Chapter 1

The X'ed-Out X-Ray

X光透视

Chapter 1 "I'm not dressing like a penguin and you can't make me!" Josh said. "Why not?" asked his friend Dink. "I'm doing it, and so is Ruth Rose." Dink's whole name was Donald David Duncan. When he was first learning to say his name, it

第一章“我不会穿得像只企鹅，你不能强迫我!”杰克说。 “为什么不呢?”他的朋友丁克问道。 “我在做，露丝·罗斯也在做。” 丁克的全名是唐纳德·大卫·邓肯。 当他第一次学会说自己的名字时，它

came out as "Dink." That became his nickname. Josh grinned. "So if you jumped off a bridge, would I have to do it, too?" "Josh, everyone who goes to a Penelope Gwinn concert dresses like a penguin," Ruth Rose said. "That's because PENGUIN is her stage name." Ruth Rose always dressed in one color. Today's color was lime green, from her headband down to her sneakers. "Come on, Josh," she went on. "It'll be fun!" "Eating is fun," Josh said, popping the last of his sandwich into his mouth. "Penguins like to eat, too," Dink reminded Josh. "Yeah, raw fish," Josh muttered. It was Friday, and the kids were in Ruth Rose's backyard having lunch. Ruth Rose had just found out that she'd won four free tickets to Penelope Gwinn's concert in Hartford. "Be a sport, Josh," Dink said. "All you have to do is wear a white shirt and black pants or shorts. They're passing out penguin masks to everyone who goes." Ruth Rose gave Josh a sly look. "If you dress up, I'll buy you a hot dog!"

变成了"丁克"这成了他的昵称。 杰克笑了。“所以如果你从桥上跳下去，我也要跳下去吗?”“乔什，每个去听佩内洛普·格温演唱会的人都穿得像只企鹅，”露丝·罗斯说。 “那是因为企鹅是她的艺名。” 露丝·罗斯总是穿一种颜色的衣服。 今天的颜色是石灰绿色，从她的发带到她的运动鞋。 “来吧，乔希。”她接着说。 “会很有趣的!”“吃东西很有趣，”乔希说着，把最后一块三明治塞进嘴里。 “企鹅也喜欢吃东西，”丁克提醒乔希。 “是啊，生鱼片。”乔什喃喃地说。 那是星期五，孩子们在露丝·罗斯家的后院吃午饭。 露丝·罗斯刚刚发现她赢得了佩内洛普·格温在哈特福德演唱会的四张免费门票。 “要有运动精神，乔希，”丁克说。 “你要做的就是穿一件白衬衫和黑色裤子或短裤。 他们给每个去的人分发企鹅面具。” 露丝·罗斯狡猾地看了乔希一眼。 “如果你打扮一下，我就给你买个热狗!”

Josh wiggled his eyebrows. "Make it two hot dogs and it's a deal," he said. "Deal," Ruth Rose said. "Be here tomorrow morning at eleven-thirty. My dad is driving us." She started cleaning up the paper plates. Josh grabbed the last cookie. "Hey, if you throw in a milkshake, I'll even quack like a penguin." Dink pitched a wadded-up napkin at Josh. "Penguins don't quack," he said. "Only ugly ducklings like you do that." The next morning, Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose climbed into her father's station wagon. Ruth Rose was wearing a white T-shirt, a black vest, and white shorts. "Quick, call a doctor!" Josh teased. "Ruth Rose is wearing two colors!" Josh's shirt was black with white stripes going up and down. Below the shirt he was wearing black jean cutoffs. White gym socks peeked over the tops of his black high-top sneakers. "You're supposed to look like a penguin," Dink said, "not a zebra." "I like stripes," Josh said.

乔希摇了摇眉毛。 “给我两个热狗，就成交了，”他说。 “成交，”露丝·罗斯说。“明天上午11点半到这儿来。 我爸爸开车送我们。”她开始清理纸盘。 乔希抓起最后一块饼干。 “嘿，如果你给我一杯奶昔，我甚至会像企鹅一样嘎嘎叫。” 丁克向乔希扔了一张揉成一团的餐巾。 “企鹅不会嘎嘎叫，”他说。 “只有像你这样的丑小鸭才会那样做。” 第二天早上，丁克、乔希和露丝·罗斯爬上了她父亲的旅行车。 露丝·罗斯穿着白色t恤，黑色背心和白色短裤。 “快，叫医生来!”Josh嘲笑。 “露丝·罗斯穿了两种颜色的衣服!”乔希的衬衫是黑色的，上下有白色的条纹。 衬衫下面是一条黑色牛仔短裤。 白色的运动袜从他的黑色高帮运动鞋上面露出来。 “你应该看起来像只企鹅，”丁克说，“而不是斑马。” “我喜欢条纹，”乔希说。

Dink was wearing a black T-shirt and white jeans. Mr. Hathaway was wearing a white shirt, a black bow tie, and black trousers. "I don't believe I've heard of Penelope Gwinn," he said as he backed out of his driveway. "What kind of music does she play?" "Rock and roll," Ruth Rose said. "But she plays a violin while she sings."

丁克穿着黑色t恤和白色牛仔裤。 海瑟薇穿了一件白衬衫，打了一条黑色领结，穿了一条黑色裤子。 “我不相信我听说过佩内洛普·格温，”他边说边从车道上倒车。 “她弹什么样的音乐?”“摇滚，”露丝·罗斯说。 “但是她一边唱歌一边拉小提琴。”

"Oh, great," muttered Josh next to Dink in the backseat. "I got dressed like a bird to listen to violin music!" "You could always stick your two hot dogs in your ears," Dink suggested. Twenty minutes later, they were in Hartford. Mr. Hathaway parked his car in a lot across the street from Bushnell Park, where the concert was being held. "Look!" said Ruth Rose, pointing to a white trailer near the park entrance. Painted on the side of the trailer was a life-sized portrait of Penelope Gwinn. On the rear of the trailer was a picture of a real penguin. "Does she live in that thing?" Josh asked.

“哦，太好了，”坐在后座的丁克旁边的乔希喃喃自语。 “我打扮成一只鸟来听小提琴音乐!”“你可以把你的两个热狗塞进耳朵里，”丁克建议道。 20分钟后，他们到了哈特福德。 海瑟薇把车停在了布什内尔公园(Bushnell Park)对面的停车场里，音乐会就在那里举行。 “看!”露丝·罗斯指着公园入口附近的一辆白色拖车说。 拖车的侧面画着一幅佩内洛普·格温的真人大小的肖像。 拖车的后面有一张真企鹅的照片。 “她住在那东西里吗?”杰克问。