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Then I started getting kind of WORRIED, because the pig really didn't look so good. I figured Grandpa might know what to do, but he was out on a date with Mrs. Fredericks. I woke Rodrick up and asked HIM what to do, and he said I should call Dad. So I did, but Dad was in a meeting. I didn't want to bother Mom, because I knew she was at her college signing up for classes. But the pig was turning green, so I called her anyway. I told her that the pig seemed pretty sick, and she asked me if it had eaten anything strange.

然后我开始有点担心，因为那头猪看起来真的不太好。 我想爷爷可能知道该怎么办，但他和弗雷德里克斯太太出去约会了。 我把罗德里克叫醒，问他该怎么办，他说我应该打电话给爸爸。 所以我去了，但爸爸在开会。 我不想打扰妈妈，因为我知道她正在大学里报名上课。 但是小猪变绿了，所以我还是给她打了电话。 我告诉她那头猪看起来病得很重，她问我它是否吃了什么奇怪的东西。

I really didn't wanna tell her it had gotten into my candy corn, so I told her I wasn't sure. She said we'd better take the pig to the vet just in case, and that she was leaving school and would meet us there. Rodrick wasn't happy I was waking him up for the second time in five minutes, but one look at the pig convinced him we needed to get moving. On the ride over, I held the pig in my arms in the back of Rodrick's van. But halfway to the vet the pig started making weird sounds. GLORK GLORK GLORK

我真的不想告诉她它跑到我的玉米糖里了，所以我告诉她我不确定。 她说我们最好带猪去看兽医，以防万一，还说她要放学了，会在那里和我们见面。 罗德里克很不高兴我在五分钟内第二次叫醒他，但他看了那头猪一眼，就确信我们需要行动了。 在来的路上，我把猪抱在怀里，坐在罗德里克的货车后座上。 但在去兽医的路上，猪开始发出奇怪的声音。 荣耀，荣耀，荣耀

I told Rodrick to pull over, but by the time he did it was already too late. Now there was a giant, gooey, orange-and-yellow puddle on the floor of Rodrick's van. And I'm pretty sure I'll never be able to look at candy corn the same way again. Rodrick said it was my fault for making the pig sick, so it was MY job to clean it up. Then he handed me a roll of paper towels and told me to get to work.

我让罗德里克靠边停车，但等他停车时已经太晚了。 现在，罗德里克的货车地板上有一个巨大的、粘稠的、橙黄色的水坑。 我很确定我再也不能以同样的方式看待玉米糖了。 罗德里克说让猪生病是我的错，所以清理它是我的工作。 然后他递给我一卷纸巾，让我去工作。

Even though the puddle was candy corn, it didn't SMELL like it. I tried mopping it up while holding my breath, but it was hopeless. Finally I couldn't take it anymore and realized I was gonna get sick MYSELF. Fortunately, I was able to get out of the van in time. UNFORTUNATELY, the lady whose yard we were parked in front of was outside raking leaves and saw the whole thing.

尽管那个水坑是玉米糖，但闻起来却不像。 我试着屏住呼吸把它擦干净，但没有希望。 最后，我再也无法忍受了，我意识到我自己也要生病了。 幸运的是，我及时下了车。 不幸的是，我们把车停在她家院子前面的那位女士正在外面耙树叶，她看到了这一切。

I guess she thought we were a couple of bad kids and this was some kind of juvenile prank, because she said she was calling the COPS. So I got back in the van and we peeled out of there as fast as we could and turned on to the highway. But we didn't get far. Luckily, I was able to explain everything to the police officer, but he didn't seem to want to hear all the details.

我猜她以为我们是两个坏孩子这是青少年的恶作剧，因为她说她要报警。 所以我回到货车上，我们以最快的速度离开那里，转向高速公路。 但我们没走多远。幸运的是，我能够向警察解释一切，但他似乎不想听所有的细节。

Just after the cop drove away, Mom spotted Rodrick's van on the highway and pulled in behind us. And I guess the pig hadn't totally emptied out yet, because it coughed up one last puddle of candy corn. Tuesday Last night when we got home, Mom said she wasn't mad at me, she was DISAPPOINTED. And when it comes to Mom, that's even WORSE. She said she's disturbed by my "pattern of deception," and that between the incident at Maddox's house and what happened with the pig, she didn't feel like I could be trusted. I explained for the millionth time that the Lego thing was just a misunderstanding, but she'd obviously already made up her mind about that one.

警察刚开走，妈妈就在高速公路上发现了罗德里克的货车，就把车停在了我们后面。 我猜那头猪还没有完全掏空，因为它咳出了最后一滩玉米糖。 星期二昨晚我们回到家时，妈妈说她不是生我的气，而是很失望。 而对妈妈来说，情况就更糟了。 她说她对我的“欺骗模式”感到不安，在马多克斯家发生的事和那头猪的事之间，她觉得我不值得信任。 我无数次向她解释乐高的事只是个误会，但她显然已经拿定主意了。