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Then Preston's mom tells him he'll make NEW friends after Pete moves, and everything will work out for the best. Sure enough, by the end of the book, that's EXACTLY what happens. So basically Preston Platypus forgets about Pelican Pete, and all their years of friendship don't mean a THING. And we never find out what happens to Pelican Pete or if he's happy in HIS new neighbourhood.

之后普雷斯顿的妈妈告诉他，皮特搬走后他会交到新朋友，一切都会往好的方向发展。 果然，故事结尾，事情真就变成了这样。 说白了就是鸭嘴兽普雷斯顿就这样忘了鹈鹕皮特，他们这么多年的友谊一文不值。 我们永远都不知道鹈鹕皮特后来怎么样了，也不知道他在新社区过得开不开心。

I thought about writing an angry letter to whoever WROTE this garbage. But of course Rowley LIKED the story, and he wanted me to read him ANOTHER one. I decided to just stop dancing around the issue and tell Rowley what was REALLY going on. And the second I did I REGRETTED it. I told Rowley to try not to get too worked up because it wasn't a done deal yet. But nothing I said made any difference. I had to tell Rowley that if he was gonna be so DRAMATIC I was going HOME.

我都想给写这破玩意儿的人写封愤怒的抗议信了。 不过罗利当然喜欢这个故事，还让我再给他读一本。 我决定不再绕弯子，把实情告诉罗利。 我刚说完就后悔了。 我让罗利别太激动，毕竟这事当时还没板上钉钉。 可我说什么都没用。 我只能跟罗利说，要是他这么大惊小怪，我就回家了。

So then Rowley promised he'd keep himself together, and he DID, but just BARELY. Maybe it was a mistake telling Rowley about ANY of this. I probably should've sent him a postcard AFTER I moved, because that would've been a lot easier on BOTH of us. Wednesday The owners of the house with the pool accepted our offer, so I guess this is really HAPPENING. The people who are buying OUR place had a home survey done over the weekend, and they found a few things we're gonna have to fix before they'll buy the house. The most SERIOUS issue was a problem with the ceiling underneath Mom and Dad's shower.

之后罗利保证会稳住情绪，他确实做到了，不过也只是勉强撑住。 或许把这件事告诉罗利从一开始就是错的。 我真该等我搬完家再给他寄明信片，那样对我们俩都好过很多。 星期三 那栋带游泳池的房子的房主接受了我们的出价，所以我猜这事真的要成了。 买我们房子的人周末做了房屋检验，查出了几处问题，要我们修好之后他们才会买房子。 最严重的问题出在爸妈淋浴间下方的天花板上。

Apparently that clogged drain was a bigger problem than we THOUGHT. The floorboards under the bathroom tiles were totally rotten, so now we're gonna have to REPLACE them. We're lucky nothing TERRIBLE ever happened. Because I can think of things even worse than the GROUT.

原来那个堵塞的下水道问题比我们预想的还要严重。 浴室瓷砖下方的地板全都烂透了，所以我们现在得全部换掉。 万幸之前没出什么天大的乱子。 我都能想到比勾缝问题更糟糕的情况了。

The other thing the buyers want us to do is get rid of the HOT TUB, because they have young kids and they're worried about SAFETY. And I'm 100% with them on THAT one. Now I know for SURE that we're moving, I have a TOTALLY different attitude to school. Since it's almost summer, I asked Mom if I could SKIP classes for the rest of the year. But she said if I don't go to school they could throw her and Dad in JAIL. I thought about whether or not that would be WORTH it, but I decided I could just suck it up for a little while longer.

买家还要求我们移走按摩浴缸，因为他们有年幼的孩子，担心安全问题。 在这件事上我百分百站他们那边。 现在我确定真的要搬家了，我对上学的态度完全不一样了。 眼看就要放暑假，我问妈妈剩下的日子我能不能不去上学了。 可她说要是我不去上学，她和爸爸会被抓进监狱。 我琢磨了下就算爸妈进监狱值不值，最后还是决定再忍一小段时间。

I realized that next year I won't be going to school with these kids, and that's what gave me the courage to finally tell Becky Anton that I LIKED her. So during Biology I told Becky I'd had a crush on her ever since fifth grade. But Becky went straight to the TEACHER, and five minutes later I had a new lab partner. And I'm seriously thinking about the JAIL option again, because I don't know if I can last the rest of the school year dealing with Kelson Garrity.

我想到明年我就不会和这些孩子一起上学了，这给了我勇气，终于告诉贝基·安东我喜欢她。 所以生物课上我告诉贝基，我从五年级就开始暗恋她了。 可贝基直接去找了老师，五分钟后我就换了个新实验搭档。 我现在又认真考虑让爸妈蹲监狱那个选项了，我不知道剩下的日子要怎么和凯尔森·加里蒂熬下去。