2. Tapping on That Jim’s Head

2/Tapping on That Jim's Head After the party, me and my other bestest friend rode home on the bus. Her name is Grace. Me and that Grace take turns sitting next to the window. That is good sports of us, I think. Except for sometimes we forget whose turn it is. Then we have to settle it with our fists. This time, it was that Grace's turn to sit next to the window. "Guess what? I don't even care if you sit there today," I told her. "'Cause eating all that cake made me in a happy mood." That Grace smiled.

聚会结束后，我和我另一个最好的朋友乘公共汽车回家。 她的名字叫格蕾丝。我和那个格蕾丝轮流坐在窗边。 我认为这是我们的美德。 只是有时候我们忘了该轮到谁了。 那我们就得用拳头解决了。 这一次，轮到格蕾丝坐在靠窗的位置。 “你猜怎么着?我甚至不在乎你今天是否坐在那里，”我告诉她。 “因为吃完那块蛋糕让我心情很好。” 那个格蕾丝笑了。

"Me, too," she said. "Eating that cake made me in a happy mood, too." "Yeah, only you can't be as happy as me," I explained. "'Cause I had two cakes. And you just had one." That Grace did a frown. "That's okay, Grace. Don't be upset," I said. "'Cause when I have my birthday, I will invite you to my house. And you can have two cakes, too." "Oh boy!" she said. "I know it is oh boy," I said back. "Plus also you will get your very own paper cup with M&M's in it." "Oooo! Yum! I love M&M's," said that Grace. "Me too. I love M&M's, too," I said. "On account of the chocolate doesn't melt on your hands. Just the colors melt on your

“我也是，”她说。“吃那个蛋糕也让我心情愉快。” “是啊，只是你不能像我一样快乐。”我解释道。 “因为我吃了两块蛋糕。而你刚刚吃了一个。” 格蕾丝皱了皱眉。“没关系，格蕾丝。 别难过，”我说。“因为当我过生日的时候，我会邀请你去我家。 你也可以吃两块蛋糕。” “天哪!”她说。“我知道，天哪，”我回答。 “另外，你还会得到自己的纸杯，里面装着M&M巧克力豆。” “呜!Yum !我喜欢M&M巧克力豆，”格蕾丝说。 “我也是。我也喜欢M&M巧克力豆，”我说。 “因为巧克力不会在你手上融化。 只是颜色融化在你的

hands and that's all." I smiled real big. "And here's another good thing, Grace. When you come to my party, you will get your very own party hat. And we will play Twister. Plus also we will play that game where you shout Bingo. Only I keep on forgetting the name of that one." Just then, a meanie boy named Jim jumped up from his seat. "BINGO, stupid!" he shouted. "Its name is BINGO! What a MORON! Who would even want to come to a stupid party like yours?" He made his voice real loud. So everybody could hear. "At my house I have cool birthday parties," he said. "Like last year my party was named Clowning Around. And we had two clowns from the circus. And they made balloon

双手，仅此而已。”我笑得很开心。 “还有一件好事，格蕾丝。 当你来参加我的聚会时，你会得到你自己的聚会帽。 我们会玩扭扭游戏。另外我们还会玩你喊宾果的游戏。 只是我老是忘记那个人的名字。” 就在这时，一个叫吉姆的坏男孩从座位上跳了起来。 “答对了，笨蛋!” “它的名字叫BINGO!”真是个白痴!谁会想来参加你这种愚蠢的聚会呢?”他的声音很响。 这样每个人都能听到。“在我家，我举办很酷的生日派对，”他说。 “就像去年我的派对叫‘胡闹’。 我们还有两个马戏团的小丑。 他们做了气球

animals and did magic tricks." I leaned way close to his face. "So?" I said. "I don't even like clowns. Clowns are not normal people. Plus my very own grampa Frank Miller can make balloon animals, too. Except for they all look like wiener dogs. Only he's working on it." That Jim wasn't even listening to me. He just kept on talking about his parties. "This year my party is named Old MacDonald's Farm. And a real farmer is bringing a petting zoo right to my front yard. And he's going to bring a lamb, and a goat, and a burro, and some rabbits! And he's also bringing a real live pony for us to ride!" I put my hands on my waist.

动物和魔术。” 我靠得离他的脸很近。 “所以?”我说。“我甚至不喜欢小丑。 小丑不是普通人。 而且我的爷爷弗兰克·米勒也会做气球动物。 除了他们看起来都像腊肠狗。 只是他在努力。”吉姆根本没在听我说话。 他一直在说他的派对。 “今年我的聚会叫‘老麦克唐纳农场’。 一个真正的农民正把宠物动物园带到我的前院。 他要带一只小羊羔，一只山羊，一头驴子，还有一些兔子!他还带来了一匹真正的小马给我们骑!”我把手放在腰上。

"Yeah, well too bad for you," I said. "'Cause I saw all about ponies on TV. And ponies buck you off their backs. And then they stomple you into the ground and kill you to death. And so I wouldn't even come to your stupid dumb party in a jillion billion

“是啊，你太不幸了，”我说。 “因为我在电视上看到了关于小马的一切。 小马把你从背上摔下来。 然后他们把你踩在地上，杀死你。 所以我绝对不会来参加你那愚蠢的派对

years." "Good!" hollered that Jim. "I'm glad! 'Cause my birthday is this coming Saturday! And tomorrow I'm bringing invitations to every single person in Room Nine! Only not to you! You're the only one in the whole class I'm not bringing an invitation to! So there!" Then he did a big HAH! right in my face. And he sat back down in his seat. Meanwhile, I just kept on standing and standing there. 'Cause something had gone a little bit wrong here, I think. I tapped on his head. "Yeah, only here's the thing," I said. "I didn't actually know you were having a party on Saturday. And so, good news…I think I can make it."

年了。”“太好了!”吉姆喊道。 “我很高兴!因为我的生日就在这个星期六!明天我会给9号房间的每一个人都带来请柬!只不过不是对你!你是全班唯一一个我不带请柬的人!所以!”然后他做了一个大大的哈哈!就在我面前。 他又坐回座位上。 与此同时，我只是一直站在那里。 因为我觉得这里有点不对劲。 我轻敲他的头。“是的，但事情是这样的，”我说。 “我其实不知道你们星期六要开派对。 所以，好消息是，我想我能做到。”