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Diper practice every day. So tonight, Rodrick went to his friend Ward's for the weekend. With Rodrick out of the house, that meant the basement was free. So I invited Rowley over to spend the night. Me and Rowley bought a bunch of candy and soda, and Rowley brought over his portable TV. We even managed to get our hands on a couple of Rodrick's horror movies, so we were all set. But then Mom came downstairs with Manny. LOOK WHO CAME TO JOIN YOU! The only reason Mom dumped Manny on us was so he could spy and tell her if we were doing anything wrong.

每天练习换尿布。今晚，罗德里克去他朋友沃德家过周末。 罗德里克不在家，地下室就空了。 所以我邀请罗利过来过夜。 我和罗利买了一堆糖果和苏打水，罗利把他的便携式电视带来了。 我们甚至弄到了几部罗德里克的恐怖电影，所以我们都准备好了。 但后来妈妈带着曼尼下楼了。 看看谁来加入你们了！妈妈把曼尼丢给我们的唯一原因是他可以监视我们，告诉她我们做错了什么。

Every single time I've had a sleepover, Manny has ruined it. The last time Rowley slept over was the worst. Manny must've gotten cold in the middle of the night, so he crawled into Rowley's sleeping bag to get warm. That freaked Rowley out enough to make him go home early. And he hasn't been back to spend the night ever since. It looked like Manny was gonna ruin ANOTHER sleepover. Me and Rowley couldn't watch our horror movies with Manny around, so we decided to just play board games instead. But I'm a little sick of board games, and besides, Rowley was kind of driving me crazy. He needed to go to the bathroom every five minutes,

每次我去朋友家过夜，都被曼尼搞砸了。 上次罗利在我家过夜真是糟透了。 曼尼半夜一定觉得冷了，所以他爬进罗利的睡袋里取暖。 这把罗利吓坏了，他提前回家了。 从那以后他就再也没回来过夜了。 看来曼尼又要搞砸另一个过夜派对了。 我和罗利没办法和曼尼一起看恐怖电影，所以我们决定玩桌游。 但我有点厌倦桌游了，再说，罗利快把我逼疯了。 他每五分钟就要去一次洗手间，

and whenever he'd come back downstairs, he'd kick a pillow across the room. (BOOH-YAH!) It might have been funny the first couple of times, but then it really started getting on my nerves. So the next time Rowley went upstairs to use the bathroom, I played a prank on him. I put one of Dad's dumbbells underneath a pillow. And sure enough, the next time Rowley came downstairs, he gave it a big kick. Well, that did it. Rowley started blubbering like a baby, and I couldn't quiet him down. And with all the racket Rowley was making, Mom came downstairs.

每当他回到楼下，他就会把枕头踢到房间的另一边。 (BOOH-YAH !)刚开始的几次可能很有趣，但后来真的开始让我心烦了。 所以下次罗利上楼上厕所的时候，我对他开了个玩笑。 我把爸爸的一个哑铃放在枕头下面。 果然，下次罗利下楼的时候，他狠狠地踢了它一脚。 好吧，就是这样。罗利开始像个婴儿一样哭起来，我无法让他安静下来。 罗利吵吵闹闹的时候，妈妈下楼来了。

Mom took a look at Rowley's big toe, and she seemed pretty concerned. I think Mom's sensitive about Rowley getting injured in our house after the tinfoil ball incident, so she drove him right home. I was just glad she didn't ask us how it happened. As soon as Mom and Rowley walked out the door, I knew I'd better start working on Manny. Manny saw me put that dumbbell under the pillow, and I knew he would tell Mom what I did. So I came up with an idea to keep him from snitching. I packed some bags and told Manny I was gonna run away from home so I didn't have to face Mom for what I did. Then I walked out the door and acted like I was leaving for good.

妈妈看了看罗利的大脚趾，她看起来很担心。 我觉得妈妈对罗利在锡纸球事件后在我们家受伤这件事很敏感，所以她直接送他回家了。 我很高兴她没有问我们是怎么发生的。 妈妈和罗利一出门，我就知道我最好开始治疗曼尼。 曼尼看到我把哑铃放在枕头下面，我知道他会告诉妈妈我做了什么。 所以我想了个办法防止他告密。 我收拾好行李，告诉曼尼我要离家出走这样我就不用面对妈妈的惩罚了。 然后我走出门，装出一副永远离开的样子。

GOOD-BYE, OH, FAMILY, GOOD-BYE, GOOD-BYE, GOOD-BYE! I got that idea from Rodrick. He used to pull the same kind of thing on me when HE did something bad and he knew I was gonna tell on him. He would act like he was running away, and then five minutes later, he would just walk back inside. And by that time, I was ready to forgive him for whatever he did.

再见，噢，家人，再见，再见，再见！我从罗德里克那里学来的。 当他做了坏事，他知道我会告发他的时候，他也会用同样的方法来对付我。 他会表现得像是要逃跑，但五分钟后，他又会走回屋里。 到那时，我已经准备好原谅他所做的一切。

So after I told Manny I was leaving home, I shut the door and waited outside for a few minutes. And when I opened the door, I expected to find him crying in the foyer. But Manny wasn't where I left him. I started walking around the house looking for him, and guess where he was? Down in the basement, eating my candy.

所以在我告诉曼尼我要离开家之后，我关上门，在外面等了几分钟。 当我打开门的时候，我以为会看到他在门厅里哭。 但曼尼不在我离开的地方。 我开始在房子里到处找他，猜猜他在哪儿？ 在地下室吃我的糖果。