4. The Wish

Chapter 4 The Wish Marvin swallowed a spoonful of ice cream. The sundae was delicious. It might have been the best ice cream sundae he'd ever had in his whole life. It had burnt pecans and caramel sauce. The crystal lay on the table between him and Casey. Maybe there was something to this wish stuff after all, Marvin thought. So far, every wish had come true. "Now what should we wish for?" he asked Casey. "How about a million dollars?" Casey thought it over. "I'm not sure about that," she said. "You're right," said Marvin. "Two million dollars." "Ummm … that's kind of selfish, don't you think?"

马文吞下了一勺冰淇淋。 圣代很好吃。这可能是他一生中吃过的最好吃的冰淇淋圣代。 里面有烧焦的山核桃和焦糖酱。 水晶放在他和凯西之间的桌子上。 马文想，也许这个愿望还是有些道理的。 到目前为止，每个愿望都实现了。 “现在我们该许什么愿呢?”他问凯西。 “一百万美元怎么样?”凯西想了想。 “我不确定，”她说。 “你说得对。”马文说。 “两百万美元。”“嗯……这有点自私，你不觉得吗?”

asked Casey. Marvin felt hurt. He didn't think of himself as selfish. Besides, weren't wishes supposed to be selfish? Anyway, he didn't really believe it would come true. Maybe that was the real reason Casey didn't want to wish for two million dollars, he thought. Maybe she only wanted to wish for things that had a chance of coming true. That way, she could still pretend to believe in the magic crystal. "How about this?" he suggested. "Let's wish that nobody in Mrs. North's class is sick tomorrow." "Good one!" Casey agreed. He knew she'd like it. It wasn't selfish. But more important, it had a good chance of coming true. "Hold out your hand," said Casey. Marvin held out his right hand, palm up. Casey placed the magic crystal on top of his hand. Then she put her hand on top. The rock was sandwiched between their two hands. The tips of their fingers pressed together. "Close your eyes," she whispered. Marvin closed his eyes, and they spoke together. "We

凯西问道。马文感到很受伤。 他不认为自己自私。 再说，愿望不应该是自私的吗? 不管怎样，他并不真的相信这一切会成真。 也许这就是凯西不想许愿得到200万美元的真正原因，他想。 也许她只是希望有机会实现的东西。 这样，她还可以假装相信魔法水晶的存在。 “这样怎么样?”他建议道。 “让我们祈祷诺斯夫人的班级明天没有人生病吧。” “好!”凯西答应了。他知道她会喜欢的。 这不是自私。但更重要的是，它很有可能成为现实。 “伸出你的手，”凯西说。 马文伸出右手，掌心朝上。 凯西把魔法水晶放在他的手上。 然后她把手放在上面。 那块石头夹在他们的两只手上。 他们的指尖紧贴在一起。 “闭上眼睛，”她低声说。 马文闭上眼睛，他们一起说话。 “我们

wish nobody in Mrs. North's class is sick tomorrow." More than anything, Marvin hoped it would come true. The next morning, he walked to school with Nick and Stuart. Nick complained about how mean Mr. McCabe was, but he didn't really sound that mean to Marvin. "So, what'd you do yesterday?" asked Stuart. "While we were stuck in Mr. McCabe's office." "Just went over to someone's house," said Marvin. "Whose house?" asked Nick. "Just somebody's house," said Marvin. He didn't dare tell them he went to Casey's house. They might think he liked her. They wouldn't understand about the magic crystal. Besides, he promised Casey not to tell anyone about it. "Did you even know whose house it was?" asked Stuart. "Or did you just walk into some stranger's house?" "It was an old fire station," said Marvin. "I got to slide down a fire pole." "I thought you said it was a house," said Nick.

