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YOU COULD HAVE KILLED HIM! Well, once Mom put that thought in Manny's head, it was all over. See? This is the reason I keep my distance from Manny. Every time I try to have a little fun with him, I end up regretting it. I remember when I was younger, and Mom and Dad told me I was getting a little brother. I was REALLY excited. After all those years of getting pushed around by Rodrick, I was definitely ready to move up a notch on the totem pole.

你差点杀了他！一旦妈妈把这个想法灌输给曼尼，一切都结束了。 看到了吗?所以我才和曼尼保持距离。 每次我想跟他开个玩笑，最后都后悔了。 我记得我小的时候，爸爸妈妈告诉我，我会有一个小弟弟。 我真的很兴奋。在被罗德里克摆布了这么多年之后，我肯定已经准备好在图腾柱上上升一个等级了。

But Mom and Dad have always been SUPER protective of Manny, and they won't let me lay a finger on him, even if he totally deserves it. Like the other day, I plugged in my video game system, and it wouldn't start. I opened it up and found out that Manny had stuffed a chocolate-chip cookie in the disc drive. And of course Manny used the same excuse he ALWAYS uses when he breaks my stuff.

但爸妈一直都很保护曼尼，他们不让我碰他一根毫毛，即使他罪有应得。 就像前几天，我把我的电子游戏系统插进去，它就启动不了。 我打开一看，发现曼尼在光驱里塞了一块巧克力饼干。 当然，曼尼每次弄坏我的东西都用同样的借口。

I'M OWNWY THWEE! I really wanted to let Manny have it, but I couldn't do anything with Mom standing right there. Mom said she would have a "talk" with Manny, and they went downstairs. A half hour later, they came back up to my room, and Manny was holding something in his hands. I'M SOWWY, BUBBY. It was a ball of tinfoil with a bunch of toothpicks sticking out of it.

我是我自己！我真的很想把它给曼尼，但妈妈站在那里，我什么都做不了。 妈妈说她要和曼尼“谈谈”然后他们就下了楼。 半小时后，他们来到我的房间，曼尼手里拿着什么东西。 我很好，宝贝。那是一团锡纸，上面插着一堆牙签。

Don't ask me how that was supposed to make up for my broken video game system. I went to throw the stupid thing away, but Mom wouldn't even let me do THAT. YOUR BROTHER MADE THAT FOR YOU! The first chance I get, that thing's going in the trash. Because mark my words, if I don't get rid of it, I'm gonna end up sitting on it. Even though Manny drives me totally nuts, there is ONE reason I like having him around. Ever since

别问我那怎么能弥补我坏掉的游戏机。 我想把那个愚蠢的东西扔掉，但妈妈甚至不让我这么做。 那是你哥哥给你做的！我一有机会，那东西就会被扔进垃圾桶。 因为记住我的话，如果我不把它处理掉，我就会坐在它上面。 尽管曼尼快把我逼疯了，但我喜欢他在身边的原因只有一个。 自从

Manny started talking, Rodrick has stopped making me sell chocolate bars for his school fund-raisers. And believe me, I'm grateful for THAT. BEFORE... UM... HELLO, SIR... WOULD YOU LIKE TO HELP SUPPORT... NOT INTERESTED! NOW... WOOD YOU WIKE SOME CHOKWITS? HOW PRECIOUS! Monday

曼尼开始说话了，罗德里克也不再让我为他的学校筹款人卖巧克力了。 相信我，我对此很感激。 之前……嗯…你好,先生…… 你愿意帮助支持… 不感兴趣!现在…你要不要来点烤肉？ 多么珍贵!周一

Madame Lefrere made us write our first pen-pal letters today. I got assigned to this kid named Mamadou Montpierre, and I guess he lives someplace in France. I know I'm supposed to write in French and Mamadou is supposed to write in English, but to be honest with you, writing in a foreign language is pretty hard. So I really don't see the need for both of us to stress out over this whole pen-pal thing. Dear Mamadou, First of all, I think we should both just write in English to keep things simple. By the way, remember how I said I was gonna end up sitting on Manny's spiky tinfoil ball thing? Well, I was half right. Rowley came over today to play video games, and HE ended up sitting on it. I'm actually kind of relieved, to be honest with you. I lost track of that thing a couple of days ago, and I'm

莱弗瑞夫人今天让我们写了第一封笔友信。 我被分配给一个叫马玛杜·蒙皮埃尔的孩子，我猜他住在法国的某个地方。 我知道我应该用法语写作，而Mamadou应该用英语写作，但说实话，用外语写作非常困难。 所以我觉得我们没必要为笔友的事而紧张。 亲爱的Mamadou，首先，我认为我们都应该用英语写作，这样事情就简单了。 顺便说一句，还记得我说过我会坐在曼尼的尖锡纸球上吗？ 嗯，我说对了一半。罗利今天来玩电子游戏，结果他坐在上面了。 说实话，我倒是松了一口气。 我几天前就忘了那东西了，我