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The way I see it, now we're even. But if there's one thing I've learned about Rodrick, it's that he's still not gonna let it go. So that's why I'm not that eager to hole up in a tent with him for the weekend. Saturday Today me, Dad, and Rodrick headed off on our camping trip. I picked a place that had a lot of manly activities that you could do. On the way to the campground, the sky got dark, and then it started to rain. I wasn't all that concerned, because our tent is waterproof, and Mom packed ponchos for everybody. But by the time we got to our campsite, it was six inches underwater.

依我看，现在我们扯平了。 但要说我从罗德里克身上学到了什么，那就是他还是不肯放手。 这就是为什么我不太想和他一起在帐篷里过周末。 星期六今天我、爸爸和罗德里克出发去露营了。 我选了一个有很多男人可以做的活动的地方。 在去露营地的路上，天空变暗了，然后开始下雨。 我没那么担心，因为我们的帐篷是防水的，妈妈给每个人都准备了雨披。 但当我们到达营地时，水已经有6英寸深了。

We were pretty far from home, so Dad decided we should just find a place to stay for the night. I was really bummed, because the whole point of the trip was for me to impress Dad with my camping skills, and now we were just gonna stay in some stupid hotel room. Dad found a place and got a room with two beds and a pullout couch. We watched TV for a while and then started getting ready for bed. First, Dad went downstairs to the front desk to complain that the heater was too loud, so I was alone in the room with Rodrick. I went into the bathroom to brush my teeth, and

我们离家很远，所以爸爸决定我们应该找个地方过夜。 我真的很沮丧，因为这次旅行的目的是为了让爸爸对我的露营技术刮目相看，而现在我们却要呆在一个愚蠢的酒店房间里。 爸爸找了个地方，住了一间有两张床和一张沙发的房间。 我们看了一会儿电视，然后开始准备睡觉。 首先，爸爸下楼到前台抱怨暖气声音太大，所以我和罗德里克单独在房间里。 我去洗手间刷牙，然后

when I came out, Rodrick was looking out the peephole. Then he said something that made me freeze in my tracks. He said that Holly Hills and her family were out in the hallway, and they were staying in the room right across from us. I had to see this for myself. So I moved him out of the way and looked out the peephole. The hallway was completely empty. And before I realized it was a trick, Rodrick gave me a big shove, and I fell out the door.

我出来的时候，罗德里克正从窥视孔往外看。 然后他说了一些话，让我吓呆了。 他说霍莉·希尔斯和她的家人在走廊里，他们就住在我们对面的房间里。 我得亲眼看看。 于是我把他挪开，从窥视孔往外看。 走廊里空无一人。 在我意识到这是个骗局之前，罗德里克狠狠地推了我一下，我就摔出了门。

Then it got worse. Rodrick locked the door behind me, and I was stuck in the hallway wearing nothing but my tighty whities. I pounded on the door, but Rodrick wouldn't let me back in the room. I was making a big racket, and I realized people in the nearby rooms were gonna start opening their doors to find out what was going on. nkledc. So I ran around the corner to save myself the embarrassment of

然后情况变得更糟了。罗德里克在我身后锁上了门，我被困在走廊里，除了我的白色紧身裤什么也没穿。 我使劲敲门，但罗德里克不让我回去。 我弄得很吵，我意识到附近房间的人会打开门看看发生了什么事。 所以我跑到拐角处，免得自己尴尬

anyone seeing me. I spent about fifteen minutes sneaking through the hallways, hiding every time I heard voices. I was gonna go back to our room and beg Rodrick to let me in, but then I realized I didn't even know our room number. And all the doors looked exactly the same to me. I couldn't exactly go down to the front desk, either. The only option I really had was to try and find Dad. Then I remembered: Dad is a junk-food addict. I knew he'd eventually turn up at the vending machines, so that's where I camped out. I wedged myself in between the soda machine and

有人看见我吗？我花了大约15分钟偷偷穿过走廊，每次听到声音就躲起来。 我本想回我们的房间求罗德里克让我进去，但后来我意识到我甚至不知道我们的房间号。 所有的门在我看来都一模一样。 我也没办法去前台。 我唯一的选择就是去找爸爸。 然后我想起来了：爸爸是个垃圾食品瘾君子。 我知道他最终会出现在自动贩卖机旁，所以我就在那里露营了。 我挤在汽水贩卖机和

the candy machine and waited. I had to wait a really long time, but Dad finally did show up. You know what, though? After seeing the look on Dad's face, I kind of wished I'd just sucked it up and gone to the front desk instead. Sunday Well, after our camping trip, I'm pretty sure there's no chance I can convince Dad to change his mind about Spag Union. So at this point, I'm not even gonna bother trying. I realized there are only about three more weeks before I get shipped out, so I figure this is my last chance to make a play for Holly Hills. If I'm lucky, maybe I can take some good memories with me to

糖果机，等待着。 我等了很长时间，但爸爸终于出现了。 你知道吗？看到爸爸脸上的表情后，我有点希望我能忍着，直接去前台。 好吧，在我们的露营之旅之后，我很确定我没有机会说服爸爸改变他对射击联盟的想法了。 所以在这一点上，我甚至懒得尝试。 我意识到再过三周我就要被调离了，所以我想这是我最后一次争取霍利山的机会了。 如果我幸运的话，也许我可以带一些美好的回忆去