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I've heard chicken pox are SUPER contagious, and whenever a kid gets them, they're not allowed to come back to school for a week. But I couldn't afford to have Rowley out of commission for even one NIGHT. He was my ride to the dance, and I knew that if his mom and dad didn't let him go, then I couldn't go, either. I told Rowley he had the chicken pox, but I probably should have broken the news to him slowly instead of all at once. Rowley was gonna go straight downstairs and tell his parents, but I told him to calm down and we'd figure this out together. I said if he could just get through the night without telling anyone, I'd owe him for the rest of my life. All he needed to do was cover up his chicken pox and not

我听说水痘具有极强的传染性，一旦孩子得了水痘，他们一周内都不能回学校上课。 但我不能让罗利一晚上不工作。 他是我去舞会的车，我知道如果他爸妈不让他去，那我也不能去。 我告诉罗利他得了水痘，但我也许应该慢慢地告诉他这个消息，而不是一下子告诉他。 罗利本想直接下楼告诉他父母，但我让他冷静下来我们一起想办法。 我说如果他能瞒着任何人熬过今晚，我就欠他一辈子了。 他所要做的就是掩盖他的水痘，而不是

make a big stink to his parents. We'd both go to the dance and have a great time, and now one would even have to know. But Rowley was too freaked out to think straight, and I had to give him two coconut chocolates to quiet him down. Now that Rowley knew he had the chicken pox, he was going CRAZY with the itching. So I got some socks out of his dresser and put them on his hands. I figured Rowley's mom and dad probably knew what chicken pox looked like and we had to find a way to cover them up. So we went into his parents bathroom and looked through his Mom's makeup kit to see if there was anything we could use. I found some stuff called "concealer", and that sounded about right to

向他父母大发牢骚。 我们俩都去舞会，玩得很开心，现在连一个人都得知道。 但罗利吓坏了，无法思考，我不得不给他两颗椰子巧克力让他安静下来。 既然罗利知道自己出了水痘，他就痒得发疯了。 所以我从他的梳妆台上拿了些袜子给他穿上。 我想罗利的父母可能知道水痘是什么样子我们得想办法把他们掩盖起来。 所以我们走进他父母的浴室，翻了翻他妈妈的化妆包，看看有没有我们能用的。 我找到了一种叫“遮瑕膏”的东西，听起来正好

me. I used a little brush I found in a draw and then tried to cover up the problem areas of Rowley's face. But you could totally tell that Rowley was wearing makeup. So I grabbed a silk scarf from the top of Mrs. Jefferson's dresser and told Rowley to put it on and cover up around his mouth. Then I noticed he had a few chicken pox on his forehead, so I found a big hat in his mom's closet and had him put that on, too. I'm not gonna say Rowley looked totally normal, but at least you couldn't tell he had the chicken pox. I kind of held my breath when we got into the car, but I think Mr. Jefferson just thought Rowley's

我。我用了一个在画中找到的小刷子，然后试图掩盖罗利脸上的问题区域。 但你完全能看出来罗利化了妆。 于是我从杰佛逊夫人的梳妆台上抓起一条丝巾，让罗利戴上，把嘴围起来。 然后我注意到他额头上长了几颗水痘，所以我在他妈妈的衣柜里找到了一顶大帽子，让他也戴上了。 我不想说罗利看起来完全正常，但至少你看不出他出了水痘。 我们上车的时候我屏住了呼吸，但我想杰斐逊先生以为罗利

getup was some kind of middle school fashion thing, and he didn't say a word. When I opened the back door to get in, I was pretty surprised to find Rowley's old booster seat taking up one of the spots. I asked Rowley why he still had a booster seat in his dad's car, and he said they just never took it out once he got big enough for the regular seat. But come to think of it, I've always thought Rowley seemed a little too tall whenever he drove by with his family.

那是一种中学生的时尚，他一句话也没说。 当我打开后门进去时，我很惊讶地发现罗利的旧增高座椅占据了其中一个位置。 我问罗利，为什么他爸爸的车里还有一个增高座椅，他说，只要他长大了，能坐上普通座椅，他们就再也不会把它拿出来了。 但仔细想想，我总觉得每当罗利和他的家人开车经过时，他看起来有点太高了。

I knew we had to take that thing out before we went to pick up Abigail, because a limo company would never have a booster seat in one of its cars. But you need it to be some kind of an engineer to figure out how to undo the clasp on that thing. By that point we were already late picking up Abigail, so we had to just leave it. When we pulled into Abigail's driveway, I asked Mr. Jefferson to honk the horn to let her know we with there. But Mr. Jefferson wouldn't honk the horn, because he said that's no way to treat a "lady." He said one of

我知道我们必须在去接阿比盖尔之前把那东西拿出来，因为豪华轿车公司的车里绝不会有增高座椅。 但你得像个工程师才能弄清楚怎么解开那东西上的扣子。 到那时我们接阿比盖尔已经晚了，所以我们只能把车留在这里。 当我们把车开进阿比盖尔家的车道时，我请杰斐逊先生按喇叭，让她知道我们到了。 但杰弗逊先生不肯按喇叭，因为他说这不是对待“女士”的方式。 他说

ours was gonna have to go to her front door and escort her. Rowley started to get out, but I realized this was my big chance to make a good first impression on Abigail. So I walked up to the house and knocked on the door. But Abigail didn't come to the front door-her DAD did. Apparently, Mr. Brown is a state trooper, or he just likes dressing up like one. Mr. Brown said Abigail was upstairs getting ready

我们得去她家前门护送她。 罗利开始下车，但我意识到这是我给阿比盖尔留下良好第一印象的大好机会。 于是我走到那所房子前，敲了敲门。 但是阿比盖尔没有来到前门——她爸爸来了。 显然，布朗先生是一名州警，或者他只是喜欢打扮得像个州警。 布朗先生说阿比盖尔在楼上做准备