11 Ch11-The Stakeout

Chapter 11 The Stakeout "Meet me by the monkey bars at three o'clock," Andrea whispered as she passed my desk. "I've got a plan." When I got to the playground after school, Ryan and Michael were there. So were Andrea and Emily. Andrea looked around to make sure nobody else could hear us.

“三点钟在猴架那儿等我，”安德里亚走过我的桌子时小声说。 “我有个计划。”当我放学后到达操场时，瑞恩和迈克尔在那里。 安德里亚和艾米丽也是。安德里亚环顾四周，确保没人听见我们说话。

"I overheard Mrs. Cooney talking to Principal Klutz," Andrea said. "She's going to be in her office at seven o'clock tonight." "So what?" Ryan asked. "So we can catch her in the act, dumbhead!" Andrea said. "We can peek in the window of the nurse's office," said Emily. "I'll bring my camera," Michael said "We can use the pictures as evidence," "Smart thinking," said Andrea. It sounded like a good idea. But there was one problem. Even though I only live a block from school, my mom wasn't going to let me go out by myself at night. I didn't want to tell everybody that,

“我无意中听到库尼太太和克鲁茨校长的谈话，”安德里亚说。 “今晚七点钟她会在办公室。” “所以什么?”瑞恩问道。“这样我们就能当场抓住她了，笨蛋!”安德里亚说。 “我们可以从护士办公室的窗户里偷看，”艾米丽说。 “我会带上我的相机，”迈克尔说，“我们可以用照片作为证据。”“聪明的想法，”安德烈说。 这主意听起来不错。 但有一个问题。 尽管我住的地方离学校只有一个街区，我妈妈还是不让我晚上一个人出去。 我不想告诉所有人，

because I didn't want them calling me a baby. When I got home, I told my mom that, oh, by the way I have to go over to school after dinner. "What for?" my mom asked. "It's a secret," I said. "We're making presents for Mother's Day." I don't usually like to lie. But my mother once told me that sometimes it's okay to lie. Like when your grandma gives you a present, you have to say you like it no matter how horrible and disgusting it is. The fate of the world was on my shoulders. I figured this was one of those

因为我不想让他们叫我婴儿。 当我回到家，我告诉我妈妈，哦，顺便说一下，晚饭后我必须去学校。 “为什么?”妈妈问。“这是个秘密，”我说。 “我们在为母亲节制作礼物。” 我通常不喜欢说谎。 但我妈妈曾经告诉我，有时候说谎是可以的。 就像当你奶奶送你礼物时，你必须说你喜欢它，不管它有多可怕、多恶心。 世界的命运掌握在我的肩上。 我就知道这是其中之一

times it was okay to lie. "Mother's Day, eh?" said Mom, all smiles. "Okay. But you be careful crossing the street." It was drizzling a little when I got to school. It didn't look like anyone else was around. But then I heard somebody call out, "In here!" I looked in the bushes under Mrs. Cooney's window. Michael and Ryan and Andrea and Emily were huddled in there. "Shh!" Andrea said. "Mrs. Cooney isn't here yet." "We should synchronize our watches," Ryan said. "What does that mean?" asked Emily.

有时候，撒谎是可以的。“母亲节，嗯?”妈妈笑着说。 “好吧。但是过马路的时候要小心。” 我到学校的时候下着毛毛雨。 看起来周围没有其他人。 然后我听到有人喊道:“在这里!”我在库尼太太窗下的灌木丛里看了看。 迈克尔、瑞安、安德里亚和艾米丽挤在那里。 “嘘!”安德里亚说。“库尼太太还没来呢。” “我们应该同步我们的手表，”瑞恩说。 “这是什么意思?”爱米丽问。

"How should I know?" Ryan said. "But they always do that in the movies." None of us had watches, but it didn't matter because at that very instant a car came around the corner and pulled up to the curb in front of the school. "Wow, a Jaguar!" said Michael, who knows a lot about cars.

“我怎么知道?”瑞恩说。 “但电影里总是这样。” 我们都没有手表，但没关系，因为就在那一刻，一辆汽车从拐角处开了过来，停在了学校前面的路边。 “哇，一辆捷豹!”迈克尔说，他对汽车很了解。

"Spies always drive cool cars," said Ryan. The car stopped and somebody got out. "Look, it's her!" we all said. "It's Mrs. Cooney!" "And she's wearing a trench coat!" Ryan said. "Spies always wear trench coats." "Maybe she's wearing a trench coat because it's raining," I said. "She's got a briefcase, too," Ryan said. "Spies always carry briefcases." Mrs. Cooney walked around to the front door of the school. It wasn't long until the light went on in the nurse's office over our heads.

“间谍总是开很酷的车，”瑞恩说。 车停了下来，有人下了车。 “看，是她!”我们都说。 “是库尼太太!”“她还穿着风衣呢!”瑞恩说。 “间谍总是穿风衣。” “也许她穿着风衣是因为下雨了，”我说。 “她也有一个公文包，”瑞恩说。 “间谍总是带着公文包。” 库尼太太绕到学校的前门。 没过多久，我们头顶上护士办公室的灯就亮了。