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The beekeeper got curious about all the commotion in the hallway and cracked open her door, which was a huge mistake. BARK BARK BARK The bees got into our classrooms, and all the students had to wait in the parking lot while the fire department took care of the situation inside. And this was one of those times when it would've been really nice to have more than one school nurse.

养蜂太太好奇走廊里为什么闹哄哄的，就开门看了一眼，这下可闯了大错。 汪 汪 汪 蜜蜂冲进了我们的教室，所有学生都只能到停车场等着，由消防队进去处理里面的麻烦。 这种时候真希望学校能多一位校医，可惜我们只有一位。

Monday, Our school's standardized test scores came back, and let's just say the results weren't good. Nobody even got past the math section, and apparently the state doesn't give you a do-over if your classrooms get invaded by bees. That means our school officially closed on Friday, and the student paper marked it with one last special edition. And even though I haven't had a ton of fun in this place, it still felt like a sad day. The Student Crier IT'S OVER Middle School to Close Its Doors for Good

周一，我们学校的标准化测试成绩出来了，咱们就直说吧，成绩不太理想。 没人能做完数学部分，而且州政府说了，要是教室被蜜蜂入侵，是不给重考机会的。 也就是说我们学校周五正式关门了，学生报还出了最后一期特刊来记录这件事。 虽然我在这所学校没度过多少开心的日子，真到关门这天还是忍不住难过。 《学生呼声》 一切结束 中学永久闭校

Not everybody was broken up about the school closing, though. The kids who were going to Fulson Tech seemed pretty jazzed, and Mrs. Lackey was excited to head off on a cruise with her husband. But the person who seemed the MOST excited was Principal Bottoms. And now that I think of it, he's probably been checked out for a while.

不过，并不是所有人都为学校关门难过。 要去富尔森技术学院的孩子们看起来挺开心，拉克伊老师也兴奋得不得了，她要和丈夫去坐邮轮度假了。 但最开心的人还要数波顿校长。 现在想想，他估计早就盼着这一天很久了。

Today was the start of my new life as a Slacksville Middle School student. But if every day is going to be like this one, I could be in for a rough ride. First of all, I had to get up a whole hour earlier to catch the bus, which meant it was still kind of dark. And it's a little depressing being at the bus stop when the moon is still out. But it got worse from there. Since I'm the only kid in my neighborhood who's going to Slacksville, they can't put me on a regular bus. That meant they had to send someone to pick me up for school.

今天是我新生活的开始，我成了斯莱克斯维尔中学的一名学生。 但如果每天都像今天这样，我接下来的日子可不好过。 首先，我得提早整整一个小时起床赶公交，出门的时候天还黑蒙蒙的。 月亮还挂在天上就要在公交站等车，想想都有点提不起劲。 可接下来的事比这还要糟。 我们这片就我一个人去斯莱克斯维尔上学，所以没法把我安排进常规公交。 也就是说，他们得专门派人来接我上学。

And even though I like dogs, I'm the type of person who needs their space in the morning. I tried to tell myself it wasn't so bad. But that was before one of the groomers washed a big Saint Bernard, and he shook himself off mid-rinse. SHAKE SHAKE

虽然我很喜欢狗，但我是那种早上需要留点私人空间的人。 我还试着安慰自己说情况没那么糟。 结果就在美容师给一只大圣伯纳洗完澡，它猛地在淋浴时甩了甩身体。 甩甩

If you ask me, the first day at a new school is hard enough without smelling like a wet dog. I thought there might be some kind of official welcome for the new students, but I'm not so sure anyone even knew we were coming. I'm kind of glad they didn't make a big deal of it, though, because I got some hard looks when I walked down the hallway. GULP.

要我说，新学校第一天本来就够难熬了，我还浑身带着湿狗味，这也太倒霉了。 我本来以为新生会有正式的欢迎仪式，结果感觉根本没人知道我们要来。 不过我其实挺庆幸没搞什么大动静，我走在走廊上的时候，已经收到好多异样的眼光了。 咕咚