6 Mom and Dad

Six mom and dad AFTER SCHOOL, HARRIS AND Roxy walked home together. "You know, I don't think you've been very welcoming to Zeke," said Roxy. "Just because he's different from you doesn't mean he isn't nice." "I still think he's strange," Harris said.

放学后，哈里斯和罗克西一起走回家。 “你知道，我觉得你对齐克不太欢迎，”罗克西说。 “他和你不同并不意味着他不好。” “我还是觉得他很奇怪，”哈里斯说。

"Well, I like him," said Roxy. "Is that why you don't like him? I can be friends with both of you, you know." "That's not it," said Harris. "I've just seen him do some crazy stuff."

“嗯，我喜欢他，”罗克西说。 “这就是你不喜欢他的原因吗？” 我可以和你们两个都做朋友，你知道的。” “不是这样的。”哈里斯说。 “我刚刚看到他做了一些疯狂的事情。”

"And all of what you call 'crazy stuff' has a logical explanation," said Roxy. "I just think you're looking for reasons to not like Zeke." Roxy turned onto her block. Harris kept walking. He thought about what Roxy had said. Then he shrugged it off. That evening at dinner, Harris's parents asked him about Zeke. "How is that new boy doing?" asked his mom.

“所有你所谓的‘疯狂的东西’都有一个合乎逻辑的解释，”罗克西说。 “我只是觉得你在找理由不喜欢齐克。” 罗克西转身走到她的街区。 哈里斯继续往前走。他想了想罗克西说的话。 然后他耸耸肩。那天晚上吃饭时，哈里斯的父母问他齐克的情况。 “那个新来的男孩怎么样？”他妈妈问。

"I hope you are trying to make friends with him," added his dad. "I don't know," said Harris. "He does all kinds of strange stuff. He even balanced on his fingertips, like the aliens in that movie, Dad." "Harris, come on," said his dad. "You're too old to not know the difference between movies and real life." "No, Dad, it's real!" Harris insisted. "I'm telling you the truth."

“我希望你试着和他交朋友，”他爸爸补充说。 “我不知道。”哈里斯说。 “他会做各种奇怪的事情。 他甚至用指尖保持平衡，就像那部电影里的外星人一样，爸爸。” “哈里斯，来吧。”爸爸说。 “你太老了，不可能不知道电影和现实生活的区别。” “不，爸爸，这是真的！”哈里斯坚持。 “我说的是实话。”

"Remember how much trouble you had making friends when you started at Jefferson until you met Roxy?" asked his mom. "I would hope that you would be extra nice to new kids who are trying to fit in." "But, Mom, I—" "I'm sure that if you take the time to get to know Zeke, you'll discover that he's just a normal kid like you," Mom said. "He might be different, but that's no reason not to be his friend."

“还记得你刚上杰斐逊大学时遇到罗克西之前交朋友有多困难吗？”他妈妈问。 “我希望你能对那些试图融入社会的新孩子们特别好。” “但是，妈妈，我——”“我相信，如果你花时间去了解齐克，你会发现他和你一样，只是一个普通的孩子，”妈妈说。 “他可能与众不同，但没有理由不跟他做朋友。”

Harris went to his room after dinner and started his homework. But again he had trouble concentrating. Everyone is telling me that I'm wrong, but I know I'm not. I'm going to prove, once and for all, that Zeke is an alien!

晚饭后，哈里斯回到自己的房间开始做作业。 但他又无法集中注意力。 每个人都说我错了，但我知道我没有。 我要彻底证明，齐克是个外星人！