Horrid Henry and the Bogey Babysitter

Horrid Henry and the Bogie Babysitter. No way! Shrieked Tetchy Tess slamming down the phone. No way! Shrieked Krabby Chris slamming down the phone. No way! Shrieked angry Anna. What do you think I am, crazy? Even Mellow Martin said he was busy. Mum hung up the phone and groaned. It wasn't easy finding someone to babysit more than once for Horrid Henry. When Tetchy Tess came, Henry flooded the bathroom. When Krabby Chris came, he hid her homework and accidentally poured red grape juice down the front of her new white jeans. And when angry Anna came, Henry... No, it's too dreadful. Suffice it to say that Anna ran screaming from the house and Henry's parents had to come home early.

《调皮鬼亨利和妖怪保姆》 没门！ 暴躁的泰丝尖叫道 啪的一声挂了电话。 没门！ 小气鬼克里斯尖叫着啪的挂了电话。 没门！ 生气的安娜尖叫道。 你当我是什么啊，疯子吗？ 就连好脾气的马丁都说他没空。 妈妈挂了电话，唉声叹气的。 想找个愿意不止一次给调皮鬼亨利当保姆的人可太难了。 上次暴躁泰丝来的时候， 亨利把浴室弄得水漫金山。 上次小气鬼克里斯来的时候， 他藏了她的作业，还不小心把红葡萄汁泼在了她新的 白牛仔裤前襟上。 上次生气的安娜来的时候，亨利他… 唉，别提了，太可怕了。 这么说吧，安娜尖叫着冲出了家门，亨利的爸妈不得不 提前回家。

Horrid Henry hated babysitters. He wasn't a baby. He didn't want to be sat on. Why should he be nice to some ugly, stuck -up, bossy teenager who'd hog the TV and pig out on Henry's biscuits? Parents should just stay at home where they belonged, thought Horrid Henry. And now it looked like they would have to. Ha! His parents were mean and horrible, but he'd had a lot of practice managing them. Babysitters were unpredictable. Babysitters were hard work. And by the time you'd broken them in and shown them who was boss, for some reason they didn't want to come any more. The only good babysitters let you stay up all night and eat sweets until you were sick. Sadly, Horrid Henry never got one of those.

调皮鬼亨利最讨厌保姆了。他又不是小宝宝，才不要被人管着。 他凭什么要对那些又丑、又傲娇、又专横的半大孩子好啊？他们只会霸占电视，还会偷吃亨利的饼干！ 爸妈就该乖乖待在家里才对，调皮鬼亨利心想。现在看来他们确实没法出门了。 哈！他爸妈虽然小气又讨厌，但亨利早就摸透怎么对付他们了。 保姆可就没个准儿了，对付保姆可费劲了。 等你好不容易把他们调教好，让他们知道这里谁说了算，他们就莫名其妙再也不肯来了。 好保姆只有一种：能让你熬一整晚，吃糖吃到吐的那种。 可惜啊，调皮鬼亨利从来没碰到过这种好保姆。

We have to find a babysitter, wailed Mum. The party is tomorrow night. I've tried everyone. Who else is there?' It's got to be someone, said Dad. Think, Mum thought. Dad thought. What about Rebecca? said Dad. Horrid Henry's heart missed a beat. He stopped drawing mustaches on Perfect Peter's school pictures. Maybe he'd heard wrong. Oh please, not Rebecca, not rabid Rebecca!

“我们必须得找个保姆啊，”妈妈哀嚎道，“明天晚上的派对不能不去啊，所有人我都问过了。” 还有谁能找啊？ “肯定还有人，”爸爸说。妈妈想啊想，爸爸也想啊想。 “丽贝卡怎么样？”爸爸说。 调皮鬼亨利的心脏咯噔一下，他正给乖乖彼得的校园照画小胡子呢，手立马停了。 他肯定是听错了吧。求求了，别是丽贝卡，别是那个凶巴巴的丽贝卡啊！

Who did you say?" asked Henry. His voice quavered. "'You heard me,' said Dad. "'Rebecca.' "'No!' screamed Henry. "'She's horrible!' "'She's not horrible,' said Dad. She's just...staked.' "'There's no one else,' said Mum grimly. "'I'll phone Rebecca.' "'She's a monster!' wailed Henry. "'She made Ralph go to bed at six o 'clock.' "'I like going to bed at six o 'clock,' said Perfect Peter. "'After all, growing children need their rest.' Horrid Henry growled and attacked. He was the creature from the Black Lagoon, dragging the foolish mortal down to a watery grave.

“你说谁？”亨利问道，声音都抖了。 “你没听错，”爸爸说。 “丽贝卡。” “不要啊！”亨利尖叫起来。 “她太恐怖了！” “她才不恐怖，”爸爸说，“她只是…比较严格而已。” “实在找不到别人了，”妈妈板着脸说。 “我给丽贝卡打电话。” “她是个怪物！”亨利哀嚎道。 “上次她让拉尔夫六点就上床睡觉！” “我就喜欢六点睡觉，”乖乖彼得说。 “毕竟啊，长身体的小朋友得有充足的睡眠。” 调皮鬼亨利嗷呜一声就扑了上去，他现在是黑湖怪，要把 这个蠢凡人拖去水底下的坟墓。

I squealed Peter. Stop being horrid Henry said dad. Mum's on the phone. Henry prayed. Maybe she'd be busy. Maybe she'd say no. Maybe she'd be dead. He'd heard all about Rebecca. She'd made tough Toby get in his pajamas at five o 'clock and do all his homework. She'd unplugged dizzy Dave's computer.

彼得尖叫起来。 “亨利别调皮了，”爸爸说。 妈妈正在打电话呢。 亨利默默祈祷。 说不定她很忙呢。 说不定她会拒绝呢。 说不定她已经不在人世了呢。 他可太清楚丽贝卡的事迹了。 她让天不怕地不怕的托比五点就穿上睡衣，还把所有作业都写完了。 她还把晕乎乎戴夫的电脑插头给拔了。