3. The Rules

3/The Rules Guess what!!?! Guess what!!?! On Friday, Lucille's nanna called my mother! And she invited me to spend the night with Lucille on Saturday! And Mother didn't even say no! My feet zoomed all around the house when I heard that! "I'M SPENDIN' THE NIGHT! I'M SPENDIN' THE NIGHT! I'M SPENDIN' THE NIGHT!" I shouted. I zoomed into my baby brother Ollie's room. "HEY, OLLIE! I'M SPENDIN' THE NIGHT! I'M SPENDIN' THE NIGHT! I'M

你猜怎么着!!?!你猜怎么着! ! !星期五，露西尔的奶奶打电话给我妈妈!她还邀请我星期六和露西尔一起过夜!妈妈甚至没有说不!当我听到那句话时，我的脚在房子里到处乱窜!“我要在这儿过夜!”我要在这里过夜!我要在这里过夜!”我叫道。 我急速进入我小弟弟奥利的房间。 “嗨,奥利!我要在这里过夜!我要在这里过夜!我

SPENDIN' THE—" Just then, Mother runned in the door and she swished me right out of there. It was not pleasant. I brushed myself off. "Yeah, only you shouldn't actually swish people," I said kind of quiet. Mother raised her voice at me. "How many times, Junie B.? How many times have I told you to stay out of Ollie's room while he's sleeping? Huh? How many?" I thinked for a minute. "A million bazillion," I said. "But that is just a ballpark figure." Mother glared at me very mad. I rocked back and forth on my feet. "A ballpark figure is when you don't know the actual figure. And so you make up a

挥霍——”就在这时，妈妈跑进了门，把我从那里赶了出去。 这是不愉快的。我把自己刷掉了。 “是啊，只是你不应该真的对人招手。”我有点安静地说。 母亲对我提高了嗓门。 “多少次了，琼? 我跟你说过多少次了不要在奥利睡觉的时候进他的房间? 嗯?有多少?”我想了一会儿。 “百万亿亿，”我说。 “但这只是一个大致数字。” 母亲非常生气地瞪着我。 我用脚前后摇晃着。 “ballpark数字是指你不知道实际数字。 所以你编了一个a

figure. 'Cause that will get people off your back," I explained. "My boyfriend named Ricardo told me that. His father sells insurance, I believe." Mother tapped her angry foot. "We are not talking about Ricardo's father, Junie B. We are talking about going into Ollie's room while he's sleeping. And besides, I haven't said that you could spend the night at Lucille's. I want to talk it over with your father first." I hugged her leg. "Please, Mother? Please? Please? I'll be good. I promise, I promise, I—" Just then, the front door opened. It was my Daddy! He was home from work! I runned to him like a speedy rocket. Then I hugged his leg, too. And he

数字。因为这样人们就不会再烦你了。”我解释道。 “这是我男朋友里卡多告诉我的。 我想他父亲是卖保险的。” 母亲生气地跺着脚。 “我们说的不是里卡多的父亲朱尼·B。 我们说的是趁奥利睡觉的时候进他的房间。 再说了，我没说你可以在露西尔家过夜。 我想先和你父亲商量一下。” 我抱住她的腿。“请吗,妈妈? 好吗?好吗?我会乖乖的。 我保证，我保证，我——"就在这时，前门开了。 是我爸爸!他下班回家了!我像飞速的火箭一样向他跑去。 然后我也拥抱了他的腿。 和他

couldn't even shake me off. "I'll be good, Daddy! I promise! I promise! I promise!" All of a sudden, Mother swished me away again. She put me down in the living room. Then she and Daddy did whispering in the hall. And guess what? They said I could go to Lucille's!!! "YIPPEE! YIPPEE! YIPPEE!" I shouted. After that, I started to zoom some more. But Daddy quick grabbed me by my belt. "Yeah, only here's the problem. I'm not actually zooming," I told him. "No…here's the problem," said Daddy. "Before you spend the night with Lucille, you have to agree to the rules." I raised up my eyebrows.

都甩不掉我。 “我会乖的，爸爸!”我保证!我保证!我保证!”突然，母亲又把我赶走了。 她把我放在客厅里。 然后她和爸爸在大厅里窃窃私语。 你猜怎么着?他们说我可以去露西尔家!!“好啊! !好啊! !好啊! !”我叫道。 在那之后，我开始放大一些。 但是爸爸很快就抓住了我的腰带。 “是的，但问题是。 我并不是真的在放大，”我告诉他。 “不……问题在这里，”爸爸说。 “在你和露西尔过夜之前，你必须同意这些规定。” 我扬起眉毛。

"Rules?" I asked. "There's rules involved?" "Lots of rules," said Daddy. Then he and Mother bended down next to me. And they told me the rules of spending the night. They are: No running, no jumping, no shouting, no squealing, no hollering, no snooping, no spying, no arguing, no fighting, no cheating at games, no talking back to the nanna, no breaking other people's toys, no grumping, no crying, no fibbing, no tickling people when they say no, no staying up late, and absolutely no head-butting. After I heard the rules, I did a sigh. "Yeah, only that doesn't actually leave me much to work with," I said. Mother ruffled my hair. "Sorry, kiddo. But that's the deal," she said. "Take it or leave it."

“规则?”我问。“有规则吗?”“很多规则，”爸爸说。 然后他和妈妈在我身边弯下腰来。 他们告诉了我过夜的规矩。 它们是:不跑，不跳，不大喊大叫，不尖叫，不大喊大叫，不窥探，不间谍，不争论，不打架，不作弊，不跟奶奶顶嘴，不破坏别人的玩具，不发牢骚，不哭泣，不撒谎，当别人说不的时候不挠别人，不熬夜，绝对不撞头。 听了规则后，我叹了口气。 “是啊，不过这并没有给我留下太多的工作机会，”我说。 母亲把我的头发弄乱。“对不起,老姐。 但这就是交易，”她说。 “要么接受，要么放弃。”

"Take it!" I shouted out. "I'll take the deal!" Then I kissed Mother and Daddy on their cheeks. And I hugged them very tight. And they couldn't shake me off again.

“把它!”我喊道。“我接受这笔交易!”然后我吻了爸爸妈妈的脸颊。 我紧紧地抱着他们。 他们再也甩不掉我了。