6 Ch6-The Kindergarten Trolls

Chapter 6 The Kindergarten Trolls The next morning the tote board said we were up to five hundred poems. Miss Daisy was surprised when she collected our homework and I handed her two poems. Michael said he couldn't think of a poem, so he didn't do his homework. Ryan didn't turn one in either.

第二天早上，布告栏上说我们写了五百首诗。 黛西小姐收我们的作业时很惊讶，我递给她两首诗。 迈克尔说他想不出一首诗，所以没做作业。 瑞安也没有上交。

Miss Daisy, said Mrs. Patty over the loudspeaker, please send Andrea and A.J. to Ms. Coco's room. As we walked down the hall, Andrea said, Arlo, did you know that elephants are the only animals that have four knees? Ugh. She must have finished the letter E in her encyclopedia. Sure, I lied. Any dumbhead knows that stuff. Soon I'll know everything in the whole world, Andrea bragged. Yeah, everything except how not to be annoying. We finally got to Ms. Coco's room, so

“黛西小姐，”帕蒂太太通过扩音器说，“请派安德里亚和A.J.来。 去可可小姐的房间。当我们走过大厅时，安德里亚说:阿乐，你知道大象是唯一有四个膝盖的动物吗? 啊。她一定是把百科全书里的字母E写完了。 当然，我撒谎了。傻瓜都知道这种事。 很快我就会知道世界上的一切了，安德里亚吹嘘道。 是啊，除了怎么不招人烦。 我们终于到了可可小姐的房间，所以

Andrea had to stop telling me how smart she is. I have a great idea, Ms. Coco said. I'm going to send you two into the kindergarten class to read your poems! It will show the kids that in only a few short years, they'll be reading and writing just like you. That's a great idea! said Andrea, who never misses the chance to brownnose a teacher. It sounded like a dumb idea to me. Those little kindergarten trolls are weird. Michael has a brother in kindergarten who picks his nose and puts it on the wall. The snot, that is. He doesn't put his nose on the wall. That would be weird.

安德莉亚不能再跟我说她有多聪明了。 “我有个好主意，”可可说。 我要把你们俩送到幼儿园去读你们的诗!它会告诉孩子们，在短短几年内，他们就会像你一样阅读和写作。 好主意!安德里亚说，她从不错过拍老师马屁的机会。 我觉得这主意很蠢。 那些幼儿园的小怪物很奇怪。 迈克尔有个上幼儿园的哥哥，他会挖他的鼻子并把它贴在墙上。 就是鼻涕。他不会把鼻子贴在墙上。 那会很奇怪。

Ms. Coco handed each of us one of our poems and walked us to the kindergarten class. The trolls were sitting on the floor. Michael's brother, Andrew, waved to me. Man, kindergarten kids are tiny! A few of them looked like they could fit inside my backpack. They were all wearing name tags. Aren't they adorable, Arlo? Andrea whispered. I just want to hug them. Ugh. I didn't want to touch them. They'd probably wipe their snot on me. Children, said the kindergarten teacher, Mrs. Chan, we have two special visitors in our class today Say hello to Andrea and A.J. Hello, Andrea and A.J., the kids

可可老师给了我们每人一首诗，然后送我们去幼儿园。 巨魔们坐在地板上。 迈克尔的哥哥安德鲁向我挥了挥手。 天啊，幼儿园的孩子好小啊!其中一些看起来可以装进我的背包。 他们都戴着名牌。 他们是不是很可爱，阿乐? 安德里亚低声说。我只想拥抱他们。 啊。我不想碰它们。 他们可能会在我身上擦鼻涕。 “孩子们，”幼儿园的陈老师说，“今天我们班来了两位特别的客人，向安德里亚和A.J.问好 你好，安德里亚和aj，孩子们

repeated, like they were robots. In honor of National Poetry Month, Ms. Coco said, Andrea and A.J. are going to read you poems they've written. Someday, when you're older, maybe you'll come back to kindergarten and read to the class, just like Andrea and A.J. Ms. Coco and Mrs. Chan said they had to step out in the hall for a few minutes to talk to each other. The trolls stared at me and Andrea like zombies. A.J.'s real name is Arlo Jervis, Andrea told them. Andrea's real name is Underwear Face, I said, and all the kids laughed. Any time you say the word underwear, kids will laugh. It's one of those mysteries of science.

重复，就像他们是机器人一样。 为纪念“全国诗歌月”， 可可说，安德里亚和A.J. 会给你们读他们写的诗。 有一天，当你长大了，也许你会回到幼儿园读书给全班同学听，就像安德里亚和A.J.一样 Coco和Chan说，她们不得不到大厅里走几分钟，彼此交谈。 巨魔像僵尸一样盯着我和安德里亚。 抗干扰“他的真名是阿尔洛·杰维斯，”安德里亚告诉他们。 安德里亚的真名叫“内衣脸”，我说，所有的孩子都笑了。 每次你说“内衣”这个词，孩子们都会笑。 这是科学的奥秘之一。

Andrea made a mean face at me, and then she read a poem to the kids about bunnies. It was lame, of course, and a total rip-off of Peter Rabbit. The trolls were barely paying attention anyway. They were poking each other, rolling around on the floor, and drooling. Andrew was just sitting there playing with his face. What is his problem? After Andrea finished, the trolls clapped. But they were only clapping because they know you're supposed to clap when somebody finishes reading something. It was my turn. The grown-ups were still out in the hall. I looked at the poem Ms. Coco gave me to read. It was my

安德里亚对我做了个刻薄的表情，然后她给孩子们读了一首关于兔子的诗。 当然，它很蹩脚，完全抄袭了《彼得兔》。 反正喷子也没怎么注意。 他们互相戳戳，在地板上打滚，流口水。 安德鲁只是坐在那里玩弄自己的脸。 他有什么问题?安德烈说完后，巨魔们鼓掌。 但他们只是在鼓掌，因为他们知道，当别人读完一篇文章时，你应该鼓掌。 轮到我了。大人们还在外面的大厅里。 我看着可可老师给我读的那首诗。 这是我的。