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" Wake up, Ben!" Winnie whispered, poking Ben

“醒醒，本！”维尼低声说，戳了戳本。

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" I'm awake!" Ben sat up straight and tried to focus

“我醒了！”本坐直身子，努力集中注意力。

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But it was always hard to stay awake in Mrs. Flump's boring history class

但在弗伦普太太枯燥的历史课上，要保持清醒总是很难。

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Today they were studying an ancient dragon-ghoul peace treaty

and almost nobody was paying attention.

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Two zombies were snoring and drooling

两个僵尸在打鼾流口水。

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Other monsters doodled in their notebooks or played tic-tac-toe

其他怪物在笔记本上涂鸦，或玩井字游戏。

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Suddenly Mr. Freaky burst into the room, his arms flapping

突然，弗瑞奇先生冲进教室，挥动着手臂。

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Trailing after him was a short man carrying a video camera

跟着他的是一个拿着摄像机的矮个子男人。

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" Students!" Mr. Freaky said." I have an announcement!"

“同学们！”弗瑞奇先生说，“我有个通知！”

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A zombie woke up and looked around. Drool continued

to drip from his mouth.

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" The circus is coming to Monster Academy!" Mr. Freaky said

“马戏团要来怪兽学院了！”弗瑞奇先生说。

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A ghoul grinned." The office ogre thinks Monster Academy is a circus!"

一个食尸鬼咧嘴一笑。“办公室的食人魔觉得怪兽学院就是个马戏团！”

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" I'd love to see a circus show!" Winnie whispered to Ben

“我真想看马戏表演！”温妮低声对本说。

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" Me too." Ben had never seen a live circus show, but acts like the high

wire and stilt walking would definitely be fun to watch.

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Mr. Freaky held up his hands for silence

弗瑞奇先生举起双手示意安静。

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" Ringmaster Ronny's Traveling Circus School is

the finest circus in People Place.

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I have invited Ronny and his staff to come to Monster Academy

to work with us."

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" I'm going to get it all on film!" the man with the camera exclaimed

“我要把这一切都拍下来！”那个拿着摄像机的男人喊道。

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" Students, this is Oliver Scribblebottom," Mr. Freaky said

“同学们，这位是奥利弗·斯克里波尔博顿，”弗瑞奇先生说。

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" He's a documentary filmmaker from People Place

“他是一位来自人类领域的纪录片制片人。

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He's here to record the first human-monster circus school, from beginning to end."

“他是来从头到尾记录这第一所人类与怪物马戏学校的。”

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Mr. Scribblebottom thrust his camera into Mr. Freaky's face

斯克里布尔博特姆先生把摄像机猛地伸到弗瑞奇先生脸前。

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" Pay no attention to me, Mr. Freaky. Just pretend I'm a fly on the wall."

“别在意我，弗瑞奇先生。就当我是墙上的一只苍蝇。”

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He glanced over at a bug with tentacles that was climbing up the wall

他瞥了一眼一只正在墙上爬的、长着触手的虫子。

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" Or whatever kind of monster bugs you have around here."

“或者你们这里随便什么怪物虫子都行。”

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Mr. Freaky's noses wiggled

弗瑞奇先生的几个鼻子扭了扭。

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" There's something else, students

“还有件事，同学们。

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At the end of the week, six lucky monsters will get to join Ringmaster

Ronny's Traveling Circus Show for a special performance!"

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" Woo-hoo!" Everyone cheered loudly

“呜呼！”大家都大声欢呼起来。

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" I have to introduce Mr. Scribblebottom to all the other

classes now," Mr. Freaky continued.

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" The circus school arrives tomorrow, and then the fun begins!"

“马戏学校明天就到，好戏就要开场了！”

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" I hope the circus has a trapeze act," Winnie said as she

and Ben left the classroom.

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" I've always wanted to swing from a trapeze."

“我一直想在空中秋千上荡来荡去。”

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" Really?" Ben shook his head

“真的吗？”本摇了摇头。

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" Not me. It took me forever to learn how to float through walls

“我可不想。我学会穿墙就花了不知多长时间。

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I doubt I'd be very good at the trapeze."

