10 No No Noe

No No NOE ONCE THERE LIVED a little girl called Noe. Noe only ever used one word, and that word was "no" It was a word she loved. It was a word that if you said it enough would drive everyone else crazy. Nothing gave Noe greater pleasure than seeing the chaos the word "no" caused. She thought of the word

从前有个小女孩，名叫诺伊。 诺伊只说过一个词，那就是“不”，这是一个她喜欢的词。 这是一个词，如果你说得足够多，会让其他人发疯。 没有什么比看到“不”字引起的混乱更让诺伊高兴的了。 她想到了这个词

as a stick of dynamite. If you used enough of them, you could cause a huge EXPLOSION. KABOOM! Whatever her mum or dad asked her to do at home, the answer was always the same. "Noe, please can you clean your room now?" "No!" "Noe, don't be greedy! Please can you leave one of those chocolates for me?" "No!" "NOE! WILL YOU TURN YOUR MUSIC DOWN?!" "No!" Soon her mum and dad would be hopping up and down on the spot with fury. "NO, NO, NOE!"

就像一根炸药。如果你用得太多，就会引起大爆炸。 大爆炸!无论爸爸妈妈让她在家做什么，答案总是一样的。 “不，你现在能打扫你的房间吗？”“不!”“不，不要贪心！”你能给我留一颗巧克力吗？”“不!”“诺!你能把音乐关小点声吗？”“不!”很快，她的爸爸妈妈就会气得在现场跳上跳下。 “不，不，不！”

At school Noe found the word "no" had an even more maddening effect. Our story begins one morning in the school playground when Noe was slurping a thick chocolate milkshake. SLURP! When the girl had had enough, she threw the half-full paper cup at the headmaster's feet, splattering his shoes and trousers with chocolate milkshake. As always, Mr Gubbins was dressed immaculately in a three-piece suit with a natty bow tie. He HATED litter, and wanted the whole school to be spotless like him. "Noe? Pick up your litter at once!" demanded the headmaster.

在学校里，诺伊发现“不”字有更令人抓狂的效果。 我们的故事开始于一天早晨，在学校操场上，诺伊正津津有味地喝着一杯厚厚的巧克力奶昔。 发出声音!那女孩喝够了，把半满的纸杯扔到校长的脚上，巧克力奶昔溅到了他的鞋子和裤子上。 和往常一样，格宾斯穿着一件三件套西装，打着整洁的领结。 他讨厌乱扔垃圾，希望整个学校都像他一样一尘不染。 “一个?马上把你的垃圾捡起来！”校长要求道。

"No." "YES!" "No." "You will pick up your litter at once!" "No." Mr Gubbins was turning scarlet with fury. "Noe! See me in my office at once!" "No." "Right, you have a detention!" "No." "A double detention!" "No!" "Well, I... er, I um, I am excluding you from school with immediate effect!" "No!" "Right, that's it! That's my last warning. Do you understand me?" The veins in Mr Gubbins's head were throbbing now. "No," replied the little girl with a smirk. Noe rarely got such a huge reaction from her favourite little word.

“没有。”“是的!”“没有。”“你马上把你的垃圾捡起来！”“没有。” 格宾斯先生气得脸都红了。 “诺!马上到我办公室来见我！”“没有。” “好吧，你被关禁闭了！”“没有。” “两次留校！”“不!”“嗯,我… 呃，我嗯，我要把你从学校开除，立即生效！”“不!”“对，就是这样！”这是我最后的警告。 你明白我的意思吗？”这时，格宾斯先生头上的血管在抽动。 “不，”小女孩傻笑着回答。 诺伊很少从她最喜欢的小字中得到如此巨大的反应。

"I mean that I am not giving you any more warnings. I think you already knew that, didn't you, Noe?" "No." "Well, I think you do, Noe." "No." "Yes." "No." "Yes." "No." The headmaster then tried to trick Noe, by saying "no" instead of "yes". "No." Noe paused for a moment before saying, "No." Gubbins dropped "A-WOOOOOOOOOOOO!" to his hands and knees, and began howling like a wolf.

“我的意思是我不会再给你任何警告了。 我想你已经知道了，是不是，诺伊？”“没有。” “嗯，我想你知道，诺伊。” “没有。”“是的。”“没有。”“是的。”“没有。” 然后校长试图欺骗诺伊，说“不”而不是“是”。 “没有。”诺伊停顿了一下，说：“不。” 格宾斯用手和膝盖发出“呜——呜——呜！”的叫声，开始像狼一样嚎叫起来。