1 Chapter 1

MARVIN REDPOST 2 Why Pick on Me?

为什么要找我的麻烦?

Chapter 1 "What's your favorite vegetable?" asked Casey. Marvin Redpost looked up. "Potatoes. No, carrots," he said. It was very important he told the truth. Casey Happleton wrote it down. She sat at the desk next to Marvin. She had a ponytail that stuck out of the side of her head. Instead of the back. "Casey!" whispered Melanie. "What's your favorite bug?" Melanie sat in front of Casey. "A stink bug," said Casey. Casey Happleton was a weird girl. "What's yours, Marvin?" asked Melanie. "Uh, black widow," answered Marvin. "Ooooooh," said Casey. "Who's jabbering?" asked Mrs. North. "Marvin?" "I wasn't jabbering," said Marvin. "Melanie asked me her survey question."

“你最喜欢什么蔬菜?”凯西问。 马文·雷德波斯特抬起头来。“土豆。 不，是胡萝卜，”他说。他说出真相是很重要的。 凯西·哈普尔顿写下来了。 她坐在马文旁边的桌子旁。 她的马尾辫从脑袋的一侧伸出来。 而不是后面。“凯西!"媚兰低声说。 “你最喜欢的虫子是什么?”梅兰妮坐在凯西的前面。 “一只臭虫，”凯西说。 凯西·哈普尔顿是个奇怪的女孩。 “你的呢，马文?"媚兰问。 “嗯，黑寡妇，”马文回答。 “哦哦，”凯西说。“谁在胡言乱语?”诺斯太太问。 “马文?”“我没有胡言乱语。”马文说。 “梅兰妮问了我她的调查问题。”

"Oh. Well, you can do that later," said Mrs. North. "This is silent reading time." Marvin returned to his book. He was nine years old. He was in the third grade. Mrs. North was his teacher. He liked Mrs. North. He liked the third grade. He liked being nine. "Have you picked your survey question yet?" Stuart Albright asked him on the way out to recess. "No," said Marvin. "I can't think of a good one." Everyone in his class had to choose a survey question. Marvin was supposed to ask everyone a question and write down the answers. Then he would have to do a report on it. The results would be buried in a time capsule. It would be dug up in fifty years. That's why Marvin wanted to think of a real good question. "What was your favorite vegetable?" asked Stuart. "Carrots." Stuart nodded. "It's weird when you think about it," he said. jmkfho. "You have red hair." "So?" said Marvin.

“哦。“好吧，你可以以后再做，”诺斯太太说。 “现在是默读时间。” 马文继续看书。 他九岁。他上三年级。 诺斯夫人是他的老师。 他喜欢诺斯太太。他喜欢三年级。 他喜欢九岁。“你选好调查问题了吗?”斯图尔特·奥尔布赖特在去休息的路上问他。 “不，”马文说。“我想不出一个好的。” 他班上的每个人都必须选择一个调查问题。 马文应该问每个人一个问题，然后把答案写下来。 然后他就得写一份报告。 结果将被埋在一个时间胶囊里。 它将在五十年后被挖出来。 这就是为什么马文想要想出一个真正的好问题。 “你最喜欢的蔬菜是什么?”斯图亚特问。 “胡萝卜”。斯图尔特点点头。“想想就觉得很奇怪，”他说。 “你的头发是红的。”“那又怎样?”马文说。

"They call a person with red hair Carrot Top. But really, carrots are green on top. So they should call a person with green hair Carrot Top." Stuart was Marvin's best friend. Marvin was the only one who understood him. They got on line to play wall-ball. "Hi, Marvin," said Nick, getting in line behind him. "Hi, Nick," said Marvin. Nick Tuffle was Marvin's other best friend. "What's your favorite dinosaur?" asked Nick. Marvin thought a moment. He didn't have a favorite dinosaur. Stuart made a noise with his nose. "That's a stupid question," he said. Marvin looked at his two best friends. He was afraid they'd get into another fight. Nick and Stuart were always fighting. "What's stupid about it?" Nick demanded. "Because," said Stuart, "the results are going to be buried in a time capsule. In fifty years people are going to dig up the time capsule. And then they're going to think there were dinosaurs around when we went to school."

“他们叫红头发的人‘胡萝卜顶’。 但实际上，胡萝卜的顶部是绿色的。 所以他们应该叫绿头发的人胡萝卜顶。” 斯图尔特是马文最好的朋友。 马文是唯一理解他的人。 他们上网玩壁球。 “嗨，马文，”尼克说，排在他后面。 “嗨，尼克，”马文说。尼克·塔夫尔是马文的另一个好朋友。 “你最喜欢什么恐龙?”尼克问。 马文想了一会儿。他没有最喜欢的恐龙。 斯图亚特用鼻子发出声音。 “这是个愚蠢的问题，”他说。 马文看着他的两个最好的朋友。 他担心他们会再打起来。 尼克和斯图尔特总是吵架。 “这有什么蠢的?”尼克问道。 “因为，”斯图亚特说，“结果会被埋在一个时间胶囊里。 五十年后，人们将会挖出时间胶囊。 然后他们就会认为我们上学的时候周围有恐龙。”

"That's stupid," said Nick. "Your turn, Stuart," said Marvin. "What? Oh," said Stuart. Marvin watched Stuart play wall-ball. He was up against Clarence, the toughest kid in the third grade. Stuart lost. Nick laughed when Stuart lost. Marvin stepped up. Even though Clarence was bigger and stronger, Marvin felt he could beat him at wall-ball. Clarence served. He bounced the red ball once on the ground, then hit it hard, with both hands together.

“那太愚蠢了，”尼克说。 “该你了，斯图尔特，”马文说。 “什么?哦，”斯图亚特说。马文看着斯图尔特玩壁球。 他的对手是克拉伦斯，他是三年级最难对付的孩子。 斯图尔特丢失。斯图亚特输了，尼克笑了。 马文站了起来。尽管克拉伦斯更大更壮，马文觉得他能在壁球上打败他。 克拉伦斯。他把红球在地上弹了一下，然后两手并拢用力击球。