12. Wizzle-what

Chapter 12 Wizzle-what? Monday morning, Marvin left his house carrying a package of paper plates. He tapped the red post for luck as he walked through the gate. Nick and Stuart were waiting at the corner. "What are the paper plates for?" asked Stuart. "Wizzle-fish," said Marvin. "Wizzle-what?" asked Nick. "Wizzle-fish. It's a cool game. Joe taught it to me. He spent the night on Friday." Marvin waited to see what his friends would say about that. "How do you play?" asked Stuart. Marvin explained it to them. He hoped they'd give it a chance. He hoped all the kids at school would like wizzle

第十二章什么?周一早上，马文带着一包纸盘离开了家。 他走过大门时轻拍了一下红柱子以求好运。 尼克和斯图亚特在拐角处等着。 “这些纸盘子是做什么用的?”斯图亚特问。 “涡旋鱼。”马文说。 “什么?”尼克问。 “Wizzle-fish。这是一个很酷的游戏。 乔教我的。他星期五过夜了。” 马文等着看他的朋友们会怎么说。 “你怎么玩?”斯图亚特问。 马文向他们解释。 他希望他们能给他一个机会。 他希望学校里所有的孩子都喜欢wizzle

fish. Then maybe they'd like Joe, too. "You just walk around on plates?" asked Nick. "Do you try to get anywhere?" asked Stuart. "It's fun just to walk around," Marvin said. "You only have two plates. If you toss a plate too far away, you're in big trouble. Then the sharks will get you!" "What sharks?" Marvin told them about Lake Wizzle, and about the people who try to walk across the lake stepping on big, flat, slimy fish. "Man-eating sharks swim below the fish." "Let me try," said Stuart. Marvin gave Stuart two paper plates and watched him try to walk on them. Stuart took two steps, then fell when he reached back to pick up the plate behind him. Nick laughed. "You're dead. A shark just bit off your head." Marvin gave Nick two plates and took out two more for himself. The three friends headed to school stepping only on wizzle-fish, while sharks swam around beneath them. Casey Happleton and Judy Jasper caught up to them.

鱼。也许他们也会喜欢乔。 “你就拿着盘子走来走去吗?”尼克问。 “你想去什么地方吗?”斯图亚特问。 “四处走走也很有趣，”马文说。 “你只有两个盘子。 如果你把盘子扔得太远，你就有大麻烦了。 然后鲨鱼会咬你的!”“什么鲨鱼?”马文给他们讲了威兹尔湖的事，还有那些试图踩着又大又平又黏糊糊的鱼过河的人。 “食人鲨在鱼的下面游。” “让我试试，”斯图亚特说。 马文给了斯图尔特两个纸盘，看着他试着在上面走。 斯图亚特走了两步，当他伸手捡起身后的盘子时摔倒了。 尼克笑了。“你死了。 鲨鱼刚刚咬掉了你的头。” 马文给了尼克两个盘子，又给自己拿了两个。 三个朋友只踩着棘鱼去上学，鲨鱼在他们下面游来游去。 凯西·哈普尔顿和朱迪·贾斯帕追上了他们。

"What are you doing?" asked Casey. "Walking on wizzle-fish," said Stuart. "You are so weird, Stuart!" said Judy. "It's a game Joe taught Marvin," said Nick. He told the girls about Lake Wizzle. He said that sea monsters lived at the bottom of the lake. "Can I have a wizzle?" asked Casey. "You need two," said Nick. "Me, too," said Judy. Marvin gave them each two plates. "And by the way, Casey," he said. "Joe doesn't kiss the flagpole. He just likes to press his nose against it. He says it feels good." "Well, that's how Eskimos kiss," said Judy. "They rub noses." "That's because it's too cold for Eskimos to kiss on the lips," said Casey. "Their lips would get stuck together." They walked on wizzles all the way to school. Casey Happleton continued right up to the flagpole. Then she pressed her nose against it. "Joe's right," she announced. "It does feel good." Joe walked into class and took his seat next to Nick.

“你在干什么?”凯西问。 “踩着棘鱼走，”斯图亚特说。 “你真奇怪，斯图尔特!”朱迪说。 “这是乔教马文的游戏，”尼克说。 他把威兹尔湖的事告诉了女孩们。 他说海怪生活在湖底。 凯西问:“我能来杯糖吗?” “你需要两个，”尼克说。 “我也是，”朱迪说。马文给了他们每人两个盘子。 “对了，凯西，”他说。 “乔不亲旗杆。 他只是喜欢把鼻子贴在上面。 他说感觉很好。”“嗯，爱斯基摩人就是这样接吻的，”朱迪说。 “他们擦鼻子。”“那是因为天气太冷，爱斯基摩人无法亲吻嘴唇，”凯西说。 “他们的嘴唇会粘在一起。” 他们一路上踩着糖果去上学。 凯西·哈普尔顿一直走到旗杆前。 然后她把鼻子贴在上面。 “乔说得对，”她宣布。 “确实感觉很好。”乔走进教室，坐在尼克旁边。

"Hi, Joe," Nick said. "I was wondering. Have you ever tried playing wizzle-fish tag?" "No, but it sounds like a good idea." "You want to try it at recess? Marvin's brought a whole thing of plates." "Can I play, too, Joe?" asked Gina. "Me, too," said Heather. "Sure," said Joe. He turned and smiled at Marvin. Seventeen kids played wizzle-fish tag at recess. Everyone, including the person who was "It," could only step on wizzles. There were only twenty-eight plates in the package Marvin brought to school, so only fourteen kids got wizzles. The other three—Clarence, Travis, and Melanie —were the sea monsters. If anybody fell off a wizzle, a sea monster would grab him or her.

“嗨，乔，”尼克说。我在想。 你玩过捉迷藏吗?”“不，但听起来是个好主意。” “你想在课间休息时试试吗?” 马文带来了一大堆盘子。” “我也能玩吗，乔?”吉娜问。 “我也是。”希瑟说。“当然，”乔说。 他转过身对马文笑了笑。 17个孩子在课间玩捉迷藏游戏。 每个人，包括“它”的人，都只能踩到糖屑。 马文带到学校的包裹里只有28个盘子，所以只有14个孩子吃到糖棒。 另外三个人——克拉伦斯、特拉维斯和媚兰——是海怪。 如果有人从船上掉下来，海怪就会抓住他或她。

"I can bring more wizzles tomorrow," said Nick. "I got a bunch left over from my birthday party." "My birthday's on Saturday," said Clarence. "So I'll get my mom to buy lots of paper plates. Hey, Joe, can you come to my birthday party?" "Sure. I think so," said Joe. Marvin felt very glad for his friend.

“我明天可以带更多的糖来，”尼克说。 “我生日派对上还剩了一堆。” “星期六是我的生日，”克拉伦斯说。 “所以我要让我妈妈买很多纸盘。 嘿，乔，你能来参加我的生日聚会吗?”“当然。 我想是的，”乔说。马文为他的朋友感到非常高兴。