10. Pressure

10 Pressure Friday Dear first-grade journal, I keep thinking about May's present. I wonder what will happen when she sees the coal? I wonder what her face will look like? I wonder if she will learn a lesson?

亲爱的一年级日记，我一直在想梅的礼物。 我想知道当她看到煤时会发生什么？ 我想知道她的脸会是什么样子？ 我想知道她是否会吸取教训？

I wonder if Santa will be proud of me? That is all the things I am wondering. Your friend, Junie B., First Grader Just then, I felt a poke. It was May. "Are you getting excited, Junie Jones? I'm getting excited," she said. Lennie heard her. "Me too," he said. "I'm getting excited, too." Herb and José both nodded their heads. "Me too," they said together. May squirmed and bounced around in her seat. She was acting like a regular kid. "Having a Secret Santa makes you feel like

不知道圣诞老人会不会为我感到骄傲？ 这就是我想知道的一切。 你的朋友，一年级的朱妮就在这时，我感到被戳了一下。 那是五月。“你兴奋吗，琼·琼斯？” 我很兴奋，”她说。 伦尼听见了。“我也是，”他说。 “我也很兴奋。” 赫伯和约瑟都点了点头。 “我也是。”他们一起说。 梅在座位上扭动着身子，跳来跳去。 她表现得像个普通孩子。 “有一个神秘圣诞老人会让你觉得

you have a best friend," she said very giggling. "Right, Lennie? Huh? It makes you feel like you have a best friend, doesn't it?" Lennie looked funny at her. "But I do have a best friend, May," he said. "My best friend is José." José smiled. "Back at'cha, Len," he said. Herb pointed at me. "And my best friend is Junie B.," he said. I poked him very fun. "And my bestest friend is y-o-u, Herbert!" Just then, May stopped bouncing and squirming. And her face lost all its happy. "Oh," she said real soft. "Right." Her shoulders slumped a little bit. "Well, anyway that's what it makes me feel like," she said. "Having a Secret Santa makes me feel like I have a best friend, too." After that, all of us sat there very still.

你有一个最好的朋友，”她咯咯地笑着说。 “对,伦尼?嗯?这让你觉得你有了一个最好的朋友，不是吗？”伦尼奇怪地看着她。 “但是我有一个最好的朋友，梅，”他说。 “我最好的朋友是约瑟。” 何塞笑了。“回你那儿去，伦。”他说。 赫伯指着我。“我最好的朋友是朱妮·B，”他说。 我逗他开心。“我最好的朋友是你，赫伯特！”就在这时，梅停止了蹦蹦跳跳和扭动。 她的脸上失去了所有的快乐。 “哦，”她温柔地说。“对的。” 她的肩膀有点下垂。 “嗯，不管怎么说，这就是我的感觉，”她说。 “有一个神秘圣诞老人让我觉得我也有了一个最好的朋友。” 在那之后，我们都静静地坐在那里。

The mood did not feel happy anymore. Very slow, Lennie and José turned back around in their chairs. Me and Herb turned around, too. We didn't talk again. We just sat there and waited for Mr. Scary to call our names. Finally, he called José and then Lennie. May started to get excited again. I heard her whispering to herself. "It's almost my turn! It's almost my turn! It's almost my turn!" Just then, Lennie came back from the gift table. And May sprang right up. "Me! Me! It's time for me!" she hollered. Then she grabbed her gift bag. And she ran right back to Mr. Scary. Pretty soon, it would be my turn, too. I picked up my gift-shop bag, and I peeked at the coal.

心情不再快乐了。 伦尼和约瑟夫慢慢地从椅子上转过身来。 我和赫伯也转过身来。 我们没有再说话。我们就坐在那里，等着恐怖先生叫我们的名字。 最后，他给约瑟打了电话，然后给伦尼打了电话。 梅又开始兴奋起来。 我听见她自言自语。 “快轮到我了！”快轮到我了！快轮到我了！”就在这时，伦尼从礼物桌回来了。 梅立刻跳了起来。“我!我!我的时间到了！”她喊道。 然后她抓起礼物袋。 然后她就跑回恐怖先生身边。 很快，也会轮到我了。 我拿起我的礼品袋，瞥了一眼煤。

My stomach felt a little bit sickish at the sight of it. I wonder if Santa's stomach feels sickish before he gives children coal? May skipped back to her chair. And she started singing "Frosty the Snowman." I closed my ears. And I tried not to hear her being happy. Finally, Mr. Scary called my name. "Junie B.?" he said. My heart pounded real hard. I picked up my gift bag and walked to the back table. Mr. Scary winked at me. "Do you need any help?" he asked. I shook my head real fast. "No," I said. "No help! No, thank you. No help, Mr. Scary. I can do this all by myself." My hands felt sweatish and clammish.

我一看到它就觉得胃有点不舒服。 我想知道圣诞老人在给孩子们送煤之前会不会觉得肚子不舒服？ 梅跳回到她的椅子上。 然后她开始唱《结霜的雪人》 我闭上了耳朵。我试着不去听她开心的声音。 终于，恐怖先生叫了我的名字。 “朱妮·b ?”我的心怦怦直跳。 我拿起礼物袋，走向后面的桌子。 吓人先生对我眨了眨眼。“你需要帮助吗？”他问。 我很快地摇了摇头。 “不，”我说。“没有帮助!不，谢谢。 没用，恐怖先生。我一个人就能搞定。” 我的手又汗又软。

I wiped them on my skirt. Then I waited very patient for my teacher to walk away. After he was gone, I picked up May's gift sack. And I held it in my hand. It was the beautifulest sack on the table. It was covered with shiny gold stars and sparkly red glitter. Plus also, there were beautiful green bows all over the sides. I did a gulp. I wondered how it would look with the black coal inside it. I wondered if May would be sad when she saw it.

我把它们擦在裙子上。然后我非常耐心地等着老师走开。 他走后，我拿起了梅的礼物袋。 我把它握在手里。这是桌子上最漂亮的袋子。 它布满了闪亮的金星和闪闪发光的红色光芒。 另外，两边都有漂亮的绿色蝴蝶结。 我喝了一大口。我想知道里面装着黑煤会是什么样子。 我不知道梅看到它会不会伤心。