12. Everybody’s Cool

Chapter 12 Everybody's Cool Monday morning I had a dentist appointment for a tooth cleaning. I wore a new pair of jeans that were a little too long for me so that Gus's messed-up shoes wouldn't catch my mom's attention. I had the feeling she would not be happy about the dead Ruff and Tuffs. I chose bubble-gum flavor for my tooth rinse. The dentist said try to brush those back teeth more. She gave me a travel toothbrush and some floss for a prize. Which any kid will tell you is a lame reward. Mom dropped me off at school after the dentist. I ran straight to class extra fast. At least, as fast as I could go, wearing floppy shoes that were ripped to shreds. As I reached for the door to class, I heard Ms. Diz doing something unusual.

星期一早上我约了牙医给我洗牙。 我穿了一条对我来说有点长的新牛仔裤，这样格斯的破鞋就不会引起我妈妈的注意。 我有一种感觉，她不会为死去的拉夫和塔夫斯感到高兴。 我选了泡泡糖口味的漱口水。 牙医说尽量多刷那些后面的牙。 她给了我一把旅行牙刷和一些牙线作为奖励。 任何小孩都会告诉你这奖励太差劲了。 看完牙医后妈妈把我送到学校。 我飞快地直奔教室。 至少，我能跑多快就跑多快，我还穿着已经被撕成碎片的软鞋。 当我伸手去教室的门时，我听到mrs。 迪兹做了一些不寻常的事。

She was yelling. Loudly. "These shoes are going to drive me crazy!" she said. Wow, I thought. Coco and Hassan and Gus must really be having fun with their Walkie-Talkies! I opened the door. It wasn't Coco. Or Hassan. Or Gus.

她在大喊大叫。大声。“这双鞋会把我逼疯的!”她说。 哇，我想。可可、哈桑和格斯一定很喜欢他们的对讲机!我打开门。 不是可可。或哈桑。 或格斯。

It was everyone! Everyone was wearing a pair of Walkie-Talkies! Even Emma. I saw pink Walkie-Talkies and silver Walkie-Talkies and even polka-dot Walkie-Talkies. Feet were talking to feet all over the place. "Roscoe, we missed you!" Ms. Diz said when I entered. She looked down at my feet. "Where are your Walkie-Talkies? Everyone else seems to have a pair!" She rubbed her forehead. She closed her eyes. The noise was deafening. Gus ran over to do our secret handshake. He had on Walkie-Talkies too, but they weren't mine. They were yellow with orange stripes! "When my mom saw me wearing your Walkie-Talkies, she said she realized how much I wanted a pair of my own. And then she found out they got a big shipment of them at Shoe-mart," he said. "Isn't this amazing? It's like the whole world has a pair! Now we're all cool!" "Amazing," I said. "I put yours in my cubby. Go get them, so we can talk to each other!" Gus said. "Hey, that reminds me. Did you bring my Ruff and Tuffs?

是所有人!每个人都戴着对讲机!即使是艾玛。 我看到了粉红色的对讲机和银色的对讲机，甚至还有圆点的对讲机。 到处都是脚在跟脚说话。 “罗斯科，我们想你!”Ms。 当我进去时，迪兹说。她低头看着我的脚。 “你的对讲机在哪儿?” 其他人好像都有一双!”她揉了揉额头。 她闭上了眼睛。噪音震耳欲聋。 格斯跑过来和我秘密握手。 他也有对讲机，但不是我的。 它们是黄色的，上面有橙色的条纹!“当我妈妈看到我戴着你的对讲机时，她说她意识到我是多么想要一副自己的对讲机。 然后她发现他们在鞋店有一大批货。” “这不是很神奇吗?”好像全世界都有一对!现在我们都很酷了!”“太神奇了，”我说。 “我把你的放在我的柜子里了。去把他们找来，这样我们就可以互相谈谈了!”格斯说。 “嘿，这倒提醒了我。你把我的拉夫和塔夫斯带来了吗?

Because Mom said she'd get me these if I save my old sneakers for Albert." I pulled up my jeans a little. "These are your Ruff and Tuffs," I said softly. Gus stared. And stared. I think he may have said something. But I couldn't hear him above all the Walkie-Talkie noise. "What… what happened?" Gus finally asked. "They died," I said. Gus opened his mouth, but instead of his voice, I heard Principal Goosegarden. He was talking out of the loudspeaker on the wall. We all got very quiet. "Attention, students!" he said. "Effective immediately, the shoes known as Walkie-Talkies are banned from our school. We regret this, but we have decided that they are simply causing too much noise during class. If you are currently wearing these sneakers, please remove them. They may be worn today only for gym, recess, and lunch, and when you leave school. Tomorrow, any person wearing these… these extremely noisy shoes will be sent home to change. That is all."

因为妈妈说如果我把旧球鞋留给艾伯特，她就给我买这双鞋。” 我把牛仔裤拉高一点。 “这些是你的拉夫和塔夫斯，”我轻声说。 格斯盯着。和盯着。我想他可能说了什么。 但是对讲机的噪音太大了，我听不见他说话。 “怎么……怎么回事?”格斯终于问道。 “他们死了，”我说。格斯张开嘴，但我听到的不是他的声音，而是鹅花园校长的声音。 他正在用墙上的扩音器讲话。 我们都很安静。“同学们，请注意!” “从即日起，被称为对讲机的鞋子将被禁止进入我们学校。 我们对此感到遗憾，但我们认为他们只是在课堂上制造了太多的噪音。 如果你现在正穿着这些运动鞋，请把它们拿掉。 今天可能只在健身房、课间休息、午餐和离开学校的时候穿。 明天，任何穿着这双…这双噪音极大的鞋子的人都将被送回家换鞋。 就这些。”

We sat there in silence. Shocked. Ms. Diz did a hoot of happiness. She threw her fist in the air. "Yes!" she said. "Go, Goosegarden!" I think maybe then she noticed all our unhappy faces. Because she settled down and said, "I'm sorry about this, children, but it's for the best. Please put your shoes in your cubbies, and we'll get right to work." I pulled off Gus's Ruff and Tuffs. "But Roscoe's feet stink!" Coco protested. I checked. "They just smell feety," I reported. "I finally got to be cool," Gus said. "And it only lasted for one morning." "Don't worry, Gus," I said. "Being cool's not all it's cracked up to be. Besides, we can wear our Walkie-Talkies when we hang out together after school." "Not after our moms see those Ruff and Tuffs," Gus said. "We're going to be in time-out till we're ninety-four."

我们静静地坐在那里。震惊了。 迪兹女士高兴得哈哈大笑起来。 她把拳头向空中一挥。 “是的!”她说。“去,Goosegarden !”我想也许那时她注意到了我们所有不开心的脸。 因为她平静下来说:“孩子们，我很抱歉，但这是最好的结果。 请把你们的鞋子放进柜子里，我们马上开始工作。” 我搞定了格斯的拉夫和塔夫斯。 “可是罗斯科的脚臭死了!”可可抗议道。 我检查过了。“它们闻起来很臭，”我报告说。 “我终于变酷了，”格斯说。 “而且只持续了一个上午。” “别担心，格斯，”我说。 “酷并不像人们说的那么好。 此外，放学后我们一起出去玩的时候，我们可以戴着对讲机。” 格斯说:“在我们的妈妈看到那些拉夫和塔夫斯之后就不会了。” “我们要暂停到94岁。”