003 坏心眼怪物

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Ben looked at his stool in surprise. It was halfway across the room

本惊讶地看着他的凳子。它已经跑到了房间的另一头。

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Ben, however, was floating exactly where he'd been

然而，本还稳稳地飘在原地。

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Mog lay sprawled on the floor." He tried to knock me over!" Ben realized

莫格四仰八叉地摔在地上。“他想把我撞倒！”本恍然大悟。

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" Mog!" cried Mrs. Hag." What are you doing?"

“莫格！”哈格夫人喊道，“你在干什么？”

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The monster got up off the floor." I was, um, trying to get my stool back."

这只怪物从地上爬起来。“我，呃，想把我的凳子拿回来。”

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He pointed to the stool he had knocked across the room

他指着那个被他撞飞到房间那头的凳子。

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" That's not your stool," said Mrs. Hag

“那不是你的凳子，”哈格夫人说。

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" That's Ben's stool. Now sit down and behave yourself!"

“那是本的凳子。现在坐下，规矩点！”

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Mog sat down as Ben got the stool

莫格坐了下来，本去拿回了凳子。

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When Ben came back, Mog leaned over the table, scowling at him

当本回来时，莫格探过桌子，一脸怒容地瞪着他。

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" Listen, you pathetic excuse for a monster," Mog whispered

"听着，你这可悲的怪物，" 莫格低声说。

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" Stay away from Winnie, or you'll end up all alone, haunting a ghost town!"

"离温妮远点，不然你会孤零零地在鬼镇上闹鬼！"

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" Oh, Mog," said Winnie." He wouldn't be alone in a ghost town

"哦，莫格，" 温妮说，"他在鬼镇上不会孤单的。

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Those places are filled with ghosts." She flashed a smile at Ben

那些地方全是鬼魂。" 她冲本微微一笑。

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" Grr," snarled Mog, still glaring at Ben

"哼，" 莫格咆哮着，依然怒视着本。

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" He's a really nice guy," Winnie whispered to Ben

"他其实人很好，" 温妮对本低声说。

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" He's just not showing it today."

"只是今天没表现出来罢了。"

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Mrs. Hag clapped her hands." Let's start cooking!

哈格夫人拍了拍手。"我们开始做饭吧！

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Mog, get out the soap and scrub brush so you're ready to clean up when we're done."

莫格，把肥皂和刷子拿出来，这样做完饭你就可以准备清理了。"

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Ben watched Mog get up. Ben had stood up to Mog earlier

本看着莫格站起来。本之前反抗过莫格。

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But he was new at school, and he couldn't afford to make enemies

但他是学校的新生，不能树敌。

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He'd better stay out of Mog's way for now

他最好暂时避开莫格。

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Then he stole another quick look at Winnie, hoping she hadn't read his thoughts again

接着他又偷偷瞥了温妮一眼，希望她没再读他的心思。

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Maybe he'd better stay out of her way too

也许他也最好避开她。

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At lunch Gaby told Ben more about the dance that Waldo had mentioned

午餐时，加比向本详细说了沃尔多提到的那场舞会。

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And over the next few days, that's all anyone was talking about at Monster Academy

接下来的几天里，怪兽学院人人都在谈论这件事。

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Who was going with whom to the Monster Mash dance?

谁与谁一起去怪兽混搭舞会？

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Which girl monsters had asked boy monsters?

哪些女怪兽邀请了男怪兽？

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Why did the girl mummies always spend the evening giggling and running to the restroom to rewrap their bandages?

为什么女木乃伊们总是一晚上咯咯笑，还跑去洗手间重新缠绷带？

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Ben wanted to go to the dance

本想去参加舞会。

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He had already met a bunch of girl monsters at Monster Academy

他已经在怪兽学院里见过一群女怪兽了。

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But there was only one he really liked — and she was taken

但他真正喜欢的只有一个——而她已名花有主。

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A few days later during homeroom, Mr. Freaky made an announcement

几天后的早间辅导课上，怪异先生宣布了一个通知。

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" Attention, monsters!" His voice crackled over the loudspeaker

“注意了，怪兽们！”他的声音从扩音器里噼啪传出。

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" As you know, we've been having some strange problems with our brooms since school started

“如你们所知，自开学以来，我们的扫帚就出现了一些奇怪的问题。

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We've found brooms everywhere — the restrooms, the gym, the soccer field

我们到处都发现了扫帚——洗手间、体育馆、足球场。

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Just yesterday one crashed through my office window!"

