Her dad always closed and locked the door when he went in.

她爸爸每次進去都會關門上鎖。

She knew that he used it to do projects for work.

她知道他用它來完成工作項目。

He never told Mia what these projects were. One night, Mia approached the door to the laboratory.

他從未告訴米婭這些項目是什麼。 一天晚上，米婭走到實驗室門口。

She stopped and thought, "I wonder what crazy experiment he is doing now." Suddenly, she heard a loud noise.

她停了下來，心想："不知道他現在在做什麼瘋狂的實驗。"突然，她聽到一聲巨響。

It sounded like an evil laugh.

聽起來像是邪惡的笑聲。

The noise scared her, so she walked quickly back to her room. The next night, her friend Liz came to her house.

聲音嚇到了她，於是她快步走回自己的房間。 第二天晚上，她的朋友莉茲來到她家。

When Liz arrived, Mia told her about the night before. "Oh, it was terrible," she said. "Why don't we see what is in there?" Liz asked. "It will be a fun adventure!" Mia felt nervous about going into her father's laboratory, but she agreed.

莉茲來的時候，米婭告訴了她前一晚的事。"哦，太可怕了，"她說"我們為什麼不看看裡面有什麼？"莉茲問。"這將是一次有趣的冒險！" 米婭對進入父親的實驗室感到緊張，但她還是同意了。

As always, the door was locked.

門一如既往地鎖著。

They waited until Mia's father left the laboratory to eat dinner. "He didn't lock the door," Liz said. "Let's go!" The laboratory was dark.

他們一直等到米婭的父親離開實驗室去吃晚飯。"他沒鎖門，"莉茲說。"我們走吧！" 實驗室裡一片漆黑。

The girls walked down the stairs carefully.

女孩們小心翼翼地走下樓梯。

Mia smelled strange chemicals. "What terrible thing was her father creating?" Suddenly, they heard an evil laugh.

米婭聞到了奇怪的化學物質"她父親在製造什麼可怕的東西？"突然，他們聽到了一陣邪惡的笑聲。

It was even worse than the one Mia heard the night before. "What if a monster was going to kill them?" Mia had to do something.

這比米婭前一晚聽到的更糟糕。"如果有怪物要殺他們怎麼辦？"米婭必須做點什麼

She shouted for help.

她大聲呼救。

Mia's father ran into the room and turned on the lights. "Oh, no," he said. "You must have learned my secret." "Your monster tried to kill us," Mia said. "Monster?" he asked. "You mean this?" He had a pretty doll in his hands.

米婭的父親跑進房間，打開了燈。"哦，不，"他說"你一定是知道了我的祕密""你的怪物想殺了我們，"米婭說。"怪物？"他問。"你是說這個？ 他手裡拿著一個漂亮的娃娃。

The doll laughed.

娃娃笑了。

The laugh didn't sound so evil anymore. "I made this for your birthday.

笑聲聽起來不再那麼邪惡了。"我為你的生日做了這個。

I wanted to give it to you then, but you can have it now.

我當時就想給你，但你現在可以拿走了。

I hope you like it."

希望你喜歡。"