Chapter 1

The School Skeleton

学校的骨架

CHAPTER 1 "Dink, would you mind passing out math paper to everyone?" Mrs. Eagle asked. "Oh, no, a math quiz," Josh groaned. Mrs. Eagle smiled. "Yes, Josh. We have one every Monday at ten o'clock," she said. "Now, I'd like to see bright eyes, quick minds, and sharp pencils!" Kids fumbled inside their desks for pencils. Then some of them formed a line at the pencil sharpener. Dink liked his teacher and his room. Everywhere he looked he saw books, cheerful posters on the walls, and sunlight coming through the windows. Mrs. Eagle had brought in a rug and

第一章“丁克，你介意把数学试卷发给大家吗?”鹰太太问。 “哦，不，是数学测验。”乔希呻吟道。 鹰太太笑了。“是的,杰克。 我们每周一十点有一次，”她说。 “现在，我想看到明亮的眼睛，敏捷的头脑和锋利的铅笔!”孩子们在课桌里摸索铅笔。 然后他们中的一些人在卷笔刀前排成了一条线。 丁克喜欢他的老师和他的房间。 到处都是书，墙上挂着欢快的海报，阳光透过窗户照进来。 鹰太太带了块地毯进来

some big pillows for the reading corner. That was Dink's favorite spot in the room. Dink's full name was Donald David Duncan. But when he first learned to talk, all he could say was "Dink!" Now that was his permanent nickname. He walked to the paper shelf, grabbed a stack, and began handing it out to the other third graders. When Dink got to his friend Josh's desk, Josh grinned and whispered, Teacher's pet, teacher's pet. When Dink gets sick, he goes to the vet. Josh Pinto was tall and thin. He had red hair that liked to fall over his freckled forehead. Dink crossed his eyes at Josh. Then he slid a piece of paper onto his desk.

一些大枕头放在阅读角。 那是丁克在房间里最喜欢的地方。 丁克的全名是唐纳德·大卫·邓肯。 但当他刚学会说话时，他只会说“丁克!”这是他永久的昵称。 他走到纸架上，拿了一叠，开始分发给其他三年级的学生。 当丁克走到他朋友乔希的桌前时，乔希咧嘴一笑，小声说:“老师的宝贝，老师的宝贝。” 当丁克生病时，他会去看兽医。 乔希·平托又高又瘦。 他有一头红头发，喜欢披在布满雀斑的额头上。 丁克对乔希眨了眨眼睛。 然后他把一张纸放到桌子上。

"Can I have two?" Josh asked, pulling another sheet from Dink's stack. "Ouch!" Dink yelped, looking at his finger. There was a thin cut, and it was beginning to bleed. "What's the matter?" Mrs. Eagle asked, walking over to Dink. "I got a paper cut," Dink said. "I'll bet that hurts," Mrs. Eagle said, handing him a tissue. "You'd better go to the nurse's office and get a Band-Aid." Dink pressed the tissue against his cut and headed for the door. When he passed Ruth Rose's desk, she grinned at him. "Hurry back for the quiz!" she teased. Ruth Rose Hathaway lived next door to Dink on Woody Street. She had bouncy black hair and quick blue eyes. She always dressed in one color, from head to toe. Today's color was daffodil yellow. "I'll be back," Dink said. He left the room and headed toward the nurse's office. Mr. Neater, the tall, white-haired school janitor, was sweeping the floor. He wore a metal key ring on his belt. The

“我可以要两个吗?”乔希问，从丁克的那堆纸里抽出另一张纸。 “哎哟!”丁克看着自己的手指大叫。 伤口很薄，开始流血了。 “怎么啦?”鹰太太向丁克走去，问道。 “我被纸划破了，”丁克说。 “我敢说一定很疼，”鹰太太说着递给他一张纸巾。 “你最好去护士办公室拿个创可贴。” 丁克把纸巾按在伤口上，朝门口走去。 当他经过露丝·罗斯的办公桌时，她朝他咧嘴一笑。 “快回来做测试!”她揶揄道。 露丝·罗斯·海瑟薇住在伍迪街丁克的隔壁。 她有一头有弹性的黑发和一双敏捷的蓝眼睛。 她从头到脚总是穿一种颜色的衣服。 今天的颜色是水仙黄。 “我会回来的，”丁克说。 他离开房间，朝护士办公室走去。 尼特先生，那个高个子、满头白发的学校看门人，正在扫地。 他的腰带上别着一个金属钥匙圈。 的

keys jangled when he pushed the broom. He waved at Dink. Dink showed him his cut. "Ooh, bet that hurts," Mr. Neater said. Dink walked past a long line of lockers and bulletin boards. His paper cut was stinging, so he squeezed the tissue tighter. When he passed the principal's office, the secretary, Mrs. Waters, was sitting at her desk. Behind her, through another door, Dink saw the principal, Mr. Dillon, talking on the telephone. Mrs. Waters smiled at Dink. "Are you here to see Mr. Dillon?" she asked. Dink stopped at the doorway and held up his finger. "Paper cut," he said. Mrs. Waters shook her head. "Bet that hurts," she said. Dink nodded and hurried next door to the nurse's office. Miss Shotsky was staring at her calendar when Dink walked in.

他推扫帚时钥匙发出刺耳的响声。 他朝丁克挥了挥手。丁克给他看了自己的伤口。 “哦，肯定很疼，”尼特说。 丁克走过一长排储物柜和布告栏。 他被纸划破的伤口刺痛，所以他把纸巾捏得更紧。 当他经过校长办公室时，秘书沃特斯太太正坐在她的办公桌前。 在她身后，通过另一扇门，丁克看到校长狄龙先生正在打电话。 沃特斯太太对丁克笑了笑。 “你是来看狄龙先生的吗?”她问。 丁克在门口停了下来，举起手指。 “剪纸，”他说。沃特斯太太摇了摇头。 “肯定很疼，”她说。 丁克点点头，匆匆赶往隔壁的护士办公室。 当丁克走进来时，肖特斯基小姐正盯着她的日历看。

"Can you believe it's almost the end of March?" she asked Dink. "Eighty-two days till summer vacation!" Dink held up his finger. "Um, I got a paper cut," he said. "Ooh, I'll bet that hurts," Miss Shotsky said. "I'll have to amputate." Dink's mouth fell open, and Miss Shotsky burst out laughing. Then Dink laughed, too. "Come on in the back, where I keep all my torture stuff," the nurse said. She led Dink through a doorway behind her desk. Miss Shotsky pointed to the examining table in the middle of the room. "Hop up there, please," she said as she walked over to a white cabinet. Dink sat on the table and looked around the room. Something smelled nice. Then he noticed a vase of flowers on a table next to a closed door.

“你能相信快到三月底了吗?”她问丁克。 “离暑假还有八十二天!”丁克举起手指。 “嗯，我被纸划伤了，”他说。 “哦，我敢说一定很疼，”肖特斯基小姐说。 “我得截肢。”丁克张着嘴，肖特斯基小姐哈哈大笑起来。 然后丁克也笑了。护士说:“到后面来吧，我把刑具都放在那里。” 她领着丁克穿过桌子后面的一扇门。 肖特斯基小姐指着房间中央的检查台。 “请跳上去，”她边说边走向一个白色的柜子。 丁克坐在桌子上，环视了一下房间。 有东西闻起来很香。这时，他注意到一扇关着的门旁边的桌子上放着一瓶花。