6. Full of Soup

6 Full of Soup That night, Daddy tucked me into bed. He said that Paulie Allen Puffer's brother is full of soup. "There's no such thing as a tooth witch, Junie B.," he said. "I promise you there isn't. Paulie Allen Puffer's brother just made that up to scare Paulie Allen. And then Paulie Allen said it to scare you, too." I shook my head. "No, Daddy. No. It's not made up. I know it isn't. 'Cause the tooth

那天晚上，爸爸把我塞进了床上。 他说保利·艾伦·帕弗的哥哥很有汤。 “没有什么牙齿女巫，朱妮·B，”他说。 “我向你保证没有。 保利·艾伦，帕弗的哥哥编出来吓唬保利·艾伦的。 然后保利·艾伦也说出来吓唬你。” 我摇了摇头。“不,爸爸。 不。这不是编造的。我知道不是。 因为那颗牙

witch makes sense, that's why," I said. "She makes way more sense than a fairy." Daddy raised his eyebrows. "Why?" he asked. "Why does a witch make more sense than a fairy?" "Because," I said. "Because the tooth witch likes to chomp the teeth. But the tooth fairy doesn't do anything with the teeth at all, right? And so why would she even pay money for them?" Daddy did a little frown. "Well, I don't know, exactly," he said. "But I'm sure that she must do something with the teeth, Junie B. There are other things to do with teeth besides just chomping them, you know." "Like what?" I asked. Daddy put his head in his hands. Then he thought and thought and thought.

“女巫说得通，这就是为什么，”我说。 “她比仙女更有意义。” 爸爸扬起了眉毛。 “为什么？”他问。“为什么女巫比仙女更有意义？”“因为，”我说。 “因为牙女巫喜欢咬人的牙齿。 但是牙仙子根本不会对牙齿做任何事情，对吧？ 那她为什么还要花钱买呢？”爸爸皱了皱眉。 “嗯，确切地说，我也不知道，”他说。 “不过我敢肯定，她得对牙齿做点什么，朱妮·B。 你知道，除了咀嚼牙齿，还有其他的事情要做。” “像什么?”我问。爸爸双手抱头。 然后他想啊想啊想。

After he got done thinking, he went to get Mother. She came into my room carrying fussy Ollie. She handed him to Daddy and sat down on my bed. "Daddy said you have another problem about the tooth fairy," she said. I nodded. "Yes," I said. "'Cause if there's really a fairy, then she has to have a reason to want the teeth. Right, Mother? She wouldn't just throw them in the garbage. 'Cause that doesn't make any sense. Plus also, it would hurt my feelings."

他想完了，就去找妈妈。 她抱着挑剔的奥利进了我的房间。 她把他交给爸爸，然后坐在我的床上。 “爸爸说你对牙仙子又有一个问题，”她说。 我点了点头。“是的，”我说。“因为如果真的有仙女，那她一定有理由想要这些牙齿。 对了,妈妈?她不会把它们扔进垃圾桶的。 因为这说不通啊。 而且，这会伤害我的感情。”

Mother hugged me. "No, Junie B. Of course she doesn't throw them in the garbage," she said. "I'm sure the fairy does something very special with the teeth." "Like what?" I said. Mother ran her tired fingers through her hair. She stood up and walked back and forth on my rug. Then, all of a sudden, her face got brighter. "I know. I bet the fairy uses the teeth to make jewelry," she said. At first, Daddy and I didn't say any words. We just stared and stared at that woman.

妈妈拥抱了我。“不，琼？ 她当然不会把它们扔进垃圾桶。” “我相信仙女对牙齿做了一些特别的事情。” “像什么?”我说。母亲用疲惫的手指梳理头发。 她站起来，在我的地毯上走来走去。 然后，突然间，她的脸变得明亮起来。 “我知道。我敢打赌仙女用这些牙齿做珠宝。”她说。 起初，爸爸和我一句话也没说。 我们一直盯着那个女人看。

"Jewelry?" I said finally. Mother smiled. "Yes, of course," she said. "She probably uses the teeth to make little tooth necklaces and bracelets and cute little toe rings. How does that sound?" I made a sick face. "It sounds repulsive," said Daddy. Mother stopped smiling. She quick took Ollie back from Daddy. And she hurried out of my room. After she left, Daddy finished tucking me in bed. "I'm sorry about that, Junie B.," he said. "I'm afraid Ollie has your mother worn to a frazzle these days. But I'm sure she's not right about that jewelry thing." He did a little shiver. "No. Certainly she's not," he said. Then—before I could ask any more

“珠宝?”我最后说。 妈妈笑了。“是的，当然，”她说。 “她可能会用牙齿做小牙齿项链、手镯和可爱的小脚趾环。 听起来怎么样？”我做了个恶心的鬼脸。 “听起来很恶心，”爸爸说。 母亲不再笑了。她很快就把奥利从爸爸手里抢回来了。 她匆匆走出了我的房间。 她走后，爸爸帮我盖好了被子。 “我很抱歉，朱妮·B，”他说。 “恐怕这些天奥利把你妈妈累坏了。 但我肯定她关于珠宝的事是不对的。” 他微微哆嗦了一下。“没有。 她当然不是，”他说。 我还没来得及问更多

questions about the fairy—he kissed me good night. And he rushed out of my room as fast as Mother. That night, I did not put my tooth under my pillow. Also, I did not put it under there the night after that. Or the night after that. Because what do you know… The fairy still did not make sense.

关于仙女的问题——他吻我道晚安。 他和妈妈一样迅速地冲出了我的房间。 那天晚上，我没有把牙齿放在枕头下。 而且，在那之后的晚上我也没有把它放在那下面。 或者在那之后的晚上。因为你知道吗，那个仙女还是说不通。