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Seeing Patty standing there reminded me why I signed up to be a Tree in the first place. Pretty soon, the rest of the Trees started throwing apples, too. I think Toto even got in on the act. Somebody knocked the glasses off of Patty's head, and one of the lenses broke. Mrs. Norton had to shut down the play after that, because Patty can't

看到帕蒂站在那里，我想起了当初我为什么要报名成为一棵大树。 很快，其他的树也开始扔苹果了。 我觉得托托也参与进来了。 有人把帕蒂头上的眼镜打掉了，其中一个镜片破了。 在那之后，诺顿夫人不得不停止演出，因为帕蒂做不到

see two feet in front of her without her glasses. After the play was over, my family went home together. Mom had brought a bouquet of flowers, and I guess they were supposed to be for me. But she ended up tossing them in the trash can on the way out the door. I just hope that everyone who came to see the play was as entertained as I was. Wednesday Well, if one good thing came out of the play, it's that I don't have to worry about the "Bubby" nickname anymore. I saw Archie Kelly getting hassled in the hallway after fifth period today, so it looks like I can finally start to breathe a little easier.

不戴眼镜看她前面两英尺的地方。 戏剧结束后，我的家人一起回家了。 妈妈带来了一束花，我想它们应该是送给我的。 但最后她在出门的时候把它们扔进了垃圾桶。 我只希望每个来看戏的人都能像我一样开心。 好吧，如果说这场戏有什么好处的话，那就是我再也不用担心“奶妈”这个外号了。 今天第五节课后，我看到阿奇·凯利在走廊里跟人吵架了，看来我终于可以松一口气了。

Sunday With all this stuff going on at school, I haven't even had time to think about Christmas. And it's less than ten days away. In fact, the only thing that tipped me off that Christmas was coming was when Rodrick put his wish list up on the refrigerator. I usually make a big wish list every year, but this

学校发生了这么多事情，我都没时间考虑圣诞节的事。 还有不到十天的时间。 事实上，唯一让我知道圣诞节即将来临的是罗德里克把他的愿望清单贴在冰箱上的时候。 我通常每年都会列一个很大的愿望清单，但这次

Christmas, all I really want is this video game called Twisted Wizard. Tonight Manny was going through the Christmas catalog, picking out all the stuff he wants with a big red marker. Manny was circling every single toy in the catalog. He was even circling really expensive things like a giant motorized car and stuff like that. So I decided to step in and give him some good big-brotherly advice. I told him that if he circled stuff that was too expensive, he was going to end up with a bunch of clothes for Christmas. nkledc. I said he should just pick three or four medium-priced gifts so he would end up with a couple of things he actually wanted.

圣诞节的时候，我最想要的就是这个叫《扭曲巫师》的电子游戏。 今晚曼尼正在浏览圣诞商品目录，用红色大马克笔挑出他想要的所有东西。 曼尼把目录上的每一个玩具都圈了出来。 他甚至考虑过一些非常昂贵的东西，比如一辆巨大的机动汽车之类的东西。 所以我决定介入，给他一些大哥的忠告。 我告诉他，如果他把太贵的东西圈起来，他最终会得到一堆衣服作为圣诞节礼物。 我说他应该挑三到四件中等价位的礼物，这样他最终会得到几件他真正想要的东西。

But of course Manny just went back to circling everything again. So I guess he'll just have to learn the hard way. When I was seven, the only thing I really wanted for Christmas was a Barbie Dream House. And not because I like girls' toys, like Rodrick said. I just thought it would be a really awesome fort for my toy soldiers. When Mom and Dad saw my wish list that year, they got in a big fight over it. Dad said there was no way he was getting me a dollhouse, but Mom said it was healthy for me to "experiment" with whatever kind of toys I wanted to play with.

当然，曼尼又开始绕圈了。 所以我想他只能吃点苦头了。 当我七岁的时候，我唯一真正想要的圣诞礼物就是一个芭比梦想之家。 不是因为我喜欢女孩的玩具，就像罗德里克说的。 我只是觉得这对我的玩具士兵来说是个很棒的堡垒。 当爸爸妈妈看到我那年的愿望清单时，他们为此大吵了一架。 爸爸说他不可能给我买一个玩具屋，但妈妈说，让我“尝试”自己喜欢的玩具是有益健康的。

Believe it or not, Dad actually won that argument. Dad told me to start my wish list over and pick some toys that were more "appropriate" for boys. But I have a secret weapon when it comes to Christmas. My Uncle Charlie always gets me whatever I want. I told him I wanted the Barbie Dream House, and he said he'd hook me up. On Christmas, when Uncle Charlie gave me my gift, it was not what I asked for. He must've walked into the toy store and picked up the first thing he saw that had the word "Barbie" on it. So if you ever see a picture of me where I'm holding a Beach Fun Barbie, now at least you know the whole story.

信不信由你，爸爸实际上赢得了这场争论。 爸爸让我重新开始我的愿望清单，挑选一些更“适合”男孩的玩具。 但我有一个秘密武器，当谈到圣诞节。 我想要什么查理叔叔就给我什么。 我告诉他我想要芭比梦幻之家，他说他会帮我牵线。 圣诞节那天，查理叔叔给我的礼物并不是我想要的。 他一定是走进玩具店拿起了他看到的第一个有“芭比”字样的东西。 所以如果你看到我拿着沙滩芭比娃娃的照片，现在至少你知道整个故事了。