Horrid Henry's Mother's Day

Horrid Henry's Mother's Day. What are you doing for Mother's Day? Asked Perfect Peter. Horrid Henry ignored him and continued to read his Screaming Demon comic. I'm getting mum flowers and chocolates and making her breakfast in bed. Said Peter. Horrid Henry scowled and slumped lower on the sofa. What presents are you getting her Henry? Asked Peter. None! Bellowed Horrid Henry. Now shut up and go away!

《调皮鬼亨利的母亲节》 “母亲节你打算做什么呀？” 完美彼得问道。 调皮鬼亨利没理他，继续看自己的《尖叫恶魔》漫画。 “我要给妈妈买花和巧克力，还要做早餐端到她床上。” 彼得说。 调皮鬼亨利皱起眉头，往沙发里缩得更深了。 “亨利，你要给她送什么礼物呀？” 彼得问道。 “什么都不送！” 调皮鬼亨利大吼道。 “现在赶紧闭嘴走开！”

Dad? wailed Peter. Henry told me to shut up. Don't be horrid Henry, said Dad, or no TV tonight. But horrid Henry didn't care. Mother's Day. Oh no, not again. Horrid Henry hated Mother's Day. Last year Peter gave Mum a giant hand painted card covered in sparkles and glitter, which had taken him weeks to make. Last year Henry also made Mum a card. Okay, so he'd folded over a piece of paper and scrawled Happy Mother's Day on it. Was it his fault that the paper he'd picked up off the floor had an advert on the other side for a new kebab shop opening down the road? He'd been busy. He'd made her a card, hadn't he? Wasn't it the thought that counted?

“爸爸？”彼得哭唧唧地说，“亨利叫我闭嘴。” “亨利别调皮，”爸爸说，“不然今晚不准看电视。” 可调皮鬼亨利根本不在乎。母亲节？哦不，怎么又来了。调皮鬼亨利最讨厌 母亲节了。去年彼得送给妈妈一张超大的手绘贺卡，上面沾满了亮片和 闪粉，花了他好几个星期才做好。去年亨利也给妈妈做了一张贺卡。好吧， 他不过是折了张纸，在上面潦草地写了母亲节快乐而已。他从地上捡的纸 背面印着街上新开的烤肉串店的广告，这能怪他吗？ 他当时可忙了。他都给她做贺卡了，不是吗？难道 心意不是最重要的吗？

But no, Mum was never satisfied. Then Peter bought her a massive bouquet of red roses. So Henry picked some tulips from the garden and got told off. It was so unfair!

才不是呢，妈妈从来都不满意。 后来彼得给她买了一大束红玫瑰。 于是亨利从花园里摘了几朵郁金香，反倒被骂了一顿。 这也太不公平了！

Why didn't they ever celebrate children's day? That's what he wanted to know. Then mum and dad could serve him breakfast in bed and buy him presents and make him cards. In fact, when Henry became king, he'd make it the law that every day was children's day and mother's day and father's day would be banned. Any parent trying to force their child to celebrate this horrible day would be buried headfirst in quicksand.

他们为什么从来都不庆祝儿童节？这才是他想知道的事。 到时候爸爸妈妈就可以把早餐端到他床上，给他买礼物，给他做贺卡。 说真的，等亨利当上国王，他要立法规定每天都是儿童节， 还要禁止过母亲节和父亲节。 任何敢强迫孩子过这个讨厌节日的家长，都要被头朝下埋进流沙里。

Naturally, Orid Henry hadn't bought mum a present. He'd been so busy watching TV and reading comics and playing on the computer and dragging his weary bones to school and back again that there just hadn't been any time. And mum and dad were so mean and horrid and gave him the puniest amount of pocket money ever in the history of the universe. So how could he be expected to buy a present out of the few measly pence he had rattling around his skeleton bank? He couldn't. And that was that. If mum and dad wanted presents from him, they should give him more cash. Maybe mum would suggest about Mother's Day, thought Orid Henry hopefully. She was getting old after all, and didn't old people forget...

不用说，调皮鬼亨利根本没给妈妈买礼物。 他忙着看电视、看漫画、玩电脑，还要拖着 疲惫的身子往返学校，根本挤不出时间。 再说爸爸妈妈又小气又讨厌，给他的零花钱是 全宇宙有史以来最少的。 他那骷髅存钱罐里只有几个叮当作响的可怜便士，指望用这点钱买礼物 怎么可能呢？ 他当然买不起。 事实就是这样。 要是爸爸妈妈想收到他的礼物，就该多给他点零花钱。 说不定妈妈会不提母亲节的事呢，调皮鬼亨利满怀希望地想。 毕竟她年纪越来越大了，老年人不都会忘事嘛……