gums. The next person who so much as mentioned the word tooth had better watch out. Henry! shouted a squeaky little voice. Where are you?

每天都有人大摇大摆走进学校，炫耀着缺牙的黑窟窿，还挥着牙仙子给的 五十便士，甚至一英镑。 所有人都有过这种经历，只有亨利没有。 “这不公平！” 亨利又大喊起来。 他使劲拽自己的牙。 他扯呀扯。 他推呀推。 他拧呀拧。 他拔呀拔。 牙齿动都不动一下。 他的牙就像被强力胶粘在牙龈上一样。 “为什么偏偏是我？” 亨利嘟囔着，一脚踩在矮牵牛上。 “为什么我是唯一一个没掉过牙的人？” 淘气包亨利坐在他的堡垒上，皱着个脸。 他受够了别的小孩炫耀他们晃悠悠的丑牙齿，还有牙龈上 恶心的小窟窿。 下一个敢提“牙”这个字的人，最好小心点。 “亨利！”一个尖尖的小声音喊道。 “你在哪儿呀？”

Horrid Henry hid behind the branches. I know you're in the fort, Henry, said Perfect Peter. Go away, said Henry. Look, Henry, said Peter, I've got something wonderful to show you. Henry scowled. What? You have to see it, said Peter. Peter never had anything good to show. His idea of something wonderful was a new stamp, or a book about plants, or a gold star from his teacher saying how perfect he'd been. Still, Henry crawled out. This had better be good, he said, or you're in big trouble. Peter held out his fist and opened it. There was something small and white in Peter's hand. It looked like... No, it couldn't be.

淘气包亨利躲在树枝后面。 “我知道你在堡垒里，亨利。”乖乖仔彼得说。 “走开。”亨利说。 “快看呀亨利，”彼得说，“我有超棒的东西要给你看。” 亨利皱起了眉头。 “什么东西？” “你一定要看看。”彼得说。 彼得从来没什么好东西可秀的。 他眼里的好东西要么是新邮票，要么是植物相关的书，要么是老师奖给他的、夸他表现完美的金星贴纸。 不过亨利还是爬了出来。 “最好是什么好东西，”他说，“不然你就倒大霉了。” 彼得伸出拳头，然后张开了手。 彼得的手心里有个小小的白色东西。 看起来像是…… 不对，不可能的。

Henry stared at Peter. Peter smiled as wide as he could. Henry's jaw dropped. This was impossible. His eyes must be playing tricks on him. Henry blinked. Then he blinked again. His eyes were not playing tricks. Perfect Peter, his younger brother, had a black gap at the bottom of his mouth where a tooth had been. Henry grabbed Peter. You've colored in your tooth with black crayon, you faker. Have not! shrieked Peter. It fell out. See? Peter proudly poked his finger through the hole in his mouth.

亨利盯着彼得看。 彼得笑得嘴都咧到耳根了。 亨利惊得下巴都快掉了。 这不可能。 肯定是他的眼睛看花了。 亨利眨了眨眼。 然后又眨了眨眼。 他的眼睛没看花。 乖乖仔彼得，他的亲弟弟，下排牙缺了一颗，留了个黑黑的小窟窿。 亨利一把抓住彼得。 “你肯定是用黑蜡笔把牙涂黑了，你这个骗子。” “我才没有！”彼得尖叫道，“它自己掉的。你看？” 彼得骄傲地把手指伸进嘴里那个缺牙的窟窿里晃了晃。