4. Cats and Gowns

4/ Cats and Gowns I skipped in the door of Room Nine. Then my whole face got happy. 'Cause guess who was talking to my teacher? It was Gus Vallony, that's who! And Gus Vallony is my favorite janitor! I zoomed right over to that guy. "Gus Vallony! Gus Vallony! It is a joy to see you!" I said. "And so what brings you here, anyway?" Gus Vallony patted my head. "I had an important delivery to make, sis," he said.

猫和长袍我跳进了九号房间的门。 然后我整个脸都高兴了。 猜猜谁跟我老师说话了？ 是格斯·瓦洛尼，就是他！格斯·瓦洛尼是我最喜欢的看门人！我把镜头对准了那家伙。 “格斯Vallony !格斯Vallony !见到你真高兴！”我说。 “那么，到底是什么风把你吹来了？”格斯·瓦隆拍了拍我的头。 “我有个重要的东西要送，姐姐，”他说。

Just then, my bestest friend Lucille came running up to me. She pointed to a big stack of boxes. "IT'S CATS AND GOWNS, JUNIE B.!" she shouted. "GUS VALLONY BROUGHT US CATS AND GOWNS!" She twirled me all around. "I heard him talking to the teacher! The cats and gowns are right there in those boxes! Everyone is getting one for graduation!" she said. I jumped up and down at that wonderful news! 'Cause who doesn't love cats? That's what I would like to know! "CATS AND GOWNS!" I hollered. "CATS AND GOWNS!" hollered Room Nine. Mrs. sat down in her chair real slow. Then

就在这时，我最好的朋友露西尔向我跑来。 她指着一大堆盒子。 “这是猫和礼服，琼·b !”她喊道。 “格斯·瓦洛尼给我们带来了猫和长袍！”她把我转了一圈。 “我听到他在跟老师说话！”猫和礼服就在那些盒子里！每个人毕业都会得到一个！”她说。 听到这个好消息，我跳上跳下！因为谁不爱猫呢？ 这就是我想知道的！“猫和长袍！”我大声喊道。 “猫和长袍！”九号房喊道。 太太慢慢地坐在椅子上。 然后

Gus Vallony patted her shoulder. And he said the word good luck. Mrs. said for Room Nine to please stop shouting. "I'm sorry, boys and girls. But Lucille did not hear me correctly," she said. "No one in Room Nine is getting a cat and gown for graduation." Room Nine did a loud groan. "Then what are we getting, exactly?" I asked. "Caps and gowns," said Mrs. "You're all getting a cap and gown for graduation. Not cat and gown." "No, no, no!" said Lucille. "I heard you say cat, teacher! I know I did! I know I did!" Mrs. said for Lucille to hush. Then she passed out the boxes to all the children. I looked inside my box real curious.

格斯·瓦洛尼拍了拍她的肩膀。 他说了祝你好运。 太太叫九号房别喊了。 “对不起，孩子们。 但是露西尔没有听清我的话，”她说。 “九号房的人毕业时不会得到猫和礼服。” 九号房间发出一声巨响。 “那我们到底得到了什么？”我问。 “帽子和长袍。”“你们毕业时都会得到一顶帽子和一件长袍。 不是猫和礼服。”“不，不，不！”露西尔说。 “我听到你说猫，老师！”我知道我做了！我知道是我干的！”太太叫露西尔安静下来。 然后她把盒子分发给所有的孩子。 我很好奇地往盒子里看。

Then I kept looking and looking. Because something was not right in there. "My cap got run over by a truck, I think," I said. "It is a big, square flatso." Mrs. laughed. Then she came to my table. And she unfolded my cap. And she put it right on my head. "Hey! What do you know! It fits!" I said. After that, all of us put on our caps and gowns. And we skipped all around the room. Only not Lucille. 'Cause she was still upset about the cat issue, of course. Pretty soon, the bell was going to ring. And

然后我不停地找啊找。 因为里面有些不对劲。 “我想我的帽子被一辆卡车碾过了，”我说。 “这是一个大的方形公寓。” 太太笑了。然后她来到我的桌子旁。 她打开我的帽子，戴在我头上。 “嘿!你知道什么！它适合!”我说。 之后，我们所有人都戴上帽子，穿上长袍。 我们在房间里跳来跳去。 但不是露西尔。当然是因为她还在为猫的事生气 很快，铃声就要响了。 和

so Mrs. made us put our outfits back in our boxes. "I'm going to let you take these home with you today," she said. "But please do not play with them on the bus. And don't play with them at home, either. These caps and gowns are white, okay? And white material gets soiled very easily." "I know it, Mrs.!" I said. "I know white material gets soiled easy! 'Cause one time, my grampa Miller spilled beer on his new white tie. And you can still see beer splots on that thing!" Mrs. looked and looked at me. Then she sat back down at her desk very quiet. And she waited for the bell to ring.

所以太太让我们把衣服放回箱子里。 “今天我要让你把这些带回家，”她说。 “但是请不要在公共汽车上和他们玩。 也不要在家里和它们玩。 这些帽子和长袍都是白色的？ 白色的材料很容易被弄脏。” “我知道，太太！”我说。 “我知道白色的东西很容易弄脏！因为有一次，我爷爷米勒把啤酒洒在了他的新领带上。 你还能在那玩意儿上看到啤酒渣！”太太看了又看我。 然后她非常安静地坐回书桌前。 她等着下课铃响。