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The dogs chewed up the pizza boxes, and thankfully didn't take off my FEET. We got out of there as quick as we could, but my sneakers were getting soaked in the snow. The second I stepped onto the street, though, the Safety Patrols were right there with their whistles. So I had to just suck it up and walk on the sidewalk It didn't take long for the COLD to set in. I was worried I could lose my TOES if I didn't find a way to warm them up. But the school was still a long way off, and I was desperate.

狗狗把披萨盒咬得稀烂，谢天谢地它们没咬掉我的脚。 我们拼了命快点离开那儿，可我的运动鞋还是在雪地里泡透了。 可我刚踩到街上，安全巡逻队就吹着哨出现在我面前。 我只能硬扛着走人行道，没一会儿寒气就冻透了全身。 我生怕找不到地方取暖，脚趾头都会冻掉。 可学校还远得很，我已经快冻得撑不住了。

So we stopped every few houses, and I'd shove my feet into a dryer vent until I got the feeling back in my toes. We finally made it to school. But it took me a minute to realize it was almost as cold in THERE as it was OUTSIDE. Apparently what happened was that the sock smell from yesterday was so strong that it was too much for the night janitor.

所以我们每隔几栋房子就停下来，我把脚塞进烘干机通风口，直到脚趾头恢复知觉。 我们好不容易才走到了学校。 可我过了好一会儿才发现，里面居然和外面一样冷。 原来昨天的袜子味实在太大，把夜保洁给熏得受不了。

So he went around and opened all the windows to let some fresh air circulate. But then I guess he forgot to CLOSE the windows at the end of his shift. And the furnace couldn't keep up, so it shut down. That meant we had a whole day of school with NO HEAT. At first the teachers let us wear our winter stuff in class. But I guess that was too weird, so they changed their minds and made us put our gear in the lockers.

所以他把所有窗户都打开，让新鲜空气进来流通。 结果他下班的时候，忘了把窗户关上。 炉子供不上暖，干脆直接停转了。 这下我们一整天上学都没有暖气。 一开始老师允许我们穿着厚外套上课。 可后来她们觉得这样太奇怪，改了主意让我们把装备都锁进储物柜。

In History we were FREEZING, but our teacher was just FINE. Mrs. Willey keeps a space heater next to her desk, and she had that thing cranked up to the MAX. Halfway through class, a girl named Becky Cosgrove tipped over her desk and started yelling, which was totally random. As punishment, Mrs. Willey made Becky sit in a chair next to her desk. And it took a minute for the REST of us to figure out what Becky's game was.

上历史课的时候我们都快冻僵了，可我们老师却舒舒服服一点不冷。 威利太太的桌边放着一台取暖器，她已经把它开到最大档了。 课上到一半，一个叫贝基·科斯格罗夫的女孩掀翻桌子大叫起来，这事完全莫名其妙。 作为惩罚，威利太太罚贝基坐在她桌边的椅子上。 我们其他人过了好一会儿才反应过来贝基打的什么算盘。

But kids in middle school are idiots, and within thirty seconds EVERYONE was trying to get a seat next to Mrs. Willey. For the rest of the day, everybody did whatever they could to keep WARM. And some kids got pretty CREATIVE about it. We had a school play a few weeks ago, and somebody had the bright idea to get one of the costumes from behind the stage.

不过初中生本来就没脑子，不到三十秒，所有人都抢着要坐威利太太旁边。 剩下的一整天里，大家都想尽办法取暖。 有些孩子想出来的点子真的很有创意。 几周前我们学校办过一场演出，有人灵机一动想去后台拿一件演出服来穿。

While most of us were freezing our butts off INSIDE, the snow was really piling up OUTSIDE. And by fourth period, people were freaking out that we were gonna be stuck at school OVERNIGHT. At lunch, kids bought up everything in the cafeteria so they'd have something to eat if we got snowed in. That sent everyone ELSE into a panic, so kids made a run on the vending machines in the hallways. At that point, people were just trying to get their hands on anything that was EDIBLE. A rumor spread that there was food in the SCIENCE lab, so a bunch of kids ran down THERE.

我们大多数人在屋里冻得要死，外面的雪还在一个劲越积越厚。 到第四节课的时候，大家都慌了，怕我们要被困在学校过夜。 午饭的时候，孩子们把食堂的食物全买光了，就怕下雪困住没吃的。 这把其他人都吓慌了，大家全都冲向走廊的自动售货机扫货。 那时候，大家只要能吃的，抓到什么都想要。 有谣言说科学实验室里有食物，一大群孩子立马往那边冲。