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I finished my call right before Dad came back to the car, and we headed into the city. I just wish I took a better look at that map, because when we pulled up to Bayside Street, I realized it was the parking lot for the baseball stadium. But by then it was too late. It turns out Mom had bought us tickets to the baseball game for some special father-son bonding and Dad was trying to keep it a surprise. But it took Dad a long time to explain all of that to the cops. After he cleared things up with the police, Dad wasn't in the mood for a baseball game, so he

就在爸爸回到车里之前，我打完了电话，我们就进城了。 我真希望我仔细看了看地图，因为当我们把车开到贝赛德街时，我意识到那是棒球场的停车场。 但那时已经太晚了。 原来是妈妈给我们买了棒球比赛的票，想让我们父子之间建立特别的感情，爸爸想给我们一个惊喜。 但爸爸花了很长时间才向警察解释这一切。 跟警察解决了问题后，爸爸没心情看棒球比赛，所以他

just took me home. I felt kind of bad because the seats Mom got us were in the third row, and it looked to me like they cost a fortune. Tuesday I finally found out what that phone call was all about

只是送我回家。我感觉有点不好，因为妈妈给我们买的座位在第三排，在我看来，那座位花了我一大笔钱。 周二，我终于知道那通电话是怎么回事了

the other day. Dad had been on the phone with Gramma, and they were talking about Sweetie, not me. Mom and Dad had decided to give the dog to Gramma, and Dad dropped Sweetie off on Sunday night. To be honest with you, I don't think anyone's really gonna miss him around here. Me and Dad haven't talked to each other since then, and I've been looking for excuses to stay out of the house. I found a really good one yesterday. There was a commercial on TV for this store called the Game Hut, which is where I buy all my video games. They're having a competition where you play at your local store, and if you win you get to advance to the national playoffs. And the winner of that gets a

前几天。爸爸和奶奶在打电话，他们说的是小甜心，不是我。 爸爸妈妈决定把这只狗送给奶奶，爸爸在星期天晚上把小甜心送回家。 说实话，我觉得这里没人会想他。 从那以后，我和爸爸就再没说过话，我一直在找借口不待在家里。 我昨天找到了一个很好的。 电视上有一个商店的广告叫Game Hut，我就是在那里买我所有的电子游戏的。 他们正在举办一场比赛，你在当地的商店里比赛，如果你赢了，你就可以进入全国季后赛。 赢的人会得到

million bucks. The competition at my local store is on Saturday. I'm sure there are gonna be a ton of people at that thing, so I'm gonna go super early to make sure I get a good place in line. I learned that trick from Rodrick. Whenever he wants to get tickets to a concert, he camps out the night before. In fact, that's where he met his band's lead singer, Bill. CAN I BUM A POTATO CHIP? Rowley and his dad go camping all the time, so I knew he had a tent. I called Rowley and told him about the video game contest and how we could win a million bucks.

百万美元。我们当地商店的比赛在星期六举行。 我肯定会有很多人去，所以我要超早去确保我能排个好位置。 我跟罗德里克学的那个把戏。 每当他想买音乐会的票时，他就在头天晚上露营。 事实上，他就是在那里遇到了乐队的主唱比尔。 我可以买一片薯片吗？罗利和他爸爸经常去露营，所以我知道他有个帐篷。 我打电话给罗利，告诉他电子游戏比赛的事，以及我们如何能赢得一百万美元。

But Rowley was acting nervous on the phone. I think he was still worried that I had electrical superpowers or something, and the only way to get him to calm down was to promise I wouldn't use them on him. Even after we were past that, Rowley didn't seem comfortable with the campout idea. He said his mom and dad banned him from seeing me for the rest of the summer. I pretty much figured that, but I had a plan to get around it. I told Rowley that I'd tell my parents I was going up to his house to spend the night, and he could tell his parents he was going to Collin's. Rowley STILL didn't seem sure, so I told him I'd bring him his very own box of gummy bears if he came along, and that sold him.

但罗利在电话里表现得很紧张。 我觉得他还在担心我有超能力什么的，唯一能让他冷静下来的办法就是保证我不会对他使用超能力。 即使在我们度过了这段时间之后，罗利似乎对露营的想法并不满意。 他说他爸妈禁止他在夏天剩下的时间里见我。 我早就猜到了，但我有个计划可以绕开它。 我告诉罗利我会告诉我父母我要去他家过夜，他可以告诉他父母他要去科林家。 罗利似乎还不确定，所以我告诉他，如果他来的话，我会给他带一盒小熊软糖，这让他接受了。

Saturday Last night we met at the top of the hill at 9:00. Rowley brought the camping equipment and the sleeping bag, and I brought the flashlight and some chocolate energy bars. I didn't have the gummy bears right at that moment, but I promised Rowley I'd buy him some the first chance I got. When we got to the Game Hut we were the only people there, and I couldn't believe our luck. So we pitched our tent in front of the store before anyone else could take our spot.

星期六昨晚9点我们在山顶见面。 罗利带了露营装备和睡袋，我带了手电筒和一些巧克力能量棒。 我当时没有小熊软糖，但我答应罗利一有机会就给他买。 当我们到达游戏小屋时，我们是那里唯一的人，我不敢相信我们的运气。 所以我们在商店前面搭起了帐篷，免得别人抢了我们的位子。