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I told her all about Quinn and what he said. But Mom told me Quinn was just being silly, and I didn't need to listen to him. After Mom explained the joke, I actually thought it was pretty funny. I couldn't wait to go back to school the next day and try it out myself. YOU'RE GONNA GROW UP AND GET MARRIED TO SOME ICE CREAM! HA! But it didn't really have the same effect. NOVEMBER MONDAY

我把奎恩的事和他说的话都告诉了她。 但妈妈告诉我奎恩只是在犯傻，我不需要听他的。 在妈妈解释了这个笑话之后，我真的觉得它很有趣。 我迫不及待地想第二天回到学校亲自尝试一下。 你长大后会嫁给一个冰淇淋！哈!但它并没有达到同样的效果。 11月星期一

It's been over a week since Rodrick's party, and I stopped worrying that Mom and Dad were gonna bust us for it. But remember that bathroom door we switched out? Well, I forgot all about it until tonight. Rodrick was upstairs in my room bugging me, and Dad went into the bathroom. A couple seconds later, he said something that made Rodrick stop cold. HEY... DIDN'T THIS DOOR USED TO LOCK? I thought it was over. If Dad knew about the DOOR, it was just a matter of time before he found out about the party. But Dad didn't put two and two together.

罗德里克的派对已经过去一个多星期了，我也不再担心爸妈会因此抓我们了。 还记得我们换过的浴室门吗？ 我都忘了，直到今晚。 罗德里克在楼上我的房间里缠着我，爸爸进了浴室。 几秒钟后，他说了几句话，让罗德里克愣住了。 嘿…这扇门以前不是锁着的吗？ 我以为一切都结束了。如果爸爸知道门的事，他发现派对的事只是时间问题。 但是爸爸并没有把事实和事实联系起来。

I MUST BE LOSING MY MARBLES. You know, maybe it wouldn't be so bad if Mom and Dad found out about the party. Rodrick would get grounded, which would be AWESOME. So if I can figure out a way to spill the beans without Rodrick finding out, I'm gonna go for it. Tuesday I got my first letter from my French pen pal, Mamadou, today. I decided to adjust my attitude and give this whole pen-pal thing my best effort. So when I wrote back to Mamadou today, I tried to be as helpful as possible.

我一定是疯了。 要是爸妈知道了派对的事也许就没那么糟了。 罗德里克会被禁足，那就太棒了。 所以如果我能想办法在不被罗德里克发现的情况下泄露秘密，我就去做。 星期二，我收到了我的法国笔友Mamadou的第一封信。 我决定调整我的态度，尽我最大的努力去做笔友。 所以当我今天给Mamadou回信的时候，我尽可能地提供帮助。

Dear Gregory, I am very privileged to make your acquaintance. Mamadou Dear Mamadou, I'm pretty sure "aquaintance" doesn't have a "c" in it. I really think you need to work on your English. Sincerely, Greg I think it's dumb that Madame Lefrere won't let us use e-mail with our pen pals. Albert Murphy has already written back and forth with his pen pal a bunch of times, and it's costing them a lot of money in stamps. Dear Jacques- How old are you? Dear Albert, 12. Dear Jacques- Oh. nkledc. COST: $14

亲爱的格雷戈里，我很荣幸认识你。 Mamadou亲爱的Mamadou，我很确定“熟人”里面没有“c”。 我真的认为你需要提高你的英语水平。 说真的，格雷格我觉得勒弗瑞夫人不让我们和笔友用电子邮件真是太蠢了。 阿尔伯特·墨菲已经和他的笔友写了很多次信，这让他们花了很多钱买邮票。 亲爱的雅克-你多大了？ 亲爱的艾伯特：12岁。亲爱的雅克——哦。 成本:4

Friday Tonight, Rowley's parents went out to dinner, so they got him a babysitter. I don't know why Rowley can't just watch himself for a few hours, but believe me I'm not complaining. Rowley's babysitter is Heather Hills, and she's the prettiest girl at Crossland High School. So whenever the Jeffersons go out, I always make sure to be up at Rowley's for "story time." I went up to Rowley's at about 8:00 tonight. I even splashed on some of Rodrick's cologne to make sure I made a good impression on Heather.

周五今晚，罗利的父母出去吃饭，所以他们给他找了个保姆。 我不知道为什么罗利就不能好好照顾自己几个小时，但相信我，我不是在抱怨。 罗利的保姆是希瑟·希尔斯，她是克罗斯兰高中最漂亮的女孩。 所以无论杰弗逊一家什么时候出去，我都一定要去罗利家听“讲故事” 我今晚八点左右去了罗利家。 我甚至喷了一些罗德里克的古龙水以确保给希瑟留下好印象。

I knocked on the door and waited for Heather to answer. But I was caught a little off guard when Rowley's next-door neighbor Leland answered instead. I can't believe Rowley's parents switched babysitters from Heather to LELAND. They should've at least checked with me before doing something stupid like THAT. Once I realized Heather wasn't there, I turned around to go back home. But Rowley asked me if I wanted to hang out and play Magick and Monsters with him and Leland. The only reason I said "yes" was because I thought it

我敲了敲门，等着希瑟来回答。 但当罗利的隔壁邻居利兰接电话时，我有点措手不及。 真不敢相信罗利的父母把保姆从希瑟换成了利兰。 他们在做这种蠢事之前至少应该和我商量一下。 当我意识到希瑟不在的时候，我转身回家了。 但罗利问我想不想跟他和利兰一起玩魔法与怪兽。 我答应的唯一原因是因为我觉得