2. C-A-P-T-A-I-N

2/C-A-P-T-A-I-N That day at school, Room Nine was very excited. We kept laughing and jumping and giggling and shouting. Me and my bestest friends Grace and Lucille runned and skipped all over the room. 'Cause we had to warm up our muscles for Field Day, that's why! All of a sudden, my teacher hollered our names. "Lucille! Junie B.! Grace! Please take your seats right now!"

那天在学校，九教室非常兴奋。 我们不停地笑着，跳着，咯咯地笑着，喊着。 我和我最好的朋友格蕾丝和露西尔在房间里跑来跑去。 因为我们要为运动会热身，这就是原因！突然，老师喊了我们的名字。 “露西尔!琼丝!优雅!请马上就座！”

We stopped real fast. My teacher's name is Mrs. She has another name, too. But I just like Mrs. and that's all. "Yes, but we need to keep on skipping," I said. "'Cause Grace said we have to warm up our muscles for Field Day. If you don't warm up your muscles, your legs will get clams."

我们停得很快。我的老师的名字是夫人，她也有另一个名字。 但我只是喜欢夫人，仅此而已。 “是的，但是我们需要继续跳绳，”我说。 "因为格蕾丝说我们得为运动会热身。 如果你不让肌肉暖和起来，你的腿就会起茧子。”

"Clamps," said Lucille. "Cramps," said Grace. Mrs. smiled a little bit. "You girls will have plenty of time to warm up outside," she said. "But right now, we have an important job to do. Right now, we're going to pick a captain for our Field Day team." Just then, everyone got excited all over again. A boy named Meanie Jim waved his hand in my teacher's face. "Me! Me! Pick me!" he hollered. "I will make a great captain!" "No, pick me, Teacher!" shouted another boy named Paulie Allen Puffer. "I will be better than him!" "No! Pick me! I'm the fastest runner in all of kindergarten!" hollered that Grace.

“夹子，”露西尔说。“抽筋。”格蕾丝说。 太太微微一笑。“你们姑娘们有足够的时间在外面热身，”她说。 “但是现在，我们有一项重要的工作要做。 现在，我们要为我们的田径队挑选一位队长。” 就在这时，每个人都再次兴奋起来。 一个名叫米尼·吉姆的男孩在我老师面前挥手。 “我!我!选我吧！”他喊道。 “我会成为一个伟大的船长！”“不，选我吧，老师！”另一个叫保利·艾伦·普弗的男孩喊道。 “我会比他更好的！”“不!接我!我是整个幼儿园跑得最快的！”格蕾丝大声喊道。

Mrs. sat down in her chair. She crossed her arms and waited for the yelling to stop. I hurried to her desk speedy quick. "Mrs.! Mrs.! Guess what? I did not shout just then!" I said. "Did you hear me? Huh? Did you hear me not shouting? I was the only one in the whole room who didn't shout, I believe." I pulled on her sleeve. "Maybe you should reward me for that behavior," I said. "Huh, Mrs.? What do you think? Maybe you should make me the captain of Field Day. 'Cause that would teach the other children a good lesson, probably." Mrs. stood up. She walked me back to my table. And she pointed her finger at me. "Sit," she said. "Stay," she said.

太太在椅子上坐了下来。 她交叉着双臂，等着喊声停止。 我飞快地跑到她的桌前。 “夫人!太太!你猜怎么着?我刚才没有喊！”我说。 “你听见了吗？”嗯?你听到我没喊了吗？ 我相信我是整个房间里唯一一个没有大喊大叫的人。” 我拉上她的袖子。“也许你应该为我的行为奖励我，”我说。 “嗯,夫人?你觉得呢？ 也许你该让我当野战日的队长。 因为这可能会给其他孩子一个很好的教训。” 太太站了起来。她陪我走回我的桌子。 她用手指着我。 “坐下，”她说。“留下来，”她说。

After that, she went back to her desk. And she held up a little basket. "Boys and girls, please listen carefully. In this basket, there are eighteen folded slips of paper. Seventeen of the papers are blank. But one of the papers has the word captain printed on it. Whoever picks that one will be the captain of our Field Day team." After that, Mrs. carried the basket around the room. She stopped at every table. And she let all the children pick a paper. "Keep your papers folded until everyone has chosen," said Mrs. "We'll all open our papers together." My stomach felt nervous and jumpy inside. 'Cause I didn't want anyone else to pick the captain paper, of course. When Mrs. got to my table, my heart was

之后，她回到她的办公桌前。 她举起一个小篮子。 “孩子们，请仔细听。 在这个篮子里，有十八张折叠的纸条。 17张纸是空白的。 但有一张纸上印着船长这个词。 谁选了这一颗，谁就会成为我们运动会队的队长。” 之后，太太拎着篮子在房间里转了一圈。 她在每张桌子前都停下来。 她让所有的孩子挑选一张纸。 “把纸叠起来，直到每个人都选好。”“我们一起打开报纸。” 我的胃里感到紧张不安。 当然，因为我不想让别人选船长的论文。 当夫人来到我的餐桌上时，我的心

pumping very much. She held up the basket for me to pick. I reached in real careful. Then I digged and digged all around in there. Mrs. tapped her foot. "Please, Junie B. Just pick one, okay?" she said. "Yeah, but I don't think my fingers have touched the right paper yet," I said. "I am waiting to get the right vives." "Vibes," said Mrs. "It's short for vibrations." "Whatever," I said. Then I digged and digged some more. "For the love of Pete!" said Mrs. "Just pick one." After that, I quick picked a teensy paper from the basket. Then I waited at my seat very patient until all the rest of the children picked, too.

抽得非常多。她举起篮子让我挑。 我非常小心地把手伸进去。 然后我在里面挖了又挖。 太太轻轻地跺着脚。“求你了，琼？ 就选一个，好吗？”她说。 “是的，但我觉得我的手指还没摸到正确的纸，”我说。 “我在等待正确的结果。” “共鸣。”“它是振动的缩写。” “无所谓，”我说。然后我挖了又挖。 “看在上帝的份上！”“随便挑一个。” 然后，我迅速地从篮子里拿出一张很小的纸。 然后我在座位上耐心地等着，直到其他的孩子也都摘了。