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I'm kind of an expert at writing book reports by now. All you have to do is write exactly what the teacher wants to hear, and you're all set. Man, Sherlock Sammy is so smart, and I'll bet that's cause he reads so many books. I'll bet you're right!

我现在算是写读书报告的专家了。 你所要做的就是准确地写出老师想听的内容，然后就可以了。 伙计，夏洛克·萨米太聪明了，我敢打赌那是因为他读了很多书。 我打赌你是对的！

There were a bunch of hard words in this book, but I looked them up in the dictionary so now I know what they mean. I guess you're a bit of a "sleuth" youself! OCTOBER Monday There was a kid named Chirag Gupta who was one of my friends last year, but he moved away in June. His family had a big going-away party, and the whole neighborhood come. But I guess Chirag's family must have changed their mind, because today Chirag was back in school. Everyone was happy to see Chirag again, but a couple of us decided to have a little fun with him before officially welcoming him back.

这本书里有很多难词，但我查了字典，所以现在我知道它们的意思了。 我猜你自己就是个“侦探”！有个叫奇拉格·古普塔的孩子，他去年是我的一个朋友，但是他六月份搬走了。 他的家人举行了一个盛大的送别晚会，所有的邻居都来了。 但是我猜齐拉格的家人一定改变主意了，因为今天齐拉格回到学校了。 大家都很高兴再次见到齐拉格，但我们中的一些人决定在正式欢迎他回来之前和他开个玩笑。

So we basically pretended he was still gone. BOY, I SURE DO MISS CHIRAG. YEAH... I WONDER HOW HE'S DOING? HEY, GUYS! I'M RIGHT HERE! I have to admit, it was pretty funny. At lunch, Chirag sat next to me. I had an extra chocolate-chip cookie in my lunch bag, and I made a big deal about it.

所以我们就假装他还没走。 孩子，我真的很想念奇拉格。 是的…我想知道他怎么样了？ 嘿,伙计们!我就在这里！我得承认，这很有趣。 午餐时，奇拉格坐在我旁边。 我的午餐袋里多了一块巧克力曲奇，我对此很在意。

I WISH CHIRAG WAS HERE. OH, HOW HE LOVED CHOCOLATE-CHIP COOKIES. I'M NOT EVEN THAT HUNGRY... BUT I'M SITTING RIGHT NEXT TO YOU! OK, so maybe that one was a little cruel. I guess we'll probably let Chirag off the hook tomorrow. But then again, this Invisible Chirag thing could turn into the next "P.U." nkledc. Tuesday OK, so the Invisible Chirag joke is still going, and the

我希望齐拉格在这里。哦，他是多么喜欢巧克力饼干啊。 我甚至都没那么饿…… 但我就坐在你旁边！好吧，也许这个有点残忍。 我想明天我们可能会放过奇拉格。 不过话说回来，这个“隐形奇拉格”可能会变成下一个“P.U.” 星期二好吧，隐形奇拉格的笑话还在继续，还有

whole CLASS is in on it now. I don't want to get too far ahead of myself or anything, but I think I might have Class Clown in the bag for dreaming this one up. In Science, the teacher asked me to count the number of kids in the classroom so she'd know how many pairs of safety goggles to get out of the closet. So I made a big show of counting everyone in the room except Chirag. ...33 ...34! THERE ARE 34 PEOPLE IN THIS CLASS. Well, that REALLY set Chirag off. He got up and started yelling, and it was really hard to stare straight ahead and act like he wasn't there.

现在全班都参与进来了。 我不想过于超前，但我想我可能会因为梦想这个而成为班级小丑。 在科学课上，老师让我数一数教室里有多少孩子，这样她就知道要从壁橱里拿出多少副护目镜。 于是我大张旗鼓地数着房间里除了奇拉格以外的所有人。 ．..33…34 !这个班有34个人。 好吧，这真的让奇拉格生气了。 他站起来，开始大喊大叫，我很难直视前方，假装他不存在。

I... AM... A... HUMAN... BEING... TOO! I wanted to tell him that we never said he wasn't a human being, it's just that he's an INVISIBLE human being. But I managed to keep my mouth shut. Before you go and say I'm a bad friend for teasing Chirag, let me just say this in my own defense: I'm smaller than about 95% of the kids at my school, so when it comes to finding someone I can actually pick on, my options are pretty limited. And besides, I'm not 100% to blame for dreaming up this idea. Believe it or not, I got the idea from Mom. This one time when I was a kid, I was playing under the kitchen table, and Mom came looking for me.

我…我…一个……人类……被…… 太!我想告诉他，我们从来没有说过他不是一个人，只是说他是一个看不见的人。 但我还是闭上了嘴。 在你因为我取笑奇拉格而说我是个坏朋友之前，让我先为自己辩护一下：我比学校里95%的孩子都小，所以当我要找一个真正可以捉弄的人的时候，我的选择非常有限。 而且，我也不能完全怪自己想出了这个主意。 信不信由你，我是从妈妈那里得到这个主意的。 当我还是个孩子的时候，有一次，我在厨房的桌子下面玩，妈妈来找我。