2 Chapter 2

Chapter 2 It got worse.… After school Marvin walked home with Nick and Stuart. He was still upset. "The ball was over the line," he said. "Just forget about it," said Nick. "It was over the line," said Marvin. "We know," said Stuart. "Then why didn't you say anything?" "I don't know," said Stuart. "It was funny." "Boogers on the ball!" said Nick, then he and Stuart cracked up. Marvin didn't think it was funny. It was unfair! Clarence was just being a bad sport. "I didn't pick my nose," he said for the millionth time. "Just quit talking about it!" said Nick. "Forget about it." "You can't keep telling people you don't pick your

情况变得更糟了。放学后，马文和尼克、斯图尔特一起走回家。 他仍然很沮丧。“球越过了线，”他说。 “算了吧，”尼克说。 “太过分了，”马文说。 “我们知道，”斯图亚特说。“那你为什么什么都不说呢?”“我不知道，”斯图亚特说。 “这很有趣。”“鼻屎在球上!”尼克说，然后他和斯图尔特大笑起来。 马文不觉得好笑。 这太不公平了!克拉伦斯只是在胡闹。 “我没有挖鼻孔，”他说了第一百万次了。 “别再说了!”尼克说。 “算了吧。”“你不能总是告诉别人你没有选择你的

nose," said Stuart. "That sounds weird." "But I don't!" said Marvin. His face burned as he thought about it. Everybody had laughed at him. Even Nick and Stuart. If they were true friends, they would have stuck up for him. He couldn't stop thinking about it, all day and into the night. It was unfair. He didn't pick his nose. The ball was over the line. When he got to school the next morning, the first person he saw was Casey Happleton. "Hi, Marvin," said Casey. Her ponytail stuck out of the side of her head. "I didn't pick my nose," said Marvin. "What?" "I didn't pick my nose," he repeated. Casey looked at him a moment. Then she remembered. "You're gross," she said. Warren sat in front of him. He had been absent yesterday. "Hey, Warren," Marvin whispered as he tapped

“鼻子，”斯图亚特说。“听起来很奇怪。” “可我没有!”马文说。 想到这里，他的脸烧得通红。 每个人都嘲笑他。 甚至尼克和斯图尔特。如果他们是真正的朋友，他们就会支持他。 他不停地想这件事，从早到晚。 这是不公平的。他没有挖鼻孔。 球越过了线。 第二天早上，当他到达学校时，他看到的第一个人是凯西·哈普尔顿。 “嗨，马文，”凯西说。她的马尾辫从脑袋的一侧伸出来。 “我没有挖鼻孔，”马文说。 “什么?”“我没有挖鼻孔，”他重复道。 凯西看了他一会儿。 然后她想起来了。“你真恶心，”她说。 沃伦坐在他前面。 他昨天缺席了。 “嘿，沃伦。”马文轻轻地敲着

Warren's shoulder. Warren turned around. "Did you hear I pick my nose?" Marvin asked him. "Well, I don't." Melanie sat next to Warren. "What'd he say? What'd he say?" she asked. Melanie always wanted to know everything. "He asked me if I knew he picked his nose," said Warren. "Oh, yeah," said Melanie. "Marvin's the biggest nose picker in the whole school." "I am not!" whispered Marvin. All morning Marvin kept telling everyone he didn't pick his nose. But the more he talked about it, the more the other kids teased him about it. And the more they teased him, the more he kept talking about it. "Don't get too close to Marvin," said Clarence. "Or else he'll try to pick your nose too."

沃伦的肩膀。沃伦转过身来。 “你听到我挖鼻子了吗?”马文问他。 “嗯，我不知道。”梅兰妮坐在沃伦旁边。 “他说什么?”他说什么?”她问。 媚兰总是想知道一切。 “他问我是否知道他挖鼻孔，”沃伦说。 “唔，是的，"媚兰说。“马文是全校最大的挖鼻孔的人。” “我没有!”马文小声说。 整个上午马文都在告诉大家他没有挖鼻孔。 但是他说得越多，其他孩子就越取笑他。 他们越是取笑他，他就越是说个不停。 “别离马文太近，”克拉伦斯说。 “不然他也会挖你的鼻子。”