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Nobody bothered to check on how I was doing after falling off the bed onto my face. Rowley spent the rest of the night sleeping in his parent room, which was fine with me. Because without Rowley and his chicken dreams to keep me awake, I was able to get a good night's sleep. Wednesday I've been stuck inside this cabin for three days now, and I'm really starting to lose my mind. I've been trying to get Mr. and Mrs. Jefferson to take us to the boardwalk, but they say it's too "noisy" there.

没人关心我从床上摔下来后的情况。 罗利在他父母的房间里睡了一整晚，这对我来说没什么问题。 因为没有罗利和他的鸡梦让我睡不着，我就能睡个好觉。 星期三我已经被困在这个小屋里三天了，我真的开始失去理智了。 我一直想让杰弗逊夫妇带我们去木板路，但他们说那里太“吵”了。

I've never gone this long without TV or computers or video games, and I'm starting to feel kind of desperate. When Mr. Jefferson works late at night on his laptop, I sneak downstairs and watch him just to get a glimpse of the outside world. I've tried to get Mr. Jefferson to let me use his laptop a couple of times, but he says it's his "work computer" and he doesn't want me to mess anything up. Last night I was at my breaking point, so I did something a little risky. When Mr. Jefferson got up to use the bathroom, I jumped at my chance.

我从来没有这么长时间没有电视、电脑或电子游戏，我开始感到有点绝望。 当杰斐逊先生在他的笔记本电脑上工作到深夜时，我偷偷溜到楼下看着他，只是为了看一眼外面的世界。 我试过几次让杰佛逊先生让我用他的笔记本电脑，但他说这是他的“工作电脑”，他不想让我搞砸任何东西。 昨晚我快要崩溃了，所以我做了件有点冒险的事。 当杰佛逊先生起身要上厕所时，我立刻抓住了这个机会。

I rattled off an e-mail to Mom as quick as I could, then ran upstairs and got into bed. TO: Heffley, Susan SUBJECT: SOS HELP HELP GET ME OUT OF HERE THESE PEOPLE ARE DRIVING ME CRAZY When I came downstairs for breakfast this morning, Mr. Jefferson didn't look too happy to see me. It turns out that I sent that e-mail from Mr. Jefferson's work account, and Mom answered back.

我飞快地给妈妈写了一封电子邮件，然后跑上楼上了床。 收件人：Susan Heffley主题：SOS救命救命把我弄出去这些人快把我逼疯了今天早上我下楼吃早餐时，Jefferson先生看起来不太高兴见到我。 原来我是用杰弗逊先生的工作账户发的那封邮件，妈妈回复了。

TO: Jefferson, Robert SUBJECT: RE: SOS Family vacations can be a challenge! Is Gregory not behaving himself? -Susan I thought Mr. Jefferson was gonna really let me have it, but he didn't say anything at all. Then Mrs. Jefferson said maybe we could go to the boardwalk later on this afternoon and spend an hour or two there. Well, that's all I was ever asking for. A few hours is all I really need. If I can just ride the Cranium Shaker once, I'll feel like this trip wasn't a total waste of time. Friday

致罗伯特·杰佛逊主题：回复：SOS家庭度假可以是一个挑战！格里高利不守规矩吗？ 我以为Jefferson先生会同意的，但是他什么也没说。 然后杰佛逊太太说，也许我们今天下午晚些时候可以去木板路，在那里呆上一两个小时。 这就是我一直以来的要求。 我只需要几个小时。 如果我能坐一次震颅机，我就不会觉得这次旅行完全是浪费时间了。 星期五

I'm back home from the beach two days early, and if you wanna know the reason why, it's kind of a long story. The Jefferson's took me and Rowley to the boardwalk yesterday afternoon. I wanted to go on the Cranium Shaker right away, but the line was too long, so we decided to get some food and come back later. We got some ice cream, but Mrs. Jefferson only ordered one cone for the four of us to share. Mom gave me thirty dollars to spend at the beach, and I blew twenty of it on this one carnival game. I was trying to win a giant stuffed caterpillar, but I think they have those games rigged so you can't succeed.

我提前两天从海滩回来了，如果你想知道原因，这说来话长。 昨天下午杰斐逊一家带我和罗利去了木板路。 我想马上去坐“摇颅器”，但队伍太长了，所以我们决定先买些吃的，然后再回来。 我们买了一些冰淇淋，但杰斐逊夫人只点了一个蛋筒，让我们四个人一起吃。 妈妈给了我30美元，让我在海滩上花，我却把其中的20美元花在了这个嘉年华游戏上。 我本来想赢一只巨大的毛绒毛毛虫，但我觉得他们在游戏中做了手脚，所以你赢不了。

Rowley watched me blow my twenty dollars, and then he asked his dad to buy him the exact same giant caterpillar at a shop next door. And the thing that really stinks is that it only cost him ten bucks. I think Mr. Jefferson is making a big mistake with a move like that. Now Rowley feels like a winner even

罗利看着我花了20美元，然后他让他爸爸在隔壁的商店给他买了一模一样的大毛毛虫。 最糟糕的是这只花了他十块钱。 我觉得杰斐逊先生这样做是大错特错了。 现在罗利甚至觉得自己是赢家了