10. One in a Million

Chapter 10 One in a Million “You’ll have to take another blood test,” said the woman with glasses. “You’ll need to give a lot more blood this time.” “Why didn’t they just take more blood the first time?” asked Marvin. “It’s a lot easier this way,” the woman explained. “We see about a thousand kids a day. Fewer than fifty are O negative. So this way we only have to do about fifty HLA tests instead of a thousand.” She told Marvin to go back to the front desk and get a new number. A yellow number, this time. He walked back out to the main room. It was still full of red-haired boys. They’re all exactly like you, Marvin!

“你得再验一次血，”戴眼镜的女人说。 “这次你需要输更多的血。”“他们第一次为什么不多抽一点血呢?马文问。 “这样容易多了，”女人解释说。 “我们每天接待大约1000个孩子。 O型阴性的不到50人。 所以用这种方法我们只需要做50次HLA测试，而不是1000次。”她让马文去前台拿一个新号码。 这次是黄色的号码。 他走回大厅。 那里仍然挤满了红头发的男孩。 他们都和你一模一样，马文!

Linzy had said. Now, more than ever, he knew that wasn’t true. The proof was in his hand. He got on line to get a new number from Jennifer. A yellow number. “Eight thirty-nine,” called the man in the white coat. The nasty woman was leaving with her son. “Can’t you ever do anything right!” she shouted. “I’m sorry. I’m sorry,” said Arnold. “I told you I wasn’t a prince.” “Shut up and get in the elevator,” said the nasty woman. Marvin thought about Mrs. Redpost. He was glad she wasn’t like that woman. He remembered the time she tried to teach him to iceskate. She was worse than he was. They both kept falling down. It was funny. But they both learned to ice-skate— sort of. Marvin smiled as he remembered. They had hot chocolate afterward. He thought about Jacob and Linzy. He thought about the house, with the red post in front.

林兹说。现在，他比以往任何时候都更清楚这不是真的。 证据就在他手里。 他上网向詹妮弗要了一个新号码。 黄色的数字。“8点39分，”穿白大褂的人喊道。 那个讨厌的女人带着她的儿子离开了。 “你什么事都做不好!”她喊道。 “我很抱歉。我很抱歉，”阿诺德说。 “我告诉过你我不是王子。“闭嘴，进电梯，”那个讨厌的女人说。 马文想起了雷德波斯特太太。 他很高兴她不像那个女人。 他记得她试图教他滑冰的时候。 她比他还坏。 他们俩都不停地摔倒。 这很有趣。但他们都学会了滑冰——算是吧。 回想起来，马文笑了。 之后他们喝了热巧克力。 他想着雅各布和琳兹。 他想到了前面有一根红柱子的房子。

Mr. Redpost painted that post once a year. He looked at the slip of paper in his hand. 812 O negative Then he suddenly remembered something. The King of Shampoon spoke with a weird accent! Marvin didn’t talk like that. So that meant he couldn’t be Prince Robert!

雷德波斯特先生每年粉刷一次。 他看了看手里的纸条。 然后他突然想起了一件事。 香波之王说话的口音很奇怪!马文不是那样说话的。 所以这意味着他不可能是罗伯特王子!

“Marvin, you’re back!” said Jennifer. “So are you O negative?” she asked eagerly. “Uh—” said Marvin. He stuffed the slip of paper into

“马文，你回来了!”珍妮弗说。 “那么你是O型阴性吗?”她急切地问。 “嗯——”马文说。他把纸条塞了进去

his pocket. “No,” he said. “I just wanted to say goodbye.” Jennifer smiled at him. “I’m glad you stopped by,” she said. She held her hand out across the desk. “Well, goodbye Marvin. I mean—I was delighted to make your acquaintance … Prince Charming.” Marvin blushed as he shook her hand. His mother returned with Linzy and Jacob. “Hi, Mom,” he greeted her. “Mom?” she asked. “Does this mean—?” “Yes,” said Marvin. “Marvin Redpost isn’t dead.” “I’m sorry,” said his mother. “Yay!” shouted Linzy. He went out to dinner with his family. A week later the King of Shampoon left Washington, D.C., still looking for his lost son. Marvin felt sorry for him. He thought about all the red-haired boys in the hotel room. But he was different. Special. He was the one and only Marvin Redpost.

他的口袋里。“不，”他说。 “我只是想说再见。”詹妮弗对他笑了笑。 “我很高兴你能来，”她说。 她从桌子那边伸出手来。 “好了，再见，马文。我是说——我很高兴认识你……白马王子。”马文和她握手时脸红了。 他的母亲带着林兹和雅各布回来了。 “嗨，妈妈，”他向她打招呼。 “妈妈?她问。“这是不是意味着——?”“是的，”马文说。 “马文·雷德波斯特没有死。“对不起，”他妈妈说。 “耶!林兹喊道。他和家人出去吃饭了。 一周后，香波之王离开了华盛顿特区，仍然在寻找他丢失的儿子。 马文为他感到难过。 他想起了旅馆房间里所有的红头发男孩。 但他与众不同。特别的。 他是独一无二的马文·雷德波斯特。

Besides, he probably wasn’t Prince Robert anyway. The odds were one in a million.

再说，他可能也不是罗伯特王子。 几率是百万分之一。