12. Normal

Chapter 12 Normal Monday morning Marvin walked to school with Nick and Stuart. He tossed his football up in the air. He never could remember the secret difference between girls and boys. That was silly anyway, he realized. I just had weird thoughts because I was so tired. Boys don't turn into girls! All he had needed was a good night's sleep. And then he was back to normal. Except he really did have a cold. Which was why his voice sounded so strange. Girls are just stupid and weird. That's the secret difference between boys and girls!

正常的星期一早晨，马文和尼克、斯图亚特一起步行去学校。 他把足球抛向空中。 他永远记不起女孩和男孩之间的秘密区别。 他意识到，这本来就很愚蠢。 我只是有点奇怪的想法，因为我太累了。 男孩不会变成女孩!他所需要的只是好好睡一觉。 然后他就恢复正常了。 不过他真的感冒了。 这就是为什么他的声音听起来那么奇怪。 女孩就是又蠢又怪。 这就是男孩和女孩之间的秘密区别!

He entered his classroom. Clarence was sharpening his pencil. Marvin suddenly remembered all the things he had said to Clarence at Lake Park. I must have been out of my mind! I could have been killed! He decided to apologize, just to be safe. Clarence backed up when he saw Marvin. "What do you want?" he asked. He sounded nervous. "Just, uh, sorry about Friday. I didn't get much sleep and I didn't know what I was saying." Marvin held out his hand. "Okay?" Clarence smiled. He no longer seemed nervous. "Yeah, well, you're lucky I didn't knock your teeth out," he said. He shook Marvin's hand. As Marvin walked to his desk, Clarence shoved him in the back. "I saw you!" said Casey. "When you fell from the spiderweb. You kissed your elbow!" "And I'm still a boy," said Marvin. "So that just proves you're weird!"

他走进教室。克拉伦斯正在削铅笔。 马文突然想起了他在湖公园对克拉伦斯说过的话。 我一定是疯了!我差点就没命了!为了安全起见，他决定道歉。 克拉伦斯看见马文就往后退。 “你想要什么?”他问。 他听起来很紧张。“只是，呃，周五的事很抱歉。 我没怎么睡，也不知道自己在说什么。” 马文伸出手来。“没事吧?”克拉伦斯笑了。 他似乎不再紧张了。 “是啊，你该庆幸我没把你的牙齿打掉，”他说。 他握了握马文的手。当马文走向他的办公桌时，克拉伦斯从背后推了他一下。 “我看见你了!”凯西说。“当你从蜘蛛网上掉下来的时候。 你吻了你的胳膊肘!”“我还是个孩子，”马文说。 “所以这只能证明你很奇怪!”

Casey sang very softly so only Marvin could hear: "Marvin's rude. Marvin's crude. Marvin eats donkey food!" "I'll get you at recess, Casey!" he said. "Marvin?" said Mrs. North. "What was that?" "Marvin won't quit bothering me," Casey complained. "He said he was going to get me at recess." "Marvin, quit bothering Casey," said Mrs. North. "I know she's pretty, but you need to keep your eyes on your book. Not on Casey." Everyone laughed. Marvin turned red. At recess he headed to the wall-ball court with Nick and Stuart. "Look, there's Patsy Gatsby," said Nick. Marvin and Stuart laughed. Patsy Gatsby was playing jacks by herself. Of all the weird things he did on Friday, Marvin thought, talking to her was the weirdest. He shook his head. He remembered his conversation

凯西轻轻地唱着，只有马文能听见:“马文很粗鲁。 马文的原油。马文吃驴粮!”“休息的时候我会找你的，凯西!”他说。 “马文?”诺斯太太说。 “那是什么?”“马文不停地烦我，”凯西抱怨道。 “他说他要在课间休息时找我。” “马文，别再烦凯西了，”诺斯太太说。 “我知道她很漂亮，但你得专心看书。 凯西不行。”每个人都笑了。 马文脸红了。课间休息时，他和尼克、斯图尔特一起去了壁球场。 “看，那是帕齐·盖茨比。”尼克说。 马文和斯图亚特笑了。 帕齐·盖茨比一个人在玩杰克。 马文想，在他周五做的所有奇怪的事情中，和她说话是最奇怪的。 他摇了摇头。他记得他的谈话

with her. She said he was nice. Patsy looked up from her jacks. "Hi, Marvin," she said. He walked right past her. "Hi, Mar-vin," Stuart said with a funny voice as he gently shoved Marvin. Nick laughed. Marvin pushed Stuart back. They got in line for wall-ball. Marvin looked at Patsy. She didn't have any friends. Everyone just made fun of her. "Hold my place," he said. He went back to her. He still thought jacks looked like a fun game. But he was embarrassed to play it. "Hey, Patsy. Do you want to play wall-ball?"

和她在一起。她说他人很好。 帕齐抬起头来。 “嗨，马文，”她说。他从她身边走过。 “嗨，马文，”斯图亚特轻轻地推了推马文，用一种奇怪的声音说。 尼克笑了。马文把斯图亚特推了回去。 他们在排队玩墙球。 马文看着帕齐。她没有朋友。 每个人都取笑她。 他说:“守住我的位置。”他回到她身边。 他仍然认为杰克看起来像一个有趣的游戏。 但他不好意思弹。 “嘿,容易受骗的人。你想玩墙球吗?”

Patsy quickly stuffed her jacks into her pocket. She came to the wall-ball court, all smiles. "I promised I'd teach her how to play," Marvin explained to his friends. "Hi," said Patsy. "Uh, hi," said Stuart. Nick grunted.

帕齐迅速把她的千斤顶塞进口袋里。 她微笑着来到壁球场。 “我答应过要教她怎么玩，”马文向他的朋友们解释道。 “嗨，”帕齐说。“嗯，嗨，”斯图亚特说。 尼克哼了一声。