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So me and Rowley both got our Whittling merit badges and pinned them to our uniforms. When I came home, Dad was really impressed. If I would've known that this was all it took to make him happy, I would have signed up for Boy Scouts about six months ago. May Sunday The other day Mr. Barrett announced that our Boy Scout troop was having a father-son campout this weekend, so I asked Dad if he'd go with me. I was pretty surprised with how easy it was to impress Dad with that one little merit badge, so I figured a whole weekend of him seeing me do macho stuff would

所以我和罗利都拿到了我们的惠特林奖章并把它们别在了我们的制服上。 当我回家时，爸爸真的很感动。 如果我早知道这样就能让他开心，我就会在六个月前报名参加童子军了。 前几天，巴雷特先生宣布我们的童子军这周末要举行一次父子露营活动，于是我问爸爸是否愿意和我一起去。 我很惊讶用那枚小奖章就能轻易打动爸爸，所以我想让他整个周末都看我做些有男子气概的事

totally blow him away. But yesterday morning I woke up as sick as a dog. I couldn't go, but Dad had to, because he signed up to be a driver. I stayed in bed pretty much the whole day. I just wish I'd gotten sick on a weekday instead of a weekend. Last year I didn't miss any days of school, and I promised myself I wouldn't let that happen again.

让他大吃一惊。但是昨天早上我醒来时病得很厉害。 我不能去，但爸爸必须去，因为他报名当了司机。 我几乎一整天都躺在床上。 我只希望我是在工作日生病，而不是周末。 去年我一天都没缺课，我向自己保证不会再让这种事发生。

CONGRATULATIONS TO GREG HEFFLEY FOR WINNING THE PERFECT ATTENDANCE AWARD. The father-son camping trip turned out to be a disaster. The phone rang at 10:00 last night, and it was Dad calling from the emergency room. Dad got put in a tent with the Woodley brothers, Darren and Marcus, because their dad couldn't come. Darren and Marcus were horsing around in the tent, even though Dad kept telling them to go to sleep. At one point Darren threw a football at Marcus, and it

祝贺Greg heffley获得最佳出勤率奖。 这次父子露营之旅结果是一场灾难。 昨晚十点电话响了，是爸爸从急诊室打来的。 爸爸和伍德利兄弟达伦和马库斯住在一个帐篷里，因为他们的爸爸不能来。 达伦和马库斯在帐篷里胡闹，尽管爸爸不停地叫他们去睡觉。 达伦一度向马库斯扔足球，然后

hit him in the stomach. OOF! Marcus wet his pants, and I guess Darren thought that was pretty funny. Well, Marcus went totally berserk. He bit Darren, and he wouldn't let go, either.

打他的肚子。力量!马库斯尿裤子了，我猜达伦觉得这很好笑。 马库斯完全疯了。 他咬了达伦，也不松手。

It took Dad a long time to pry the two of them apart, and he had to take Darren to the emergency room after that. Dad came home this morning, and he was not real happy with me for getting him stuck in that situation. Something tells me that after this weekend, he's not a real big fan of Troop 133, either. Sunday Today was Mother's Day, and I didn't have anything to give to Mom. I was going to ask Dad to take me to the store so I could at least get Mom a card or something, but Dad was still recovering from the father-son campout. And I don't think he was looking to do me any favors,

爸爸花了很长时间才把他们俩分开，之后他不得不带达伦去急诊室。 爸爸今天早上回来了，他对我让他陷入那种困境很不高兴。 直觉告诉我，过了这个周末，他也不怎么喜欢133部队了。 星期天今天是母亲节，我没有任何东西要送给妈妈。 我本想让爸爸带我去商店，这样我至少可以给妈妈买张贺卡什么的，但爸爸还没有从父子露营中恢复过来。 我觉得他不是想帮我什么忙，

anyway. So I had to come up with a homemade gift. Last year I made Mom a "Chore Coupon" book for Mother's Day. Each coupon had something like "One free lawn mowing" or "One free window washing" on it. I give Dad a Chore Coupon book just about every Father's Day, and it always works out great. It's a way for me to take care of my gift obligation without having to spend any money, and Dad never actually uses any of his coupons in the book.

无论如何。所以我不得不想出一个自制的礼物。 去年母亲节我给妈妈做了一本“家务优惠券”的书。 每张优惠券上都写着“一次免费割草”或“一次免费洗窗户”之类的内容。 我几乎每年父亲节都会给爸爸一本家务优惠券，而且效果总是很好。 对我来说，这是一种不用花钱就能履行礼物义务的方式，而且爸爸从来没用过书里的优惠券。