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and I'm sure he got rid of Alfrendo when I wasn't looking. I figured I'd confront Dad about kidnapping my doll when he got home, but at the moment I had bigger things to worry about. The first one was what I was gonna EAT. Over the past few days we've been running low on food, and if this snow doesn't melt quick, I don't know WHAT we're gonna do. Mom was supposed to go grocery shopping the day the blizzard hit, so we have less food than usual to begin with. She said we're gonna have to start "rationing" until she can go back out.

我肯定他趁我不注意的时候把阿尔弗伦多干掉了。 我想等爸爸回家后，我会当面质问他绑架我的娃娃的事，但此刻我有更重要的事情要担心。 第一个是我要吃什么。 在过去的几天里，我们的食物越来越少，如果雪不快点融化，我不知道我们该怎么办。 暴风雪来袭的那天妈妈本来要去杂货店买东西的，所以一开始我们的食物就比平时少了。 她说我们得开始“定量配给”直到她能出去。

That could be a while, though. The snow is piled up three feet high against the front door, so we're basically trapped inside. And Rodrick is spoiling the food we DO have left. He drinks milk straight from the carton, so there's no way I'm gonna touch that now. I'm actually kind of mad at Dad, because if it wasn't

不过，这可能需要一段时间。 积雪堆积在前门三英尺高，所以我们基本上被困在里面了。 罗德里克正在糟蹋我们剩下的食物。 他直接喝纸盒里的牛奶，所以我现在不可能碰它了。 我其实有点生爸爸的气，因为如果不是这样的话

for him, we'd have all the milk we wanted. A few years ago I won a contest at the state fair where you had to guess how much a baby goat weighed, and the winner got to take it home. I guessed the weight right, but Dad wouldn't let me have the goat. And if we had that goat, I could have a glass of milk whenever I wanted. Mom found some burritos in the back of the freezer last night and made them for dinner, but they tasted funny, so I wouldn't eat them. Mom said I needed to eat SOMETHING, so I had ketchup as my main course. Manny didn't seem to mind the burritos, but he'll eat

为了他，我们想要多少牛奶都有。 几年前，我在州博览会上赢得了一场比赛，比赛要求你猜一只小山羊有多重，获胜者可以把它带回家。 我猜对了重量，但爸爸不让我吃那只山羊。 如果我们有了那只山羊，我就可以随时喝到牛奶了。 妈妈昨晚在冰箱后面找到了一些墨西哥卷饼，做了晚饭吃，但味道很怪，所以我不吃。 妈妈说我需要吃点东西，所以我把番茄酱当主菜。 曼尼似乎不介意墨西哥卷饼，但他会吃的

just about ANYTHING as long as he's got his favorite condiment on it. When Sweetie lived with us, he used to chew on the furniture, so we sprayed it with this stuff called "Bitter Apple Spray" that dogs can't stand the taste of. But for whatever reason, Manny LOVES the taste of Bitter Apple Spray, and to this day he uses it on almost everything he eats. Speaking of Sweetie, I got so hungry today that I was seriously thinking about eating some of the dog

只要有他最喜欢的调料，什么都可以。 当小甜心和我们住在一起的时候，他经常咬家具，所以我们在家具上喷了一种叫“苦苹果喷雾”的东西，狗狗们根本受不了这种味道。 但不管出于什么原因，曼尼喜欢苦苹果喷雾的味道，直到今天，他几乎吃什么都用它。 说到亲爱的，我今天太饿了，我真的很想吃点狗肉

treats I found in the back of our pantry. But Mom told me they have different standards for making dog food than they do for people food, so that stopped me from eating any, at least for now. I can't believe I'm practically starving here while Sweetie is living the good life at Gramma's, enjoying her home-cooked meals. I only have myself to blame about the food situation,

我在储藏室后面找到的零食 但是妈妈告诉我，他们做狗粮的标准和做人粮的标准不一样，所以我没有吃任何狗粮，至少现在没有。 我真不敢相信我在这里几乎快饿死了而小甜心却在奶奶家过着美好的生活，享受着她做的家常菜。 食物的问题只能怪我自己，

though. We had a bunch of canned food until a week before Thanksgiving, but then I gave almost ALL of it to the Food Drive at school. I got rid of the things I don't like to eat, like yams and beets. But I'll bet whoever got our rejects is having a pretty good laugh about it right now. I was starting to wonder whether toothpaste had any nutritional value when I remembered I actually DID have something edible in my desk drawer. When Dad wouldn't let me take the goat home from

虽然。直到感恩节前一周，我们还有一堆罐头食品，但后来我几乎把它们都捐给了学校的食品募捐活动。 我戒掉了我不喜欢吃的东西，比如山药和甜菜。 但我敢打赌，不管是谁收到了我们的拒绝信，他现在肯定在笑得很开心。 我开始怀疑牙膏是否有任何营养价值，当我想起我的书桌抽屉里确实有一些可食用的东西。 当爸爸不让我把山羊带回家时