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Uncle Larry was pointing at photos from the last Easter we all got together. In one picture Meemaw was wearing her diamond ring, and in the next, she WASN'T. It didn't take a genius to figure out where her ring went. Fifteen seconds later, everyone was fanned out across Gramma's backyard, searching for Meemaw's plastic bags. I guess everyone figured that if the ring was in an egg, then it was finders keepers. Mom tried to get

拉里叔叔指着我们上次复活节聚会的照片。 在一张照片里，姥姥戴着她的钻石戒指，而在另一张照片里，她没有戴。 不需要什么天才也能猜出她的戒指去哪了。 十五秒后，所有人都分散到奶奶家的后院，寻找奶奶的塑料袋。 我想大家都觉得如果戒指在蛋里，那就归谁了。 妈妈想要

everyone to come back inside to have dessert, but it was no use. It was a little disturbing to see how greedy my relatives were acting, but I admit I got a little caught up in the excitement myself. While everyone else was looking for the egg OUTSIDE, I was looking for it INSIDE. But after Mom caught me rifling through Gramma's underwear drawer, I realized maybe I was getting a little TOO carried away.

大家都想回到屋里吃甜点，但没有用。 看到我的亲戚们如此贪婪，我有点不安，但我承认我自己也有点兴奋。 当别人都在外面找蛋的时候，我却在里面找。 但是当妈妈发现我在翻奶奶的内衣抽屉时，我意识到我可能有点太激动了。

I think Mom was pretty fed up with everyone by that point, because she told our family that we were going home. As far as I know, nobody actually found the ring. When we drove away from Gramma's, a few people were still out there searching. Tuesday Usually when Aunt Gretchen and her kids stay with

我想那时妈妈已经受够了所有人，因为她告诉家人我们要回家了。 据我所知，没人找到戒指。 当我们开车离开奶奶家时，有几个人还在外面找。 星期二通常是格雷琴姨妈和她的孩子们

us, it's for a week. But this time around, they only lasted two DAYS. That's because, after what happened last night Dad told them they were gonna have to leave. At dinner we ran out of ketchup, so Malcolm picked up the phone and called 911 to report us. It took about two hours for Mom and Dad to clear everything up with the cops. After Dad gave Aunt Gretchen and her sons the boot, they packed up and went to Gramma's. And I'm sure that was just fine with them, because it meant they had more time to look for the egg. I was glad they left, because when they did I got my bed back. For two nights I had to sleep in Rodrick's room on a leaky air mattress.

我们，一个星期。但这一次，他们只持续了两天。 那是因为，经过昨晚的事爸爸告诉他们，他们必须离开。 晚餐时，我们的番茄酱用完了，所以马尔科姆拿起电话打911报警。 爸爸妈妈花了大约两个小时才把一切都跟警察交代清楚。 爸爸把格雷琴姨妈和她的儿子们赶了出去后，他们收拾行李去了奶奶家。 我相信这对他们来说没什么问题，因为这意味着他们有更多的时间去寻找蛋。 我很高兴他们走了，因为他们走后，我的床又回来了。 有两个晚上，我不得不睡在罗德里克房间里一张漏水的气垫上。

No matter how much I inflated it at night, by morning I was lying flat on the ground. Yesterday when I woke up on Rodrick's floor, I spotted something under his bed when I was getting dressed. It was one of those Magic 8 Balls. I think Roderick got it as a present one year and must've forgotten all about it after it rolled under his bed. I was pretty excited to find it, because I never gotten to play around with one of those things before.

不管我晚上给它充气多少，到了早上我已经平躺在地上了。 昨天我在罗德里克家的地板上醒来，我在穿衣服的时候发现他床下有东西。 那是魔法八球之一。 我想这是罗德里克某一年收到的礼物，肯定是在它滚到他床底下之后就把它给忘了。 我很兴奋能找到它，因为我以前从来没有摆弄过这些东西。

The way you use the Magic 8 Ball is by asking it a question, then shaking it up and waiting for your answer to appear in a little window in the back. I was curious to see if it actually WORKED, so I gave it a try. I thought up a question and concentrated real hard, then I gave the Magic 8 Ball a good shake. Am I the smartest person in my family? Shake, shake, shake A few seconds later, this is what showed up in the little window It is certain.

你使用神奇8号球的方式是问一个问题，然后摇晃它，等待你的答案出现在后面的一个小窗口。 我很好奇它是否真的有效，所以我试了一下。 我想了一个问题，全神贯注，然后使劲地摇了摇魔术8号球。 我是家里最聪明的人吗？ 摇，摇，摇几秒钟后，这就是小窗口里出现的东西。