4. Ooey Gooey

4/Ooey Gooey "EEEW! YUCK! IT'S A WORM! IT'S A WORM! GET IT OFF ME, GRANDMA! GET IT OFF RIGHT NOW!" I yelled. Grandma Miller quick took back the worm. "For heaven's sake, Junie B. What in the world is the matter with you? It's just a baby earthworm. Look how teeny he is. This little fellow would make a wonderful pet." I did a huffy breath at her.

Ooey Gooey“EEEW!”讨厌的东西!这是一条虫子！这是一条虫子！把它从我身上拿开，奶奶！马上把它弄下来！”我喊道。 米勒奶奶很快把虫子拿了回来。 “看在上帝的份上，朱妮·B。 你到底是怎么回事？ 它只是一条蚯蚓宝宝。 看他多小。这个小家伙会成为一个很棒的宠物。” 我朝她吹了口气。

"Yeah, only worms cannot be pets, Grandma. 'Cause pets have fur so you can pet them. And worms just have ooey gooey skin." Grandma Miller looked surprised at me. "Don't be silly," she said. "Not all pets have fur. My bird Twitter doesn't have fur, and he's a pet. And goldfish don't have fur. And hermit crabs don't have fur. And lizards don't have fur. And—" I covered my ears with my hands. "Okay, okay. Enough with the fur," I said. "But worms don't have eyes or ears, either. And they don't have legs or tails or feet or necks. And they don't chirp or bark or cluck or meow. And so what kind of stupid pet do you call that?" Grandma Miller thought and thought. Then she smiled real big.

“是啊，只有虫子不能当宠物，奶奶。 因为宠物有毛，所以你可以抚摸它们。 而蠕虫只是有粘稠的皮肤。” 米勒奶奶惊讶地看着我。 “别傻了，”她说。 “不是所有的宠物都有毛。我的小鸟推特没有毛，他是一只宠物。 金鱼没有毛。 寄居蟹没有毛。 蜥蜴没有皮毛。 然后——”我用手捂住耳朵。 “好吧,好吧。皮毛够了，”我说。 “但是蠕虫也没有眼睛和耳朵。 它们没有腿，没有尾巴，没有脚，没有脖子。 它们不唧唧喳喳，不吠叫，不咯咯叫，也不喵喵叫。 你管它叫什么蠢宠物？”米勒奶奶想啊想啊。 然后她笑得很开心。

"I'd call that the kind of pet that won't wake up the neighbors or sniff the company or scratch himself silly," she said back. After that, she stood up. And she gave the baby earthworm to Mother. "I'll leave this little guy with your mother for now," she said. "You can think it over and see if you want to keep him. I'll check back with you later." Then she kissed me on my head. And she grabbed the ice chest. And she hurried out the door. Mother looked at the baby worm in her hand. "My goodness. You are a little one, aren't you?" she said. She got an empty mayonnaise jar out of the cabinet. Then she poked holes in the lid for air.

“我认为这种宠物不会把邻居吵醒，也不会闻公司的气味，更不会把自己抓伤，”她回答说。 说完，她站了起来。她把蚯蚓宝宝给了妈妈。 “我现在把这个小家伙留给你妈妈，”她说。 “你可以考虑一下，看看你是否想留下他。 我过会儿再来找你。” 然后她吻了我的头。 她抓起冰柜。 于是她匆匆出门。 妈妈看着手里的小虫子。 “我的天哪。你是一个小家伙，不是吗？”她说。 她从柜子里拿出一个空的蛋黄酱罐。 然后她在盖子上戳了几个洞透透气。

And she put the baby worm inside. Mother looked at him in there. "You don't even know where you are, do you, little fella?" she said. "I bet it's kind of scary in there all by yourself." I turned my back on her. 'Cause I knew what she was up to, that's why. "You can't make me like him, Mother," I said. "Nobody can make me like him." "Of course not," said Mother. "But just because you don't like him doesn't mean I can't like him." She talked to the worm some more. "Hmm. Maybe you'd be happier if you had some dirt to crawl around in," she said. "Let's go outside and see what we can do." After that, Mother put on her jacket. And she went outside. And she digged in the dirt from her garden.

她把小虫子放进了里面。 妈妈在那里看着他。 “你甚至不知道你在哪里，是不是，小家伙？”她说。 “我敢打赌，一个人呆在那里一定很可怕。” 我转过身去不理她。因为我知道她想干什么，这就是原因。 “你不能让我喜欢他，妈妈，”我说。 “没人能让我喜欢他。” “当然不是，”妈妈说。 “但你不喜欢他并不意味着我不能喜欢他。” 她又跟虫子说了几句。 “嗯。如果你有泥土可以爬来爬去，也许你会更快乐。”她说。 “我们出去看看能做些什么吧。” 之后，妈妈穿上夹克。 于是她走了出去。她在花园里挖土。

She came inside and showed me the jar. It looked kind of cute in there. There was a rock and a stick and a dandelion and some clovers. I peeked at the baby worm. He peeked back, I think.

她走进来，给我看了那个罐子。 里面看起来挺可爱的。 有一块石头、一根棍子、一株蒲公英和一些三叶草。 我偷看了一下小虫子。 我想他也偷看了我一眼。