7 Recess

Seven recess AT RECESS THAT AFTERNOON, a bunch of witches, goblins, and superheroes started a game of tetherball. Most of the kids had to take off parts of their costumes to be able to play. A pile of claws, capes, clown faces, and magic wands sat in a large pile on the side of the tetherball court.

七节课间休息那天下午，一群女巫、妖精和超级英雄开始玩绳球游戏。 大多数孩子不得不脱下部分戏服才能玩耍。 在绳球场上，一大堆爪子、斗篷、小丑脸和魔杖堆积在一起。

Jeremy, with his monster head and claws off, called out to Zeke. "Hey, Zeke!" he shouted. "Wanna play?" "Sure," Zeke said. He floated over to the court. "You probably have to take off your costume, right?" Jeremy asked.

杰里米，他的怪物头和爪子，叫齐克。 “嘿，齐克！”“想玩?”“当然，”齐克说。 他飘飘然地来到法庭。 “你可能得脱下你的戏服，对吧？”杰里米问。

Nearby, Roxy leaned over and whispered to Harris. "Jeremy wants Zeke to take off his costume. I bet he wants one of his friends to hide it or rip it or something when Zeke isn't looking!" "I don't know," said Harris. "Everyone took off parts of their costumes."

在旁边，罗克西俯下身，小声对哈里斯说。 “Jeremy想让Zeke脱下他的戏服。 我敢打赌，他想让他的一个朋友趁齐克不注意的时候把它藏起来或者撕掉什么的！”“我不知道。”哈里斯说。 “每个人都脱下了部分服装。”

"That's okay. I can play with my costume on," Zeke said. "I think you'd do better with your costume off," Jeremy insisted. "Why don't you take it off? I just want it to be a fair game. Don't want to beat you too badly!"

“没关系。我可以穿着戏服玩，”齐克说。 “我觉得你不穿戏服会更好，”杰里米坚持说。 “你为什么不把它摘下来？” 我只是想公平竞争。 我不太想打你！”

"You see?" Roxy whispered on the sidelines. "Hmm, Jeremy is being kind of pushy about it," Harris agreed. "I'm fine like this," Zeke said, "Let's play," Jeremy scowled, then started the game. Using his tentacles to whack the ball again and again, Zeke easily won the game.

“你看到了什么?”罗克西在场边小声说。 “嗯，杰里米在这件事上有点咄咄逼人，”哈里斯表示赞同。 “我这样很好，”齐克说，“我们来玩吧。”杰里米皱着眉头，然后开始了游戏。 齐克用触角一次又一次地击打球，轻松赢得了比赛。

"I was just taking it easy on you," Jeremy said, then he snatched up the rest of his costume and stomped off.

“我只是想对你放轻松。”杰里米说，然后抓起剩下的戏服，跺着脚走了。