6. Off to School

Chapter 6 Off to School "What happened to you?" Jacob asked when Marvin dragged himself downstairs in the morning. "I didn't sleep too good," said Marvin. He had stayed awake all night trying to kiss his elbow. "More bad dreams?" asked his mother. "I guess," Marvin muttered. He poured himself a bowl of cereal. "Your voice sounds funny," said his mother. "Do you feel all right?" "I think I'm getting a cold," he said. He hoped that's all it was. Linzy smiled at him. He stared down at his bowl of cereal. He had to hold

第六章去学校“你怎么了?”早上马文拖着沉重的步子下楼时，雅各布问。 “我没睡好，”马文说。 他彻夜未眠，试图亲吻自己的胳膊肘。 “又做噩梦了吗?”他妈妈问。 “我想是吧。”马文咕哝道。 他给自己倒了一碗麦片粥。 “你的声音听起来怪怪的，”他妈妈说。 “你感觉还好吗?”“我想我感冒了，”他说。 他希望事情就是这样。 林兹对他笑了笑。他低头盯着他那碗麦片粥。 他必须坚持

his head up to keep from falling into it. Ten minutes later Marvin was still staring at his bowl of soggy cereal. "Pony or piggies?" asked his mother. She was combing Linzy's hair. "Piggies," said Linzy. Marvin watched his mother give Linzy pigtails. Girls are lucky, he thought. They could wear their hair in lots of fun ways. Pigtails. Ponytails. Bangs. He liked bangs. No, I don't! he told himself. I don't like bangs. I don't want bangs. I don't want to wear my hair like a girl. He didn't know why he had thought such a thought. It was just that girls had longer hair, he decided. That was a fact. So they could wear their hair in lots of different ways. That was all there was to it. It didn't mean he wanted bangs. Like the way girls dress. Boys just wore pants. But girls were lucky. They could wear anything! Pants or skirts or dresses. And they could wear sparkles on their clothes. Boys didn't get to wear sparkles.

他抬起头以免掉进去。 十分钟过去了，马文仍然盯着他那碗湿漉漉的麦片粥。 “小马还是小猪?”妈妈问。 她正在给林兹梳头发。 “小猪，”林兹说。马文看着妈妈给琳兹扎辫子。 女孩是幸运的，他想。 他们可以有很多有趣的发型。 辫子。马尾辫。刘海。 他喜欢刘海。不，我没有!他对自己说。 我不喜欢刘海。我不想要刘海。 我不想把头发弄得像个女孩。 他不知道自己为什么会有这样的想法。 他认为，只是女孩的头发比较长。 这是事实。所以他们可以有很多不同的发型。 这就是一切。 这并不意味着他想要刘海。 比如女孩子的穿着。男孩只穿裤子。 但女孩是幸运的。他们可以穿任何衣服!裤子、裙子或连衣裙。 他们还可以在衣服上戴上闪光片。 男孩们没有机会戴上闪闪发光的东西。

No! I don't want to wear sparkles! I don't want to wear a skirt or a dress! I like wearing pants. "Mar-vin!" called Jacob. "Stuart and Nick are here." "Oh my gosh," said Marvin. He bit his finger. He walked to school with Nick and Stuart. He tried to

不!我不想戴闪光片!我不想穿裙子或连衣裙!我喜欢穿裤子。 “马文!”雅各布叫道。“斯图尔特和尼克来了。” “哦，我的天哪，”马文说。 他咬了自己的手指。他和尼克、斯图亚特一起步行去学校。 他试图

act normal. Nick had a loose tooth. "Watch this," said Nick. Nick opened his mouth wide. He pushed the tooth forward with his tongue, so that it almost lay down flat. "Oh, gross!" said Marvin. Nick and Stuart looked at him. "I mean … cool!" said Marvin. They got to school before class started. "Look, there's Patsy Gatsby," said Nick. Stuart laughed. Patsy Gatsby was sitting alone playing jacks. She was the weirdest girl in Marvin's class. Even weirder than Casey. Sometimes all you had to do was say her name, Patsy Gatsby, and everyone would laugh. But Casey was funny-weird, Marvin thought. Patsy Gatsby was sad-weird. She was always so quiet. Like she was afraid of people. She didn't have any friends. No one ever talked to her. Except Clarence. Clarence called her names. Worm- Face. Stupid-Head. Ugly. Double-Ugly. Stink-Girl.

正常的行为。尼克有一颗牙齿松动了。 “看这个，”尼克说。尼克张大了嘴巴。 他用舌头把那颗牙向前推了推，几乎把它平放了。 “哦，恶心!”马文说。尼克和斯图亚特看着他。 “我是说……太酷了!” 他们在上课前到了学校。 “看，那是帕齐·盖茨比。”尼克说。 斯图尔特笑了。帕齐·盖茨比正独自坐着玩杰克。 她是马文班上最奇怪的女孩。 比凯西还奇怪。有时你只要说出她的名字，帕齐·盖茨比，大家就会笑。 但是凯西很有趣——很奇怪，马文想。 帕齐·盖茨比是个悲伤古怪的人。 她总是那么安静。就像她害怕人一样。 她没有朋友。 没人跟她说过话。 除了克拉伦斯。克拉伦斯叫她的名字。 蠕虫——脸。笨脑袋。丑。 Double-Ugly。Stink-Girl。

Marvin watched her bounce the red ball, then pick up the little jacks. He had never played jacks. It looked like a fun game. "Where's your football?" asked Stuart. "Huh?" said Marvin. "Duh," said Nick. Marvin suddenly remembered. He was supposed to bring his football. "Now what are we going to do?" asked Stuart. "Play jacks with Patsy Gatsby?" Nick laughed. Marvin looked at Patsy. Maybe she isn't the weirdest girl in class, he thought. Maybe I am. He tried to think of another game to play. He didn't want to let his friends down. Then he got a great idea. He didn't know why he had never thought of it before. "Do you want to play hopscotch?" he asked.

马文看着她弹起红球，然后捡起小千斤顶。 He had never played jacks. It looked like a fun game. “你的足球在哪儿?”斯图亚特问。 “嗯?”马文说。“废话，”尼克说。 马文突然想起来了。 他应该把他的足球带来的。 “现在我们该怎么办呢?”斯图亚特问。 “和帕齐·盖茨比玩杰克?”尼克笑了。 马文看着帕齐。也许她不是班上最奇怪的女孩，他想。 也许我是。他试着想另一个游戏。 他不想让他的朋友失望。 然后他有了一个好主意。他不知道为什么他以前从来没有想到过这一点。 “你想玩跳房子游戏吗?”他问。