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YOUR-PA DAD-PA SMELLS-PA LIKE-PA A WOMAN-PA! But Rowley's dad must have cracked our code, because I ended up getting sent home before dessert. And I haven't been invited to spend the night at Rowley's ever since.

你爸，你爸，你爸闻起来像个女人！但罗利的爸爸肯定破解了我们的密码，因为我在吃甜点前就被送回家了。 从那以后我就再也没被邀请去罗利家过夜了。

When Rowley came over to my house today, he brought a bunch of pictures from his trip with him. He said the best part of his vacation was when they went on a river safari, and he showed me all these blurry pictures of birds and stuff. Now, I've been to the Wild Kingdom amusement park a bunch of times, and they have this River Rapids ride where they have these awesome robot animals like gorillas and dinosaurs. If you ask me, Rowley's parents should have just saved their money and taken him there instead. DID YOU SEE ANY SHARKS FIGHTING GIANT TARANTULAS ON YOUR SAFARI? NO. AND SHARKS DON'T FIGHT TARANTULAS. WELL, AT WILD KINGDOM THEY DO. But of course Rowley didn't want to hear about MY experiences, so he just gathered up his pictures and

罗利今天来我家的时候，带了一堆他旅行时拍的照片。 他说他假期中最棒的部分就是他们一起去河边狩猎，他给我看了很多模糊的鸟的照片。 我去过野生王国游乐园很多次，他们有“急流”游乐设施，那里有很棒的机器动物，比如大猩猩和恐龙。 要我说，罗利的父母应该把钱存起来带他去那里。 你在旅行中看到鲨鱼和大狼蛛搏斗了吗？ 不。而且鲨鱼不会和狼蛛打架。 嗯，在狂野王国，他们是这样做的。 但罗利当然不想听我的经历，所以他只是收集了他的照片，然后

went back home. Tonight after dinner, Mom made Dad watch one of the movies she rented, but Dad really wanted to work on his Civil War battlefield. When Mom got up to go to the bathroom, Dad stuffed a bunch of pillows under the blanket on his side of the bed to make it look like he was asleep. Mom didn't find out about Dad's decoy until after the movie was over. She made Dad come to bed, even though it was only 8:30. And now Manny sleeps in Mom and Dad's bed, because he's afraid of the monster that lives in the furnace room.

回家了。今晚晚饭后，妈妈让爸爸看了一部她租来的电影，但爸爸真的很想在他的内战战场上工作。 当妈妈起身去洗手间时，爸爸把一堆枕头塞在他那一侧床上的毯子下面，让他看起来像睡着了。 直到电影结束，妈妈才发现爸爸的诱饵。 尽管才八点半，她还是让爸爸上床睡觉了。 现在曼尼睡在爸爸妈妈的床上，因为他害怕住在炉房里的怪物。

Tuesday I thought I was done hearing about Rowley's trip, but I was wrong. Yesterday, our Social Studies teacher asked Rowley to tell the class all about his vacation, and today he came to school wearing this ridiculous costume. But what was even WORSE was when some girls came up to Rowley at lunch and started kissing his butt. But then I realized maybe that wasn't such a bad thing after all. nkledc. So I started parading Rowley around

周二，我以为我不会再听到罗利的旅行了，但我错了。 昨天，我们的社会学老师让罗利给全班讲他的假期，今天他穿着这件可笑的服装来学校。 但更糟糕的是，一些女孩在午餐时走到罗利面前，开始亲吻他的屁股。 但后来我意识到，也许这并不是一件坏事。 所以我开始带着罗利到处转

the cafeteria, because after all, he IS my best friend. Saturday Dad has been taking me to the mall every Saturday for the past few weeks. At first, I thought it was because he wanted to spend more time with me. But then I realized he's just making sure he's out of the house for Rodrick's band practices, which I can totally understand. Rodrick and his heavy-metal band practice in the basement on weekends. The lead singer of the band is this guy named Bill Walter, and me and Dad bumped into Bill on the way

因为他毕竟是我最好的朋友。 在过去的几个星期里，爸爸每个星期六都带我去购物中心。 一开始，我以为是因为他想多陪陪我。 但后来我意识到他只是想确保自己不在家参加罗德里克的乐队训练，我完全能理解。 罗德里克和他的重金属乐队周末在地下室练习。 乐队的主唱是一个叫比尔·沃尔特的人，我和爸爸在路上碰到了比尔

out the door today. MORNIN', MR. HEFFLEY! Bill doesn't have a job, and he still lives with his parents, even though he's thirty-five years old. I'm pretty sure Dad's worst fear is that Rodrick is going to see Bill as some kind of role model, and that Rodrick will want to follow in Bill's footsteps. So whenever Dad sees Bill, it just puts him in a bad mood for the rest of the day. The reason Rodrick invited Bill to be in his band was because Bill got voted "Most Likely to Be a Rock Star" when HE was in high school.

今天就出门。早晨好,先生。” HEFFLEY !比尔没有工作，尽管他已经35岁了，但他仍然和父母住在一起。 我敢肯定，爸爸最担心的就是罗德里克会把比尔当作某种榜样，而罗德里克会想步比尔的后尘。 所以，每当爸爸看到比尔，就会让他一整天都心情不好。 罗德里克邀请比尔加入他的乐队的原因是因为比尔在高中时被评为“最有可能成为摇滚明星”。