9 A Leopard Can Change Its Spots

A Leopard CAN Change Its Spots

江山易改本性难移

Stink got to school early and slipped the letter inside Webster's desk. He watched Webster read it. Webster looked up. He looked over at Stink. "You mean you didn't miss my birthday on purpose?" "No way," said Stink. "Just like I didn't suckerpunch you on purpose. You gotta believe me." Webster grinned from ear to ear. "Friends?" asked Stink. "Friends," said Webster. "So what's the big surprise, huh? What's C.G.? C'mon! Tell me! I can't wait!" "My lips are sealed," said Stink, zippering his lips. "Does it stand for Card Game?" asked Webster. "Cinderella's Glass slipper?" asked Sophie of the Elves.

臭臭很早就到了学校，把信塞进了韦伯斯特的桌子里。 他看着韦伯斯特朗读。 韦伯斯特抬起头来。他看了看臭臭。 “你是说你不是故意错过我的生日的？”“不可能，”臭臭说。 就像我不是故意揍你一样。 你要相信我。”韦伯斯特咧着嘴笑。 “朋友？”臭臭问。“朋友，”韦伯斯特说。 “那么最大的惊喜是什么呢？” C.G.是什么?来吧!告诉我!我等不及了！”“我的嘴紧闭着，”臭臭说着，拉上了拉链。 韦伯斯特问：“它是纸牌游戏的意思吗？” “灰姑娘的水晶鞋？”苏菲问精灵们。

"Cucumbers and Grapes?" asked Webster. "Crazy Glue?" "No, no, and nope," said Stink. "You just have to wait. My dad's bringing it. But Mrs. D. said not until the end of the day." Waiting was harder than writing letters. Harder than punctuation. Harder than spelling sincerely. At the end of the day, Mrs. D. read eleven pages from Sophie of the Elves' favorite chapter book about a brave mouse and an evil rat. Finally! At last! An announcement over the PA system. "Special Delivery for Class 2D! Stink Moody to the front office!"

“黄瓜和葡萄？”韦伯斯特问。 “疯狂的胶水吗?”“不，不，不。”臭臭说。 “你只需要等待。我爸爸会带来的。 但是d夫人说要等到今天结束。” 等待比写信更难。 比标点还难。比拼写真诚更难。 一天结束的时候，迪夫人。 读了精灵们最喜欢的关于一只勇敢的老鼠和一只邪恶的老鼠的章节书中的11页。 终于!终于!广播系统的广播。 “2D班特快专递！”臭穆迪到前厅去！”

"Wow! Cool! Hey! What? Huh?" everybody buzzed. Stink walked-not-ran down to the office and came back to class with Dad, a rainbow-bright rooster pi.ata, and 21,280 jawbreakers. Not to mention all sorts of candy bars, microbots, and monkey pencils. "Candy-Gram!" Stink announced. "I repeat. Candy-Gram for Webster Gomez."

“哇!太酷了!嘿!怎么啦？嗯？”每个人都嗡嗡地问。 臭臭走着而不是跑着去了办公室，和爸爸一起回到了教室，爸爸是一个像彩虹一样明亮的公鸡派。还有21280个令人瞠目结舌的家伙。 更不用说各种糖果棒、微型机器人和猴子铅笔了。 “Candy-Gram !”臭宣布。 “我再说一遍。给韦伯斯特·戈麦斯的糖克。”

Webster was already at the door. He had never ever seen so much candy in his whole entire life. "For me? WOWEE!" "To celebrate your birthday," said Stink. "With the whole class!"

韦伯斯特已经到了门口。 他一生中从未见过这么多糖果。 “给我的?啊哈!”“为了庆祝你的生日，”臭臭说。 “和全班一起！”

"Pi.ata party!" everybody was saying. "A Candy-Gram!" said Sophie of the Elves. "C.G. is for Candy-Gram!" "I never got a Candy-Gram before. It's like a telegram, only better." "Where'd you get all the candy and stuff?" asked Sophie. "I got it FREE. Sort of by mistake on purpose." Dad and Mrs. D. filled the pi.ata with candy and goodies. Dad got to stand on the teacher's desk! He hung the pi.ata from the ceiling. "Who wants to go first?" asked Dad, pointing to the bright red rooster. "Webster!" called Stink. Dad asked Webster to close his eyes and handed him the stick. "Stand back, everybody," Dad called. "On the count of three!" said Mrs. D. Webster swung the stick. It sliced the air, this way and that. Whoosh! Swoosh!

“π。开派对！”大家都在说。 “一个糖克！”精灵的索菲说。 “C.G.是糖克！”“我以前从来没有收到过糖果克。 这就像一封电报，只是更好。” “你从哪儿弄来这些糖果和东西的？”苏菲问。 “我免费得到的。有点像是故意犯的错误。” 爸爸和d太太把圆周率装满了。爱塔带着糖果和糖果。 爸爸站在老师的桌子上！他把圆周率挂了起来。从天花板上。 “谁想先走？”爸爸指着那只鲜红色的公鸡问。 “韦伯斯特！”臭臭叫道。爸爸让韦伯斯特闭上眼睛，把棍子递给他。 “大家退后，”爸爸叫道。 “我数到三！” 韦伯斯特挥舞着棍子。它划破了空气，这样那样。 嗖!嗖的一声!