6. The Trouble with Tickle

6/The Trouble with Tickle Tickle did not turn out that professional. His fur was choppy and moppish. Plus his tail was a teeny stubby. I tried to push him under my bed. But he wouldn't even go. "Yeah, only you have to go under there, Tickle. Or else Mother and Daddy will see your fur. And I will be in trouble." Just then, I heard feet walking in the hall. Oh no!

挠痒痒的麻烦挠痒痒并没有那么专业。 他的皮毛蓬乱而蓬松。 而且它的尾巴又短又短。 我想把他推到床底下。 但他甚至不愿去。“是啊，不过你得从下面钻过去，挠痒痒。 否则爸爸妈妈会看到你的皮毛。 我就有麻烦了。” 就在这时，我听到大厅里有脚步声。 噢,不!

It was Mother! She was home from work! I runned around real upset. "Hide, Tickle! Hide! Hide!" I said. Just then, I saw my fuzzy pink sweater! I grabbed it out of my closet and throwed it on Tickle speedy fast! Also, I grabbed my favorite hat with the

是妈妈！她下班回家了！我心烦意乱地跑来跑去。 “隐藏,逗!隐藏!藏!”我说。 就在那时，我看到了我的毛茸茸的粉红色毛衣！我从衣柜里拿出来，扔在挠痒痒身上，速度很快！我还拿了我最喜欢的帽子

devil horns. And I plopped it on his head. All of a sudden, Mother opened my door. I backed up from her. "H-h-hello," I said kind of nervous. "How are you today? I am fine. Plus Tickle is fine, too." I did a gulp. "He is wearing clothes, apparently," I said.

恶魔的角。我把它摔在他头上。 突然，妈妈打开了我的门。 我躲开了她。“你好，”我有点紧张地说。 “你今天好吗？”我很好。 另外，挠痒痒也很好。” 我喝了一大口。“他显然穿着衣服，”我说。

Just then, Mother walked to Tickle real slow. And she took off his hat. That is how come I quick runned out of my room. And down the hall. And outside into the yard. 'Cause I didn't want to be there when the sweater came off, of course! Mother chased me all over my yard. That woman is speedier than she looks. She caught me by my arm and marched me into the house. After that, she sat me in a chair. And she said my goose is cooked, young lady. Goose is cooked means that your goose is in big trouble. Only I don't actually have a goose. Only that was not the time to mention it, probably. Just then, my Daddy came home from

就在这时，妈妈慢慢地走向胳肢。 她摘下了他的帽子。这就是为什么我迅速跑出我的房间。 穿过大厅。到外面的院子里。 因为我当然不想在毛衣脱下来的时候在场！妈妈在院子里追着我跑。 那个女人比她看起来要快。 她抓住我的胳膊，把我推进屋里。 之后，她让我坐在椅子上。 她说我的鹅已经熟了，小姐。 Goose is cooked意思是你的鹅有大麻烦了。 只不过我没有鹅。 不过，也许当时不适合提这件事。 就在那时，我爸爸从

work. Mother tattletaled to him about Tickle. Then both of them hollered a lecture at me. It was called What in the World Has Gotten into Me, Young Lady? Do I Not Even Have Good Sense? And Do They Have to Watch Me Every Single Minute? After they finished yelling, Mother put me in my room. And she took away my scissors forever. And here's the worstest part of all. After dinner I had to take a bath and go right back to bed. Mother kissed me on my cheek. It was not that sincere. "Yeah, only I am not even tired yet," I said. "And so maybe I should watch Wheel of Fortune, perhaps."

工作。母亲向他讲了提克的事。 然后他们俩都大声训斥了我一顿。 这首歌的名字叫《小姐，我到底是怎么了？》 难道我没有判断力吗？ 他们有必要时时刻刻盯着我吗？ 他们喊完后，妈妈把我送回了房间。 她永远地拿走了我的剪刀。 最糟糕的是。 晚饭后，我必须洗个澡，然后再回去睡觉。 妈妈吻了我的脸颊。 他并没有那么真诚。“是的，只是我还不累，”我说。 “所以也许我应该看《幸运之轮》。”

Mother shook her head. "No way. No TV," she said. "If you're not tired, you can lie here and think about what you did today." After that, she shut my door and walked away. I did a huffy breath at her. "Yeah, only I don't even have to think about what I did today. 'Cause I already thinked about it, that's why," I whispered to just myself. Then I did a teeny smile. "And guess what else? I think I am making progress."

母亲摇了摇头。“没门。 没有电视，”她说。“如果你不累，你可以躺在这里，想想你今天做了什么。” 之后，她关上门走开了。 我朝她吹了口气。 “是啊，只是我甚至不用去想我今天做了什么。 因为我已经想过了，这就是为什么。”我低声对自己说。 然后我微微一笑。“你猜还有什么？ 我想我正在取得进步。”