Chapter 13

CHAPTER 13 "Hrrrgh!" PLOP! Merle slung a greasy brown paper bag onto the windowsill of Ms. McKay's classroom. Fortunately for Merle, the kids were reading their English assignment and Ms. McKay was grading tests, so nobody saw the squirrel making his way back into the room. He slid quietly back into Michael's backpack. "I said just a few!" Pearl whispered as she noticed the size of the bag Merle was carrying. "Sorry! I couldn't help myself. There were so many lost and lonely nuggets."

第十三章“呜！”扑通一声地!梅尔把一个油腻腻的棕色纸袋挂在她的窗台上。 麦凯的教室。幸运的是，孩子们正在阅读他们的英语作业。 麦凯正在批改试卷，所以没人看见松鼠跑回房间。 他悄悄地溜回迈克尔的背包里。 “我说只有几个！”当珠儿注意到莫尔提着的包的大小时，她小声说。 “对不起!我忍不住了。 有那么多迷失和孤独的金块。”

"They smell," Pearl complained. "I know. Isn't it wonderful?" Merle took a big breath of deep-fried goodness. "Okay, class. I have your tests for you," Ms. McKay said. "Some of you did very well. Congratulations! Some of you... well, we still have some work to do." Merle and Pearl peeked their heads out of the backpack just in time to see Ms. McKay set Michael's graded test facedown on his desk. Michael looked down at the squirrels with a grimace before reaching to turn it over. "Well, here goes..." he whispered. There's nothing that takes your breath away like getting a cold bucket of water dumped on your head, except for maybe seeing a big, red F on your math test. "What?!!!" Michael exclaimed, just as the bell rang and the kids gathered their things to leave for the day. "Ohhhhh... Wow..." Justin said as he stood up and glanced at Michael's grade. "Sorry, dude." "What did you get?" Michael wondered, hoping he was not alone in his grief. "I did... okay," Justin said apologetically. "Let me see!" Michael demanded.

“它们很臭，”珠儿抱怨道。 “我知道。这不是很美妙吗？”莫尔深深地吸了一口油炸的美味。 “好吧,类。我给你准备了测试。 麦凯说。“你们中的一些人做得很好。 恭喜你!你们中的一些人…… 嗯，我们还有一些工作要做。” 默尔和珀尔从背包里探出头来，正好看到了布尔太太。 麦凯把迈克尔的批改试卷面朝下放在桌子上。 迈克尔低头看了看松鼠，做了个鬼脸，然后伸手把它翻过来。 “好了，开始了……”他低声说。 没有什么比把一桶冷水泼在头上更让人窒息的了，除非你在数学考试中看到一个大大的红F。 “什么? ! !”迈克尔叫道，这时下课铃响了，孩子们收拾好东西准备出门。 “噢…哇……”贾斯廷说着站了起来，看了看迈克尔的成绩。 “对不起,伙计。”“你得到了什么？”迈克尔想，希望他不是一个人在悲伤。 “我做了…贾斯汀抱歉地说。 “让我看看！”迈克尔问道。

Justin reluctantly showed Michael his test. A big, fat A with a smiley face covered the top. "What?!!! No fair!" Michael griped. "Michael, can I see you at my desk, please?" asked Ms. McKay. Michael sighed and stuffed his test in his backpack— covering Merle and Pearl— before zipping it closed and heading to the front of the class. "Yes, ma'am?" Michael answered sheepishly as he approached Ms. McKay's desk. His teacher gave him a stern look. "I know you can do better than this." "Yes, ma'am," Michael agreed halfheartedly. Ms. McKay folded her hands on top of her desk and leaned forward. "I'm going to make you a deal."

贾斯汀不情愿地给迈克尔看了他的试卷。 顶部有一个又大又胖的带笑脸的A。 “什么? ! !不公平!”迈克尔抱怨。 “迈克尔，我能在我的办公桌前见你吗？” 麦凯。迈克尔叹了口气，把试卷塞进书包——盖住梅尔和珀尔——然后拉上拉链，走向教室前面。 “是的,女士?”迈克尔走近她时，不好意思地回答。 麦凯的桌子上。他的老师严厉地看了他一眼。 “我知道你可以做得更好。” “是的，夫人。”迈克尔半心半意地答应了。 麦凯双手交叉放在桌子上，身体前倾。 “我跟你做个交易。”