5. Two Wishes

Chapter 5 Two Wishes Marvin hurried across the playground and got in line to play wall-ball. He was good at wall-ball. He usually won, but not all the time. He hated to lose. He wasn't a bad sport. It was just that when he won, he got to keep playing. When he lost, he had to go to the end of the line. Wall-ball was a very popular game. Once he lost, he might not get a chance to play again. He wondered if he could use the magic crystal to wish that he'd never lose again. He doubted Casey would go along with it. Casey sometimes played wall-ball, too. Why would she wish for Marvin to always beat her? Marvin didn't believe in the magic crystal. Not really.

马文匆匆穿过操场，排起队去玩壁球。 他擅长打壁球。他通常会赢，但不是每次都赢。 他讨厌失败。他是个很有风度的人。 只是当他赢了，他就会继续打下去。 当他输的时候，他不得不走到队伍的最后。 Wall-ball是一种非常流行的游戏。 一旦他输了，他可能就没有机会再玩了。 他想知道他是否可以用那块神奇的水晶祈祷自己永远不会再输掉比赛。 他怀疑凯西是否会同意。 凯西有时也玩壁球。 她为什么希望马文总是打她? 马文不相信有魔法水晶。 不是真的。

Still, he couldn't stop thinking about what Gina had said. She was supposed to be sick today. She threw up twice! Nick and Stuart got in line behind Marvin. "So, is it true?" asked Nick. "I can't believe it," said Stuart. Marvin wondered how they found out about the magic crystal. Maybe Casey told Judy, and Judy told Stuart. "Is what true?" he asked. "Did you go to Casey's house yesterday?" asked Stuart. "Is she your girlfriend?" asked Nick. "No," said Marvin. "I went to her house, but she isn't my girlfriend. I don't even like her." "Then why'd you go to her house?" asked Stuart. "You said you went to a fire station," said Nick. "She lives in an old fire station," said Marvin. "That's why I went there. I wanted to slide down the fire pole." His friends nodded. That seemed to make sense to them. Marvin knew they'd like to slide down a fire pole, too. "Are you going to her house again today?" asked Nick. "No way!" Marvin insisted. Just then, Casey Happleton came walking toward them.

尽管如此，他还是忍不住想起吉娜说过的话。 她今天应该生病的。 她吐了两次!尼克和斯图尔特排在马文后面。 “那么，这是真的吗?”尼克问。 “我真不敢相信，”斯图亚特说。 马文想知道他们是怎么发现魔法水晶的。 也许凯西告诉了朱迪，朱迪又告诉了斯图尔特。 “什么是真的?”他问。“你昨天去凯西家了吗?”斯图亚特问。 “她是你的女朋友吗?”尼克问。 “不，”马文说。“我去了她家，但她不是我女朋友。 我甚至不喜欢她。”“那你为什么去她家?”斯图亚特问。 “你说你去了消防站，”尼克说。 “她住在一个旧消防站，”马文说。 “这就是我去那里的原因。我想从火柱上滑下来。” 他的朋友们点点头。这对他们来说似乎很有意义。 马文知道它们也喜欢从火柱上滑下来。 “你今天还要去她家吗?”尼克问。 “不可能!”马文坚持道。 就在这时，凯西·哈普尔顿向他们走来。

The boys stopped talking and stared at her. "Hi, Marvin," Casey said. "I'll see you after school today." Marvin felt his cheeks redden. Casey skipped away. Her ponytail bounced up and down. "I'm not going to her house," Marvin explained. "She's coming to my house." After school, Casey walked home with Marvin. He knew that Nick and Stuart were following them, making stupid jokes and laughing. He knew what they were thinking, but it wasn't true. She wasn't his girlfriend. He didn't even like her. Casey talked nonstop the whole way home. She talked about Clarence's fat thumb, and Gina throwing up, and her favorite cartoon shows, and wall-ball, and a million other things. Casey was funny, but Marvin tried not to laugh. He knew Nick and Stuart were watching. There was a white fence around the Redpost house, with one red post next to the gate. Marvin's father painted

