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money under my mattress. I tossed and turned all night trying to figure out what to do with my new Mom Bucks. I realized Mom would probably have some way of knowing the difference between phony Mom Bucks and the real thing. So this morning, I decided to try a little experiment. I asked Mom if I could cash in some Mom Bucks so I could buy stamps to write my pen pal. I was really nervous when I handed Mom the money. But she took it without even blinking. I can't believe my luck! I figure I can make this $100,000 last all the way through high school, and maybe even farther. I might not even have to get a real job later on. The trick will be to not cash in too much at one time,

我床垫下的钱。我整晚翻来覆去想怎么处理我的新妈妈巴克斯。 我意识到妈妈可能有办法分辨出假的和真钱的区别。 所以今天早上，我决定做一个小实验。 我问妈妈我能不能兑现一些妈妈币，这样我就可以买邮票给我的笔友写信了。 当我把钱递给妈妈的时候，我真的很紧张。 但她眼睛都不眨就接受了。 我真不敢相信我的运气！我想我可以让这10万一直维持到高中，甚至更久。 我以后可能都不用找正经工作了。 诀窍是不要一次兑现太多，

or Mom will know something's up. And I have to remember to earn a few Mom Bucks for real here and there so she doesn't get too suspicious. I will say one thing for sure, though, and it's that I won't be using the money Mom gave me to buy stamps. I got a picture from my pen-pal, Mamadou, in the mail yesterday, and that pretty much killed any chance of me writing HIM back. "Super" Cool"

不然妈妈会知道出事了 我还得记得时不时给妈妈挣点零花钱这样她就不会起疑心了。 不过，有一件事我可以肯定，那就是我不会用妈妈给我的钱买邮票。 昨天我收到了我的笔友Mamadou寄来的一张照片，这让我几乎没有机会给他回信了。 “超“酷”

Tuesday My big History paper is due tomorrow, but they've been saying all week that it's gonna snow about a foot tonight. So I haven't really been sweating it all that much. At around 10:00, I peeked out the window to see how many inches of snow were on the ground so far. But I couldn't believe my eyes when I pulled back the curtain.

星期二我的重要历史论文明天就要交了，但他们整个星期都在说今晚会下雪一英尺。 所以我并没有那么紧张。 10点左右，我从窗户往外偷看，看看到目前为止地上有多少英寸的雪。 但当我拉开窗帘时，我简直不敢相信自己的眼睛。

Man, I was counting on school being CANCELLED tomorrow. I turned on the news to see what happened, but the weather guy was telling a TOTALLY different story than he was three hours ago.

天啊，我还以为明天学校要停课呢。 我打开新闻看发生了什么事，但是气象播报员跟三小时前讲的完全不一样。

That meant I had to get cracking on my History paper. The problem was, it was too late to go to the library, and we don't have any books in our house that are about the 1900s. So I knew I had to think of something quick. Then I had a great idea. Dad has bailed Rodrick out a million times on his school papers. So I figured he could help me, too. I told Dad about my situation, thinking he'd jump right in and help. But I guess Dad has learned his lesson in that department.

这意味着我得开始写我的历史论文了。 问题是，去图书馆已经太晚了，我们家里没有关于20世纪的书。 所以我知道我得赶紧想个办法。 然后我有了一个好主意。爸爸帮罗德里克做过无数次学校作业了。 所以我想他也能帮我。 我把我的情况告诉了爸爸，以为他会马上帮我。 但我想爸爸已经在这方面得到了教训。

GOOD LUCK WITH THAT! Rodrick must have overheard me talking to Dad, because he told me I should follow him downstairs. You know how Rodrick had Mr. Huff, my History teacher, in middle school? Well, it turns out Mr. Huff gave Rodrick's class the EXACT same assignment when he was in my grade. Rodrick dug around in his junk drawer and found his old paper. And then he told me he'd sell it to me for five bucks. I told him there was no WAY I'd do that. I'll admit, it was pretty tempting. Because number one, since all of Rodrick's assignments have gone through Dad, I knew Rodrick got a good grade on his

祝你好运！罗德里克一定是无意中听到了我和爸爸的谈话，因为他让我跟着他下楼。 你知道罗德里克在中学时是怎么对付我的历史老师哈夫先生的吗？ 原来赫夫先生在我这一年级时，给罗德里克的班级布置了一模一样的作业。 罗德里克在他的杂物抽屉里翻来翻去，找到了他的旧文件。 然后他告诉我他愿意以五美元的价格卖给我。 我告诉他我不可能那么做。 我承认，这很诱人。 因为第一，因为罗德里克所有的作业都经过爸爸的审批，我知道罗德里克的成绩很好