6. Chicken of the Ocean

6 Chicken of the Ocean Day Three Dear first-grade journal, My camera pictures aren't going that good. On account of first I got grouchy ladies. And then I looked like a doofus. So far, my photo journal is telling the stupidest dumb story I ever heard of.

海洋之鸡第三天亲爱的一年级日记，我的相机拍得不太好。 因为首先我脾气暴躁。 然后我看起来像个傻瓜。 到目前为止，我的摄影日记讲述了我听过的最愚蠢的故事。

Today will be better. I hope 'Cause me and Mother and Daddy are going to snorkel. And snorkel is the grown-up word for when you swim with a giant hose in your mouth. I like that word of snorkel. Also I like snorkel and snorkel and snootle. Your friend, Junie B., Snorkel I put down my pencil. And I waited for Mother and Daddy to get up. Those two have lazy bones. Only I am not allowed to jiggle them awake anymore. Or else Mother turns out cranky. I kept waiting real patient for their eyes to open. Then finally, I tippytoed next to Daddy.

今天会更好。我希望，因为我和爸爸妈妈要去潜水。 snorkel是成年人的说法，指的是你嘴里含着一根巨大的软管游泳。 我喜欢“浮潜”这个词。 我还喜欢浮潜、浮潜和鼾声。 你的朋友，朱尼·B·斯诺克尔我放下了铅笔。 我等着爸爸妈妈起床。 那两个懒骨头。 只是我不能再摇醒他们了。 不然妈妈就会脾气暴躁。 我一直耐心地等待他们睁开眼睛。 最后，我踮着脚尖走到爸爸旁边。

And I blew air in his face. He opened one eyeball. I waved very pleasant. "Hello. How are you today?" I said. "Look. I am already dressed for breakfast." Daddy closed his eyeball. I opened it up again. "Whoops. I lost you there for a second," I said. "Don't you want to see what I'm wearing today?" I stepped back so he could see my clothes. Then I twirled all around like a fashion girl. "See me, Daddy? See how cute I look? I picked out an outfit to go with Squeezer's flatso parrot head. He looks very cute with these shorts, don't you think? He looks like a parrot belt kind of." I skipped around in a circle. "I'm glad that Mother didn't cut him off," I

我对着他的脸吹气。 他睁开一只眼球。我很愉快地挥手。 “你好。你今天好吗？”我说。 “看。我已经穿好早餐的衣服了。” 爸爸闭上了眼睛。我又打开了它。 “哎呦。有那么一瞬间我没听清你的话，”我说。 “你不想看看我今天穿了什么吗？”我向后退，好让他看看我的衣服。 然后我像个时尚女郎一样转了一圈。 “看到我了吗，爸爸？”看到我多可爱了吗？ 我挑了一套衣服来配Squeezer的扁平鹦鹉头。 他穿这条短裤看起来很可爱，你不觉得吗？ 他看起来有点像鹦鹉带。” 我绕着圈子跳来跳去。 “我很高兴妈妈没有打断他，”我说

said. "He wasn't even uncomfortable to sleep in, hardly." After that, me and Squeezer climbed on the bed. And we sat on Mother's legs until she woke up. It did not actually take that long. Then yippee, hurray! All of us went down to breakfast. And Mother said I could order pineapple-and-coconut pancakes! And that is just like eating dessert, I tell you! The waitress looked at me and Squeezer. She did a little chuckle. "Wow, you already have your swim ring on, huh?" she said. "All you have to do is blow him up, and you're all set to go." I did a frown at that comment. "Yeah, only I can't actually blow him up, or else he squeezes the life out of me," I said. The waitress stopped smiling.

说。“睡在他身上一点也不难受，几乎不难受。” 之后，我和挤压爬上了床。 我们坐在妈妈的腿上，直到她醒来。 实际上并没有花那么长时间。 然后呼，万岁！我们都下楼去吃早饭了。 妈妈说我可以点菠萝椰子煎饼！我告诉你，这就像吃甜点一样！女服务员看着我和Squeezer。 她轻轻地笑了笑。“哇，你已经戴上游泳圈了吧？”她说。 “你所要做的就是把他炸了，然后你就可以出发了。” 听到那句话，我皱了皱眉。 “是啊，只是我不能真的把他炸死，否则他就会把我的命给挤死了。”我说。 女服务员不再笑了。

"Oh," she said. "Oh my." Then she took our order. And she backed away from the table real slow. After breakfast, Daddy had to go on his job interview. And so me and Mother went to the pool while we waited for him. Then—as soon as he got back—hurray! It was time to go snorkeling! After everyone was ready, we got in the car. And we drove to a special snorkel beach. That word made me laugh in the car. I said it a million times, I think. "Snorkel," I said. "Snorkel, snorkel, snorkel. I'm going to snorkel! Here is a snorkel poem." I took a breath. "Snorkel, snortle, snootle, noodle, snorkel, snartle, snarkle." Mother turned around.

“哦，”她说。“我的。”然后她为我们点了餐。 她慢慢地从桌子旁边退了回去。 早饭后，爸爸要去面试工作。 于是我和妈妈去了泳池边等他。 然后——他一回来——万岁！是时候去浮潜了！大家都准备好后，我们上了车。 我们开车去了一个特别的浮潜海滩。 这句话让我在车里笑了。 我想我说过无数次了。 “浮潜，”我说。“浮潜，浮潜，浮潜。 我要去浮潜！这是一首潜水诗。” 我深吸了一口气。“通气管，通气管，通气管，面条，通气管，咆哮，咆哮。” 母亲转过身来。

"Please stop it," she said. She took an aspirin. Mothers do not appreciate poetry, apparently. Pretty soon, Daddy pulled into a beach parking lot. And he carried our snorkel stuff to the water. Mother helped me on with my swim fins. Swim fins look exactly like frog feet. Except for they are not on an actual frog. It is hard to walk in frog feet. You have to lift your feet way high in the air, like you are marching in a band. Except for frogs don't march in a band, usually. On account of most of them don't play an instrument. After I put on my frog feet, I put on my face mask and snorkel snout. A snorkel snout is the giant hose that you breathe with.

“请停止吧，”她说。 她吃了一片阿斯匹林。母亲们显然不欣赏诗歌。 很快，爸爸把车开进了一个海滩停车场。 他把我们的通气管带到了水里。 妈妈帮我穿上游泳脚蹼。 鱼鳍看起来就像青蛙的脚。 除了它们不是在真正的青蛙身上。 用青蛙的脚走路很困难。 你必须把你的脚举得很高，就像你在乐队里行进一样。 除了青蛙通常不会列队行进。 因为他们中的大多数人不会演奏乐器。 戴上蛙脚后，我戴上面罩，戴上通气管鼻套。 呼吸管的鼻子是你用来呼吸的巨大软管。