Chapter 2

Chapter 2 A SPOONFUL OF COMPETITION NEVER HURT ANYBODY—BUT A FORKFUL OF BAD IDEAS WILL POKE YOU IN THE EYE EVERY TIME! The next day at school, Jodi was still thinking about the llama. "You should have seen it, Baron Sweetcheeks," she said to the class hamster. "It was the meanest llama of all time. Eight feet tall…with red eyes, and fangs…" Baron Sweetcheeks trembled in her hands. At first, she worried that she had frightened the hamster. But then she realized he was just excited to be surrounded by so much food. (It was lunchtime, and Jodi had brought him to the cafeteria.) "You're exaggerating," said Theo. "The llama did not have fangs."

一勺竞争不会伤害任何人，但一勺坏主意却会每次都刺痛你的眼睛！第二天在学校，乔迪还在想着那只羊驼。 “你真该看看，甜脸蛋男爵。”她对班里的仓鼠说。 “这是有史以来最卑鄙的美洲驼。 八英尺高……红眼睛，长着尖牙……”甜颊男爵在她手里颤抖着。 起初，她担心她吓坏了仓鼠。 但后来她意识到，他只是因为被这么多食物包围而兴奋。 （当时是午餐时间，乔迪把他带到自助餐厅。）“你太夸张了，”西奥说。 “羊驼没有尖牙。”

"She's right about the eyes, though," said Harper. "They were as red as rubies." Morgan was clearly troubled. "I don't know what it means," he said. "But I wonder if it has something to do with the Evoker King. And I also wonder…is it sanitary to have Baron Sweetcheeks at our lunch table?" Po gasped. "How dare you!" he said. "The Baron is immaculately clean. He bathes more often than you do!" "And I need him here for emotional support," said Jodi, hugging the hamster close. "I see that llama's mean old face every time I close my eyes!"

“不过，她对眼睛的看法是对的。”哈珀说。 “它们像红宝石一样红。” 摩根显然遇到了麻烦。 “我不知道这是什么意思，”他说。 “但我想知道这是否与Evoker国王有关。 我还想知道……让甜颊男爵在我们的午餐桌上吃饭卫生吗？”气喘吁吁地说。 “你怎么敢！”他说。“男爵是个干净得无可挑剔的人。 他洗澡的次数比你还多！”“我需要他在这里给我情感上的支持，”乔迪说着，紧紧地抱着仓鼠。 “每当我闭上眼睛，我就能看到那只羊驼那张刻薄的老脸！”

Harper shrugged. "To be honest, I'm glad he's here, too," she said. "Because I've got bologna for lunch, and there's no way I can eat it all." "Ooh," said Theo. "I love bologna." "Well, now I've heard everything," said Harper, and she handed him half her sandwich. The hamster squeaked with envy. "I'm glad you could join us today, Baron Sweetcheeks," said Po, suddenly sounding gravely serious. Jodi giggled. Po only sounded gravely serious when he was being silly. "You're a hamster," Po continued, "but you're also part of our team. So it's only fitting that you're here for my big announcement. I, Po Chen…have decided to run for class president!"

哈珀耸耸肩。“说实话，我也很高兴他在这里，”她说。 “因为我午餐吃的是腊肠，我不可能把它都吃完。” “哦，”西奥说。“我喜欢博洛尼亚。” “好了，现在我什么都听到了。”哈帕说着，递给他半个三明治。 仓鼠嫉妒地吱吱叫着。 “我很高兴你今天能加入我们，甜颊男爵。”阿宝说，声音突然变得严肃起来。 乔迪•咯咯笑了。阿宝只有在犯傻的时候才听起来严肃。 “你是一只仓鼠，”阿宝继续说，“但你也是我们团队的一员。 所以你来参加我的重大宣布是再合适不过了。 我，陈宝宝，决定竞选班长！”

