8. Wizzle-fish

Chapter 8 Wizzle-fish "Do you want to call your parents and let them know you're here?" Marvin asked. "I already told them," said Joe. Marvin tried to figure out when he could have done that. They'd been together since the flagpole. The front door opened, and Jacob came home, along with his friend Nate. Marvin was suddenly afraid that Joe might say something that would embarrass him. Jacob and Nate went to middle school. Marvin admired his older brother. He thought all of his brother's friends were cool, but Nate was the coolest. Usually, Jacob and Nate were nice to Marvin, but sometimes they treated him like he was a stupid little kid.

“你想给你父母打个电话，让他们知道你来了吗?”马文问道。 “我已经告诉他们了，”乔说。 马文试图弄清楚他什么时候能做到这一点。 他们从旗杆事件开始就在一起了。 前门开了，雅各布和他的朋友内特回家了。 马文突然害怕乔会说些让他难堪的话。 雅各布和内特上的是中学。 马文钦佩他的哥哥。 他觉得他哥哥所有的朋友都很酷，但内特是最酷的。 通常，雅各布和内特对马文很好，但有时他们把他当成一个愚蠢的小孩。

"Hey, Mar," said Jacob as he tossed his backpack onto a chair. "Hi," said Marvin. "C'mon, Joe. Let's go up to my room." He wanted to get out of there fast, before Joe said something weird. "What are you guys doing?" asked Nate. "Nothing," said Marvin. "You want to play wizzle-fish?" asked Joe. Marvin felt himself redden. "They don't want to play," he said. Jacob and Nate never played with Marvin and his friends. "How do you play?" asked Linzy. "Everybody needs two wizzles," said Joe. "But you probably don't have any wizzles." "No, we don't," said Marvin. "Paper plates might work," said Joe. "We have paper plates," said Linzy. "Left over from my birthday, don't we, Jacob?" "Sure," said Jacob. He went to the pantry and got a small stack of paper plates. "They even have fish on them," he said. The plates were blue and green and filled with brightly

“嘿，妈妈，”雅各布一边说一边把背包扔到椅子上。 “嗨，”马文说。“来吧,乔。 我们上楼到我的房间去吧。”他想在乔说什么奇怪的话之前尽快离开那里。 “你们在干什么?”内特问。 “没什么。”马文说。“你想玩拼图游戏吗?”乔问。 马文觉得自己脸红了。 “他们不想玩，”他说。 雅各布和内特从不和马文和他的朋友们一起玩。 “你怎么玩?”林兹问。 “每个人都需要两块糖，”乔说。 “但你可能没有任何糖浆。” “不，我们没有。”马文说。 “纸盘子也行，”乔说。 “我们有纸盘子，”林兹说。 “我生日留下的，对吧，雅各布?”“当然，”雅各布说。 他去食品储藏室拿了一小摞纸盘。 “上面甚至还有鱼，”他说。 盘子是蓝色和绿色的，里面装满了明亮的东西

colored fish. "How do you play?" asked Nate. Marvin couldn't believe it. "Here, I'll show you," said Joe. They went in the backyard to play. Everyone got two paper plates. They had to try to walk from one end of the yard to the other, stepping only on their plates. It was hard. Marvin had to step on the plate in front of him while he picked up the plate behind him. Then he would toss that plate in front of him and step on it as he picked up the plate he stepped off of. He was surprised by how much fun it was. Even more surprising, Jacob and Nate had fun, too. "Why is it called 'wizzle-fish'?" asked Nate. "Lake Wizzle is a real lake," Joe explained. "Big, flat fish swim around, right at the surface. People try to walk all the way across the lake, stepping only on the wizzlefish." "Really?" asked Jacob. "No way!" "I'd like to try that," said Nate. "It's dangerous," said Joe. "Sharks swim underneath the wizzle-fish at the bottom of the lake. So if you fall off

彩色的鱼。“你怎么玩?”内特问。 马文简直不敢相信。 “来，我给你看，”乔说。 他们到后院去玩。 每个人都有两个纸盘。 他们只能踩着盘子从院子的一头走到另一头。 这很难。马文不得不踩在他前面的盘子上，同时把他后面的盘子捡起来。 然后他会把那个盘子扔到他面前，当他拿起他离开的盘子时踩在上面。 他惊讶于其中的乐趣。 更令人惊讶的是，Jacob和Nate也玩得很开心。 “它为什么叫‘水仙鱼’?”内特问。 “威兹尔湖是一个真正的湖，”乔解释说。 “大而扁平的鱼在水面上游来游去。 人们试着一路走过湖，只踩到棘鱼。” “真的吗?”雅各问。“不可能!”“我也想试试，”内特说。 “这很危险，”乔说。 鲨鱼在湖底的棘鱼下面游动。 所以如果你掉下来

the wizzle-fish, the sharks will get you." "Cool," said Jacob. "And wizzle-fish aren't like paper plates," said Joe. "They move around and wiggle, and are slimy and slippery." "Have you ever stepped on a real wizzle-fish?" asked Linzy. "Lots of times," said Joe. "But I always stay close to the shore. The sharks are in the middle of the lake." "What does it feel like to step on a fish?" Linzy asked. "It tickles a little bit," said Joe. "You're making this up," said Jacob. "He's making this

那些斑尾鱼，鲨鱼会抓住你的。” “酷，”雅各布说。“而且斑尾鱼不像纸盘子，”乔说。 “它们四处移动、扭动，又黏又滑。” “你曾经踩过真正的棘鱼吗?”林茨问。 “很多次，”乔说。 “但我总是离海岸很近。 鲨鱼在湖中央。” “踩到鱼是什么感觉?”Linzy问道。 “有点痒，”乔说。 “这是你编的，”雅各布说。 “他在做这个

up, isn't he, Marvin?" Marvin wasn't sure. Although as far as he knew, sharks didn't live in lakes. Sharks lived only in salt water. "Where is Lake Wizzle?" asked Nate. Joe looked up at the sky and said, "Chicago." Jacob nudged Marvin with his elbow and said, "Your friend Joe is cool. Not like those other two dorks you hang out with."

他起来了，是不是，马文?”马文不确定。 尽管据他所知，鲨鱼并不生活在湖中。 鲨鱼只生活在咸水里。 “威兹尔湖在哪里?”内特问。 乔抬头看了看天空说:“芝加哥。” 雅各布用胳膊肘推了推马文，说:“你的朋友乔很酷。 不像和你在一起的那两个笨蛋。”