8. Ruining My Saturday

8/Ruining My Saturday On Saturday, Mother woke me up from sleeping. "We have to go to the store and buy Jim a present," she said. I did a sleepy yawn. "Yeah, only I don't actually like that boy," I explained. "And so you can go by yourself. And I will trust your judgment." I pulled the covers over my head. Mother pulled them off again. Then she made me get dressed. And she made me eat a banana. And she made me go to the store with her. She holded my hand and pulled me behind her.

毁了我的星期六星期六，妈妈把我从睡梦中叫醒。 “我们得去商店给吉姆买件礼物，”她说。 我打了个瞌睡哈欠。“是啊，只是我不太喜欢那个男孩。”我解释道。 “这样你就可以自己去了。 我相信你的判断。” 我把被子盖在头上。 妈妈又把它们脱了下来。 然后她让我穿好衣服。 她让我吃香蕉。 她让我和她一起去商店。 她握着我的手，把我拉到身后。

"Since we don't know what he already has, let's get him something unusual," she said. "Let's get him greasy, grimy gopher guts. That is unusual," I said. Mother made a sick face. She pulled me through the store. We went past the bathroom stuff. I pointed. "That. Let's get him that," I said. "That is unusual." Mother sucked in her cheeks. "We're not getting him a toilet brush," she said. She pulled me past the pet stuff. "That. Let's get him that," I said. "That is unusual." But Mother said, "No choke chain." Just then, she pulled me past the tools.

“既然我们不知道他已经有了什么，我们就给他买些不寻常的东西吧，”她说。 “让我们给他吃油腻肮脏的地鼠内脏。” 这是不寻常的，”我说。母亲做了个恶心的鬼脸。 她拉着我穿过商店。 我们经过了洗手间的事。 我指出。”。我们给他买吧。”我说。 “这很不寻常。”母亲把脸颊吸了进去。 “我们不会给他买马桶刷，”她说。 她把我拉过了宠物的地方。 ”。我们给他买吧。”我说。 “这很不寻常。”但是妈妈说:“没有扼喉链。” 就在这时，她把我拉过工具。

That's when my eyes popped right out of my head! "THAT! LET'S GET HIM THAT! LOOK, MOTHER! LOOK! I LOVE THAT THING!" I runned to it speedy quick. "IT'S A TOOL BELT! SEE? IT'S JUST LIKE GRAMPA MILLER'S! ONLY IT'S MADE FOR LITTLE CHILDREN LIKE ME! SEE IT, MOTHER? SEE THIS WONDERFUL THING!" Mother took it down off the shelf. "Look!" I said. "It has a hammer! And a screwdriver! And some pliers! And a flashlight! And a real actual level with a bubble in it! Plus also, there's a pocket with nails in the front." I jumped all around. "Can I try it on? Can I? Please, Mother?

那时我的眼睛都要跳出来了!“那!让我们给他那个!看,妈妈!看！我喜欢那个东西!”我飞快地跑向它。 “这是一条工具带!”看到了吗?就像米勒爷爷家一样!只是它是为像我这样的小孩子做的!看到了吗，妈妈? 看这奇妙的东西!”妈妈把它从架子上取下来。 “看!”我说。“它有一个锤子!”还有一把螺丝刀!还有一些钳子!还有手电筒!还有一个真正的有泡泡的关卡!另外，还有一个口袋，前面有钉子。” 我跳来跳去。“我能试穿一下吗?” 我可以吗?请吗,妈妈?

Please? Please?" Mother shook her head no. "We're not shopping for you today, Junie B. We're shopping for Jim, remember?" "I know it. I know we are shopping for that Jim," I said. "And so this can be for his birthday. Only first I have to try it on to see if it fits. 'Cause him and me are both the same size, I bet!" Finally, Mother fastened the tool belt on me. "Oooo! It has Velcro!" I said. "I love this stickery stuff! Can we buy it? Please, Mother? Can we buy it? And take it home to my house?" Mother thought and thought. "I don't know, Junie B. Something tells me this isn't a good idea. I'm afraid you'll want to keep it."

好吗?请?”妈妈摇了摇头。 “我们今天不给你买东西，朱妮·B。 我们在给吉姆买东西，记得吗?”“我知道。 我知道我们是在买那个，吉姆，”我说。 “所以这可以作为他的生日礼物。 不过我得先试穿一下，看看合不合适。 我敢打赌，因为他和我一样大!”最后，母亲把工具带系在我身上。 “呜!它有魔术贴!”我说。 “我喜欢这种粘性的东西!”我们可以买吗? 请吗,妈妈?我们可以买吗? 然后把它带回家?”母亲想了又想。 “我不知道，朱尼b，我觉得这不是个好主意。 恐怕你会想留着它。”

"No, I won't! I won't want to keep it. I promise, Mother! I promise! I promise!" And so finally Mother gave in to me. And she bought the wonderful tool belt. I held it on my lap all the way home in the car. Then I runned into the house. And I zoomed to my room. And I put that thing on me again. "Now I can do odd jobs!" I said real thrilled. I took the hammer and tapped on my wall. Then I screwed a screw with the screwdriver. Plus also, I twisted my Teddy's nose off with the pliers. Only I actually didn't mean to do that one.

“不，我不会!”我不想留着它。 我保证，妈妈!我保证!我保证!”于是妈妈终于向我妥协了。 她还买了一条很棒的工具带。 回家的路上，我一直把它放在腿上。 然后我跑进了房子。 我飞快地回到我的房间。我又把那玩意戴上了。 “现在我可以做零工了!”我说非常激动。 我拿起锤子敲了敲我的墙。 然后我用螺丝刀拧了一个螺丝。 另外，我还用钳子把泰迪的鼻子拧掉了。 其实我不是故意的。

I patted his head. "Breathe through your mouth," I said. Just then, Mother's voice hollered to me. "JUNIE B.! IT'S TIME TO TAKE YOUR BATH, HONEY!"

我拍了拍他的头。“用嘴呼吸，”我说。 就在这时，妈妈的声音对我喊道。 “琼丝!该洗澡了，亲爱的!”