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BOOGIE BOOGIE? BOOGIE! Fregley had pink frosting covering his face, so he was probably all hopped-up on sugar from the cupcakes they were serving at the refreshments table. All I know for sure is that he totally ruined what should have been a great moment between me and Holly. A few minutes later, the dance was over, and I missed my chance to make a good impression on her. I walked home alone after school, because I just needed a little time by myself. After dinner Mom told me there was a Valentine's card out in the mailbox with my name on it. When I asked her who it was from, she just said," someone special." I ran out to the mailbox and got the card,

不羁不羁?不羁!弗雷格利脸上覆盖着粉红色的糖霜，所以他可能是在茶点桌上吃纸杯蛋糕时吃了糖而兴奋起来的。 我只知道他完全毁了我和霍莉之间的美好时光。 几分钟后，舞会结束了，我错过了给她留下好印象的机会。 放学后我一个人走回家，因为我只是需要一点自己的时间。 晚饭后，妈妈告诉我，信箱里有一张情人节贺卡，上面写着我的名字。 我问她是谁送的，她只说“一个特别的人” 我跑到邮箱拿了卡片，

and I have to admit I was pretty excited. I was hoping it was from Holly, but there are at least four or five other girls at my school who I wouldn't mind getting a card from, either. The card was in a big pink envelope with my name written in cursive. I ripped it open, and here's what I found: a sheet of construction paper with a piece of candy taped to it, and it was from Rowley. FRESH Sometimes I just don't know about that boy. March Saturday The other day Dad found Manny's blanket, Tingy, on the couch. I don't think Dad knew what it was, so he threw it away.

我得承认我当时很兴奋 我本来希望是霍莉寄来的，但我们学校至少还有四五个女生我也不介意收到她们的贺卡。 卡片装在一个粉红色的大信封里，上面用草书写着我的名字。 我把它拆开，我发现了这张纸，上面粘着一块糖果，这是罗利寄来的。 有时候我真不了解那个男孩。 有一天，爸爸在沙发上发现了曼尼的毯子，婷蒂。 我觉得爸爸不知道那是什么，所以他把它扔了。

Ever since then Manny's been turning the house upside down looking for his blanket, and finally Dad had to tell him that he accidentally threw it out. Well, Manny got his revenge yesterday by using Dad's Civil War battlefield as a playset. Manny's been taking his anger out on everyone else, too. Today I was sitting on the couch just minding my own business, and Manny walked up to me and said—

从那以后曼尼就把房子翻了个底朝天找他的毯子，最后爸爸不得不告诉他是他不小心把毯子扔了。 曼尼昨天报仇了他把爸爸内战时的战场当成了游乐场。 曼尼也在把怒气发泄在其他人身上。 今天我正坐在沙发上做自己的事，曼尼走过来对我说

PLOOPY! I didn't know if "Ploopy" was some kind of little-kid bad word or what, but I didn't like the sound of it. So I went to find Mom and ask her if she knew what it meant. Unfortunately, Mom was on the phone, and when she's gabbing with one of her friends, it takes forever to get her attention. MOM MOM MOM MOM MOM MOM MOM BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH I finally got Mom to stop talking for a second, but she was mad that I interrupted her. nkledc. I told her Manny called me "Ploopy," and she said—

PLOOPY !我不知道“噗噗”是不是小孩子的脏话，但我不喜欢它的发音。 所以我去找妈妈，问她知不知道这是什么意思。 不幸的是，妈妈在打电话，当她和朋友聊天的时候，要花很长时间才能引起她的注意。 妈妈，妈妈，妈妈，妈妈，妈妈，废话，废话，废话，废话，废话，废话，废话，废话，废话，废话，废话，废话，废话，废话，废话，废话，废话。 我告诉她曼尼叫我“噗噗”她说

WHAT IS A PLOOPY? That kind of threw me for a second, because it's the exact question I was trying to ask her. I didn't have an answer, so Mom just went back to her conversation. After that, Manny knew he had a green light to call me Ploopy whenever he wanted, and that's what he's been doing all day. WIPE MY HEINIE, PLOOPY! I guess I should've known that telling on Manny wasn't gonna get me anywhere. When me and Rodrick were little, we used to tell on each other so much that it made Mom crazy. So she brought out this

什么是ploopy ？这让我有点不知所措，因为这正是我想问她的问题。 我没有答案，所以妈妈继续她的谈话。 在那之后，曼尼知道他可以随时叫我普洛皮，他一整天都是这么做的。 擦擦我的屁股，宝贝！我早该知道告发曼尼不会有什么结果的。 当我和罗德里克还小的时候，我们经常互相告发，妈妈都快疯了。 于是她拿出了这个

thing called the Tattle Turtle to solve the problem. Mom came up with the Tattle Turtle idea when she taught preschool. The idea behind the Tattle Turtle was that if me and Rodrick had a problem with each other, we had to tell the Tattle Turtle instead of Mom. Well, the Tattle Turtle worked out great for Rodrick, but not so much for me. TATTLE TURTLE, RODRICK STOLE ALL THE MONEY FROM MY PIGGY BANK! Easter On the car ride to church today, I felt like I was sitting on something sticky. And when I got out and

一种叫做龟甲的东西来解决这个问题。 妈妈在教幼儿园的时候想到了这个点子。 小海龟背后的想法是，如果我和罗德里克之间有问题，我们必须告诉小海龟，而不是妈妈。 小乌龟对罗德里克来说很管用，但对我来说就不太管用了。 小乌龟，罗德里克把我存钱罐里的钱都偷了！今天开车去教堂的路上，我觉得自己好像坐在黏糊糊的东西上。 当我出来的时候