6. Silence

Chapter 6 Silence Casey didn't say anything for the next five minutes, which had to be a record for her. Marvin felt bad for telling her to shut up. He felt bad for having made such a big deal over her cookie wish. He tried to pretend there was nothing wrong. He bit into a cookie. "Ummm, good cookie!" he said enthusiastically. "I'm sure glad you wished for these." Casey didn't say anything. "So, what should we wish for?" he asked. Casey didn't say anything. She took the crystal from Marvin and put it in her pocket. "Are you mad at me?" Marvin asked her. Casey shook her head.

在接下来的五分钟里，凯西一句话也没说，这对她来说一定是一个记录。 马文对叫她闭嘴感到很内疚。 他为对她的饼干愿望小题大做而感到内疚。 他试图假装什么事也没发生。 他咬了一口饼干。“嗯，好吃的饼干!”他热情地说。 “我很高兴你希望得到这些。” 凯西什么也没说。 “那么，我们该许什么愿呢?”他问。 凯西什么也没说。 她从马文手里拿过水晶放进口袋里。 “你生我的气了吗?”马文问她。 凯西摇了摇头。

"Then why won't you say anything?" Casey smiled at him. "Oh, I get it," said Marvin. "Because I wished you'd shut up, now you're pretending you can't talk." Casey didn't say anything. "I know you're just pretending," said Marvin. "I know you can talk if you want to." Casey just smiled. "Besides," said Marvin, "don't you remember? You told me you wished Clarence would stop talking. He can still talk." Casey rubbed her chin. She looked sideways at Marvin. He knew what she was thinking. She was thinking that she had wished Clarence would stop talking about sticking a needle through his thumb. That was different. Marvin had wished for a total "shut up." "I don't see the difference," Marvin said. Casey glanced at him in a way that seemed to say, I can't help it if you're stupid. "You're faking," Marvin accused. Casey shrugged.

“那你为什么不说呢?”凯西对他笑了笑。 “哦，我明白了，”马文说。 “因为我希望你闭嘴，现在你在假装你不会说话。” 凯西什么也没说。 “我知道你只是在假装。”马文说。 “我知道如果你想说，你是可以说的。” 凯西只是笑了笑。“再说，”马文说，“你不记得了吗? 你跟我说你希望克拉伦斯闭嘴。 他还能说话。”凯西揉了揉下巴。 她斜眼看着马文。 他知道她在想什么。 她在想，她真希望克拉伦斯别再提什么用针扎拇指的事了。 这是不同的。马文希望得到一个彻底的“闭嘴”。 “我看不出有什么区别，”马文说。 凯西瞥了他一眼，好像在说，如果你是个傻瓜，我也没办法。 “你在装。”马文指责道。 凯西耸耸肩。

"Well, what do you want to do then?" Marvin asked. "You want to watch TV? You don't have to talk to do that." Casey shrugged. "All right, let's watch TV," said Marvin. "Teenage Caveman is on. Let's see if you can watch that without laughing." Casey shrugged. Teenage Caveman was one of Marvin's favorite shows. He knew Casey liked it, too. She could imitate the teenage caveman's voice perfectly. She always made him laugh.

“那么，你想做什么?”马文问道。 “你想看电视吗?”你不需要说话就能做到。” 凯西耸耸肩。“好吧，我们看电视吧，”马文说。 《少年穴居人》正在播出。让我们看看你能不能看得不笑。” 凯西耸耸肩。《少年穴居人》是马文最喜欢的电视剧之一。 他知道凯西也喜欢。 她能惟妙惟肖地模仿那个十几岁的穴居人的声音。 她总是逗他笑。

Casey followed Marvin into the family room. He turned on the TV. Casey watched the entire show without laughing or saying one word. Marvin didn't laugh either. The show didn't seem as funny as usual. Casey's father came by at five o'clock to take Casey home. jmkfho. "It was very nice to get to meet you, Casey," said Marvin's mother.

凯西跟着马文进了客厅。 他打开了电视。凯西看了整场演出，没有笑，也没有说一句话。 马文也没有笑。 这场演出似乎不像平常那么有趣了。 凯西的爸爸五点钟来接凯西回家。 “很高兴见到你，凯西，”马文的妈妈说。

"Bye, Casey," shouted Linzy. Casey smiled at Marvin's mother and waved to Linzy. After she left, Marvin's mother told him that Casey seemed like a very nice girl. "Although she's kind of quiet, isn't she?" Marvin didn't say anything.

“再见，凯西，”林兹喊道。 凯西对马文的妈妈笑了笑，向林兹挥了挥手。 她走后，马文的妈妈告诉他，凯西看起来是个很好的女孩。 “虽然她有点安静，不是吗?”马文什么也没说。