Baron Sweetcheeks didn't seem especially impressed by this news. He was fixated on Theo's gelatin dessert. But everyone else around the table gave a little cheer. "That's exciting news!" said Jodi. "Totally," said Theo. "YOU'VE GOT MY VOTE." "How can we help?" asked Harper. Morgan scratched his chin. "Po…are you sure you have time for this?" he asked. Jodi elbowed her brother. "What?" he said. "Class president is a lot of responsibility! And Po has a lot going on, between schoolwork, basketball, drama club, and, you know…" He lowered his voice. "Searching the Overworld for

甜颊男爵似乎对这个消息并没有特别的印象。 他对西奥的明胶甜点念念不忘。 但桌子周围的其他人都发出了一点欢呼。 “这是令人兴奋的消息！”乔迪说。 “完全正确。”西奥说。“我投你一票。” “我们能帮什么忙？”哈帕问。 摩根挠了挠下巴。 “阿宝……你确定有时间吗？”他问。 乔迪用胳膊肘碰了碰她哥哥。“什么？”他说。 “班长的责任可大了！”阿宝有很多事要做，课业、篮球、戏剧俱乐部，还有，你知道的……”他压低了声音。 “在上面世界寻找。

the missing fragments of a sentient artificial intelligence so that we can put him back together again." In response, Po waved around a homemade "Vote for Po" pennant. "It's fine," he said. "Drama club is on break for a little while. And as class president, I'll be able to set the schedule for the whole student government. That means no meetings on days we play Minecraft." "All right then," said Morgan, and he smiled. "I'm in. And I'm impressed. I heard you have to fill out a lot of paperwork to get your name on the ballot. I don't know when you had time to do that." "Paperwork, you say?" Po gulped. "Sounds like…I should get on that." "Po!" said Harper. "That paperwork is due this week!" "Well, how was I supposed to know that?" asked Po. "The student council mentioned it on the morning announcements," answered Theo. "Every morning. For the last three weeks."

一个有知觉的人工智能的缺失片段，这样我们就可以把他重新组装起来。” 作为回应，阿宝挥舞着一面自制的“投阿宝一票”的小旗。 “没事，”他说。“戏剧社休息了一会儿。 作为班长，我可以为整个学生会制定时间表。 这意味着我们玩《我的世界》的日子里没有会议。” “那好吧，”摩根笑着说。 “我在。我印象深刻。 我听说你要填很多文件才能让你的名字出现在选票上。 我不知道你什么时候有时间这么做。” “你是说文书工作？”阿宝一饮而尽。 “听起来……我应该着手去做。” “阿宝！”哈帕说。“这周要交文件！”“嗯，我怎么知道呢？”阿宝问。 “学生会在早上的通告上提到了。”西奥回答。 “每天早上。过去的三个星期。”

Po just shrugged. "Maybe the paperwork can get done quickly if we all pitch in," he suggested. Jodi reached across the table to pat him on the shoulder. "We'll help you, Po," she said. "Don't worry. I've got a good feeling about—" Before Jodi could finish her sentence, an amplified voice boomed across the cafeteria. "Good afternoon, fellow students!" Everyone turned in their seats. At the front of the room was a girl holding a megaphone. Jodi had never met her, but she recognized her outfit. The girl was wearing a Wildling Scout uniform similar to the one their friend Ash used to wear, and a sash full of merit badges. "I'm Shelly Silver," said the girl. "And I'd like to announce my candidacy for president of student

阿宝只是耸耸肩。他建议说：“如果我们都参与进来，文书工作可能会很快完成。” 乔迪把手伸到桌子对面拍了拍他的肩膀。 “我们会帮你的，阿宝，”她说。 “别担心。我有一种很好的感觉——”乔迪的话还没说完，一个放大了的声音从自助餐厅传来。 “同学们，下午好！”每个人都在座位上转过身来。 在房间的前面有一个拿着扩音器的女孩。 乔迪从未见过她，但她认出了她的衣服。 这个女孩穿着一套野人童子军的制服，和他们的朋友阿什过去穿的很像，腰带上挂满了荣誉徽章。 “我是雪莉·西尔弗，”女孩说。 “我想宣布我将竞选学生会主席