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And it looked like they meant BUSINESS. Within ten minutes, they had organized everyone at the park cleanup into separate teams, with a Girl Scout in charge of each one.

看起来他们是认真的。 不到十分钟，他们就把参加公园清扫的每个人分成了不同的小组，每个小组由一名女童子军负责。

My team was responsible for raking leaves in the playground area, and the girl in charge of my group was a Brownie. It was a little embarrassing, but to be honest with you, I was HAPPY the Girl Scouts came in and whipped everybody into shape. Every time I've seen the Girl Scouts get involved with a project, I've been IMPRESSED. A few months ago, the town wanted to build a community garden, but nobody could get their act together and the project fizzled out.

我们组负责在操场区域扫落叶，负责我们组的女孩是一个布朗尼。 这有点尴尬，但说实话，我很高兴女童子军来了，把每个人都训练好了。 每次我看到女童子军参与到一个项目中，我都印象深刻。 几个月前，这个小镇想建一个社区花园，但是没有人能齐心协力，这个项目以失败告终。

But then the Girl Scouts swooped in and built the whole thing on a Sunday afternoon. I'll tell you this; If you put a group of boys my age in charge of something like that, nothing good would come of it. ESPECIALLY if there were power tools involved.

但后来女童子军突然出现，在一个周日的下午把这一切都建好了。 我告诉你；如果你让一群像我这样年纪的男孩负责这样的事情，不会有什么好结果。 尤其是涉及到电动工具的时候。

Even though they were at the town park to work, the Girl Scouts weren't gonna let an opportunity to do some fundraising pass them by. They set up a stand to sell cookies, and one of their first customers was MOM. So I guess she'd changed her mind about people selling stuff to volunteers. I was glad the Girl Scouts were running the show, but they were working us HARD. After an hour of raking, I was worn out and wanted to go home. But it was clear they weren't letting ANYONE go until the last leaf was bagged. Another person in my group who seemed a little worn out was my Homework Buddy, Frew.

尽管她们在镇公园工作，但女童子军不会放过筹款的机会。 他们摆起了一个卖饼干的小摊，他们的第一批顾客之一就是妈妈。 所以我猜她改变了对卖东西给志愿者的看法。 我很高兴女童子军在主持这个节目，但她们让我们太辛苦了。 耙了一个小时后，我累坏了，想回家。 但很明显，在最后一片叶子被装入袋子之前，他们是不会让任何人离开的。 我的小组里另一个看起来有点疲惫的人是我的作业伙伴弗鲁。

OTHER people figured out how smart Frew is, and a bunch of grown-ups started bugging him for stuff they'd usually get from their PHONES. FREW! HOW'S THE STOCK MARKET TRENDING? FREW! WHAT'S THE WEATHER FORECAST FOR THIS WEEKEND? FREW! HAVE ANY CATS DONE ANYTHING AMUSING TODAY? I noticed that every half hour, the Girl Scouts rotated from group to group. So during a changing of the guard, I saw my opportunity and TOOK it.

其他人发现了Frew有多聪明，一群成年人开始向他索要他们通常从手机里得到的东西。 FREW !股票市场的趋势如何？ FREW !这个周末的天气预报如何？ FREW !今天有猫做了什么有趣的事吗？ 我注意到每隔半小时，女童子军就会从一个小组转到另一个小组。 所以在换岗的时候，我看到了机会，就抓住了。

I knew EXACTLY where I was headed, too: the creek. When I was on the swim team in first grade, Dad used to drop me off at the town pool every day. But the MINUTE he drove away, I'd run down to the creek and catch minnows until practice was over. I'd always make sure I got back to the pool before Dad came to pick me up, and I'd jump in at the last second so it looked like I'd been swimming the whole time.

我也很清楚我要去的地方：小溪。 当我在一年级的游泳队时，爸爸每天都把我送到镇上的游泳池。 但他一开车走，我就跑到小溪边抓鲦鱼，直到练习结束。 我总是确保在爸爸来接我之前回到游泳池，然后在最后一秒跳进去，这样看起来我一直在游泳。