男孩们停止说话，盯着她看。 “嗨，马文，”凯西说。“今天放学后见。” 马文觉得自己的脸颊变红了。 凯西蹦蹦跳跳地走开了。她的马尾辫上下跳动。 “我不去她家，”马文解释说。 “她要来我家了。” 放学后，凯西和马文一起走回家。 他知道尼克和斯图亚特跟在他们后面，一边开着愚蠢的玩笑，一边大笑。 他知道他们在想什么，但那不是真的。 她不是他的女朋友。 他甚至不喜欢她。凯西在回家的路上一直说个不停。 她谈到克拉伦斯的胖拇指，吉娜的呕吐，她最喜欢的卡通节目，壁球，还有无数其他的事情。 凯西很有趣，但马文忍住不笑。 他知道尼克和斯图亚特在看着他。 红柱的房子周围有一道白色的篱笆，大门旁边有一根红柱子。 马文的父亲画画

the red post once a year. Casey laughed when she saw it. "A red post!" she said. "I get it." "It's good luck," Marvin said. He tapped the red post as he walked through the gate. Casey tapped it, too. Marvin's little sister, Linzy, met them at the door. She stared at Casey a long time, then said, "Who are you?" "I'm Casey," said Casey. "Who are you?" Linzy didn't say anything. "That's my sister, Linzy," said Marvin. "Hi, Linzy," said Casey. "You're a girl," said Linzy. Casey turned to Marvin and said, "Your sister's really smart." Marvin laughed. "I know a boy named Casey," Linzy said. "He's in my kindergarten." "I used to be a boy," said Casey. "I kissed my elbow and turned into a girl." Linzy giggled. "Your ponytail sticks out of the side of your head," she said. "Yes, it does," said Casey.

红柱一年一次。凯西看到后笑了。 “红柱子!”她说。“我明白了。” “这是好运，”马文说。 他走过大门时轻拍了一下红柱子。 凯西也敲了一下。马文的妹妹林兹在门口迎接他们。 她盯着凯西看了很久，然后说:“你是谁?”“我是凯西，”凯西说。 “你是谁?”林兹什么也没说。 “那是我妹妹，琳兹，”马文说。 “嗨，琳兹，”凯西说。“你是个女孩，”林兹说。 凯西转身对马文说:“你妹妹真聪明。” 马文笑了。“我认识一个叫凯西的男孩，”林兹说。 “他在我的幼儿园。” “我以前是个男孩，”凯西说。 “我吻了我的胳膊肘，变成了一个女孩。” Linzy咯咯笑了。“你的马尾辫从脑袋的一边伸出来了，”她说。 “是的，确实如此，”凯西说。

"It's supposed to stick out the back," said Linzy. "Really?" asked Casey. "Yes," said Linzy. "You don't know that, because you used to be a boy." "Thanks, Linzy. I'll try to remember that," said Casey. "If you want to know anything else about being a girl, just ask me," said Linzy. "I've been a girl my whole life." Marvin's mother came out of her office. "Would you and your friend like a snack?" she asked. "I made chocolate-chip cookies." Marvin wanted to tell his mother that Casey wasn't his friend, but he thought that might be rude. "Sure," he said with a shrug. "Thank you, Mrs. Redpost," Casey said politely. Marvin started to follow his mother into the kitchen, but Casey grabbed his arm, stopping him. She had a gleam in her eye. She showed Marvin the magic crystal and whispered, "I wished for homemade cookies!" Marvin felt very happy sitting next to Casey, eating homemade cookies. The cookies seemed to taste especially good because Casey had wished for them. But then he thought about it. How did he know Casey

“它应该从后面伸出来，”林兹说。 “真的吗?”凯西问。“是的，”林兹说。 “你不知道，因为你曾经是个男孩。” “谢谢,Linzy。我会努力记住的，”凯西说。 “如果你想知道关于做女孩的其他事情，就问我，”林兹说。 “我这辈子都是女孩。” 马文的妈妈从办公室出来。 “你和你的朋友想吃点零食吗?”她问。 “我做了巧克力饼干。” 马文想告诉他妈妈凯西不是他的朋友，但他觉得那样可能很不礼貌。 “当然，”他耸耸肩说。 “谢谢你，雷德波斯特夫人，”凯西礼貌地说。 马文开始跟着妈妈走进厨房，但凯西抓住他的胳膊，阻止了他。 她的眼睛里闪烁着光芒。 她把魔法水晶拿给马文看，小声说:“我希望有自制饼干!”马文坐在凯西旁边吃着自制的饼干，觉得很开心。 这些饼干的味道似乎特别好，因为凯西一直希望得到它们。 但他又想了想。 他怎么认识凯西的

really wished for cookies? When did she wish for the cookies? Hadn't they agreed they'd make all their wishes together? And only one wish a day? Either Casey lied when she said she wished for the cookies. Or she could have made a lot of secret wishes, and only told him about the ones that came true.

真的想要饼干吗? 她什么时候许愿要饼干的? 他们不是说好了一起许愿吗? 一天只许一个愿?要么凯西说她想要饼干的时候撒谎了。 或者她可以许很多秘密的愿望，只告诉他那些实现了的愿望。