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If I was Rodrick, I would've changed my story real quick and said I was just joking around to win the game. But Rodrick didn't seize his chance to bail out. NO, THERE WERE FOUR OF US! Mom had Dad pull over to the side of the road, then handed Rodrick her phone and made him call Mrs. Tuttle to apologize, which was awkward for everyone in the car. I'M SORRY FOR TOILET-PAPERING YOUR HOUSE... ...MA'AM. After that, it was quiet in the van for a long time. Mom was about to pop the next Spanish CD in the stereo, but luckily Manny had fallen asleep by then, so she couldn't.

如果我是罗德里克，我会很快改变我的说法，说我只是为了赢得比赛而开玩笑。 但罗德里克没有抓住机会退出。 不，我们有四个人！妈妈让爸爸把车停在路边，然后把她的手机递给罗德里克，让他打电话给塔特尔太太道歉，这对车里的每个人来说都很尴尬。 对不起，我给你的房子铺了厕纸…… ……夫人。在那之后，车里很长一段时间都很安静。 妈妈正准备在音响里放下一张西班牙语CD，但幸运的是曼尼那时已经睡着了，所以她没办法。

If you wake Manny up in the middle of one of his naps, he'll go completely ballistic, and there's NO calming him down. So whenever Manny falls asleep, Mom and Dad do everything they can to KEEP him that way. I was big on haps when I was Mannys age, too. I used to take an hour-long nap after lunch every day, and when I started preschool, we had an official nap time where everyone pulled out a mat and slept on the floor.

如果你在曼尼打盹的时候把他叫醒，他会暴跳如雷，而且没办法让他平静下来。 所以只要曼尼睡着了，爸爸妈妈就会想尽办法让他保持这种状态。 我像曼尼这么大的时候，也很喜欢吃零食。 我过去每天午饭后都会睡一个小时，当我开始上幼儿园时，我们有一个正式的午睡时间，每个人都拿出一张垫子，睡在地板上。

If you ask me, I think they should give kids nap time all the way through college. But they stop doing it after preschool, which I found out the HARD way. On the first day of kindergarten, after we had our snacks, I asked the teacher where the mats were, so we could lie down and recharge our batteries. But she said kindergarthers don't HAVE nap time, and I thought she was just making a funny joke. YEAH, RIGHT!

如果你问我，我认为他们应该在大学期间给孩子们午睡的时间。 但他们上完学前班就不这么做了，这是我吃了不少苦头才知道的。 上幼儿园的第一天，我们吃完零食后，我问老师垫子在哪里，这样我们就可以躺下来充电了。 但是她说幼儿园没有午睡时间，我以为她只是在开一个有趣的玩笑。 是的,没错!

A few minutes later the whole class was making paper bag puppets. Apparently, I was the only one who didn't get the heads-up about the no-nap thing, because for the rest of the day everyone else seemed fine, while I could barely function. I'm glad Mom remembered to bring a pacifier on the trip, because as long as Manny's got one stuck in his mouth, he can sleep through just about anything. Manny lost his favorite pacifier last night, but Dad ran out to get a new one at a store near our house that sells gag gifts.

几分钟后，全班同学都在制作纸袋木偶。 显然，我是唯一一个不知道不午睡这件事的人，因为那天剩下的时间里，其他人似乎都很好，而我几乎不能正常工作。 我很高兴妈妈记得带了奶嘴，因为只要曼尼嘴里塞着奶嘴，他就能安然入睡。 曼尼昨晚把他最喜欢的奶嘴弄丢了，但爸爸跑去我家附近一家卖恶作剧礼物的商店买了一个新的。

I guess it looks a little strange, but it works just as well as a regular one. Manny had been sleeping peacefully for about an hour today when we stopped at a tollbooth. Dad rolled down his window to get a ticket, and the guy in the booth had such a loud voice he sounded like he was speaking through a MEGAPHONE. HOPE Y'ALL ARE HAVIN' AN AWESOME DAY!

我猜它看起来有点奇怪，但它和普通的一样好用。 今天我们在一个收费站停车时，曼尼已经安静地睡了大约一个小时。 爸爸摇下车窗买票，但售票亭里那个人的声音太大了，听起来就像在用扩音器说话一样。 希望你们都有一个很棒的一天！

Manny started to fuss, and his pacifier came halfway out of his mouth. But luckily Rodrick reacted quickly, and Manny fell back asleep. I think Mom was a little frustrated that Manny was napping in the first place. She had marked a bunch of places on her map where she wanted us to stop and get out for some sightseeing, but now we had to keep driving. The problem I had with Manny's nap was that I really needed to get out of the car and stretch, but I COULDN'T.

曼尼开始抓狂，奶嘴从嘴里掉了一半。 但幸运的是，罗德里克反应迅速，曼尼又睡着了。 我觉得妈妈一开始对曼尼打盹有点失望。 她在地图上标出了一堆地方，希望我们停下来出去观光，但现在我们不得不继续开车。 曼尼小睡的问题是，我真的需要下车伸展一下，但我做不到。