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movies and then draw pictures afterward to show how the movies affected them. But it was really just an excuse for Rodrick and his friends to watch a bunch of horror movies on school nights. Rodrick's friends got the movie-watching part done, but they didn't draw a single picture. And the night before the Science Fair, Rodrick didn't have anything to show for himself. So me, Mom, and Dad had to bail Rodrick out. Dad typed up the paper, Mom made the poster board stuff, and I had to draw a bunch of pictures. I did my best to imagine what teenagers would draw after watching violent movies.

看电影，然后画一些图片来展示电影是如何影响他们的。 但这实际上只是罗德里克和他的朋友们在上学的晚上看一堆恐怖电影的借口。 罗德里克的朋友们完成了看电影的部分，但他们没有画出一张画。 在科学博览会的前一天晚上，罗德里克没有任何东西可以展示。 所以我，妈妈和爸爸必须把罗德里克保释出来。 爸爸把纸打出来，妈妈做招贴板之类的东西，我得画一堆图。 我尽力想象青少年看完暴力电影后会画些什么。

The thing that REALLY stinks is that I caught heat from Mom when she saw my drawings, because she said they were "disturbing." And that's why I was only allowed to watch G-rated movies for the rest of the year. But if you want to talk about "disturbing, " you should've seen some of the stuff Manny was coming up with those days. One night, Rodrick accidentally left one of his horror movies in the DVD player, and when Manny went to turn on cartoons the next day, he got Rodrick's movie instead.

真正令人讨厌的是，当妈妈看到我的画时，她对我大发雷霆，因为她说我的画“令人不安”。 这就是为什么我在这一年剩下的时间里只能看g级电影。 但如果你想说“令人不安”你应该看看曼尼那几天想出的一些东西 一天晚上，罗德里克不小心把他的一部恐怖电影落在DVD播放机里了，第二天曼尼去看动画片的时候，他看到的是罗德里克的电影。

I came across a couple of Manny's drawings after that, and some of them were enough to give me nightmares. Tuesday Mom and Dad set up due dates for Rodrick on his

在那之后我看到了曼尼的几幅画，其中一些足以让我做噩梦。 星期二，爸爸妈妈在他的

Science Fair project, and by 6:00 tonight, he was supposed to tell them the theme of his experiment. But at 6:45, things weren't looking so good. Rodrick was watching a show about astronauts, and what happens to them after they've been up in space for a long time. The show said that when the astronauts get back to Earth, they're actually TALLER than when they left. And the reason is because there's no gravity in space, so their spines decompress or something. Well, that gave Rodrick the idea he was looking for. Rodrick told Mom and Dad he was going to do his science experiment on the effect of "zero gravity" on the human spine. And from the way Rodrick was talking it up, you'd think the results of his

科学展项目，今晚六点之前，他应该告诉他们他实验的主题。 但在6点45分，情况看起来不太好。 罗德里克正在看一个关于宇航员的节目，他们在太空呆了很长一段时间后会发生什么。 节目说，当宇航员回到地球时，他们实际上比离开时要高。 原因是因为太空中没有重力，所以它们的脊椎会减压之类的。 这给了罗德里克他想要的灵感。 罗德里克告诉爸爸妈妈，他要做一个关于“零重力”对人类脊柱影响的科学实验。 从罗德里克的谈吐来看，你会觉得他的结果

experiment were gonna benefit mankind. Dad seemed pretty impressed. Or maybe he was just relieved that Rodrick actually came through on his first task. But I think Dad started to see things a little different later on when he told Rodrick to take the trash out to the curb. I CAN'T. I'M DOING MY RESEARCH. Wednesday Yesterday at school, they announced tryouts for the big Winter Talent Show.

实验将造福人类。 爸爸似乎很感动。 或者他只是因为罗德里克完成了第一个任务而松了一口气。 但我想，后来爸爸让罗德里克把垃圾扔到路边时，他对事情的看法就有点不同了。 我不能。我在做研究。 星期三昨天在学校，他们宣布了冬季才艺表演的选拔赛。

As soon as I found out about it, I came up with this AWESOME idea for a comedy skit that me and Rowley could do. But I admit the REAL reason I wrote it was to give myself an excuse to talk to Holly Hills, who is Heather Hills's sister and the most popular girl in my grade. The Boy Whose Family Thinks He's a DOG LOOK, HONEY! OUR DOG IS STANDING ON ITS HIND LEGS! I Am A PERSON NOT A DOG

当我发现这件事的时候，我想到了一个很棒的想法，我和罗利可以做一个喜剧小品。 但我承认我写这封信的真正原因是给自己一个借口和霍莉·希尔斯说话，她是希瑟·希尔斯的妹妹，也是我们年级最受欢迎的女孩。 家人认为他是狗的男孩看，亲爱的！我们的狗用后腿站着！我是人不是狗