4. The Halloween Store

4 The Halloween Store The Halloween store was in the mall. I pulled Mother there in a jiffy. Only too bad for me. 'Cause as soon as I saw the store, I screeched on my brakes speedy quick. On account of the stuff in the window gave me the creeps, I tell you! The window was filled with skeletons and devils. Plus there were scary, hairy monster heads all over the place! I closed my eyes real tight. And I did a hard swallow.

万圣节商店万圣节商店在商场里。 我很快就把妈妈拉到了那里。 对我来说太糟糕了。因为我一看到商店，我就急刹车，速度很快。 我告诉你，因为橱窗里的东西让我起鸡皮疙瘩！窗户里满是骷髅和魔鬼。 而且到处都是可怕的、毛茸茸的怪物头！我紧紧地闭上了眼睛。 我使劲咽了一口。

'Cause scary, hairy monster heads can take the brave right out of you. I squeezed Mother's hand tighter. "Okay, here's a little change of plans," I said. "I think I will go home now." Then I tried to pull Mother back the other way. But she didn't budge.

因为可怕的，毛茸茸的怪物头会让你失去勇气。 我把妈妈的手捏得更紧。 “好吧，计划有点小变化，”我说。 “我想我现在要回家了。” 然后我试图把妈妈从另一边拉回来。 但她没有让步。

"I know those masks look scary," she said. "But rubber masks can't hurt you, Junie B." She smiled. "Those masks are made from the same kind of rubber that Ollie's rubber ducky is made from. And you're not afraid of Rubber Ducky, are you?" I rolled my eyes at that dumb question. "Rubber Ducky doesn't have a sword through his head," I said. Mother didn't listen. She pulled me into the store. And we went to the aisle with the little girls' costumes. I looked up and down the shelves. They had every little costume in the book, I tell you! They had Little Red Riding Hood, and Little Bo-Peep, and Mary Had a Little Lamb, and Little Orphan Annie, and the Little Mermaid. Plus also, they had Little Miss

“我知道那些面具看起来很吓人，”她说。 “但是橡胶面具不会伤害你的，朱尼·b。” 她笑了。“那些面具和奥利的橡皮鸭子是用同一种橡胶做的。 你不怕橡皮鸭吧？”我对那个愚蠢的问题翻了个白眼。 “橡皮鸭的头上没有剑，”我说。 妈妈不听。她把我拉进了商店。 我们走到放着小女孩服装的过道。 我上下打量了一下架子。 我告诉你，他们有书里所有的小服装！他们有小红帽、小波比、玛丽有一只小羊羔、小孤儿安妮和小美人鱼。 另外，他们还有小小姐

Muppet Who Sat on Her Trumpet! Mother's face got gleamy and happy. "Oh, don't you just love these, Junie B.?" she asked. "Wouldn't you like to wear one of these darling costumes tomorrow?" I smiled very pleasant. "No thank you," I said. Just then, a store lady walked by. I reached out and tapped on her. "Where's the Squirty suits?" I asked. The lady looked curious at me. Then she looked at Mother. "Did she say squirtelly suits?" she asked. Mother closed her eyes a second. "No. I'm afraid she said Squirty suits," she told her. "Squirty the Clown. He sprays old women with seltzer." The lady looked strange at us.

坐在她的小号上的布偶！妈妈的脸上闪着喜悦的光。 “哦，你不喜欢这些吗，朱尼·b ?”她问。 “你明天不想穿上这些可爱的服装吗？”我笑得很愉快。 “不，谢谢，”我说。就在这时，一位女店员走过。 我伸出手轻拍了她一下。 “松鼠服在哪儿？”我问。 那位女士好奇地看着我。 然后她看着妈妈。 “她说的是松鼠装吗？”她问。 母亲闭上了眼睛。 “没有。恐怕她说的是松鼠服，”她告诉她。 “小丑Squirty。他给老妇人喷苏打水。” 那位女士奇怪地看着我们。

Then she led me and Mother to the clown stuff. And she went the other way. I looked down the clown row real nervous. And oh no! Oh no! There were scary clown parts hanging everywhere, I tell you! I quick jumped behind Mother's skirt. Then very slow, I peeked out.

然后她带我和妈妈去看小丑。 她走了另一条路。 我低头看着小丑排，真的很紧张。 哦，不！噢,不!我告诉你，到处都挂着可怕的小丑！我迅速跳到妈妈的裙子后面。 然后，我慢慢地向外偷看。

There were round clown noses. And creepy clown hair. And big white clown gloves. And giant, baggy clown pants with s'penders on them. I did some deep breaths. Then finally, I came out from behind Mother. And I looked all the way down the aisle. "Yeah, only here's the problem. I don't

有圆圆的小丑鼻子。 还有吓人的小丑发型。还有大大的白色小丑手套。 还有巨大的，宽松的小丑裤，上面有5个吊坠。 我做了几次深呼吸。最后，我从妈妈身后走了出来。 我看了整个过道。 “是的，但问题是。 我不