希望明天诺斯夫人的班上没有人生病。” 最重要的是，马文希望它能实现。 第二天早上，他和尼克、斯图亚特一起步行去学校。 尼克抱怨麦凯布先生有多刻薄，但对马文来说，他听起来并没有那么刻薄。 “那么，你昨天做了什么?”斯图亚特问。 "我们被困在麦凯布先生的办公室里" “刚去了别人家，”马文说。 “谁的房子?”尼克问。 “只是别人的房子。”马文说。 他不敢告诉他们他去了凯西家。 他们可能认为他喜欢她。 他们不会理解魔法水晶的事。 而且，他答应凯西不告诉任何人。 “你知道这是谁的房子吗?”斯图亚特问。 “还是你刚刚走进了一个陌生人的房子?”“那是一个老消防站，”马文说。 “我要从一根消防杆上滑下来。” “我记得你说那是一座房子，”尼克说。

"It is. It used to be a fire station. Now it's a house. The fire pole is in the living room." His friends looked at him oddly. He knew he wasn't making any sense. But at least they stopped asking whose house it was. They got to school just as the first bell rang. Marvin hurried to class. Casey Happleton was already at her desk. "I hope no one's sick," Marvin said as he sat down next to her. "They better not be," said Casey. "I'll kill anyone who's sick." That was the only wish he and Casey had made. They agreed to make only one wish a day. Casey promised not to make any wishes by herself, without Marvin. They watched the door. Marvin nodded and said "Good" to himself every time someone entered the room.

“这是。这里以前是个消防站。 现在它是一座房子。消防杆在客厅里。” 他的朋友们奇怪地看着他。 他知道自己在说胡话。 但至少他们不再问这是谁的房子了。 他们到达学校时，第一声铃响了。 马文急忙去上课。凯西·哈普尔顿已经在她的办公桌前了。 “我希望没人生病，”马文边说边在她身边坐下。 “他们最好不是，”凯西说。 “我会杀死所有生病的人。” 这是他和凯西唯一的愿望。 他们同意每天只许一个愿望。 凯西答应马文不在的时候不会自己许愿。 他们看着门。每次有人走进房间，马文都点点头，对自己说“好”。

Kenny coughed. Casey glared at him. Kenny coughed again. Casey went over to his desk. "Are you sick?" she asked. "No, I don't think so," said Kenny.

肯尼咳嗽。凯西瞪着他。 肯尼又咳嗽了一声。凯西走到他的办公桌前。 “你病了吗?”她问。 “不，我不这么认为，”肯尼说。

"Then quit coughing!" Casey demanded. Kenny didn't cough after that. Casey returned to her seat. "He's not sick," she told Marvin. Marvin wasn't worried about Kenny. He was worried about Gina and Clarence. Both of their desks were empty. The second bell rang. Marvin glanced at Casey. She was frowning. The principal's voice came over the P.A. system. Everyone stood for the Pledge of Allegiance. Gina entered the classroom right after the Pledge. "I'm sorry I'm late, Mrs. North," she said. "I didn't think I had to go to school today." "Oh?" said Mrs. North. "And why was that, Gina?" "I was sick last night. Really! I threw up twice and had a fever and everything! I was just going to lay in bed and watch cartoons today. But then, when my mom took my temperature this morning, I was all better. It's not fair!" "That's too bad," agreed Mrs. North. A big smile came across Marvin's face. "Did you hear that?" he whispered to Casey. "Gina was supposed to be sick today!"

“那就别咳嗽了!”凯西问道。 从那以后肯尼就没有咳嗽了。 凯西回到座位上。 “他没病，”她告诉马文。 马文并不担心肯尼。 他很担心吉娜和克拉伦斯。 他们的桌子都是空的。 第二个铃响了。马文瞥了凯西一眼。 她皱着眉头。扩音器传来校长的声音 系统。每个人都起立宣读效忠誓言。 宣誓仪式一结束，吉娜就进了教室。 “对不起，我迟到了，诺斯太太，”她说。 “我以为我今天不用去上学。” “哦?”诺思太太说。“那是为什么呢，吉娜?”“我昨晚病了。 真的!我吐了两次，还发烧了!我今天正打算躺在床上看动画片呢。 但是今天早上我妈妈给我量体温的时候，我好多了。 这不公平!”“那太糟糕了，”诺斯太太同意道。 马文脸上露出了灿烂的笑容。 “你听到了吗?”他低声对凯西说。 “吉娜今天应该生病的!”