8. I Am Not a Crook

8/I Am Not a Crook The next day, I went to Principal's office. The grouchy typing lady looked over the counter at me. I rocked back and forth on my feet. "Yeah, only I'm not even bad, again," I said. "I just need to go to the Lost and Found, and that's all." The grouchy typing lady opened up the closet. She pulled out the big box. Just then, the phone rang. And she hurried up to answer it. I quick bended down and digged my hands in the Lost and Found. Then my heart got very thrilled. 'Cause I saw that wonderful teddy backpack again,

我不是骗子第二天，我来到校长办公室。 那位不高兴的打字员从柜台那边看着我。 我用脚前后摇晃着。 “是啊，只不过我还不算坏，”我说。 “我只要去失物招领处，就行了。” 满腹牢骚的打字员女士打开了壁橱。 她拿出那个大箱子。 就在这时，电话响了。 她急忙跑上去接电话。 我迅速弯下腰，把手伸进失物招领处。 然后我的心变得非常激动。 因为我又看到了那个很棒的泰迪背包

that's why! I snuggled my face in his tummy. "Mmm…I still love this softy guy," I whispered. I put him on my back and skipped all around. The grouchy typing lady hanged up the phone. "Did you lose that, too?" she asked me. "Is that why you're here?" I kept on standing there and standing there. "Wellll?" she said. Finally, I did a big sigh. Then I walked very slow back to the box. And I took off the teddy backpack. "No," I said. "Not why." After that, I reached in my pocket. And I

这就是为什么!我把脸贴在他的肚子上。 “嗯……我仍然爱着这个温柔的家伙，”我低声说。 我把他放在我背上，跳来跳去。 那位不高兴的打字女士挂断了电话。 “你也把它弄丢了吗?”她问我。 “这就是你来这里的原因吗?”我一直站在那里，站在那里。 “怎么样?”她说。最后，我深深地叹了口气。 然后我慢慢地走回箱子。 我把泰迪背包拿了下来。 “不，”我说。“不为什么。”然后，我把手伸进口袋。 和我

pulled out my wonderful pen. "I found this," I said. "It was on the floor by the water fountain. And I really, really love it. Only that is not the issue." Then I did a big, deep breath. And I dropped my wonderful pen into the Lost and Found. "I am not a crook," I said kind of quiet. The grouchy typing lady looked nicer at me. She ruffled my hair. "No," she said. "Of course you're not a crook."

拿出我那美妙的钢笔。 “我发现了这个，”我说。“它在饮水机旁边的地板上。 我真的很喜欢。 不过这不是问题所在。” 然后我深深地吸了一口气。 我把那支绝妙的钢笔丢在了失物招领处。 “我不是骗子，”我有点平静地说。 那个脾气暴躁的打字小姐看着我的样子好多了。 她弄乱了我的头发。“不，”她说。 “你当然不是骗子。”

After that, I rocked back and forth on my feet some more. And I waited and waited and waited. The typing lady raised up her eyebrows at me. "I'm waiting for the grin," I explained. "Only there seems to be a delay." She laughed right out loud. That's when I felt it. The grin. It came right on my face! "Hey! It's working! It's working!" I said real squealy. I skipped all around the office very happy. Then the typing lady opened up the door. And I skipped all the way to Room Nine. And guess what? I didn't even find a pen that writes four

在那之后，我又用脚前后摇晃了几下。 我等啊等啊等。 那位打字小姐对我扬起眉毛。 “我在等他咧着嘴笑。”我解释道。 “只是似乎有点延迟。” 她放声大笑。 那是我感觉到的时候。露齿而笑。 它正好打在我脸上!“嘿!这是工作!这是工作!”我说得非常刺耳。 我很高兴地在办公室里跳来跳去。 然后，打字小姐打开了门。 我一路跳到了九号房。 你猜怎么着?我甚至没找到一支能写4的笔

different colors! And that was a big relief!

不同的颜色!这让我松了一口气!