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guess the noble thing to do was to clean up the mess for Heather, but this was really beyond the call of duty. Anyway, I've been doing a lot of thinking lately, and I've realized that I need to let this summer romance cool off a little. Plus, Heather's going off to college next year, and those long-distance relationships never really seem to work out. August Tuesday We ran into the Jefferson's at the supermarket

我想为希瑟收拾残局才是高尚的事，但这真的超出了我的职责范围。 总之，我最近想了很多，我意识到我需要让这段夏日恋情冷静一下。 另外，希瑟明年就要上大学了，异地恋似乎永远不会有结果。 八月的星期二我们在超级市场碰到了杰佛逊

today. Me and Rowley haven't spoken to each other in over a month, so it was kind of awkward. Mrs. Jefferson said they were buying groceries for their trip to the beach next week. That kind of irritated me because that's where my family was supposed to go this summer. But then Mrs. Jefferson said something that really threw me for a loop. HOW WOULD GREGORY LIKE TO JOIN US?

今天。我和罗利已经一个多月没说话了，所以有点尴尬。 杰佛逊太太说他们正在为下星期去海滩旅行买杂货。 这让我有点恼火，因为那是我们全家今年夏天要去的地方。 但是杰弗逊夫人说的话让我大吃一惊。 格雷戈里愿意加入我们吗？

Mr. Jefferson didn't look too thrilled with that idea, but before he could speak up Mom chimed in. WHY, GREGORY WOULD LOVE TO! Something about the whole incident seemed a little fishy to me. I'm kind of wondering if it was a setup, with Mom and Mrs. Jefferson conspiring to get me and Rowley back together. Believe me, Rowley's the last person I want to spend a week with. But then I realized if I went to the beach with the Jefferson's, I'd get to ride the Cranium Shaker. So maybe my summer won't be such a bust after all. Monday I knew I made a mistake coming on this beach trip

杰佛逊先生对这个想法似乎不太激动，但还没等他开口，妈妈就插话了。 格里高利很乐意的！整个事件在我看来有点可疑。 我有点怀疑这是不是个圈套，妈妈和杰斐逊太太合谋让我和罗利复合。 相信我，罗利是我最不想和他共度一周的人。 但后来我意识到，如果我和杰斐逊一家一起去海滩，我就可以坐摇头盖骨机了。 所以也许我的暑假不会那么糟糕。 星期一，我知道我参加这次海滩旅行是一个错误

when I saw where we were staying. QUIET COVE My family always rents a condo in the high-rises right near the boardwalk, but the place where the Jefferson's are staying is a log cabin about five miles from the beach. nkledc. We went inside the cabin, and there was no TV or computer or anything with a screen on it.

当我看到我们住的地方 我的家人总是在靠近木板路的高楼里租一套公寓，但杰斐逊一家住的地方是一间距离海滩大约五英里的小木屋。 我们走进船舱，没有电视，没有电脑，也没有任何带屏幕的东西。

I asked what we were supposed to do for entertainment, and Mrs. Jefferson said- YOU COULD READ A BOOK! I thought that was a good one, and I was about to tell Rowley his mom was pretty funny. But she came back a second later with a bunch of reading material.

我问我们应该做些什么娱乐活动，杰斐逊夫人说——你可以读一本书！我觉得这个不错，我正要告诉罗利他妈妈很风趣。 但她一秒钟后就回来了，带了一堆阅读材料。

So that just confirmed Mom was in on this plan from the beginning. All three Jefferson's read their books right up until it was time to eat. Dinner was ok, but dessert was awful. Mrs. Jefferson is one of those moms who sneaks healthy food into your snacks, and her brownies were full of spinach. I don't think it's a good idea to grind up vegetables and put them in kids' desserts, because then they don't know what the real thing is supposed to taste like. The first time Rowley had a regular brownie was at my house, and believe me, it wasn't pretty.

这就证实了妈妈从一开始就参与了这个计划。 杰弗逊家的三个人一直读到吃饭的时候。 晚餐还可以，但是甜点很难吃。 杰斐逊夫人是那种会在你的零食里偷偷放健康食物的妈妈，她的布朗尼蛋糕里全是菠菜。 我认为把蔬菜磨碎放在孩子们的甜点里不是个好主意，因为那样他们就不知道真正的蔬菜应该是什么味道了。 罗利第一次吃普通的布朗尼蛋糕是在我家，相信我，那可不好看。