21-DAY 6：SATURDAY

DAY 6: SATURDAY The next morning, I got up extra early. I hid behind my cabin door. I was going to trick our evil teacher at her own game. When she arrived with her bucket of icy water, I stuck out my paw. She tripped. Water flew everywhere. But not a drop landed on me. "OOPS," I said when Penelope caught me. She handed me a mop. "CLEAN UP THIS MESS! she ordered, but she was half smiling. "Not bad, Stilton," she admitted. "Not bad for a scaredy mouse." After a breakfast of fried fleas, we lined up. Penelope said she needed a volunteer. Someone who was afraid of spiders. I quickly hid behind B.B. I'm sure you

第六天:星期六第二天早上，我起得特别早。 我躲在船舱门后。 我打算用我们邪恶的老师自己的游戏来欺骗她。 当她端着一桶冰水来的时候，我伸出了爪子。 她绊了一下。水到处乱飞。 但一滴也没有落在我身上。 “哎呀，”佩内洛普抓住我时，我说。 她递给我一个拖把。“把这里收拾干净!”她命令道，但脸上带着一丝微笑。 “不错，斯蒂尔顿，”她承认。 “对一只受惊的老鼠来说还不错。” 吃过炸跳蚤早餐后，我们排起了队。 佩内洛普说她需要一个志愿者。 一个害怕蜘蛛的人。 我赶紧躲在芭比后面，我相信你

already know why. I AM AFPALD OF SPIDEPS! "I'm going to choose a name," our teacher announced. She stared up at the clouds. She pretended to be deep in thought. But she didn't fool me. I knew what was coming. Seconds later, she cried, "Stilton! Oh, why did she always have to pick on me?! I sighed and came forward. Penelope picked up a small cage. It was full of hairy spiders. Stale Swiss rolls! Just seeing all of those spindly legs gave me MOUSE BUMPS! "Just remember to stay calm," she advised. "Now close your eyes, STILION! She placed something on my snout.

已经知道原因了。我怕蜘蛛!“我要选一个名字，”我们的老师宣布。 她凝视着天上的云。 她假装在沉思。 但她没有骗过我。我知道接下来会发生什么。 几秒钟后，她喊道:“斯蒂尔顿!她为什么总是找我的茬!我叹了口气，走上前。 佩内洛普拿起一个小笼子。 里面满是毛茸茸的蜘蛛。 不新鲜的瑞士卷!光是看到那些细长的腿就吓了我一跳!“记住要保持冷静，”她建议道。 “现在闭上你的眼睛，STILION!”她把什么东西放在我的鼻子上。

"Keep very still, Stilton," our teacher whispered. "And whatever you do, don't open your eyes!" I tried. But I was curious. I just had to see what was on my snout. Slowly, I peeked open one eye. AN ENORMOUS HAIRY SPLDER STARED BACK AT Me! I was too horrified to squeak.

“保持安静，斯蒂尔顿，”我们的老师低声说。 “不管你做什么，就是不要睁开眼睛!”我试过了。 但我很好奇。我只是想看看我鼻子上有什么。 我慢慢地睁开一只眼睛。 一个巨大的毛茸茸的碎片盯着我!我吓得叫不出声来。

"Keep still for ten seconds," Penelope ordered. Then she began to count. The rest of the group joined in. "Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five..." MY WHISKERS TREMRLEO WITH FEAR. "You can do it!" Tubby shouted. "You're almost there!" B.B. cheered. "Hurray for Stilton!" everyone shouted when the countdown was over. I pointed to the spider with a trembling paw. "Take it off, please," I squeaked. Our teacher sneered. She took the spider and waved it under my nose. How strange. The spider's legs didn't seem to be moving at all. In fact, it looked quite stiff. I peered at it closely. "It's plastic, Stilton!" Penelope smirked. I fainted. But moments later, she woke me up with a bucketful of icy water! So

“保持静止十秒钟，”佩内洛普命令道。 然后她开始数。小组的其他成员也加入了进来。 “十、九、八、七、六、五……” 我的胡须因恐惧而颤抖。 “你能行的!”肥胖的喊道。 “你就快成功了!”博博。 欢呼。“斯蒂尔顿万岁!”倒计时结束时，每个人都喊道。 我用颤抖的爪子指着那只蜘蛛。 “请把它摘下来。”我尖声说。 我们的老师冷笑着说。她拿起蜘蛛，在我鼻子底下晃来晃去。 多么奇怪。蜘蛛的腿似乎根本没有动。 事实上，它看起来相当僵硬。 我仔细地看了看。“这是塑料的，斯蒂尔顿!”佩内洛普傻笑。 我晕倒了。但过了一会儿，她用一桶冰水把我叫醒了!所以

much for starting my day off on the right paw. Next, Penelope pulled a huge green snake from a sack. She twisted it up into a ball like a pro. "I'm going to teach you how to tell the difference between a poisonous snake and one that is harmless," she said. "The one I'm holding now is harmless. Catch it, Silverfur!" she shouted, throwing it to Sandy. The old mouse went pale, but she still managed to catch that snake in mid air. The reptile twisted itself around her neck. Without batting an eyelash, Sandy shouted, "Yip-peeee!" Everyone applauded.

我的新一天就这样开始了。 接着，佩内洛普从一个袋子里拿出一条巨大的绿色蛇。 她像专业人士一样把它扭成一个球。 “我要教你如何分辨毒蛇和无害的蛇，”她说。 “我现在拿着的这个是无害的。 抓住它，西尔弗弗!”她喊道，把它扔给桑迪。 老老鼠脸色苍白，但她还是设法抓住了那条半空中的蛇。 那爬行动物盘绕在她的脖子上。 桑迪眼都不眨地喊道:“咿呀!”每个人都鼓掌。

Penelope grabbed another snake from the sack. She whirled it in the air. "Always hold a snake by its tail," she explained. "This way it can't bite." I watched carefully. It looked so easy. Without thinking, I picked up a snake that looked just like the others. I began whirling it over my head. "Look at me!" I shouted with pride. For some odd reason, Penelope didn't look happy. Maybe she liked to be the only one showing off. Oh, well, I decided, old Poisonfur would just have to get used to it. The new geronimo stilton was brave. He was tough. And he wasn't afraid to show it! Then I noticed Penelope had dropped her snake. She waved her paws in the air. What was she doing? Some kind of jungle dance? "That's the wrong snake, stilton!"

佩内洛普又从麻袋里抓了一条蛇。 她在空中旋转着它。 “永远要抓住蛇的尾巴，”她解释说。 “这样它就不会咬人了。”我仔细地看着。 看起来很容易。我想都没想，就拿起了一条和其他蛇一样的蛇。 我开始在头上旋转它。 “看着我!”我骄傲地喊道。 出于某种奇怪的原因，佩内洛普看起来不太高兴。 也许她喜欢做唯一一个炫耀的人。 哦，好吧，我决定，老毒药只能习惯了。 新的杰罗尼莫·斯蒂尔顿很勇敢。 他很坚强。而且他不怕表现出来!然后我注意到佩内洛普把她的蛇掉在地上了。 她在空中挥舞着爪子。 她在做什么?某种丛林舞? “这不是那条蛇，斯蒂尔顿!”