3 Ch3-Sit Around and Do Nothing Month

Chapter 3 Sit Around and Do Nothing Month The next morning at the school store, they were selling cool pens that light up. I counted the coins in my pocket just enough money to buy lunch and nothing else. Bummer in the summer! I wish I brought my lunch from home, like I did in the good old days. Then I could use

第二天早上，学校商店里有人在卖会发光的很酷的笔。 我数了数口袋里的硬币，只够买午饭，别的什么也不买。 夏天的流浪者!我真希望我从家里自带午餐，就像我以前那样。 然后我可以使用

my lunch money to buy a pen. But if I brought lunch from home, I wouldn't have lunch money at all. Well, anyway, all I had was enough money for lunch. And if I didn't eat lunch, I'd starve and die. When I got to Miss Daisy's class, guess who poked his head in the door? Nobody! Because if you poked your head in a door, it would hurt. But Mr. Klutz poked his head in the doorway. He is our principal, and he has no hair Mr. Klutz's head is so shiny, you can see yourself in it. He must polish it or something. Mr. Klutz is nuts. I have exciting news! he said.

我的午饭钱买了一支钢笔。 但如果我从家里带午餐，我就根本没有午餐钱了。 好吧，不管怎样，我所有的钱只够吃午饭。 如果我不吃午饭，我就会饿死。 当我到了黛西老师的教室，猜猜是谁从门里探出头来的? 没有人!因为如果你把头伸进门里，会很疼的。 但克鲁茨先生从门口探出头来。 他是我们的校长，他没有头发，克鲁茨先生的头很亮，你可以在里面看到你自己。 他一定是把它擦亮了。 克鲁茨先生是个疯子。我有一个令人兴奋的消息!他说。

Mr. Klutz said he has an exciting nose, I whispered to Neil Crouch, who we call Neil the nude kid even though he wears clothes.

我低声对尼尔·克劳奇说，克鲁茨先生说他有一个令人兴奋的鼻子，尽管他穿着衣服，我们还是管他叫裸体小子尼尔。

April is National Poetry Month! said Mr. Klutz. I thought of a great way to celebrate. If the students of Ella Mentry School write a thousand poems in April, I'll invite a real live poet to visit us. Isn't that exciting? Yes! yelled all the girls. No! yelled all the boys. A real live poet? I thought poets all died a long time ago. How about five hundred poems? Michael asked. One thousand poems, Mr. Klutz said. That's my final offer. Deal or no deal? Deal! yelled all the girls. No deal! yelled all the boys.

四月是全国诗歌月!克鲁茨说。 我想到了一个庆祝的好方法。 如果艾拉门特里学校的学生在四月写出一千首诗，我就邀请一位真正的诗人来拜访我们。 这不是很令人兴奋吗?是的!所有的女孩都喊道。 不!所有的男孩都喊道。一个真正的诗人? 我以为诗人早就死了。 五百首诗怎么样? 迈克尔问道。1000首诗，克鲁茨说。 这是我的最终报价。成交还是不成交? 交易!所有的女孩都喊道。 没有交易!所有的男孩都喊道。

Mr. Klutz loves challenging us to see what we can accomplish. After he left, it was time for me and Andrea to go to Ms. Coco's room. Arlo, did you know that a beaver can hold its breath for five minutes? Andrea asked as we walked down the hall. And that bats sleep upside down in trees? Ugh. She must have finished the letter B in her encyclopedia. Sure, I lied. Any dumbhead knows that stuff. Ms. Coco came running in just as we reached the G and T room. Sorry I'm late, she said. I had to fix my hair.

克鲁茨先生喜欢挑战我们，看看我们能做到什么。 在他离开后，我和安德里亚是时候去找她了。 可可的房间。阿乐，你知道海狸可以屏住呼吸五分钟吗? 我们走过大厅时，安德里亚问道。 蝙蝠在树上倒挂着睡觉? 啊。她一定是把百科全书中的字母B读完了。 当然，我撒谎了。傻瓜都知道这种事。 我们刚到总务室，可可女士就跑了进来。 对不起，我迟到了，她说。我得整理一下头发。

Why, was it broken? I asked. That's mean! said Andrea. I think it's clever, said Ms. Coco. To fix hair is to comb it, and you fix a machine when it breaks. A.J. thought creatively. That's why I selected him for the gifted and talented program. Thank you! I said, and then I stuck my tongue out at Andrea. I'm so excited about National Poetry Month! said Ms. Coco. Did you two write your homework poems? I did! Andrea said, all excited. My poem is called The Happy Hippo.' I worked on it all night. Andrea loves animals. She read her

为什么，它坏了吗?我问。 的意思!安德里亚说。我认为这很聪明。 椰子树修理头发就是梳理头发，修理机器就是修理坏了的机器。 A.J.有创造性地思考。 这就是我选择他参加天才项目的原因。 谢谢你！我说，然后对安德里亚伸出舌头。 我对全国诗歌月太兴奋了!女士说。 椰子树你们俩写作业诗了吗? 我做了!安德烈兴奋地说。 我的诗叫《快乐的河马》。”我整晚都在写。 安德里亚喜欢动物。她读她的书