3 A Leopard Can’t Change Its Spots

A Leopard Can't Change Its Spots

江山易改本性难移

Exactly eleven days later, a package arrived for Stink. A box that thumped and clunked when he shook it. A box that rattled and crunched when he opened it. A big box full of... jawbreakers! Stink read the letter. "Dear Mr. Stink Moody, blah blah. While we are not in the business of breaking jaws... blah blah blah... sorry that our jawbreaker did not meet your satisfaction... more blah... please accept an assortment of fun, exciting and brand-new jawbreakers you might like..." "Holy jawbreaker heaven!" There were mega jawbreakers, mini jawbreakers, monster jawbreakers, black, rainbow, and psychedelic jawbreakers, asteroids and alien heads, glow-in

正好十一天后，一个给臭臭的包裹到了。 一个当他摇晃它时发出砰砰声的盒子。 他一打开盒子就发出嘎吱嘎吱的响声。 一个装满……的大盒子。难发音的字!臭臭读着信。 “亲爱的臭穆迪先生，等等等等。 虽然我们不是在做打破下巴的生意… 废话连篇……很抱歉我们的产品没有达到你的要求。 多废话…请接受各种有趣的、令人兴奋的、崭新的、你可能会喜欢的……” “天哪！”有巨型颚式，迷你颚式，怪物颚式，黑色，彩虹和迷幻颚式，小行星和外星人的头，发光

the-darks and gobstoppers, even jawbreaker lollipops on a stick with a bubblegum center. "Leaping lollipops!" squealed Judy. "Where'd you get all these? There's more jawbreakers here than in Willy Wonka's house." She tossed a handful up in the air.

黑糖和糖果，甚至是棒棒糖，中间有泡泡糖。 “会跳的棒棒糖！”朱迪尖叫道。 “你从哪儿弄来这些的？” 这里比威利·旺卡家更让人瞠目结舌。” 她把一把扔向空中。

"Ten whole pounds!" said Stink. "It says so right here. Wait till I tell Webster!" "That's 21,280 jawbreakers!" Judy pointed to the number on the box.

“整整十磅！”臭臭说。 “这里是这么说的。等我告诉韦伯斯特！”“这是21280个令人瞠目结舌的数字！”朱迪指着盒子上的数字。

"What am I gonna do with twenty thousand million jawbreakers?" "Get twenty thousand million cavities, of course," said Judy. "C'mon, let's divide them up. We can each set up our own jawbreaker store and trade them with each other. Or we could start our own jawbreaker museum." "What do you mean WE?" asked Stink. "You and me," Judy said. "Two heads are better than one. I mean two jawbreaker eaters are better than one." "No way are you getting half!" said Stink. "They're mine-all-mine, and I get to decide." "Stink, you never share!" "You know what they say... You can't teach an old dog new tricks! A leopard can't change its spots! Besides, I'm the one who wrote the letter." "What letter?" "I wrote a letter to the jawbreaker company about how my super-galactic jawbreaker did not break my jaw."

“我要用这两千万的下巴做什么？”“当然是得到20亿个蛀牙，”朱迪说。 “来吧，我们把它们分了。 我们可以各自建立自己的商店，互相交易。 或者我们可以建立自己的博物馆。” “你说我们是什么意思？”臭臭问。 “你和我，”朱迪说。“三个臭皮匠，顶个诸葛亮。” 我是说，两个吃货总比一个吃货强。” “你不可能得到一半！” “他们都是我的，都是我的，我说了算。” “臭，你从来不分享！”“你知道他们怎么说…… 老狗学不会新把戏！江山易改本性难移！再说，那封信是我写的。” “什么信?”“我给压颚器公司写了一封信，说我的超级银河压颚器没有摔断我的下巴。”

"No fair!" said Judy. "I wrote a letter once that you, my little brother, wrecked my Hedda-Get- Betta doll, and all I got from the doll company was a get-well card." Stink cracked up. "Are you sure you didn't win a contest for being short or something?" Judy asked. "Honest! All I did was write one puny little letter." Suddenly, Stink had an idea. Not a puny little idea. A great big super-galactic idea. If Stink could write one letter, he could write two... three... four! It would be just like homework. Mrs. D. said practice makes perfect. If he wrote more letters, he could get more free stuff. And if he got more free stuff, he'd be like a bazillionaire!

“不公平！”朱迪说。“我曾经写过一封信，说你，我的小弟弟，弄坏了我的海达贝塔娃娃，我从娃娃公司得到的只是一张康复卡。” 臭臭裂开了。“你确定你不是因为个子矮之类的赢了比赛吗？”朱迪问。 “诚实!我所做的只是写了一封小小的信。” 突然，臭臭有了一个主意。 这不是一个微不足道的想法。一个伟大的超级星系的想法。 如果臭臭能写一个字母，他就能写两个…… 三个……四个!这就像家庭作业一样。 d夫人说熟能生巧。 如果他多写信，他就能得到更多免费的东西。 如果他得到更多免费的东西，他就会像个亿万富翁！