Horrid Henry Goes Shopping

Horrid Henry goes shopping. No! No! Horrid Henry stood in his bedroom up to his knees in clothes. The long sleeve stripy t -shirt came to his elbow. His trousers dropped half way down his legs. Henry sucked in his tummy as hard as he could. Still the zip wouldn't zip. Nothing fits! He screamed, yanking off the shirt and hurling it across the room. And my shoes hurt! Alright Henry, calm down, said Mum. You've grown. We'll go out this afternoon and get you some new clothes and shoes. No! Shrieked Henry. No!

淘气包亨利去买东西。 不要！ 不要！ 淘气包亨利站在卧室里，周围的衣服堆得齐他膝盖高。 那件条纹长袖T恤才到他胳膊肘的位置。 他的裤子滑到了腿中间，快掉下来了。 亨利拼尽全力往回缩肚子。 可拉链还是拉不上。 一件都不合身！ 他尖叫着一把扯下T恤，狠狠扔到房间另一头。 还有我的鞋挤得脚疼！ “好啦亨利，冷静点。”妈妈说。 你长个子啦。 我们今天下午出门给你买新衣服和新鞋子。 不要！ 亨利尖声大叫。 不要！

Horrid Henry hated shopping. Correction. Horrid Henry loved shopping. He loved shopping for gigantic TVs, computer games, comics, toys and sweets. Yet for some reason, Horrid Henry's parents never wanted to go shopping for good stuff. Oh no. They shopped for Hoover bags. Toothpaste. Spinach. Eeeew. Fox. Why, oh why, did he have such horrible parents? When he was grown up, he'd never set foot in a supermarket. He'd only shopped for TVs, computer games and chocolate.

淘气包亨利讨厌买东西。 纠正一下，淘气包亨利可喜欢买东西了。 他喜欢买超大电视、电脑游戏、漫画、玩具还有糖果。 可不知道为什么，亨利的爸妈从来不想买这些好东西。 哦才不，他们买的是吸尘器尘袋。 牙膏。 菠菜。 咦—— 狐狸用品。 为什么呀，为什么我会有这么讨厌的爸妈啊？ 等他长大了，他才不会踏进超市半步呢。 他只买电视、电脑游戏和巧克力。

But shopping for clothes was even worse than heaving his heavy bones round the happy shopper's supermarket. Nothing was more boring than being dragged round miles and miles and miles of shops, filled with disgusting clothes only a mutant would ever want to wear. And then standing in a little room while Mum made you try on icky, scratchy things you seemed dead in if they were the last trousers on earth. It was horrible enough getting dressed once a day without doing it fifty times. Just thinking about trying on shirt after shirt after shirt made Horrid Henry want to scream. I'm not going shopping! He howled, kicking the pile of clothes as viciously as he could. And you can't make me! What's all this yelling? demanded Dad.

可是买衣服比拖着他沉甸甸的身子逛“快乐顾客”超市还要惨。 超市。 最烦人的就是被拉着逛一家又一家没完没了的店， 里面全是只有怪人才愿意穿的丑衣服。 还要站在小试衣间里，妈妈逼着你试那些又丑又扎人的玩意儿， 就算地球上只剩这一条裤子，你都不想穿。 一天穿一次衣服就够烦的了，更别说要试五十次。 光想到要一件接一件试衬衫，淘气包亨利就想 尖叫。 我才不去买东西！ 他大吼着，用尽全身力气踹那堆衣服。 你们逼不了我！ “喊什么呢？” 爸爸问道。

Henry needs new trousers said mum grimly. Dad went pale. You sure? Yes, said mum take a look at him. Dad looked at Henry. Henry scowled. They're a little small but not that dad said dad. I can't breathe in these trousers! Shrieked Henry.

“亨利需要新裤子。”妈妈沉着脸说。爸爸脸都白了：“你确定？”“对，”妈妈说，“你看看他。” 爸爸看了看亨利，亨利皱着眉。“是有点小，但也没那么夸张吧。”爸爸说。 这条裤子勒得我都喘不上气了！”亨利尖声喊道。

That's why we're going shopping, said Mum, and I'll take him. Last time Dad had taken Henry shopping for socks and came back instead with three hairy hellhound CDs and a jumbo pack of Dayglow slime. I don't know what came over me, Dad had said when Mum told him off. But why do I have to go? Said Henry. I don't want to waste my precious time shopping. What about my precious time? Said Mum. Henry scowled. Parents didn't have precious time. They were there to serve their children. New trousers should just magically appear like clean clothes and packed lunches. Mum's face brightened. Wait, I have an idea, she beamed. She rushed out and came back with a large plastic bag. Here, she said, pulling out a pair of bright red trousers. Try these on.

“所以我们得去买东西，”妈妈说，“我带他去。” 上次爸爸带亨利去买袜子，结果买回来的是 三张《毛地狱犬》CD还有一大袋荧光史莱姆。 “我也不知道当时怎么想的。”妈妈骂爸爸的时候，他这么解释。 “可是为什么我得去啊？”亨利说，“我才不想浪费我宝贵的时间买东西。” “那我的宝贵时间就不是时间了？”妈妈说。亨利皱起眉，大人哪有什么宝贵时间啊。 他们生来就是伺候小孩的，新裤子就该像干净衣服和打包好的午餐一样 凭空变出来才对。妈妈眼睛突然一亮。 “等等，我有办法了。”她笑眯眯地说，冲出去拿了个 大塑料袋回来。“给，”她说着掏出一条亮红色的裤子，“试试这条。”