8. Being Shellfish

8 Being Shellfish Thursday Dear first-grade journal, I cannot believe this situation! Mother said NO MORE MONEY. Plus Daddy said NO MORE MONEY, too. They said Grandpa Miller already gave me five whole

亲爱的一年级杂志，我不能相信这种情况！妈妈说没钱了。 而且爸爸也说不能再给我钱了。 他们说米勒爷爷已经给了我整整五个了

dollars more! Only HE WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO TELL THEM THAT! And so GREAT! Now I have stress in my head! I NEED AN EXTRA BUCK, I TELL YOU! I REALLY, REALLY NEED AN EXTRA BUCK! Your friend, Junie B, First Grader. I closed my journal. And I looked all around. My friend Herbert was not writing in his journal. I tapped on his head. "Psst! Herb! I need a buck. I really, really need a buck." He nodded. "I know, Junie B. You told me

美元!只是他不应该告诉他们！太棒了！现在我脑子里有压力了！我告诉你，我需要额外的钱！我真的，真的需要额外的钱！你的朋友，朱妮B，一年级学生。 我合上日记。我环顾四周。 我的朋友赫伯特没有写日记。 我轻敲他的头。“嘘!草!我需要一块钱。 我真的，真的需要一块钱。” 他点了点头。“我知道，琼？ 你告诉我

that on the bus, remember? But I don't have a buck. I really, really don't." He pulled out his pockets to show me. Then he turned back around. I tapped on his head again. "Yeah, only I don't need it now, Herb. I need it for tomorrow," I explained. "And so just bring me a dollar tomorrow. And I will be your bestest friend." Herb turned around again. "You already are my bestest friend," he said. "Plus I already told you. My mother will only give me the exact amount I need for my gifts. She says every time she gives me extra money, I lose it." I rolled my eyes. "Mothers," I said. "They're all the same. They think children lose everything. And we don't."

公车上的那个，记得吗？ 但是我没有钱。我真的，真的不知道。” 他掏出口袋给我看。 然后他转过身来。 我又敲了敲他的头。 “是的，只是我现在不需要它，赫伯。 我明天要用。”我解释说。 “所以明天给我一美元就行了。 我会是你最好的朋友。” 赫伯又转过身来。“你已经是我最好的朋友了，”他说。 “而且我已经告诉过你了。我妈妈只会给我买礼物所需要的钱。 她说每次她多给我钱，我就没钱了。” 我翻了个白眼。“妈妈们，”我说。 “它们都一样。他们认为孩子失去了一切。 而我们没有。”

Herb nodded. "I know we don't. It's ridiculous." After that, he came back and looked in my desk. "Can I borrow a pencil? I lost mine." I gave him a pencil. Then I reached across the aisle. And I tapped on Lennie. "Psst! Lennie! I need an extra buck tomorrow! Can you bring an extra buck? Huh, Lennie? Please, please, please?" Lennie shook his head. "Sorry, Junie B. But my parents are tightwads. I've never had an extra buck in my life," he said. José turned around and nodded. "My parents are tightwads, too," he said. "They are muy tacanos. That means tightwads in Spanish." Just then, snoopy-head May reached across

草点了点头。“我知道我们没有。 这是荒谬的。”之后，他回来看了看我的桌子。 “我能借一支铅笔吗？”我丢了我的。” 我给了他一支铅笔。然后我把手伸到过道对面。 我敲了敲伦尼。“嘘!伦尼!我明天需要额外的钱！你能多拿一块钱吗？ 嗯,伦尼?求你了，求你了，求你了！”伦尼摇了摇头。 “对不起，朱尼b，但我父母是吝啬鬼。 我一生中从未有过多余的钱，”他说。 约瑟转过身来点了点头。 “我的父母也是吝啬鬼，”他说。 “它们很像墨西哥玉米饼。这在西班牙语里就是吝啬鬼的意思。” 就在这时，史努比头梅伸出手

the row very happy. And she poked me with her pencil. "Ask me, Junie Jones! Ask me!" she said. "My parents aren't tightwads. I always have extra money!" She reached into her backpack. "I have two whole dollars with me right now! Want to see?" She took out a shiny plastic wallet. And wowie wow wow! There were two whole dollars folded up in there! "See?" said May. "I told you I had money! My parents say I should always have money in case of an emergency." I sat up very perky. "Wow. What a coincidence! 'Cause this is a 'mergency, May!" I said. "And so if you will just give me one of those dollars, that will

这一行非常高兴。她用铅笔戳我。 “问我吧，琼·琼斯！”问我吧！”她说。 “我的父母不是吝啬鬼。 我总是有多余的钱！”她把手伸进背包。 “我现在身上有整整两美元！”想看看吗？”她拿出一个闪亮的塑料钱包。 哇，哇，哇！里面有整整两美元折起来了！“看到了吗？”梅说。 “我告诉过你我有钱！”我父母说我应该带点钱以备不时之需。” 我很高兴地坐了起来。“哇。 真巧！因为这是紧急情况，梅！”我说。 “所以如果你愿意给我其中的一块钱，那就可以了

take care of my whole entire problem!" I held out my hand. But May just frowned her eyebrows. "Don't be silly. This is for my emergencies. Not yours, Junie Jones," she said. She started to put her wallet back. I talked my fastest. "But but you are a giver, May! Remember that? You are a giver and I am a shellfish!" May shrugged. "Yeah? So?" "So if you give me a dollar I will take a dollar! And that will make sense for both of us!" May shook her head. "No. I can't," she said. "My father says that friends should never borrow money from each other."

解决我的整个问题！”我伸出手。 但梅只是皱了皱眉。 “别傻了。这是应急用的。 不是你的，琼·琼斯，”她说。 她开始把钱包放回去。 我说得最快。“可是可是你是个慷慨的人，梅！”还记得吗? 你是一个给予者，我是一个贝壳！”可能耸耸肩。 “是吗?所以呢?”“所以如果你给我一美元，我就要一美元！”这对我们俩都有意义！”梅摇了摇头。 “没有。我不能，”她说。“我爸爸说朋友之间不应该互相借钱。”