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Rodrick asked the judges for his shoe back, but they said they were gonna send it on to the national competition. So that left Rodrick walking around with only one shoe. I decided to explore the nearby stalls while Rodrick was polishing off his stick of fried butter. But I had a SERIOUSLY close call when I turned a corner and almost ran smack into the entire Beardo family. Luckily, I was able to duck for cover just in time.

罗德里克向评委要回他的鞋，但他们说要把它送去参加全国比赛。 这样罗德里克就只剩下一只鞋了。 我决定在罗德里克吃他的炸黄油棒的时候，去附近的摊位看看。 但是当我转弯的时候，我差点撞上了整个Beardo家庭。 幸运的是，我及时躲了起来。

Now that I knew the Beardos were on the fairgrounds, I was eager to get out of there. I went to look for Rodrick, but he must've gone back to the van. I decided to head there myself, but on my way out I spotted the top of Mom's head in a crowd under one of the livestock tents. People were packed shoulder to shoulder, and I tried pushing my way through to get to where Mom was. But when I got halfway in, a big cheer went up. HOORAY!!!

既然我知道beardo一家在集市上，我就急于离开那里。 我去找罗德里克了，但他肯定回货车上了。 我决定自己去那里，但在出去的路上，我在一个牲畜帐篷下的人群中发现了妈妈的头顶。 人们肩并肩地挤在一起，我试着挤过去，想去妈妈那里。 但当我走到一半的时候，一阵欢呼响起。 万岁! !

When I finally made it up to the front, I was surprised to see Manny standing in the middle of the crowd, holding a piece of paper. Apparently, there was a contest to see who could come the closest to guessing the weight of a hog, and Manny got it exactly right. The prize for guessing the hog's weight was a real live baby pig.

当我终于走到前面时，我惊讶地看到曼尼站在人群中间，手里拿着一张纸。 显然，当时有个比赛，看谁最接近猜出一头猪的重量，曼尼猜对了。 猜猪体重的奖品是一头真正的活小猪。

Mom explained to the judge that they'd just entered the contest for fun and didn't actually WANT the pig. But the people in the crowd seemed kind of insulted and wouldn't take no for an answer. With all the commotion this was causing, I was nervous the Beardo family was gonna come over to the livestock tent to see what was going on. Luckily, by then Mom seemed ready to get out of there herself, and we made our way to the exit. Dad was sitting in the van with the air-conditioning cranked up, and when he saw Mom carrying a pig, he was a little taken by surprise.

妈妈向裁判解释说，她们参加比赛只是为了好玩，并不是真的想要那头猪。 但人群中的人似乎受到了侮辱，不愿接受不的回答。 这引起了这么大的骚动，我很担心比尔多一家会来牲畜帐篷看看发生了什么事。 幸运的是，那时妈妈似乎已经准备好离开那里了，我们朝出口走去。 爸爸坐在开着空调的货车里，当他看到妈妈抱着一头猪时，他有点吃惊。

Mom filled Dad in on how Manny won the pig in the contest, but he didn't seem too thrilled with the news. Dad said we had no business owning a pig and that we needed to take it back to the fair immediately. But Mom said it was too late, because the pig had already "imprinted" on Manny.

妈妈告诉爸爸曼尼是如何在比赛中赢得那头猪的，但他似乎对这个消息不太兴奋。 爸爸说我们不该养猪，我们需要马上把它带回集市。 但是妈妈说太迟了，因为那头猪已经“印”在曼尼身上了。

Dad still wasn't on board, though. He said a pig is a "barn animal" and could be carrying all sorts of parasites and whatnot. But Mom said a LOT of people keep pigs as pets, and she'd heard they're just as smart as dogs. Then Rodrick got in on the conversation. He voted for KEEPING the pig because he said we could get free bacon from it every morning, the way you get eggs from a chicken. So either he doesn't understand how pigs work, or he just wasn't thinking it all the way through. I was all in favor of keeping the pig if it meant we could hurry up and get going.

不过爸爸还是不同意。 他说，猪是一种“畜舍动物”，可能携带各种寄生虫和其他东西。 但是妈妈说很多人把猪当宠物养，而且她听说猪和狗一样聪明。 然后罗德里克加入了谈话。 他投票支持养猪，因为他说我们每天早上都可以从猪身上得到免费的熏肉，就像从鸡身上得到鸡蛋一样。 所以要么他不明白猪是怎么工作的，要么他只是没有从头到尾想清楚。 如果这意味着我们可以快点出发的话，我完全赞成养这头猪。