我觉得我肯定玩不转空中飞人。”

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Looking around the hallway, Ben saw that it wasn't just the monsters

in his history class who were excited about the circus.

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Werewolves did cartwheels down the hall, while a goblin juggled tennis balls

狼人们在走廊里翻着侧手翻，有个小妖精在抛接网球。

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A witch named Brunhilda was wearing a bright red clown nose

一个叫布伦希尔达的女巫戴上了鲜红的小丑鼻子。

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Jen hurried over, leaving behind a trail of purple slime

珍急匆匆跑过来，身后拖着一道紫色的黏液。

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" Whoa!" A goblin slipped and crashed into a werewolf

“哇！”一个小妖精滑倒了，撞上了一个狼人。

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Jen grinned sheepishly." Sorry!" Then she turned to her friends

珍不好意思地咧嘴一笑。“对不起！”然后她转向朋友们。

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" Did you guys hear about the circus?"

“你们听说马戏团的事了吗？”

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" Yep!" Winnie said." Everybody seems to have circus fever."

“没错！”温妮说，“好像大家都得了马戏团狂热症。”

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" I'm excited too!" Jen grinned." I've always wanted to ride

a unicycle across a tightrope!"

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" Er, that seems pretty hard, Jen," Ben said

“呃，那看起来挺难的，珍。”本说。

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She shrugged." I'm still eager to try it. See you later!"

她耸耸肩。“我还是很想试试。回头见！”

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" Stop that, Bones. Bad dog!" Ben's mother said

“住手，骨头。坏狗狗！”本的妈妈说。

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Ben arrived home from school to find his mother

wagging her finger at Bones.

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The skeleton dog slunk away from the kitchen table, looking guilty

骷髅狗内疚地从厨房桌子旁溜走了。

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" What's going on?" Ben asked

“怎么回事？”本问。

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" Bones was chewing on the table legs," Sid said

“骨头在啃桌子腿。”席德说。

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Ben's mother frowned." He was trying to get my spider egg pie that's cooling

本的妈妈皱起眉头。“他刚才想偷吃我正放凉的蜘蛛蛋馅饼。

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And earlier in the day, he was digging up the Venus flytraps in the garden."

今天早些时候，他还在花园里挖捕蝇草。”

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" He's just being a dog, Mom," Sid said

“它就是只狗嘛，妈妈。”席德说。

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" Well, he needs to be a better dog," Mom said

“嗯，他得当只好狗。”妈妈说。

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" I love him, but if he keeps this up, we'll have to return him to the shelter."

“我爱他，但要是他继续这样，我们只好把他送回动物收容所。”

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" What?" Ben said

“什么？”本说。

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" You heard me," his mother replied, floating out of the room

“你听到了。”他妈妈回答，飘出了房间。

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Ben's heart sank. They couldn't get rid of Bones!" Do you think he's hungry, Sid?"

本的心一沉。他们不能失去骨头！“你觉得他饿了吗，席德？”

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Sid pointed to Bones' dish." I filled his bowl with Kibbles and Bats

but he hasn't touched the food."

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Ben bent down to talk to the skeleton dog

本弯下腰跟骷髅狗说话。

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" What's wrong, boy? Why are you acting out lately? Do you need a belly rub?"

“怎么了，小家伙？最近为什么捣蛋？需要揉揉肚子吗？”

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As Bones leaped up to give Ben a kiss, he bumped into the kitchen table

骨头跳起来想亲本，结果撞到了厨房桌子。

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Mom's freshly baked spider egg pie flew off, landing

with a loud crash on the floor.

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" Uh-oh!" Sid said

“哎哟！”席德说。

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Bones whimpered and backed away from the mess

骨头呜咽着，从那片狼藉旁往后退。

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Ben sighed." It's okay, Bones. You didn't mean it."

本叹了口气。“没关系，骨头。你不是故意的。”

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Sid started to cry." What are we going to do, Ben?

We're going to lose him."

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" No, we're not," Ben said firmly." We're going to train him."

“不，不会的。”本坚定地说，“我们要训练他。”