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pretty shaken up. Apparently Mr. Winsky got a call from a parent who said they witnessed Rowley "terrorizing" the kindergartners when he was supposed to be walking them home from school. And Mr. Winsky was really mad about it. Rowley said Mr. Winsky yelled at him for about ten minutes and said his actions "disrespected the badge." You know, I think I might just know what this is all about. Last week, Rowley had to take a quiz during fourth period, so I walked the kindergartners home on my own. It had rained that morning, and there were a lot of worms on the sidewalk. So I decided to have some

很震惊。显然，温斯基先生接到了一个家长的电话，他们说他们目睹了罗利“恐吓”幼儿园的孩子，当时罗利本应该送他们从学校回家。 温斯基先生对此非常生气。 罗利说，温斯基对他大喊大叫了大约十分钟，说他的行为“不尊重警徽”。 我想我可能知道这是怎么回事了。 上周，罗利在第四节课要参加一个小测验，所以我自己送幼儿园的孩子们回家。 那天早上下了雨，人行道上有很多虫子。 所以我决定吃一些

fun with the kids. But some neighborhood lady saw what I was doing, and she yelled at me from her front porch. It was Mrs. Irvine, who is friends with Rowley's mom. She must have thought I was Rowley, because I was borrowing his coat. And I wasn't about to correct her, either. I forgot about the whole incident until today.

和孩子们一起玩。但是有个邻居女士看到了我的所作所为，她在她家前廊对我大吼大叫。 是欧文太太打来的，她是罗利妈妈的朋友。 她一定以为我是罗利，因为我借了他的外套。 我也没打算纠正她。 直到今天我才把整件事忘了。

Anyway, Mr. Winsky told Rowley he's going to have to apologize to the kindergartners tomorrow morning, and that he's suspended from Patrols for a week. I knew I should probably just tell Mr. Winsky it was me who chased the kids with the worms. But I wasn't ready to set the record straight just yet. I knew if I confessed, I'd lose my hot chocolate privileges. And that right there was enough to make me keep quiet for the time being. At dinner tonight, Mom could tell something was bothering me, so she came up to my room afterward to talk. I told her I was in a tough situation, and I didn't know what to do. I got to give Mom credit for how she handled it. She didn't try to pry and get all the details. All she said was that I should try to do the "right thing," because it's our choices that make us who we are.

不管怎样，温斯基先生告诉罗利他明天早上要向幼儿园的孩子们道歉，而且他被停职一周。 我知道我应该告诉温斯基先生是我带着虫子追孩子的。 但我还没准备好澄清事实。 我知道如果我招供，就会失去喝热巧克力的特权。 这就足以使我暂时保持沉默。 今晚吃饭的时候，妈妈能感觉到我有心事，所以饭后她来到我的房间和我说话。 我告诉她我的处境很艰难，我不知道该怎么办。 我得称赞妈妈的处理方式。 她没有试图打听所有的细节。 她只说我应该试着做“正确的事”，因为是我们的选择造就了我们。

I figure that's pretty decent advice. But I'm still not 100% sure what I'm going to do tomorrow. Thursday Well, I was up all night tossing and turning over this Rowley situation, but I finally made up my mind. I decided the right thing to do was to just let Rowley take one for the team this time around. On the way home from school, I came clean with Rowley and told him the whole truth about what

我觉得这是个不错的建议。 但是我还是不能百分之百确定明天要做什么。 星期四嗯，我整晚都在为罗利的事辗转反侧，但我终于下定了决心。 我决定这次应该让罗利为团队承担责任。 在放学回家的路上，我对罗利全盘托出，告诉了他事情的全部真相

happened, and how it was me who chased the kids with the worms. Then I told him there were lessons we could both learn from this. I told him I learned to be more careful about what I do in front of Mrs. Irvine's house, and that he learned a valuable lesson, too, which is this: Be careful about who you lend your coat to. To be honest with you, my message didn't seem to be getting through to Rowley. We were supposed to hang out after school today, but he said he was just going to go home and take a nap. I couldn't really blame him. Because if I didn't have my hot chocolate this morning, I wouldn't have had

发生了，是我带着虫子追孩子的。 然后我告诉他，我们都可以从中吸取教训。 我告诉他，我学会了在欧文太太家门前做事要更加小心，他也学到了宝贵的一课，那就是：要小心你把外套借给谁。 说实话，罗利似乎并没有收到我的信息。 我们本来打算今天放学后出去玩的，但他说他只想回家睡个午觉。 我真的不能怪他。 因为如果我今天早上没有喝热巧克力，我就不会喝了

much energy, either. When I got home, Mom was waiting for me at the front door. DID YOU DO THE RIGHT THING? YEAH! Mom took me out to get some ice cream as a special treat. And what this whole episode has taught me is that every once in a while, it's not such a bad idea to listen to your mother.

也有很多能量。当我到家时，妈妈正在前门等我。 你做对了吗？ 是啊!妈妈带我出去买冰淇淋作为特别款待。 这整件事教会我的是，偶尔听听你妈妈的话也不是个坏主意。