9 Ch9-Stalling for Time

Chapter 9 Stalling for Time That night I used my secret flash-card system to write ten poems. I brought them with me to school the next morning. Did everybody write a poem last night? asked Miss Daisy as she went around the room collecting our homework.

那天晚上我用我的秘密抽认卡系统写了十首诗。 第二天早上，我把它们带到了学校。 昨晚大家都写了一首诗吗? 黛西小姐在房间里走来走去收我们的作业时问道。

My dog ate my poem, said Neil the nude kid. That was a total lie. Neil doesn't even have a dog. Miss Daisy looked mad. It was the second day in a row that Neil didn't turn

“我的狗吃了我的诗，”裸体小孩尼尔说。 那完全是谎言。尼尔甚至没有狗。 黛西小姐看上去很生气。这是尼尔连续第二天没有转身

in a poem. He looked like he might cry or something, so Miss Daisy said he could go get a drink of water. I waited a minute. Then I asked Miss Daisy if I could go to the bathroom. She said okay. Neil wasn't at the water fountain in the hall. I went in the boys' bathroom and saw legs in one of the stalls. It sounded like the kid was crying. I went and sat in the stall next door. Psssst! Hey, Neil... is that you? Yeah. You need a poem? I asked. You got an extra one? Shhhhh! Quiet! I whispered. Sure I have an extra one. You wanna buy it?

在一首诗里。他看起来好像要哭了，所以黛西小姐说他可以去喝水了。 我等了一会儿。然后我问黛西小姐我能不能去洗手间。 她说好的。尼尔不在大厅的饮水机旁。 我走进男厕所，看到其中一个隔间里有腿。 听起来像是孩子在哭。 我走过去坐在隔壁的隔间里。 Psssst !嗨,尼尔。…是你吗? 是的。你需要一首诗?我问。 你有多余的吗?嘘!安静!我低声说。 当然，我还有多余的。你想买吗?

How much? Neil asked. Your lunch money will cover it, I said. Is it a good poem? Only the best for you, Neil. Lemme see it, Neil whispered. I opened the door a crack and looked out to make sure nobody else was in the bathroom. Then I took a poem out of my pocket and slipped it under the stall to Neil. Hey, he said after reading it. This poem doesn't rhyme. Poems don't have to rhyme, dumbhead, I whispered. Do you want it or not? I don't have all day. I'll take it, he said, handing me a

多少钱?尼尔问。你的午饭钱就够了，我说。 这是一首好诗吗?只给你最好的，尼尔。 “让我看看。”尼尔小声说。 我把门打开一条缝，向外看了看，确定没有其他人在浴室里。 然后我从口袋里掏出一首诗，塞到摊位下面给尼尔。 “嘿，”他读完后说。 这首诗不押韵。“诗不必押韵，笨蛋，”我低声说。 你到底要不要?我可没那么多时间。 “我买了，”他说着递给我一张

bunch of coins. But now I won't be able to buy any lunch. Lunch is way overrated, I said. Thanks, A.J., Neil whispered. You saved my life. Don't mention it, I told him. There's plenty more where this came from. Just don't tell any girls where you got the poem. I won't, Neil said. You won't tell Miss Daisy you sold it to me, will you? My lips are sealed, I told him. But not with glue or anything. That would be weird.

一堆硬币。但是现在我买不起午餐了。 午餐的价值被高估了，我说。 谢谢你，aj，尼尔低声说。 你救了我的命。别客气，我告诉他。 还有很多类似的例子。 别告诉任何女孩这首诗是哪来的。 我不会的，尼尔说。你不会告诉黛西小姐你把它卖给了我吧? 我守口如瓶，我告诉他。 但不是用胶水之类的东西。 那会很奇怪。