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Rodrick let them in. I thought about jumping out the back window and making a run for it, but I'm glad I didn't, because I would've looked like an idiot. It turns out the police weren't there for me at all. They were just there to collect last - minute gifts for the Toy Drive. I thought they might be bluffing and that they were just using the Toy Drive as a way of flushing me out. But I finally worked up the courage to go to the front door, and I even brought a donation with me and tried to act casual.

罗德里克让他们进来了。我想过从后窗跳出来逃跑，但我很高兴我没有，因为那样我会看起来像个白痴。 结果警察根本就没帮我。 他们只是在那里为玩具驾驶收集最后一分钟的礼物。 我想他们可能是在虚张声势，他们只是利用玩具车来逼我出来。 但我终于鼓起勇气走到前门，甚至还带了一笔捐款，装得若无其事。

The police said they couldn't accept a used toy as a donation and that they were only taking new items in their original packaging. I actually think they were just a little freaked out by Alfrendo, because they seemed to leave in a hurry after that. Christmas When I woke up this morning, I couldn't believe it was Christmas and I was in my house with electricity and heat and wasn't on the run from the police. I went downstairs to see if there was anything under the tree, but I was totally shocked to find there weren't any gifts at ALL. At first I thought it was all Santa's Scout's fault and that he'd been running his mouth about the trouble

警方表示，他们不能接受二手玩具作为捐赠，他们只接受原始包装的新玩具。 我觉得他们只是被阿尔弗伦多吓到了，因为在那之后他们似乎匆匆离开了。 当我今天早上醒来的时候，我简直不敢相信这是圣诞节，我在家里有电和暖气，而不是在逃避警察。 我下楼去看看树下是否有什么东西，但我完全震惊地发现根本没有礼物。 起初，我以为这都是圣诞老人的错，他一直在说这件事

I've gotten myself into lately. But Mom came downstairs a few minutes later and told me Santa DID come last night and that he left our gifts in the garage. Mom said the snowstorm really messed up Santa's schedule, so he ran out of time to wrap presents and just put them in garbage bags instead. That didn't make a lot of sense to me, but at that point I was relieved to be getting any gifts at all. The rest of the family came downstairs, and Mom said we could have fun reaching in the trash bags and guessing what our gifts were. It wasn't really the same. But I think Dad was pretty happy he didn't have any wrapping paper to clean up.

我最近陷入的困境。 但是几分钟后妈妈下楼来告诉我圣诞老人昨晚确实来了，而且他把我们的礼物留在车库里了。 妈妈说暴风雪打乱了圣诞老人的行程，所以他来不及包装礼物，就把礼物放进了垃圾袋。 这对我来说不太有意义，但在那一点上，我感到宽慰，因为我收到了任何礼物。 家里的其他人都下楼来了，妈妈说我们可以在垃圾袋里翻来翻去，猜猜我们的礼物是什么。 这是不一样的。 但我想爸爸很高兴他没有包装纸要清理。

After I was done with the gifts in the trash bag, Mom handed me a wrapped present that she said was from HER. It was my "Tower of Druids" graphic novel, so I was a little confused. Mom said she felt bad about forging Kenny Centazzo's autograph, so she found out where he was appearing a few weeks ago and got my book signed for real this time. She said she had to wait in line for three hours but she was happy to do it for me.

当我处理完垃圾袋里的礼物后，妈妈递给我一个包装好的礼物，说是她送的。 那是我的《德鲁伊之塔》漫画小说，所以我有点困惑。 妈妈说她为伪造肯尼·森塔佐的签名感到内疚，所以她几周前查到了他出现的地方这次让我的书真的签了名。 她说她得排队等三个小时，但她很乐意为我排队。

PLEASE WRITE, "TO MY BIGGEST FAN, GREG." But based on what's written in my book now, I'm guessing Kenny Centazzo didn't hear my name correctly. To my biggest fan, Craig Kenny Centay go Hopefully I can find a rich guy named Craig who's really into graphic novels so I can sell it to him for a pile of cash. Rodrick got a snare drum and some drumsticks, and Manny got a bunch of toys and a pair of sneakers. Even though Mom taught Manny how to tie his shoes

请写上“致我最忠实的粉丝，格雷格” 但根据我书里写的，我猜肯尼·森塔佐没听对我的名字。 致我最大的粉丝，克雷格·肯尼·森特，希望我能找到一个叫克雷格的有钱人，他真的很喜欢漫画小说，这样我就能把它卖给他，赚一大笔钱。 罗德里克买了一个小军鼓和一些鼓槌，曼尼买了一堆玩具和一双运动鞋。 尽管妈妈教曼尼怎么系鞋带

yesterday, it looks like he'd prefer to have her do it for him anyway. After we were done opening presents, Mom said it was time to go to church. I told her we couldn't go because we didn't have any clean clothes to wear, but that's when she pulled out three last gifts. SANTA GOT ALL THREE OF YOU BOYS V - NECK SWEATERS! I really like to spend Christmas in my pajamas, and the second you put on dress clothes, it feels like it's over. So I decided to put my clothes on OVER my pajamas and pick up where I left off once we got

昨天，他似乎更愿意让她为他做这件事。 我们拆完礼物后，妈妈说该去教堂了。 我告诉她我们不能去，因为我们没有干净的衣服可穿，但这时她拿出了最后三件礼物。 圣诞老人给你们三个男孩都买了v领毛衣！我真的很喜欢穿着睡衣过圣诞节，而你穿上礼服的那一刻，感觉就结束了。 所以我决定把我的衣服穿在睡衣外面，然后继续我离开的地方