5. Beg-a-thon

Chapter 5 Beg-a-thon When I got home from school, I ran straight into the house. "Dad! I saw the most miracle thing today!" I screamed. Dad was in the family room with Hazel, my little sister, and Goofy, my big dog. Hazel was using Goofy as a pillow. Dad was using Goofy as a footrest. They were watching a cartoon about a giraffe with a sore throat. And eating little crackers shaped like fish. Dad gave me a hug. Hazel gave me a fishy cracker. Goofy ate my fishy before I could. I told Dad how sprouty his bald spot looked. Then I asked him if he would buy me some Walkie-Talkies. "What, exactly, are Walkie-Talkies?" he asked. His eyebrow went up.

当我从学校回到家时，我径直跑进了房子。 “爸爸!我今天看到了最神奇的事情!”我尖叫起来。 爸爸和我的小妹妹哈泽尔，还有我的大狗高飞在客厅里。 榛子把高飞当枕头用。 爸爸把高飞当作脚凳。 他们正在看一部关于长颈鹿喉咙痛的卡通片。 吃鱼形状的小饼干。 爸爸拥抱了我一下。黑兹尔给了我一块鱼味饼干。 高飞在我之前吃了我的鱼。 我告诉爸爸他的秃头看起来有多长痘。 然后我问他能不能给我买一些对讲机。 “对讲机到底是什么?”他问。 他扬起眉毛。

That jumping eyebrow means you'd better have a good answer planned. "There's Walkie-Talkies, Daddy!" Hazel cried. She pointed to a commercial on TV. A bunch of kids were talking to their feet. They looked so happy! And so cool! A pair of smiling cartoon sneakers appeared on the screen. "Trust us, kids!" the right shoe said. "Cool kids walk in shoes that talk!" "Walkie-Talkies!" said the left shoe. "Get yours today at a store near you! Over and out!"

眉毛跳动意味着你最好有一个好的回答计划。 “有对讲机，爸爸!”淡褐色的哭了。 她指着电视上的一则广告。 一群孩子在跟他们的脚说话。 他们看起来很开心!太酷了!屏幕上出现了一双微笑的卡通运动鞋。 “相信我们，孩子们!”右脚说。 “酷孩子穿着会说话的鞋子走路!”“对讲机!”左脚说。 “今天就到附近的商店去买!”完毕!”

A new commercial came on. For diapers that don't leak. The babies on the screen looked happy and cool too. "See, Dad?" I said. "Aren't they amazing?" "Uh-oh," said Dad. "Here comes the beg-athon." "What's a beg-a-thon, Daddy?" Hazel asked. "It's when a kid whines endlessly, but it does no good," said Dad. "Can I be in the beg-a-thon?" she asked. "Dad, these shoes are awesome," I said, ignoring Hazel. "And useful. If they make them in giant foot sizes, then you and Mom can get some, and if you are upstairs and she is in the kitchen and she needs you to help her take out the trash, then she can just do this." I grabbed my left foot and leaned down. "Harold," I said in my best Mom voice. "Come down here this instant!" Then I fell over. Because it is actually not that easy to talk to your foot while you're hopping on the other foot. Dad just kept staring.

一个新的广告播放了。不漏尿的尿布。 屏幕上的婴儿看起来也很开心很酷。 “看,爸爸?”我说。“他们是不是很了不起?”“哦哦，”爸爸说。 “乞讨马拉松来了。” “爸爸，什么是乞讨马拉松?”黑兹尔问道。 爸爸说:“就是孩子没完没了地哭闹，但没有用。” “我能参加乞讨马拉松吗?”她问。 “爸爸，这双鞋太棒了，”我说，没有理睬海瑟。 “和有用的。如果他们生产超大码的鞋，那么你和妈妈就可以买一些，如果你在楼上，她在厨房，她需要你帮她倒垃圾，那么她就可以这样做。” 我抓住左脚，俯下身来。 “哈罗德，”我尽力用妈妈的声音说。 “马上给我下来!”然后我摔倒了。 因为当你用另一只脚跳跃的时候，和你的脚说话并不容易。 爸爸一直盯着我看。

"Please, Dad? Please, please, please? I'll clean the garage!" "The world does not need talking shoes," Dad said. He shook his head. "What's next? Singing underwear?" "I'll put away groceries till I'm nineteen," I said. "Sorry, guy. I am not spending fifty-nine dollars and ninety-five cents so you can chat with your toes. Especially since you wear out shoes faster than any kid on the planet, Mr. Destructo-feet! You've gone through three pairs of sneakers since school started!" "I never get cool shoes," I whined. "You're already cool, Roscoe," said Dad with a grin. "You don't need shoes to prove it!" "Besides, you have tap shoes," Hazel pointed out. "That's different," I said. "Those are just for dancing. And everybody in class doesn't want to have a pair!" Dad shook his head. "Sorry, Roscoe." I sighed. I flopped on the floor with a groan. "I just want to be able to talk to my feet!" I cried.

“请,爸爸?求你了，求你了? 我来打扫车库!”“这个世界不需要会说话的鞋子，”爸爸说。 他摇了摇头。“下一个是什么? 唱歌的内衣?”“我要把杂货收起来，直到十九岁。”我说。 “对不起,家伙。我可不想花59美元95美分让你跟脚趾聊天。 尤其是你比世界上任何孩子都快穿坏鞋子，毁脚先生!开学以来，你已经穿了三双运动鞋了!”“我从来没有买过很酷的鞋子，”我抱怨道。 “你已经很酷了，罗斯科，”爸爸笑着说。 “你不需要鞋子来证明!”“而且，你穿的是踢踏舞鞋。”海瑟指出。 “那不一样，”我说。 “那些只是用来跳舞的。 班上的每个人都不想有一双!”爸爸摇了摇头。 “对不起,罗斯科。”我叹了口气。 我扑通一声呻吟着倒在地板上。 “我只想能和我的脚说话!”我哭了。

"Over and out," said Dad. His eyebrow went way up. And when Dad's eyebrow says "over," it means over.

“结束了，出去了，”爸爸说。他的眉毛扬了起来。 爸爸的眉毛说"结束了"就意味着结束了。