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coming from the carpet, so they hired a cleaner to come shampoo the rug. But that didn't solve the problem, and they thought maybe a squirrel or a mouse died in their walls. So they had a carpenter come in to try to find it. After a few weeks, I guess they couldn't take the smell anymore, so they moved out. And I have to admit I felt a little bit guilty when I saw they were taking their plastic plant with them.

从地毯上掉下来，所以他们雇了一个清洁工来洗地毯。 但这并不能解决问题，他们认为可能是一只松鼠或一只老鼠死在了他们的墙里。 所以他们让一个木匠来找它。 几周后，我猜他们再也受不了那股味道了，所以搬出去了。 我不得不承认，当我看到他们把塑料植物带走时，我感到有点内疚。

Ever since, I've been trying to figure out how to sneak some deviled eggs into Fregley's house. Tuesday Yesterday when I got home, I put my egg in my sock drawer, but then I realized it wouldn't be safe in there. Whenever I have something new, Manny finds a way to get to it and wreck it. In fact, it only took a day and a half for Manny to find my headgear. And I don't care WHAT Dr. Kagan says, there's no way I'm putting THAT thing in my mouth again.

从那以后，我就一直想办法把魔鬼蛋偷偷带进弗雷格利家。 星期二昨天我回家的时候，我把鸡蛋放在放袜子的抽屉里，但后来我意识到放在那里不安全。 每次我有新东西，曼尼总想办法抢过来破坏它。 事实上，曼尼只花了一天半的时间就找到了我的帽子。 我不管卡根医生怎么说，我再也不可能把那东西放进嘴里了。

I thought about hiding the egg at the top of my closet, but that wouldn't stop Manny. I hid some comic books up there once, but that boy can climb like a monkey. What I realized is that the more work I put into hiding something, the better chance Manny has of finding it. So I decided to hide my egg in an obvious spot where he would never think to look. I put it in the refrigerator on the second shelf. But

我想过把蛋藏在衣柜的最上面，但那阻止不了曼尼。 我曾经在上面藏过几本漫画书，但那男孩爬得像猴子一样快。 我意识到我藏东西花的越多，曼尼就越有可能找到它。 所以我决定把我的蛋藏在一个显眼的地方，他永远不会想到去看。 我把它放在冰箱的第二层架子上。 但

this morning I opened the refrigerator to get my egg, and it wasn't where I left it. I went into a panic, and I asked Mom if she'd seen Manny take my egg out of the refrigerator. But Mom said SHE was the one who took it, and that's what she was making me for breakfast. All of a sudden I felt a little sick to my stomach. I realized that if I couldn't even take care of an egg for twenty-four hours, I definitely have no business ever being a parent.

今天早上我打开冰箱拿我的鸡蛋，它不在我放的地方。 我惊慌失措，问妈妈有没有看到曼尼把我的鸡蛋从冰箱里拿出来。 但是妈妈说是她拿的，所以她给我做了这个当早餐。 突然间，我觉得胃有点不舒服。 我意识到，如果我连二十四小时照顾一个鸡蛋都做不到，那我绝对没有资格做父母。

When I got to school, I noticed that all the girls in my Health class had gotten THEIR eggs to school safely. Some of the girls were carrying theirs around in little pouches they'd sewn, and a few of them had even accessorized their eggs with sparkles and glitter and stuff like that. I'm pretty sure the point of the lesson was to teach us how hard it is to take care of a baby, so I don't think the girls were really getting the message. I was thinking about swiping Rowley's egg when he wasn't looking and passing it off as my own, but he

当我到达学校时，我注意到我们健康课上所有的女孩都把她们的鸡蛋安全地送到了学校。 有些女孩把自己的鸡蛋装在自己缝好的小袋子里，到处带着，有些女孩甚至用闪闪发光的东西来装饰自己的鸡蛋。 我很确定这节课的目的是让我们知道照顾一个孩子有多难，所以我觉得女孩们并没有真正领会到这一点。 我想趁罗利不注意的时候偷走他的蛋然后冒充是我的，但他

had drawn all over his in crayon, so that wasn't an option. When Nurse Powell came to my desk, I pulled out the plastic baggie that had my scrambled egg in it, but she didn't seem too impressed. CAN I AT LEAST GET PARTIAL CREDIT? So I guess that means I'm probably gonna be in summer school to repeat Health class.

他用蜡笔把他画了个遍，所以没办法。 当鲍威尔护士来到我的办公桌前，我拿出了装着我的炒蛋的塑料袋，但她似乎并没有太在意。 至少我能得到部分学分吧？ 所以我想这意味着我可能要去暑期学校重修健康课了。