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know because I've seen the letters in his junk drawer. I like the Sunshiny days & ice cream. Do you too? When Madame Lefrere handed out the forms, I made sure I checked off the boxes that would get me a pen pal just like Rodrick's. But after Madame Lefrere read over my form, she made me start over and pick again. She said I had to choose a boy who is my age, AND he has to be French. So I don't exactly have high hopes for my pen-pal experience.

因为我见过他抽屉里的那些信。 我喜欢阳光明媚的日子和冰淇淋。 你也是吗？莱弗瑞夫人发表格的时候，我确保自己在表格上打了勾，这样我就能得到一个像罗德里克那样的笔友。 但勒弗瑞夫人看完我的表格后，她让我重新开始，重新选择。 她说我必须选一个和我年龄相仿的男孩，而且他必须是法国人。 所以我对我的笔友经历不抱太大希望。

Friday Mom decided to start making Rodrick pick me up after school, just like he picked me up after swim practice. I guess that means she didn't learn from THAT experience. But I did. So when Rodrick picked me up today, I asked him to please take it easy on the brakes. Rodrick said OK, but then he went out of his way to find every speed bump in town. When I got out of the van, I called Rodrick a big jerk, and then it got physical. Mom saw the whole thing unfold from the living room window.

星期五，妈妈决定让罗德里克放学后来接我，就像他在游泳训练后来接我一样。 我想这意味着她没有从那次经历中吸取教训。 但我做到了。所以今天罗德里克来接我的时候，我让他在刹车的时候小心点。 罗德里克说可以，但随后他特意找遍了镇上的每一个减速带。 我下了车，就骂罗德里克是个大混蛋，然后就动手了。 妈妈从客厅的窗户看到了整件事。

Mom made us come inside, and she sat us down at the kitchen table. Then she said me and Rodrick were going to have to settle our differences in a "civil manner." Mom told me and Rodrick we each had to write down what we did wrong, and then we had to draw a picture to go along with it. And I knew exactly where Mom was going with THAT idea. Mom used to be a preschool teacher, and whenever a kid would do something wrong, she'd make him draw a picture of it. I guess the idea was to make the kid feel ashamed of what he did so he wouldn't do it again.

妈妈让我们进来，她让我们在厨房的桌子旁坐下。 然后她说我和罗德里克必须以“文明的方式”解决我们之间的分歧。 妈妈告诉我和罗德里克，我们每个人都要写下我们做错了什么，然后我们要画一幅画来配合它。 我很清楚妈妈的想法是什么意思。 妈妈以前是一名幼儿园老师，每当孩子做错事时，她就会让他画一幅画。 我猜他们是想让那孩子为自己的行为感到羞愧，这样他就不会再犯了。

Well, Mom's idea might have worked great on a bunch of four-year-olds, but she's going to have to think of something better if she wants me and Rodrick to get along.

妈妈的主意可能对一群四岁的孩子很有效，但如果她想让我和罗德里克和睦相处，她就得想出更好的办法。

The truth is, Rodrick can pretty much treat me any way he wants, because he knows there's nothing I can do about it. See, Rodrick is the only one who knows about this REALLY embarrassing thing that happened to me over the summer, and he's been holding it over my head ever since. So if I ever tell on him for anything, he'll spill my secret to the whole world. I just wish I had some dirt on HIM to even things out. I do know ONE embarrassing thing about Rodrick, but I don't think it's gonna do me any good.

事实是，罗德里克想怎么对我都可以，因为他知道我无能为力。 你看，罗德里克是唯一一个知道这个夏天发生在我身上的这件非常尴尬的事情的人，从那以后他就一直把这件事放在我头上。 所以如果我告发他，他会把我的秘密泄露给全世界。 我只希望我有他的一些丑闻来摆平这件事。 我确实知道一件关于罗德里克的尴尬事，但我不认为这对我有任何好处。

When Rodrick was a sophomore, he was sick the day they did school photos. So Mom told Dad to mail in Rodrick's freshman picture for the school to use in the yearbook. Don't ask me how Dad screwed this up, but he sent in Rodrick's SECOND-grade picture. And believe it or not, it actually got printed. Unfortunately, Rodrick was smart enough to rip that page out of his yearbook. So if I'm ever gonna find something to use against him, I guess I have to keep digging. Wednesday Ever since Mom assigned the dishes to me and Rodrick, Dad's been going down to the furnace room

罗德里克二年级的时候，他们拍学校照的那天他病了。 所以妈妈让爸爸把罗德里克的大一照片寄给学校，以便在年鉴上使用。 别问我爸爸是怎么搞砸的，他寄来了罗德里克二年级的照片。 信不信由你，它真的被印出来了。 不幸的是，罗德里克很聪明把那页从年鉴上撕了下来。 所以如果我想找到对付他的证据，我想我得继续挖下去。 星期三自从妈妈把盘子分给我和罗德里克之后，爸爸就一直去炉房