042 游乐场里的怪兽

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Recess was Henry's favorite part of the school day

课间休息是亨利在学校里最喜欢的时光。

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He liked to chase the other kids around the playground

他喜欢在操场上追逐其他孩子。

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" Aaaaahhhhhh!" he screamed, making his scariest monster face

“啊啊啊——！”他尖叫着，做出他最吓人的怪物表情。

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When the kids saw Henry coming, they would shout

当孩子们看到亨利过来时，他们会喊道：

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" Here comes the monster!"

“怪物来了！”

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Then they would run away screaming and giggling

然后他们会尖叫着、咯咯笑着跑开。

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Henry could be quite a few different monsters: a wolf, a gorilla, or a ghost

亨利可以扮成好几种不同的怪物：狼、大猩猩，或者鬼魂。

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He tried hard to make each one scary

他努力让每种怪物都吓人。

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What Henry really wanted, though, was to play nicely like everyone else

不过，亨利真正想要的是像其他人一样好好地玩耍。

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He wanted to make sand castles or play catch with the other kids

他想和其他孩子一起堆沙堡或者玩接球游戏。

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But Henry was shy and talked in a quiet voice

可是亨利很害羞，说话声音轻轻的。

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He was always afraid the other kids would laugh at him

他总是害怕别的小朋友会笑话他。

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The only way he could play was by being a monster

他玩耍的唯一方式就是扮成怪物。

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" Oh, Henry, can't you play some other way?" Henry's teacher asked him

“哦，亨利，你就不能用别的办法玩吗？”老师问他。

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She tried showing him how to play in the sandbox, but Henry wasn't good at making sand castles

她试着教他怎么玩沙坑，可亨利不大会堆沙堡。

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He always ended up throwing sand in other kids ' faces by accident

他总是不小心把沙子撒到别人脸上。

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One day, a new girl arrived at school

有一天，学校来了个新女孩。

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Henry saw her sitting alone in a corner, looking sad

亨利看见她一个人坐在角落里，看上去很难过。

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He was curious

他很好奇。

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" Maybe I can make her run away from me

“也许我可以让她从我这儿跑开。”

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It might be fun," he thought

“也许挺有趣的。”他想。

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He decided to be the ghost

他决定扮成鬼。

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Slowly, he walked toward her, making scary faces and sounds

他慢慢地走向她，做着吓人的鬼脸，发出可怕的声音。

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But she didn't even look at him

但她甚至没有看他一眼。

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He got closer and beat his chest, grunting like a gorilla

他靠近了些，捶打胸口，像大猩猩一样哼哼着。

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She still did not move

她仍然一动不动。

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Then he showed his teeth and screamed as loud as he could

然后他龇牙咧嘴，使尽全力尖叫起来。

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The girl finally looked up at him

女孩终于抬起头看着他。

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She giggled and then laughed out loud

她咯咯地笑，然后大笑出声。

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Henry was confused

亨利搞糊涂了。

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The next thing she did confused him even more

她接下来做的事让他更加困惑。

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She opened her mouth wide and roared like a lion

她张大嘴巴，像狮子一样吼叫。

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This had never happened before!

这种事以前从没发生过！

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Kids were always scared of him!

孩子们总是怕他！

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What was he supposed to do?

他该怎么办呢？

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The girl kept making funny faces and laughing

女孩不停地做鬼脸，笑个不停。

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Then Henry laughed too

然后亨利也笑了。

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This was fun!

这很好玩！

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" I like playing monster!" said the girl

“我喜欢扮怪物！”女孩说。

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" Do you want to see my wolf monster?" Henry asked proudly

“你想看我的狼怪物吗？”亨利自豪地问。

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" Sure!"

“当然！”

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Henry threw his head back and howled like a wolf." Aooooo!"

亨利仰起头，像狼一样嚎叫。“嗷呜——！”

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" Wow! Let me try." The girl howled too

“哇！让我试试。”女孩也嚎叫起来。

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" Aooooo! I'm Annie. What's your name?"

“嗷呜——！我叫安妮。你叫什么名字？”

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" Henry."

“亨利。”

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" I'm glad you're playing with me

“我很高兴你跟我玩。

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Everyone else already has a friend."

别人都已经有朋友了。”

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Then Henry shyly asked," Do you want to be my friend?"

然后亨利害羞地问：“你愿意做我的朋友吗？”

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Annie smiled and gave Henry a hug

安妮笑着拥抱了亨利。

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" Yes! I'd love to be your friend!"

“愿意！我很想做你的朋友！”

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Henry blushed

亨利脸红了。

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" Tag, you're it!" Annie yelled as she ran away

“捉人，你当鬼！”安妮喊着跑开了。

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Henry and Annie chased each other happily around the playground

亨利和安妮在操场上快乐地互相追逐。

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They took turns being the scariest monster

他们轮流扮成最吓人的怪物。

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Then Annie taught Henry how to make sand castles in the sandbox

然后安妮教亨利怎么在沙坑里堆沙堡。

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Henry's teacher was very happy

亨利的老师非常开心。

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Henry was happy too

亨利也很开心。

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He did not have to be a monster all the time anymore

他再也不必一直扮怪物了。

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Now, he and Annie were best friends

现在，他和安妮是最好的朋友。