14. Good-Bye from Time-Out

Chapter 14 Good-Bye from Time-Out That evening, Mrs. Herman called my house. She asked my mom how my busted body was. After that, I had a little bit of explaining to do. Mom called Mr. Oshkosh after I told her the whole story. I told him I was sorry for faking a smushed body. He said he'd had a feeling I would make a full recovery.

那天晚上，赫尔曼太太打电话到我家。 她问我妈我的身体怎么样了。 在那之后，我要做一些解释。 我告诉妈妈整个事情后，她给奥什科什先生打了电话。 我告诉他我很抱歉伪造了一具尸体。 他说他有预感我会完全康复。

Dad and Mom talked to me for a long time. About how I should do what makes me happy. Not what other people think is right for me. And they explained how there's no such thing as boy stuff or girl stuff. Then I explained that sometimes they make me more confused when they are trying to un-confuse me. Especially when it's complicated things like boys and girls. Dad said not to worry. Because he's still trying to figure that stuff out. Mom laughed. Then she threw a pillow at him. Sitting here in time-out, I have figured out one thing, at least. I'm going to take lots more tap classes.

爸爸和妈妈和我谈了很长时间。 关于我应该如何做让我快乐的事。 不是别人认为适合我的。 他们解释了为什么没有男孩的东西或女孩的东西。 然后我解释说，当他们试图让我明白时，有时会让我更困惑。 尤其是像男孩和女孩这样复杂的事情。 爸爸说不用担心。因为他还在想办法弄明白。 妈妈笑了。然后她朝他扔了一个枕头。 在暂停的时候坐在这里，我至少明白了一件事。 我要上更多的踢踏舞课。

And guess what? After the show, Dewan and Gus both asked me how they could sign up for tap lessons. And Wyatt actually asked if he could try my tap shoes on. So I let him. He said he wanted to see if the tappers would be good for smushing ants. But I could tell he liked that clickety-clack noise as much as I do. Well, almost as much. I like it so much I am going to keep taking dance lessons forever and ever, I think. Emma says she will too. She was right about how much fun we'd have. Emma is almost always right.

你猜怎么着?演出结束后，德万和格斯都问我他们怎么才能报名上踢踏舞课。 怀亚特还问我能不能试穿我的踢踏舞鞋。 所以我就让他去了。他说他想看看这些钉子户是否能很好地消灭蚂蚁。 但我看得出来，他和我一样喜欢那种咔嗒咔嗒的声音。 嗯，几乎一样多。我非常喜欢舞蹈，我想我会一直上舞蹈课，直到永远。 艾玛说她也会的。她说得对，我们会玩得很开心。 艾玛几乎总是对的。