15. To Thine Own Self Be Truant

CHAPTER 15 TO THINE OWN SELF BE TRUANT When the sun rose the next day, George and Harold were still going through their spelling checklists. George was almost done studying. Harold still had to read forty-four pages of his natural history textbook. "Breakfast is ready!" shouted George's dad from downstairs. George stumbled down exhaustedly and tried to smoosh some waffles into his mouth. He missed.

第十五章对自己逃学第二天太阳升起的时候，乔治和哈罗德还在核对他们的拼写清单。 乔治几乎完成了学习。 哈罗德还得读44页自然历史课本。 “早餐准备好了！”乔治的爸爸在楼下喊道。 乔治筋疲力尽地跌跌撞撞地走下来，想把一些华夫饼塞进嘴里。 他错过了。

Meanwhile, Harold was sitting at his breakfast table in a burned-out stupor, buttering his cereal and pouring milk on his toast. "Did you get any sleep at all last night?" asked Harold's mom. "OK," Harold answered. Harold's answer didn't make any sense, but it was the best he could do under the circumstances.

与此同时，哈罗德正呆呆地坐在早餐桌旁，给麦片涂黄油，把牛奶倒在吐司上。 “你昨晚睡觉了吗？”哈罗德的妈妈问。 “好吧。”哈罗德回答。哈罗德的回答毫无意义，但在这种情况下，这是他能做的最好的回答了。

Before long, George and Harold were ready for school. They met up, as they did every school day, in George's front yard. "Are you ready for all of our big tests today?" asked George droopily. "Pretty good," said Harold. He was so tired he couldn't even answer a simple question from his best friend correctly. How was he going to manage a day's worth of tests? "Let's get this over with," George moaned. "Wait!" said Harold. "I want to check on Crackers's eggs before we go to school."

不久，乔治和哈罗德就准备上学了。 他们像每个上学日一样，在乔治家的前院见面。 “你准备好今天所有的大考了吗？”乔治垂头丧气地问。 “很好。”哈罗德说。 他太累了，甚至不能正确回答他最好的朋友提出的一个简单的问题。 他要怎么应付一天的考试呢？ “我们赶快把这事了结吧。”乔治呻吟道。 “等等！”哈罗德说。“我想在上学前看看饼干的蛋怎么样了。”

Harold wobbled to George's backyard and hoisted himself up the ladder to the tree house. "Hurry up!" said George. Harold did not answer. "Hey!" shouted George. "We're gonna be late!" Harold did not come down.

哈罗德摇摇晃晃地走到乔治的后院，爬上梯子，来到树屋。 “快点！”乔治说。哈罗德没有回答。 “嘿！”乔治喊道。“我们要迟到了！”哈罗德没有下来。

George climbed up the steps and peeked inside the tree house. It was just as he had expected. Harold had fallen asleep at their desk. "Hey, Harold," said George, shaking his friend's shoulder. "Wake up, man! We're gonna be late for our tests!" "Just five minutes," moaned Harold. "I just need to sleep for five minutes. PLEASE!!! "Well, OK," said George. "But not a minute longer!"

乔治爬上台阶，向树屋里面偷看。 正如他所预料的那样。 哈罗德在他们的书桌前睡着了。 “嘿，哈罗德。”乔治说着，摇了摇他朋友的肩膀。 “醒醒吧，伙计！”我们考试要迟到了！”“就五分钟。”哈罗德呻吟道。 “我只需要睡五分钟。 请! !“嗯，好吧，”乔治说。 “一分钟也不能再多了！”

George took his backpack off and set it against the tree house door. Then he plopped down in his beanbag chair and looked at his pocket watch. 7:53 A.M. The second hand was ticking by awfully slowly. "I'm just going to close my eyes for a second," said George. "Just for a few seconds..."

乔治卸下背包，把它靠在树屋的门上。 然后他扑通一声坐在豆袋椅上，看了看怀表。 七53点秒针走得非常慢。 “我要闭上眼睛一会儿，”乔治说。 “就几秒钟……”