就在昨天，还有一把撞破了我办公室的窗户！”

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" We're not sure who's causing the empty brooms to fly around, but we will find the monster responsible

“我们还不确定是谁让这些空扫帚到处乱飞，但我们一定会找出罪魁祸首。

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In the meantime, because of the danger, we're canceling all extracurricular activities

同时，由于存在危险，我们将取消所有课外活动。

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That includes the Monster Mash dance."

这其中包括怪兽混搭舞会。”

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" What?"

“什么？”

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" That's not fair!"

“这不公平！”

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Everyone in Ben's homeroom started complaining

本班上的每个人都开始抱怨起来。

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" Furthermore," continued Mr. Freaky," all broom-flying classes will be suspended until the broom incidents stop."

“此外，”怪异先生继续说道，“所有扫帚飞行课都将暂停，直到扫帚事故停止为止。”

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" No broom-flying class?" shrieked a witch sitting next to Winnie." That stinks!"

“没有扫帚飞行课了？”坐在温妮旁边的女巫尖叫道，“太糟糕了！”

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" You're not kidding." Winnie looked like she might cry

“谁说不是呢。”温妮看起来快要哭了。

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" My parents promised to get me my own broom as soon as I got my broom-flying license." She sighed

“我父母答应我，只要我拿到扫帚飞行执照，就给我买一把自己的扫帚。”她叹气道。

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" I'll be an ugly old witch before I can fly a broom by myself."

“等我能自己骑扫帚飞的时候，我都变成一个丑陋的老女巫了。”

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" You could never be an ugly old witch," thought Ben as he gazed over at Winnie

“你永远也不可能变成丑陋的老女巫。”本凝视着温妮，心里想着。

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Winnie suddenly looked up, and her green eyes stared right into his

温妮突然抬起头，她绿色的眼睛直直地望进了他的眼里。

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Ben looked away quickly

本赶紧移开了目光。

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The bell rang, and all the students headed off to class

铃声响了，所有学生都去上课了。

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As Ben drifted down the hallway, he thought about the sad look on Winnie's face again

本沿着走廊慢悠悠地走着，又想起了温妮脸上那难过的表情。

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Poor Winnie. She'd looked so disappointed

可怜的温妮。她看起来那么失望。

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Suddenly Ben got a brilliant idea

突然，本想出了一个绝妙的主意。

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" I'll figure out who's crashing the brooms!" he thought

“我要找出是谁在破坏扫帚！”他想。

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" Then Winnie can go back to broom-flying class and get her own broom."

“这样温妮就能回去上飞行课，得到她自己的扫帚了。”

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He was new at Monster Academy, but he could find the mysterious broom-flyer and help Winnie

他虽然是怪兽学院的新生，但他能找到那个神秘的扫帚飞行员，帮到温妮。

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He knew he could

他知道自己能做到。

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Later Ben heard a voice behind him in the cafeteria

后来，本在食堂听到身后有人叫他。

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It was Gaby. He turned to look up at her

是加比。他转过身，抬头看着她。

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" Guess what?" she cried, jumping up and down. The entire cafeteria shook

“你猜怎么着？”她跳上跳下地喊道。整个食堂都震动起来。

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" Hey, quit jumping!" complained a goblin at the next table

“喂，别跳了！”邻桌的一个小妖精抱怨道。

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" You spilled my toad juice!"

“你弄洒我的蟾蜍汁了！”

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" What is it? Tell me!" said Ben

“什么事？快告诉我！”本说。

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Gaby stopped jumping." Waldo Wizz asked me to go see a movie on Friday night!" she said

加比停下了跳跃。“瓦尔多·维兹约我周五晚上去看电影了！”她说。

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" That's fantastic!" said Ben

“太棒了！”本说。

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" Waldo is so nice," Gaby gushed

“瓦尔多真是太好了。”加比激动地说。

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" He's cute too. Have I told you about how great he is at magic?"

“他也很可爱。我跟你说过他魔法有多厉害了吗？”

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" Yes." Ben rolled his eyes

“说过了。”本翻了个白眼。

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Gaby had told him about Waldo Wizz's magic skills — along with his bright blue eyes — many, many times

关于瓦尔多·维兹的魔法技能——还有他那双明亮的蓝眼睛——加比已经跟他说过很多很多次了。

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Ben was about to remind Gaby of this when another idea came to him

本正要提醒加比这件事，突然又冒出了一个主意。

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Waldo was supposed to be some kind of genius at magic

都说瓦尔多在魔法方面是个天才。

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Maybe he could help find the monster who was crashing all the brooms

也许他能帮忙找出那个破坏所有扫帚的怪兽。