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Tuesday I spent the afternoon playing video games and catching up on the Sunday comics. I turned to the back page, and there was an ad where "Li'l Cutie" usually is. Wanna be on the funny pages? We're looking for a talented cartoonist to write and draw a one-panel comic to replace "Li'l Cutie." Can you tickle our funny bone? Cartoons featuring animals or pets will not be considered.

星期二我花了一下午的时间玩电子游戏和追星期天的漫画。 我翻到最后一页，上面有一则广告，是《小可爱》通常出现的地方。 想要成为有趣的一页吗？ 我们在找一位有才华的漫画家来写一幅单面漫画来代替《小可爱》 你能挠我们的搞笑骨吗？ 以动物或宠物为主题的卡通片将不被考虑。

Man, I've been waiting forever for an opportunity like this. I had a comic in my school paper once, but this is a chance to hit the BIG time. The ad said they weren't accepting any animal comic strips, and I think I know why. There's this comic about a dog called "Precious Poochie," and it's been running for about fifty years. The guy who wrote it died a long time ago, but they're still recycling his old comics. I don't know if they're funny or not because, to be honest with you, most of them don't even make sense to a person my age.

伙计，我一直在等这样的机会。 我曾经在学校的报纸上刊登过一篇漫画，但这是一次大获成功的机会。 广告说他们不接受任何动物连环画，我想我知道为什么。 有一部关于一只狗的漫画叫做“珍爱的Poochie”，它已经连载了大约50年。 写这本书的人很久以前就去世了，但他们还在回收他的旧漫画。 我不知道它们是否有趣，因为，老实说，大多数对我这个年纪的人来说都没有意义。

Anyway, the newspaper has tried to get rid of that comic a bunch of times, but whenever they try to cancel it all the "Precious Poochie" fans come out of the woodwork and make a big stink. I guess people think of this cartoon dog as their own pet or something. The last time they tried to cancel "Precious Poochie," four busloads of senior citizens from Leisure Towers showed up at the newspaper offices downtown and didn't leave until they got their way.

不管怎么说，报纸已经多次试图取消那部漫画，但每当他们试图取消它时，所有的“珍贵的小狗”的粉丝都会跳出来，大闹一场。 我猜人们认为这只卡通狗是他们自己的宠物什么的。 上次他们试图取消《珍爱的Poochie》时，来自Leisure Towers的四辆大巴的老年人出现在市中心的报社，直到他们如愿以对才离开。

Saturday Mom was acting extra-cheery this morning, and I could tell she had something up her sleeve. At 10:00 she said we all needed to get in the station wagon, and when I asked her where we were going, she said it was a "surprise."

星期六妈妈今天早上显得特别高兴，我看得出来她有什么妙计。 10点的时候，她说我们都需要上旅行车，当我问她我们要去哪里时，她说这是一个“惊喜”。

I noticed Mom had packed sunscreen and bathing suits and stuff in the back of the station wagon, so I thought we must be headed for the beach. But when I asked her if I was right, Mom said the place we were going was better than the beach. Wherever we were going, it was taking a long time to get there. And it wasn't that fun being stuck in the backseat with Rodrick and Manny. Manny was sitting in between me and Rodrick on the hump. At one point Rodrick decided to tell Manny the hump was the worst seat in the car because it was

我注意到妈妈在旅行车的后面装了防晒霜、泳衣和其他东西，所以我想我们一定是要去海滩了。 但当我问妈妈我说的对不对时，妈妈说我们要去的地方比海滩要好。 无论我们要去哪里，都要花很长时间才能到达。 跟罗德里克和曼尼一起被困在后座上可不好玩。 曼尼在驼峰上坐在我和罗德里克之间。 有一次，罗德里克决定告诉曼尼驼背是车里最糟糕的座位，因为它确实是

the smallest and least comfortable. Well, that totally set Manny off. Eventually, Mom and Dad got sick of Manny's crying. Mom said I had to take a turn on the hump because I'm the second youngest and it was "only fair." So every time Dad ran over a pothole, my head hit the roof of the car. At about 2:00 I was getting really hungry, so I asked

最小和最不舒服的。 这完全把曼尼惹毛了 最后，爸妈受够了曼尼的哭闹。 妈妈说我必须去骑驼峰，因为我是老二，这样才“公平”。 所以每次爸爸碾过一个坑，我的头就会撞到车顶。 大约2点的时候，我真的很饿，所以我问