8. … A Little Different

Chapter 8 … A Little Different He awoke to a loud cheer. Casey Happleton was staring at him. "Oh my gosh," she said. She bit her fìnger. "What?" asked Marvin. "You fell asleep in class!" said Casey. Then she laughed. Marvin shrugged. He wondered how long he'd been asleep. And if he had changed at all. He looked around. The other kids were all excited about something. "Settle down," said Mrs. North, "or I'll have to change my mind."

他在一片欢呼声中醒来。 凯西·哈普尔顿正盯着他看。 “哦，我的天哪，”她说。她咬了她的fìnger。 “什么?”马文问。“你在课堂上睡着了!”凯西说。 然后她笑了。马文耸耸肩。 他不知道自己睡了多久。 如果他真的改变了。 他环顾四周。其他的孩子都在为一些事情而兴奋。 “别吵了，”诺思太太说，“不然我只好改变主意了。”

"What happened?" asked Marvin. "We get to go to Lake Park!" said Casey. "Oh, goody!" said Marvin. He clapped his hands. Casey looked at him funny. Her ponytail stuck out of the side of her head. Marvin wondered what it would be like to have hair like that. "What are you staring at?" asked Casey. "Your ponytail," he said. "What about it?" she demanded. "It's cute," he told her. "But you always wear your hair the same way. If I had long hair, I think I'd wear pigtails sometimes. Or maybe a French braid." Casey stared at him. "What's with you?" she asked. "Nothing," said Marvin. "And your voice sounds so funny," said Casey. "What'd you do? Kiss your elbow?" He stared at her. She stared back. She knew. He knew she knew. She knew he knew she knew.

“发生什么事了?”马文问。 “我们可以去湖公园了!”凯西说。 “哦，太好了!”马文说。他拍了拍手。 凯西奇怪地看着他。 她的马尾辫从脑袋的一侧伸出来。 马文想知道拥有那样的头发会是什么样子。 “你在看什么?”凯西问。 “你的马尾辫，”他说。“怎么回事?”她问。 “它很可爱，”他告诉她。“但你的头发总是这样。 如果我是长头发，我想我有时会扎小辫。 或者是法式发辫。”凯西盯着他。 “你怎么了?”她问。 “没什么。”马文说。“你的声音听起来很滑稽，”凯西说。 “你做了什么?”吻你的胳膊肘?”他盯着她。 她回瞪了他一眼。她知道。 他知道她知道。她知道他知道她知道。

He knew she knew he knew she knew. "No!" he said. "What do you think I am? Weird?" Casey bit her finger. The class had to pair up for the walk to Lake Park. Lake Park was three blocks from school. It had a great playground. Mrs. North sometimes took the class there on Friday if they'd been good all week. "Everyone find a partner," she said. Marvin ducked under his desk. He pretended to tie his shoe. He was afraid to be partners with Nick or Stuart. He needed to find a partner who didn't know him too well. Someone who wouldn't notice if he was … a little different. He peeked out from under his desk. Stuart and Nick were partners. Travis and Clarence. Kenny and Warren. Casey and Judy. Gina and Heather. One person stood alone. Patsy Gatsby. Kenny pointed at Patsy. "The cheese stands alone," he said. Clarence held his nose. "And it's stinky cheese, too."

他知道她知道他知道她知道。 “不!”他说。“你以为我是什么?” 奇怪的?”凯西咬了她的手指。 全班同学不得不结伴去湖公园散步。 湖公园离学校有三个街区。 它有一个很棒的操场。 诺斯太太有时会在星期五去那里上课，如果他们整个星期都很好的话。 “每个人都要找一个伴侣，”她说。 马文躲到桌子底下。 他假装系鞋带。 他害怕和尼克或斯图尔特做搭档。 他需要找一个不太了解他的搭档。 一个不会注意到他有一点不同的人。 他从桌子底下往外偷看。 斯图尔特和尼克是搭档。 特拉维斯和克拉伦斯。肯尼和沃伦。 凯西和朱迪。吉娜和希瑟。 一个人独自站着。容易受骗的盖茨比。 肯尼指着帕齐。“奶酪是单独存在的，”他说。 克拉伦斯捏着鼻子。“而且也是臭奶酪。”

Patsy looked down at her shoes. Marvin made his way across the room. "Would you like to be my partner, Patsy?" he asked. For a moment Patsy didn't answer. Then, very quietly, she said, "Okay." They got on the end of the line. Patsy kept her head down. Stuart looked back at Marvin as if to ask, "What are you doing?" Marvin shrugged. He saw Nick whisper something to Stuart. Then his two best friends laughed.

帕齐低头看着她的鞋子。 马文穿过房间。 “你愿意做我的搭档吗，帕齐?”他问。 有一会儿，帕茜没有回答。 然后，她轻轻地说:“好吧。” 他们走到电话那头。 帕齐一直低着头。斯图亚特回头看着马文，好像在问:“你在干什么?”马文耸耸肩。 他看见尼克对斯图尔特耳语了几句。 然后他的两个最好的朋友笑了。

Warren sang: "Marvin and Patsy, Sitting in a tree, Kay-I-Ess-Ess

沃伦唱道:“马文和帕齐，坐在一棵树上，Kay-I-Ess-Ess

I-En-Gee" Marvin looked at Patsy. She was blushing. "Boys are so immature," said Marvin. Patsy looked up and smiled at him. She was wearing black suspenders over her pink Tshirt. Marvin thought it was a cute outfit. Girls are lucky, he thought, as they walked to Lake Park. They can wear anything. Even suspenders. But if I wore a dress to school, everyone would probably think I was weird or something. Maybe not? He wasn't sure. Maybe he should wear a dress to school tomorrow, he thought. See what the other kids think. Oh, I'm so silly, he suddenly realized. There's no school tomorrow. Today's Friday. Patsy Gatsby was quietly humming to herself. "Do you think it would be weird if I wore a dress to school?" Marvin asked her. She looked up, then giggled. Marvin giggled too. He didn't know why he was giggling. It was fun just to laugh.

马文看着帕茜。 她脸红了。“男孩太不成熟了，”马文说。 帕齐抬起头，对他微笑。 她粉红色的t恤外套着黑色背带。 马文觉得这套衣服很可爱。 “女孩子是幸运的，”他一边向湖公园走去，一边想。 他们可以穿任何衣服。甚至背带。 但如果我穿裙子去学校，大家可能会觉得我很奇怪。 也许不是吗?他不确定。 也许他明天应该穿裙子去学校，他想。 看看其他孩子怎么想。 “哦，我真傻，”他突然意识到。 明天不上学。 今天是星期五。帕齐·盖茨比正在轻声哼着歌。 “你觉得我穿裙子去学校会不会很奇怪?”马文问她。 她抬起头，咯咯地笑了起来。 马文也咯咯地笑了起来。他不知道自己为什么傻笑。 光是笑就很有趣。