2. Meeting Maxine

2/Meeting Maxine Me and Daddy drove in the car a real long time. It was not that enjoyable. "Are we there yet? How come we're not there? Are we lost? Huh, Daddy? Did you lose us?" I asked. Just then, Daddy pulled into a parking lot. "Hey! We're there! We're there!" I hollered very thrilled. I looked through the window. "Yeah, only here's the problem. I don't even recognize this place. 'Cause this is not your regular barber shop." Daddy got me out of my seat belt. "This is a different barber shop," he

我和爸爸在车里开了很长时间。 并不是那么令人愉快。 “我们到了吗？”我们怎么不在那儿？ 我们迷路了吗？嗯,爸爸?你把我们弄丢了吗？”我问。 就在这时，爸爸把车开进了一个停车场。 “嘿!我们在那里!我们在那里!”我激动得大叫起来。 我透过窗户往外看。 “是的，但问题是。 我都认不出这地方了。 因为这不是普通的理发店。” 爸爸帮我解开了安全带。 “这是一家不同的理发店，”他说

explained. "Someone at work recommended it. Only it's not actually a barber shop. It's more of what you'd call… well, okay… it's a beauty shop." My eyes got big and wide at that guy. "A BEAUTY SHOP? OH BOY! 'CAUSE I LOVE BEAUTY SHOPS EVEN MORE THAN BARBER SHOPS!" I jumped up and down and all around. "HEY, EVERYBODY! MY DADDY IS GOING TO A BEAUTY SHOP! MY DADDY IS GOING TO A BEAUTY SHOP!" "Shh, Junie B.! Please!" said Daddy. "You have to be on your best behavior in this place. I mean it. No acting crazy." I smoothed my jacket very proper. "Yeah, only I don't even know what you're talking about," I said. "I never acted crazy in

解释说。“有人在工作中推荐了它。 只不过这不是真正的理发店。 它更像是你所说的……嗯，好吧……它是一家美容店。” 我的眼睛瞪得又大又圆。 “美容店？”哦,男孩!因为比起理发店，我更喜欢美容店！”我上蹿下跳，到处乱跳。 “嗨,大家好!我爸爸要去美容院！我爸爸要去美容院！”“嘘，琼妮·b !”爸爸说。 “在这个地方，你必须表现得最好。 我是认真的。不要装疯卖傻。” 我把夹克熨平了。 “是啊，只是我根本不知道你在说什么。”我说。 “我从来没有发疯过

my whole entire career." After that, I skipped very happy through the beauty shop door. There was a lady behind a counter. Her face had big, shiny red lips on it. "Name, please?" she said. "Robert Jones," said Daddy. I stood on my tippytoes. "Yeah, only he has other names, too," I told her. "'Cause some people call him Bob. And some people call him Bobby. Plus today my mother called him Ace." The lady looked over the counter at me. "And what is your name?" she asked. I quick took off my jacket and showed her my name tag. "Pinkie!" I said. "My name is Pinkie Gladys Gutzman! 'Cause I just thought of that cute name this morning! And it is adorable, I think!"

我的整个职业生涯。”在那之后，我非常高兴地跳过美容院的门。 柜台后面有一位女士。 她的脸上有又大又亮的红唇。 “你叫什么名字？”她问。“罗伯特·琼斯，”爸爸说。 我踮起脚尖。“是啊，只不过他还有别的名字。”我告诉她。 “因为有些人叫他鲍勃。 有些人叫他鲍比。 而且今天我妈妈叫他艾斯。” 那位女士从柜台那边看着我。 “你叫什么名字？”她问。 我迅速脱下夹克，给她看我的名牌。 “小指!”我说。“我的名字是Pinkie Gladys Gutzman！因为我今天早上才想到那个可爱的名字！我觉得它很可爱！”

The lady looked funny at me. She didn't ask any more questions. Pretty soon, a different lady walked up. And she shook my daddy's hand. "Hello. I'm Maxine and I'll be cutting your hair today," she said real nice.

那位女士奇怪地看着我。 她没有再问任何问题。 很快，另一位女士走了过来。 她握了握我爸爸的手。 “你好。我是玛克辛，今天由我来给你剪头发。”

My eyes popped right out at that woman! 'Cause she was wearing a name tag! Just like me! "MAXINE! HEY! MAXINE! LOOK DOWN HERE! I HAVE ON A NAME TAG, TOO!" I hollered. Maxine ruffled my hair. "Pinkie Gladys Gutzman, huh?" she said. "Well, Pinkie Gladys Gutzman… since you're already wearing a name tag, I guess that means you should be my helper today." "YES!" I yelled. "'CAUSE I ALREADY KNOW HOW TO BE A HELPER! ON ACCOUNT OF SOMETIMES I HELP MY GRAMPA MILLER FIX STUFF. AND LAST WEEK WE FIXED THE UPSTAIRS TOILET! AND I GOT TO TOUCH THAT BIG BALL THAT FLOATS ON TOP!" Maxine laughed.

我的眼睛一看见那个女人就瞪大了！因为她戴着名牌！就像我一样！“玛克辛!嘿!玛克辛!往下看！我还戴着名牌呢！”我大声喊道。 玛克辛拨弄我的头发。“Pinkie Gladys Gutzman，是吧？”她说。 “好吧，小白格拉迪斯·古兹曼……既然你已经戴上了名牌，我想这意味着你今天应该来帮我。” “是的!”我喊道。“因为我已经知道如何成为一个帮手了！”因为有时候我帮我的米勒爷爷修东西。 上周我们修好了楼上的厕所！我还碰到了漂浮在上面的那个大球！”玛克辛笑了。

"Wow… a helper with plumbing experience. This must be my lucky day," she said. After that, she holded my hand. And me and her took Daddy to the sink. Then Maxine washed Daddy's hair. And she let me hold the fluffy towel. I holded it real tight in my arms. "Look, Maxine! Look at me holding the fluffy towel! See how good I am doing? I am not even letting it touch the floor!" Only too bad for me. Because just then, my nose got some itchy fuzzies in it. And I started to sneeze. "AH… AH… ACHOO!" I sneezed right into the fluffy towel. It was soft as a feather. That's how come I wiped my itchy nose on that softie thing. Plus also I blowed a teeny

“哇……一个有管道经验的帮手。” 今天一定是我的幸运日，”她说。 之后，她握着我的手。 我和她把爸爸带到水池边。 然后玛克辛给爸爸洗了头发。 她让我拿着毛茸茸的毛巾。 我把它紧紧地抱在怀里。 “看,马克辛!看我拿着毛茸茸的毛巾！看到我做得多好了吗？ 我不会让它碰地板的！”对我来说太糟糕了。 因为就在那时，我的鼻子有点痒。 我开始打喷嚏。“啊……啊……阿嚏！”我打了个喷嚏，正好打到松软的毛巾上。 它像羽毛一样柔软。这就是为什么我用那个软软的东西擦我痒的鼻子。 再加上我也吹了一点