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Then kids WALKED through the puddle on their way to class, and before long everyone's socks were SOAKED. One thing led to another, and by third period it was just complete CHAOS in the hallways. It got so bad the teachers had to collect all of our socks and keep them in the front office. But a bunch of barefoot middle schoolers isn't such a great thing, either.

孩子们踩着水坑走去教室，没过多久，所有人的袜子全都湿透了。 事情一件接一件，到第三节课时，走廊里彻底乱成了一团。 情况糟到老师们不得不把我们所有袜子收走，放在前台办公室保管。 可一大群光脚的初中生待在一起，也不是什么让人省心的事。

At the end of the day, we all went to the front office to get our socks. But most socks look the SAME, so no one could tell which ones belonged to who. Luckily, Jake McGough has a really good sense of smell, and he paired each kid up with their correct socks.

放学的时候，我们全都去前台办公室领回自己的袜子。 可大部分袜子长得都一模一样，谁也分不清哪双是谁的。 幸运的是，杰克·麦戈的嗅觉特别灵，他帮每个孩子都找到了对的袜子。

He even got the socks right for the Garza twins, which you have to admit is pretty IMPRESSIVE. I was glad it was a little warmer on the way home today, since me and Rowley didn't have Gramma's house to use as a pit stop. But that didn't mean the walk home was EASY. You're not allowed to throw snowballs on the way home from school. But AFTER you get home, you can do anything you WANT. So kids who live close to school have figured out that if they drop their bags off at their houses, that counts as being HOME. Then they come after the kids like me and Rowley who still have a long way to WALK.

他连加尔萨双胞胎的袜子都分对了，不得不说这真的太厉害了。 今天回家路上比往常暖和一点，我挺开心，我和罗利没法去外婆家歇脚了。 可这不代表回家的路就变得好走了。 放学回家的路上是不许扔雪球的。 可等你到家之后，做什么都没人管你。 所以住得离学校近的孩子想出了办法：先把书包放回家里，这样就算“到家”了。 然后他们就出来偷袭我和罗利这种还有好长一段路要走的人。

The SAFETY PATROLS get ambushed, too. But rules are rules, and they're not allowed to fight BACK. And they get attacked from both SIDES. Some of the kids on my hill who get rides home walk halfway back to school just to get their licks in.

安全巡逻队的小朋友也会被伏击。 但规则就是规则，他们不许还手。 而且他们还会遭到两边夹击。 住在我家山上那些有车接的孩子，都会往回走半站路，就为了凑过来打两下。

It's supposed to snow another few inches tomorrow. I told my parents that I'm saving up for a SNOWMOBILE so getting to school isn't such a hassle on days like today. But Mom and Dad started listing all the reasons why a middle school kid can't have a snowmobile, and after a while I kind of tuned them out. Any time I come up with a good idea, my parents shoot it down. They did the same exact thing when I had my dogsled idea LAST winter. I figured if I bought a few dogs and trained them to pull a sled, getting to school in the morning would be a SNAP.

预报说明天还要再下好几英寸的雪。 我跟爸妈说我正在攒钱买雪地摩托，这样下雪天上学就不会这么麻烦了。 可爸妈一条一条列理由说初中生不能有雪地摩托，说了没一会儿我就走神不听了。 每次我想出好点子，我爸妈都直接否决。 去年冬天我提出狗拉雪橇的想法时，他们也是这么做的。 我本来想，要是我买几只狗训练它们拉雪橇，早上去上学肯定轻轻松松。

I guess my parents thought I was JOKING, though, because they told me I should go for it. But when I used my Christmas money to buy a litter of puppies from the lady up the street, Mom and Dad made me return every last one.

不过我猜我爸妈以为我在开玩笑，所以他们说你想弄就弄吧。 可等我用圣诞零花钱从街对面的女士那里买了一窝小狗，爸妈又逼我把每一只都送回去。