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Manny went straight to bed, even though it was only 4:30 in the afternoon. So that left just me and Grandpa. Grandpa made grilled cheese sandwiches with the crusts cut off for dinner, which I haven't had since I was really little. We watched some TV, but then at 7:00 Grandpa shut it off and asked me if I wanted him to read me a story. I haven't had a bedtime story since I was in kindergarten, but I didn't wanna hurt Grandpa's feelings, so I just went along with it.

曼尼直接上床睡觉了，尽管当时才下午四点半。 这样就只剩下我和爷爷了。 爷爷做了切了面包皮的烤奶酪三明治当晚餐，这是我很小的时候就没吃过的。 我们看了一些电视，但是在7点的时候，爷爷关掉了电视，问我要不要他给我读个故事。 我从幼儿园开始就没听过睡前故事了，但我不想伤害爷爷的感情，所以我就跟着听了。

Saturday Since I went to bed at 7:30 last night, I woke up really early this morning. And when I came downstairs, I saw a big white binder sitting out on the kitchen table. TAKING CARE OF Gregory & Rodrick A TO Z All of a sudden the grilled cheese sandwiches and the story and the early bedtime all made sense. Grandpa was using the manual Mom made for him the LAST time he took care of us at home, eight or nine years ago. I flipped through the pages, and sure enough, it was filled with instructions for how to take care of us

因为我昨晚七点半睡觉，所以今天早上我醒得很早。 当我下楼时，我看到厨房的桌子上放着一个大大的白色活页夹。 突然之间，烤奶酪三明治、故事和早睡都变得有意义了。 爷爷用的是八、九年前他最后一次在家照顾我们时妈妈给他做的手册。 我翻了翻书，果然，里面全是如何照顾我们的说明

when we were little kids. And at least 95% of it was totally outdated. Some of the stuff in there was actually pretty embarrassing. I'm just glad I found the manual before Rodrick did, or he'd never let me hear the end of it.

当我们还是小孩子的时候。至少95%的内容已经完全过时了。 里面有些东西真的很尴尬。 我很高兴我在罗德里克之前找到了手册，否则他不会让我听完的。

I flipped to the page with "T" on it, and here's what I found— I don't think I'm gonna survive a whole weekend with Grandpa if I'm not allowed to watch a lot of TV, so I ripped out the page and drew up a new one. Then I realized that the "S" page was on the back of

我翻到写着“T”的那一页，我发现了——如果不让我看很多电视，我想我无法和爷爷一起度过整个周末，所以我把那一页撕下来，重新画了一张。 然后我意识到“S”页在背面

the "T" page, so I had to replace that one, too. is for spanking It's what you should do to Rodrick if he ever leaves the house with- out asking first. Monday Unfortunately, Mom and Dad got home before Rodrick did yesterday, and Grandpa went back to his condo. Which is a shame, because I was really keeping my fingers crossed on that "S" thing. Mom said that she and Dad did a lot of talking over the weekend, and they agreed that things have started to slip around the house ever since she started going back to school. I figured Mom was gonna chew us guys out for not doing our share, but she actually said she was gonna

“T”那一页，所以我不得不把那一页也替换掉。 如果罗德里克不事先征得你的同意就离开家，你就该这样对他。 不幸的是，昨天爸爸妈妈比罗德里克早回家了，爷爷回到了他的公寓。 真可惜，因为我一直在祈祷“S”这个词的出现。 妈妈说她和爸爸周末聊了很多，他们一致认为自从她开始回学校后，家里的事情开始变得不稳定了。 我以为妈妈会因为我们没尽到自己的责任而责备我们，但她真的说了她会

HIRE someone to help with the cleaning. I couldn't believe what I was hearing. The words Mom used were "domestic help," but I knew that was just code for "maid." I guess Mom was pretty embarrassed about having to hire someone to help out with the household chores, because she asked us all not to mention it to anyone. Well, I'm sorry, but opportunities like this don't come around too often for me, so it was a little hard to keep quiet at school. WE'RE GETTING A MAID! Chirag Gupta said his family doesn't NEED a maid and that he was glad his mom is there when he comes home from school every day.

雇个人帮忙打扫。 我简直不敢相信我所听到的。 妈妈用的词是“家政服务”，但我知道那只是“女佣”的暗号。 我猜妈妈对不得不雇人帮忙做家务感到很尴尬，因为她让我们不要向任何人提起这件事。 嗯，我很抱歉，但是像这样的机会对我来说并不常见，所以在学校里保持安静有点困难。 我们要请女佣了！齐拉格·古普塔说，他的家庭不需要女佣，他很高兴每天放学回家时妈妈在他身边。