1. Pet Contest

Calendar Mysteries July Jitters By Ron Roy

《日历之谜：七月的不安》罗恩·罗伊著

Chapter 1 Pet Contest "Can you guess who I am?" Mr. Vooray asked the students in his first-grade class. He was wearing a white wig with a ponytail tied with a ribbon. On top of the wig sat a hat with three corners. He wore short pants, showing long white socks. Shiny buckles decorated the tops of his shoes. "Elvis Presley?" Nate Hathaway asked. Mr. Vooray shook his head. "I'm a king, but not the king of rock and roll," he said, grinning.

第一章宠物比赛“你能猜出我是谁吗？”Vooray先生问他一年级班上的学生。 他戴着一顶白色假发，扎着马尾辫，用丝带扎着。 假发顶上放着一顶有三个角的帽子。 他穿着短裤，露出长长的白袜子。 闪亮的鞋扣装饰着他的鞋面。 “猫王?”内特·海瑟薇问道。 沃莱先生摇了摇头。 “我是国王，但不是摇滚之王，”他笑着说。

"Anyone else have a guess?" "King Tut?" Brian Pinto said. Everyone laughed. "Wrong period of history," Mr. Vooray said. "And King Tut was nine years old when he became king. Do I look that young?" It was the last day of school, and warm in the classroom. Because of snow days, school was letting out late this year. A fan sat on Mr. Vooray's desk, but it didn't do much good. The windows were open, but there was no breeze. "Give us a hint!" one boy called out. "Okay, I will," said Mr. Vooray. He pulled a stack of play money off the math shelf. He handed it to Bradley Pinto, who sat in the first row. "Pass it out, and make sure everyone gets some, Bradley." Bradley walked down the rows, giving play paper money to all the kids. "Does everyone have money?" Mr. Vooray asked when Bradley was back in his seat. "But it's fake!" Brian Pinto said. "We can't buy anything with it."

“还有人猜猜看吗？”“图坦卡蒙?”布莱恩·平托说。 每个人都笑了。“这是错误的历史时期，”沃莱说。 “图坦卡蒙国王登基时才九岁。 我看起来有那么年轻吗？”这是上学的最后一天，教室里很暖和。 由于下雪天，今年学校放假晚了。 沃莱先生的桌子上放着一把扇子，但它起不了多大作用。 窗户开着，但没有一丝微风。 “给我们一个提示！”一个男孩喊道。 “好吧，我会的，”沃莱先生说。 他从数学书架上取下一叠游戏钱。 他把它递给坐在第一排的布拉德利·平托。 “把它发下去，确保每个人都有，布拉德利。” 布拉德利沿着一排排走着，给所有的孩子发玩纸钱。 “每个人都有钱吗？”当布拉德利回到座位上时，沃雷问道。 “但这是假的！”布莱恩·平托说。 “我们不能用它买任何东西。”

"Pretend," Mr. Vooray said. Then he pulled a box of prizes off the game shelf. "Lucy, do you want to come up here and buy something with your money?" Lucy Armstrong walked to the front of the class. She looked in the box. "Can I buy those stickers?" she asked. "Certainly," Mr. Vooray said. "That will be one dollar, please." Lucy handed him a fake dollar. "And ten dollars tax, please," Mr. Vooray added. "Ten dollars tax!" Lucy said. "That's a lot!" "Do you want the stickers, Lucy?" Mr. Vooray asked. "I guess so," Lucy said. She gave him ten more dollars and took the stickers back to her seat. "You got robbed!" Nate told her.

“假装，”沃莱说。 然后他从游戏架上取下一盒奖品。 “露西，你想上这儿来用你的钱买些东西吗？”露西·阿姆斯特朗走到教室前面。 她往盒子里看了看。“我可以买那些贴纸吗？”她问。 “当然，”沃莱说。 “请给我一美元。” 露西递给他一张假美元。 “还有10美元的税，”沃莱先生补充说。 “十块钱的税！”露西说。 “很多啊！”“你想要那些贴纸吗，露茜？”沃雷问道。 “我想是的。”露茜说。她又给了他十美元，把贴纸拿回座位上。 “你被抢了！”内特告诉她了。

"Has anyone guessed which king I am?" asked Mr. Vooray. "King Robber!" Brian said, and everyone laughed again. "I am King George the Third," Mr. Vooray said. "Who's he?" Nate asked. "He ruled Great Britain back in the 1700s," Mr. Vooray explained. "That included the American colonies. A lot of the king's subjects didn't think

“有人猜到我是哪位国王了吗？”沃莱先生问。 “王强盗!”布莱恩说，大家又笑了起来。 “我是乔治三世国王，”沃莱说。 “他是谁?”内特问道。“他早在18世纪就统治了英国，”沃莱解释说。 这包括美国殖民地。 国王的很多臣民都不这么认为

he was a very good king. For one thing, he taxed them way too much, just like I taxed Lucy too much. Even though the people in the colonies paid high taxes, they didn't have anyone to represent them in the British government. They had made a new life for themselves. They had built homes, worked on farms, and started families. But even from far away, King George still tried to rule them." "How could he do that?" Lucy asked. "He was a very powerful king," Mr. Vooray said. "He had lots of money, ships, and men who could cross the ocean and keep an eye on the colonists. Finally, the colonists had had enough of King George. They decided to break away from his power. In 1776, they asked Thomas Jefferson to write a paper explaining why it was a good idea to declare independence from King George. We call this paper the Declaration of Independence." "Hey, I saw that!" Scott yelled out. "It's in Washington, D.C. Right, Mr. Vooray?" "Yes, but the original is quite faded and almost impossible to read," the teacher said. "Remember,

他是一个非常好的国王。首先，他对他们征收了太多的税，就像我对露西征收了太多税一样。 尽管殖民地人民交了很高的税，但他们在英国政府中没有人代表他们。 他们开始了新的生活。 他们盖了房子，在农场工作，组建了家庭。 但即使在遥远的地方，乔治国王仍然试图统治他们。” “他怎么能这么做呢？”露西问。 “他是一个非常强大的国王，”沃莱说。 “他有很多钱，有船，还有能横渡大洋监视殖民者的人。 最后，殖民者受够了乔治国王。 他们决定摆脱他的统治。 1776年，他们要求托马斯·杰斐逊写一篇论文，解释为什么从乔治国王手中宣布独立是一个好主意。 我们称这份文件为《独立宣言》。” “嘿，我看到了！”斯科特喊道。 “在华盛顿特区，对吧，沃莱先生？”“是的，但是原件已经褪色了，几乎看不清了，”老师说。 “记住,