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can get away with lying to kids like that. I thought about hiring a lawyer to sue those guys, but lawyers cost money, and like I said before, the Cash Machine was a piece of garbage. Thursday Today, when I got home from school, Mom was waiting for me, and she didn't look too happy. It turns out the school sent home mid-quarter report cards, and she got the mail before I could intercept it. Mom showed me the report card, and it wasn't pretty. Then she said we were gonna wait for Dad to get home to see what he thought. Man, waiting for Dad to get home when you're in trouble is the Worst. I used to just hide in the closet, but recently I figured out a better way to

这样骗孩子就能逃脱惩罚。 我想过请律师起诉那些家伙，但请律师是要花钱的，而且就像我之前说的，自动提款机就是一堆垃圾。 星期四今天，当我从学校回到家时，妈妈在等我，她看起来不太高兴。 原来学校在学期中期把成绩单寄回来了，她在我截住之前就收到了。 妈妈给我看了成绩单，结果不好看。 然后她说我们要等爸爸回来看看他怎么想。 伙计，当你遇到麻烦的时候等爸爸回家是最糟糕的事。 我以前总是躲在壁橱里，但最近我想到了一个更好的办法

handle it. Now, whenever I get in trouble, I ask Gramma to come over for dinner, because Dad's not gonna act mad at me if Gramma's around. At dinner, I made sure I sat in the seat right next to Gramma. Luckily, Mom didn't mention my report card during dinner. And when Gramma said she needed to leave to go to Bingo, I tagged right along with her.

处理它。现在，每当我遇到麻烦，我都会叫奶奶过来吃晚饭，因为如果奶奶在，爸爸就不会对我生气了。 晚餐时，我确保自己坐在奶奶旁边的座位上。 幸运的是，晚饭时妈妈没有提到我的成绩单。 当奶奶说她要去玩宾果游戏时，我就跟着她走了。

CATCH YOU GUYS LATER! Escaping Dad wasn't the only reason I went to Bingo with Gramma. I also went because I needed a surefire way to make some money. I figured spending a few hours with Gramma and her Bingo friends was a pretty fair price to pay for a week's worth of snacks from the vending machine in the school cafeteria. Gramma and her friends are experts at Bingo, and they're real serious about it, too. They have all sorts of gear like lucky blotters and "Bingo Trolls" and stuff like that to help them win. One of Gramma's friends is so good that she memorizes all her cards, and she doesn't even need to use a blotter to mark them off.

待会儿见！逃离爸爸并不是我和奶奶去玩宾果游戏的唯一原因。 我去也是因为我需要一种万无一失的赚钱方式。 我想，花几个小时和奶奶和她的宾果朋友在一起，是一个相当公平的价格，可以从学校自助餐厅的自动售货机上买到一周的零食。 奶奶和她的朋友们是宾果游戏的专家，他们也很认真。 他们有各种各样的装备，像幸运吸墨纸和“宾果巨魔”之类的东西来帮助他们获胜。 奶奶的一个朋友非常厉害，她能记住所有的卡片，甚至不需要用吸墨纸来标记。

For some reason, tonight Gramma and her friends weren't winning like they usually do. But then on the "Cover All" game, I got every square. I yelled out "BINGO" real loud, and the clerk came over to check my card. It turns out I messed up and covered a couple of squares that I shouldn't have. The clerk announced that my win was no good, and everyone else in the room was pretty happy that they could keep playing. Gramma told me not to call so much attention to myself if I called out "Bingo" again, because the regulars don't like it when a newcomer wins. I thought Gramma was pulling my leg, but sure enough, the regulars sent one of their ladies over to intimidate me. And I have to admit, she did her job really well.

不知道为什么，今晚奶奶和她的朋友们不像往常那样赢了。 但在“包抄”游戏中，我包抄了每一个方格。 我大声喊了一声“BINGO”，店员过来检查我的卡。 结果我搞砸了，盖了几个不该盖的方块。 店员宣布我没有赢，房间里的其他人都很高兴他们可以继续玩。 奶奶告诉我，如果我再喊“宾果”，就不要太注意自己了，因为老主顾们不喜欢新来的人赢。 我以为奶奶在跟我开玩笑，但果然，常客们派了一个女服务员过来恐吓我。 我得承认，她的工作做得很好。

Friday Well, today wasn't exactly my best day ever. For starters, I flunked my Science test. So it probably would've been a good idea to have studied last night instead of spending four hours at Bingo. I fell asleep in sixth period today, and this time I was out Cold-Mr. Watson had to shake me to get me to wake up. As a punishment, I had to sit in the front of the room. That was just fine with me, because at least up there I could sleep in peace.

好吧，今天不是我最好的一天。 首先，我的科学考试不及格。 所以昨晚应该好好学习而不是花四个小时玩宾果游戏。 今天第六节课我睡着了，这次我又睡着了。 华生摇了摇我才把我弄醒。 作为惩罚，我必须坐在教室的前面。 这对我来说很好，因为至少在那里我可以安静地睡觉。

SNORE I just wish someone woke me up when sixth period ended, because I didn't wake up until the next period started. SNORK? The class I woke up in was taught by Mrs. Lowry. Mrs. Lowry gave me detention, and on Monday I'm gonna have to stay after school to serve it. Tonight I was totally jittery from my sugar withdrawal, but I didn't have any money to go buy a soda or candy from the convenience store. So I did something I'm not real proud of.

我只希望有人在第六节课结束时叫醒我，因为直到下一节课开始我才醒来。 SNORK吗?我醒来的那个班是劳瑞太太教的。 劳瑞太太罚我留校察看，周一放学后我还得留堂。 今晚我因为戒断糖而非常紧张，但我没有钱去便利店买苏打水或糖果。 所以我做了一件不光彩的事。