Horrid Henry's Ambush

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Horrid Henry's Ambush. Christmas Eve. Just a few more hours to go. It was Christmas Eve at last. Every minute felt like an hour. Every hour felt like a year. How could Henry live until Christmas morning? And he could get his hands on all his loot. Mum and Dad were baking frantically in the kitchen. Perfect Peter sat by the twinkling Christmas tree, scratching out silent night over and over again on his cello.

淘气包亨利的埋伏计划 平安夜 再熬几个小时就到啦 平安夜终于来了 每一分钟都长得像一个小时 每一个小时都长得像一整年 亨利怎么才能熬到圣诞节早上呀 这样他就能拿到所有属于他的好东西啦 爸爸妈妈正在厨房里忙得脚不沾地烤点心 乖乖仔彼得坐在闪着光的圣诞树旁边， 用大提琴反反复复吱呀吱呀拉着《平安夜》

Can't you play something else? Snapped Henry. No, said Peter, sawing away. This is the only Christmas carol I know. You can move if you don't like it. You move, said Henry. Peter ignored him. I am... Screeched to the cello. Arrrrgh! Horrid Henry lay on the sofa with his fingers in his ears, double -checking his choices from the toy heaven catalogue. Big red exit appeared on every page to help you -know -who remember all the toys he absolutely had to have. Oh, please let everything he wanted leap from its pages and into Santa's sack. After all, what could be better than looking at a huge glittering stack of presents on Christmas morning and knowing that they were all for you?

你就不能拉点别的吗？ 亨利没好气地吼道 不行呀，彼得一边说，手里还在拉个不停 我只会这一首圣诞颂歌呀 你不爱听可以走开呀 要走你走，亨利说 彼得根本不理他 我就…… 大提琴发出一声刺耳的尖响 啊啊啊！ 淘气包亨利躺在沙发上，手指使劲堵住耳朵， 翻着玩具天堂目录，一遍遍核对自己想要的礼物清单 每一页上都画了大大的红叉， 好帮那个“你懂的人”记住所有他必须要拿到的玩具 哦，求求了，让所有他想要的东西都从书页里跳出来，钻进圣诞老人的礼物袋里吧 毕竟，还有什么比圣诞节早上看着一大堆闪闪发亮的礼物堆在你面前 而且知道这些全都是给你的更开心的事呢？

Oh please let this be the year when he finally got everything he wanted. His letter to Father Christmas couldn't have been clearer. Dear Father Christmas, I want loads and loads and loads of cash to make up for the puny amount you put in my stock in last year and a Robomatic Supersonic Space Tower Deluxe Plus attachments would be great too. I have asked for this before you know. And the Terminator Gladiator Fighting Kit. I need lots more Dayglow Slime and comics and a Mutant Max poster and the new Zapatron Hip Hop Castle. This is your last chance. Henry. PS. Satsumas are not presents. PPS. Peter asked me to tell you to give me all his presents as he doesn't want any.

哦，求求了，今年一定要让他拿到所有想要的东西呀 他写给圣诞老人的信已经写得不能更清楚了 亲爱的圣诞老人：我想要好多好多好多的钱，好弥补去年你放进我袜子里那点少得可怜的钱 还有一个机器人自动超音速太空塔豪华款 要是能附赠所有配件就更好啦。你知道的，我之前就提过要这个的 还有终结者角斗士战斗套装 我还要好多好多荧光史莱姆、漫画书、一张变种人麦克斯的海报，还有全新的扎帕特朗嘻哈 城堡。这是你最后的机会哦。亨利。又及：橘子不算礼物 再及：彼得让我转告你，他什么礼物都不想要，把他的那份全给我就行

How hard could it be for Father Christmas to get this right? He'd asked for the space howler last year and it never arrived. Instead, Henry got... Vests. And handkerchiefs. And books. And clothes. And a blech jigsaw puzzle. And a skipping rope. And a tiny super -soka. Instead of the mega -sized one he'd specified. Yuck! Father Christmas obviously needed Henry's help. Father Christmas is getting old and doddery, thought Henry. Maybe he hasn't got my letters. Maybe he's lost his reading glasses. Or, what a horrible thought, maybe he was delivering Henry's presents by mistake to some other Henry. Oh, meek! Some yucky, undeserving Henry was probably right now, this minute, playing with Henry's Terminator, Gladiator, Sword, Shield, Axe and Trident. And enjoying his intergalactic samurai gorillas. It was so unfair!

圣诞老人把这些事办好能有多难呀？ 他去年就想要太空咆哮者，结果根本没收到 亨利反而收到了…… 背心 手帕 书 衣服 还有个超讨厌的拼图 还有一根跳绳 还有个迷你版的超级水枪 根本不是他明确要求的超大号款 好恶！ 圣诞老人明显需要亨利帮帮忙才行 圣诞老人真是越来越老糊涂了，亨利心里想 说不定他没收到我的信 说不定他把老花镜弄丢了 或者，哦这个想法太可怕了， 说不定他把亨利的礼物错送给别的叫亨利的小孩了 哦我的天呀！ 某个讨厌的、根本不配的亨利说不定现在，就在此时此刻， 正玩着本该属于亨利的终结者、角斗士、宝剑、盾牌、斧头还有三叉戟呢 还玩着他的星际武士大猩猩玩具 这也太不公平了！

And then suddenly Henry had a brilliant, spectacular idea. Why had he never thought of this before? All his present problems would be over. Presents were far too important to leave to Father Christmas. Since he couldn't be trusted to bring the right gifts, Horrid Henry had no choice. He would have to ambush Father Christmas. Yes! He'd hold Father Christmas hostage with his goo -shooter while he rummaged in his present sack for all the loot he was owed. Maybe Henry would keep the lot. Now that would be fair.

就在这时，亨利突然想到了一个绝妙到爆的好主意 他之前怎么就没想到呢？ 他所有的礼物问题就都能解决啦 礼物这么重要的事，可不能全交给圣诞老人呀 既然他根本靠不住，总是带错礼物， 淘气包亨利也别无选择了 他得埋伏起来抓圣诞老人 对呀！ 他要用自己的粘粘枪把圣诞老人当人质 然后翻他的礼物袋，把所有本该属于他的好东西都找出来 说不定亨利会把所有礼物都留下呢 这样才公平嘛