Horrid Henry Gets Rich Quick

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Horrid Henry gets rich quick. Horrid Henry loved money. He loved counting money. He loved holding money. He loved spending money. There was only one problem. Horrid Henry never had any money. He sat on his bedroom floor and rattled his empty skeleton bank. How his mean parents expected him to get by on 50p a week pocket money he would never know. It was so unfair. Why should they have all the money when there were so many things he needed? Comic books, whopper chocolate bars, a new football, more nights for his castle. Horrid Henry looked round his room scowling.

淘气包亨利快速致富。 淘气包亨利可喜欢钱了。他爱数钱，爱攥着钱，也爱花钱。 只有一个问题：淘气包亨利从来都没什么钱。他坐在卧室的地板上 晃着他那空空的骷髅存钱罐，叮当作响。他怎么都想不通，抠门的爸妈怎么会觉得 一周50便士的零花钱够他花的。这也太不公平了。凭什么爸妈握着所有的钱 他想要的东西却那么多？漫画书、超大块巧克力、新足球， 还有他的城堡要多买几个夜光配件呢。淘气包亨利皱着眉扫了一圈自己的房间。

True, his shelves were filled with toys, but nothing he still wanted to play with. "'Mum!' screamed Henry. "'Stop shouting, Henry!' shouted Mum. "'If you have something to say, come downstairs and say it.' "'I need more pocket money,' said Henry. "'Ralph gets a pound a week.' "'Different children get different amounts,' said Mum. "'I think fiftypia week is perfectly adequate.' "'Well, I don't,' said Henry. "'I'm very happy with my pocket money, Mum,' said Perfect Peter. "'I always save loads from my thirtypence. "'After all, if you look after the pennies, the pounds will look after themselves.' "'Quite right, Peter,' said Mum, smiling. Henry walked slowly past Peter. "'When Mum wasn't looking, you reached out and grabbed him. "'He was a giant crab, crushing a prawn in its claws.

没错，他的架子上堆满了玩具，可没有一样是他现在还想玩的。 “妈妈！”亨利大叫起来。 “别喊了亨利！”妈妈也喊了回去。 “你有话要说就下楼来讲。” “我要更多零花钱。”亨利说。 “拉尔夫一周都有一英镑呢。” “不同的孩子零花钱数额不一样。”妈妈说。 我觉得一周五十便士完全够用了。 “哼，我可不觉得。”亨利说。 “妈妈，我对我的零花钱可满意了。”乖宝宝彼得说。 我三十便士的零花钱总能攒下好多呢。 毕竟呀，积少就能成多嘛。 “说得太对了彼得。”妈妈笑着说。 亨利慢慢从彼得身边走过。 趁妈妈没注意，他伸手一把抓住彼得。 他现在是一只大螃蟹，正用钳子夹着一只小虾呢。

How?" wailed Peter. Henry pinched me. I did not, said Henry. No pocket money for a week, Henry, said Mum. That's not fair, howled Henry. I need money. Would you just have to save more, said Mum. No, shouted Henry. He hated saving money. Then you'll have to find a way to earn some, said Mum. Earn? Earn money? Suddenly, Henry had a brilliant, fantastic idea.

“你干什么？”彼得哭嚎着。 亨利掐我！ “我没有。”亨利说。 “亨利，这周零花钱没了。”妈妈说。 “这不公平！”亨利吼道。 我需要钱。 “那你就得多攒点呀。”妈妈说。 “我才不。”亨利大喊。 他最讨厌攒钱了。 “那你就得自己想办法赚点钱呀。”妈妈说。 赚？ 赚钱？ 突然，亨利想到了一个绝妙的超级好主意。

Mom, can I set up a stall and sell some stuff I don't want?" "'Like what?' said Mom. "'You know, old toys, comics, games, things I don't use any more,' said Henry. Mom hesitated for a moment. She couldn't think of anything wrong with selling off old junk. "'All right,' said Mom. "'Can I help, Henry?' said Peter. "'No way,' said Henry. "'Oh, please,' said Peter. "'Stop being hurried, Henry, and let Peter help you,' said Mom. "'Or no stall.' "'Mkay,' said Henry, scowling. "'You can make the for sale signs.' "'Hurried Henry ran to his bedroom and piled his unwanted jumble into a box. He cleared his shelves of books, his wardrobe of party clothes, and his toy box of puzzles with pieces missing.

“妈妈，我能不能摆个小摊，卖点我用不着的东西呀？” “比如什么呀？”妈妈问。 “就是旧玩具呀、漫画呀、游戏呀，那些我再也不用的东西。”亨利说。 妈妈犹豫了一会儿。 她实在想不出卖掉旧破烂有什么不妥的。 “好吧。”妈妈说。 “我能帮你吗亨利？”彼得问。 “门都没有。”亨利说。 “哦求你了。”彼得说。 “亨利别这么小气，让彼得帮你。”妈妈说。 不然就别摆摊了。 “好吧。”亨利皱着眉说。 你可以做“出售”的标识牌。 亨利急急忙忙跑回卧室，把自己用不着的旧杂物都堆进一个箱子里。 他清了架子上的书，衣柜里的派对礼服， 还有玩具箱里缺了零件的拼图。

Then Horrid Henry paused. To make big money, he definitely needed a few more valuable items. Now, where could he find some? Henry crept into Peter's room. He could sell Peter's stamp collection or his nature kit. Nah, thought Henry, no one want that boring stuff. Then Henry glanced inside Mum and Dad's room. It was packed with rich pickings. Henry sauntered over to Mum's dressing table. Look at all that perfume, thought Henry. She wouldn't miss one bottle. He chose a large crystal bottle with a swan -shaped stopper and packed it in the box. Now, what other jumble could he find?

这时淘气包亨利停了下来。要赚大钱，他肯定还得多找点值钱的东西才行。 那他上哪儿能找到这些东西呢？ 亨利蹑手蹑脚溜进彼得的房间。他可以卖掉彼得的集邮册或者自然观察套装呀。 算了，亨利想，没人要那些无聊的玩意儿。 接着亨利瞟了一眼爸妈的房间。里面可全是值钱的好东西呢。亨利慢悠悠地 走到妈妈的梳妆台旁边。 看看这些香水，亨利想，少一瓶她也发现不了。 他挑了个带天鹅造型瓶塞的大水晶香水瓶，塞进了箱子里。 现在，他还能找到什么别的旧杂物呢？