Horrid Henry's Chores

Horrid Henry Meets the Queen by Francesca Simon, read by Miranda Richardson.

《调皮的亨利觐见女王》，作者弗朗西斯卡·西蒙，米兰达·理查森播讲。

Horrid Henry's Chores. The weekend. The lovely, lovely weekend. Sleeping in, breakfast in his pajamas, morning TV, afternoon TV, evening TV, no school and no Miss Battle Axe for two whole days. In fact, there was only one bad thing about the weekend. Henry didn't even want to think about it. Maybe Mum would forget, he thought hopefully. Maybe today would be the day she didn't burst in and ruin everything. Horrid Henry settled down in the comfy black chair and switched on his new favourite TV show, Hog House, where teenagers competed to see whose room was the most disgusting.

调皮亨利的家务活 周末 美妙的、美妙的周末呀 睡懒觉，穿着睡衣吃早餐， 上午看电视，下午看电视，晚上也看电视， 整整两天不用上学，也不用见战斧老师。 其实呀，周末只有一件烦心事。 亨利连想都不愿意想这件事。 说不定妈妈会忘了呢，他满怀期待地想。 说不定今天她就不会闯进来毁了所有好事啦。 调皮亨利陷进舒服的黑椅子里 打开了他最近超爱的电视节目《猪圈》， 节目里青少年们比赛谁的房间最脏乱恶心。

Henry couldn't wait till he was a terrible teen too. His bedroom would surely beat anything ever seen on Hockhouse. Eeeeee -hoo -hoo -hoo -hoo! Squealed Horrid Henry happily, as Filthy Phil showed off what he kept under his bed. Yuck! Shrieked Horrid Henry, as Moldy Myra yanked open her cupboard. Eeeeee -hoo -hoo -hoo -hoo! Howled Horrid Henry, as Tornado Tarik showed why his family had moved out. And this week's winner for the most revolting room is... Clunk, clunk, clunk. Mum clanked in. She was dragging her favourite instruments of torture, a hoover and a duster. Peter followed.

亨利巴不得自己也快点变成叛逆少年。 他的卧室肯定能赢过《猪圈》里所有的房间。 咿——呼——呼——呼——呼！ 脏兮兮的菲尔展示他床底下藏的东西时，调皮亨利开心得尖叫起来。 好恶心呀！ 长霉的迈拉猛地拉开她的衣柜时，调皮亨利大喊起来。 咿——呼——呼——呼——呼！ 龙卷风塔里克展示他家人为什么搬走的时候，调皮亨利嚎得老大声。 本周最脏乱房间的获胜者是…… 哐当，哐当，哐当。 妈妈哐哐当当走了进来。 她拖着自己最爱的“酷刑工具”：一台吸尘器和一块抹布。 彼得跟在后面。

Henry turn off that horrid program this minute said mum it's time to do your chores No! screamed horrid Henry. Was there a more hateful horrible word in the world than chores? Chores was worse than homework, worse than vegetables, even worse than injection, share and bedtime. When he was king no child would ever have to do chores. Any parent who so much as whispered the word chores would get catapulted over the battlements into the piranha infested moat. You can start by picking up your dirty socks from the floor said mum.

亨利，现在马上把那破节目关了，妈妈说，该做家务活了。 不要！调皮亨利尖叫道。世界上还有比“家务活”更可恨更讨厌的词吗？ 家务活比作业还糟，比吃蔬菜还糟，甚至比打针、分享东西还有早睡都要糟。 等他当上国王，所有小孩都不用做家务活。 哪个家长哪怕只是小声提一句家务活，都会被投石机扔过城墙，丢进满是食人鱼的护城河。 你先把地上的脏袜子捡起来，妈妈说。

Pick up a sock! Pick up a sock! Was there no end to Mum's meanness? Who cared if he had a few old socks scattered around the place? I can't believe you're making me do this! screamed Henry. He glared at Mum. Then he glared at his crumpled socks. The socks were miles away from the sofa. He picked them up later. Much later. Henry, your turn to hoover the sitting room, said Mum. Peter, your turn to dust. Woo -hoo! howled, horrid Henry. I'm allergic to hoovers! Mum ignored him. Then empty the bins and put the dirty clothes into the washing machine, and make sure you separate the whites from the coloureds. Henry didn't move. It will only take fifteen minutes, said Mum.

捡袜子！捡袜子！ 妈妈的狠心还有完没完了？ 他随便扔了几只旧袜子又怎么了？ 我真不敢相信你居然逼我干这个！亨利尖叫道。 他瞪了妈妈一眼，又瞪了瞪自己皱巴巴的袜子。 袜子离沙发可有十万八千里远呢。 他晚点再捡，晚得多得多的时候再捡。 亨利，轮到你用吸尘器吸客厅的尘了，妈妈说。彼得，轮到你擦灰。 哇呜！调皮亨利嚎道，我对吸尘器过敏！ 妈妈没理他。 然后把垃圾桶倒了，脏衣服放进洗衣机里， 记得浅色衣服和深色衣服要分开哦。 亨利一动也不动。 只要十五分钟就干完啦，妈妈说。