3. Tuesday

Chapter 3 Tuesday Linzy was wearing unicorn pajamas. "Do you want to frolic?" she asked. "Frolic?" asked Marvin. He didn't know what the word meant. He wasn't sure it was a real word. "That's what unicorns do," Linzy explained. "We frolic." She showed Marvin how to frolic. She skipped down the hall and sang, "We're happy, happy unicorns. Oh, happy unicorns frolicking." Marvin didn't feel like frolicking. He wasn't a happy unicorn. It was Tuesday night. Saturday was only four days away. He could see the light on in his brother's room. Jacob was doing homework. Jacob had ridden down Suicide Hill before. Marvin knocked on his brother's door.

第三章星期二，林姿穿着独角兽睡衣。 “你想玩吗?”她问。 “嬉闹?”马文问。他不知道这个词是什么意思。 他不确定这是不是一个真实的词。 “独角兽就是这么做的，”林兹解释道。 “我们嬉戏。”她教马文如何玩耍。 她跳着穿过大厅，唱着:“我们是快乐的，快乐的独角兽。 哦，快乐的独角兽嬉戏。” 马文不想嬉闹。 他不是一只快乐的独角兽。 那是星期二晚上。离星期六只有四天了。 他能看见他哥哥房间里的灯还亮着。 雅各布正在做作业。雅各布以前骑过自杀山。 马文敲了敲他哥哥的门。

"What?" Jacob sounded annoyed. They gave a lot of homework in middle school. "I just wanted to ask you something," Marvin said timidly. "What?" asked Jacob. Marvin wasn't sure what to ask. "I don't remember," he said. Jacob glared at him. Marvin could tell Jacob thought he was just a dumb little kid. Marvin felt like a dumb little kid.

“什么?”雅各布听起来很恼火。 他们在中学时布置了很多家庭作业。 “我只是想问你点事。”马文胆怯地说。 “什么?”雅各问。马文不知道该问什么。 “我不记得了，”他说。 雅各布瞪着他。马文看得出来，雅各布认为他只是个愚蠢的小孩。 马文觉得自己像个笨小孩。

He headed back to his room. The whole school was expecting him to ride down Suicide Hill on Saturday. He couldn't figure out how it happened. He never wanted to ride down Suicide Hill in the first place. It was Stuart and Nick's idea, but their

他回到自己的房间。 整个学校都在期待他星期六骑着马从自杀山下来。 他不明白这是怎么发生的。 他从一开始就不想骑上自杀山。 这是斯图尔特和尼克的主意，但他们

parents wouldn't let them. That gave him an idea. It was so obvious, he wondered why he hadn't thought of it sooner. He walked quickly to his mother's office. His mother was working on the computer. She turned and smiled at Marvin as he entered. "Sorry to bother you," Marvin said. "Oh, that's okay." She took a sip of coffee. "In four days I get to ride my bike," Marvin said. "That's right," said his mother. "I hope you've learned your lesson." Marvin nodded. "You know the first place I'm going to ride it?" he asked, trying to sound excited. His mother smiled and asked, "Where?" "Suicide Hill!"

父母不会让他们这么做的。 这给了他一个主意。这太明显了，他不明白自己为什么没有早点想到。 他快步走向母亲的办公室。 他的妈妈正在用电脑工作。 马文进来时，她转过身对他微笑。 “很抱歉打扰你，”马文说。 “哦，没关系。”她喝了一口咖啡。 “再过四天我就可以骑自行车了，”马文说。 “没错，”他妈妈说。 “我希望你已经吸取了教训。” 马文点点头。“你知道我要去的第一个地方吗?”他问，试图让自己听起来很兴奋。 妈妈笑着问:“在哪儿?”“希尔自杀!”

"Sounds exciting," said his mother. She entered some numbers into the computer. Marvin thought maybe she hadn't heard him. Or

“听起来很刺激，”他妈妈说。 她在电脑里输入了一些数字。 马文以为她可能没听见。 或

maybe she thought it was no big deal, since Jacob had ridden down it lots of times. Didn't she realize Jacob was a lot older? "Suicide Hill," he repeated. "I'm going to ride my brand-new expensive bike super fast down Suicide Hill!" "I'm glad to see you're so excited about riding your new bike. Your father and I were beginning to wonder." "Stuart's and Nick's parents won't let them ride their bikes down Suicide Hill," said Marvin. "I guess they think it's dangerous or something. For a third grader." "I guess," said his mother. She entered some more numbers into the computer. Marvin wondered if she heard anything he said. He kept trying. "I guess Stuart's mom is worried he might break his arm, or worse." "I know you'll be careful," said his mother. "Sure, I'll try to be careful," said Marvin. "But when you're going downhill super fast, out of control, it's—" "Is it raining?" asked his mother. Marvin didn't know what that had to do with anything. "I don't think so," he said, but then he saw a flash of lightning.

也许她觉得这没什么大不了的，因为雅各布已经骑过很多次了。 她没意识到雅各布比她大很多吗? “自杀山，”他重复道。 “我要骑着我全新的昂贵的自行车从自杀山飞快地滑下去!”“我很高兴看到你对骑新自行车这么兴奋。 你父亲和我都开始怀疑了。” “斯图尔特和尼克的父母不让他们骑自行车下自杀山，”马文说。 “我猜他们认为这很危险之类的。 对于一个三年级的学生来说。”“我想是的，”他妈妈说。 她又往电脑里输入了一些数字。 马文不知道她是否听到了他说的话。 他一直在努力。“我猜斯图尔特的妈妈担心他会摔断胳膊，或者更糟。” “我知道你会小心的，”他妈妈说。 “当然，我会尽量小心的。”马文说。 “但当你以极快的速度下坡，失去控制时，就——”“下雨了吗?”他妈妈问。 马文不知道这有什么关系。 “我不这么认为，”他说，但接着他看到一道闪电。