3 New at School

CHAPTER THREE NEW AT SCHOOL Franny and her family had just moved to the house at the end of Daffodil Street, and she was new at school She liked her teacher, Miss Shelly. She thought she would like the other kids, too. But they really weren't very friendly toward Franny.

弗兰妮和她的家人刚搬到水仙花街尽头的房子里，她是学校的新学生。她喜欢她的老师谢利小姐。 她想她也会喜欢其他的孩子。 但他们真的对弗兰妮不太友好。

The other kids weren't mean; they just had never known anybody like Franny.

其他孩子并不刻薄；他们只是从来没见过像弗兰妮这样的人。

Nobody else had a jump rope like Franny's.

没有人有像弗兰妮那样的跳绳。

Franny's lunches didn't look like the other kids' lunches either.

弗兰尼的午餐也和其他孩子的不一样。

And when they played hide-and-seek, no one could find her. Franny could tell that the other kids were afraid of her, and that made her sad, because she really did want to make friends.

当他们玩捉迷藏的时候，没有人能找到她。 弗兰妮看得出其他孩子都怕她，这让她很难过，因为她真的很想交朋友。

Her teacher, Miss Shelly, noticed what was happening. And one day she asked Franny to stay after class.

她的老师谢莉小姐注意到了发生的事情。 有一天，她让弗兰妮下课后留下来。