5 THE DRAWING COMPETITION

CHAPTER 5 THE DRAWING COMPETITION We went to the kitchen table. It's where we do most of our work. Or, rather, in the case of the past year it's where we didn't do most of our work. But that could soon be fixed. I figured Terry would have a few funny sketches in his drawing folder to get us started. It would simply be a matter of grabbing the best ones, adding a few words and, hey presto, we'd have our new book. No sweat, no worry. We are professional book-writers after all. I mean, you saw our piles of

第五章绘画比赛我们走到厨房的桌子旁。 这是我们大部分工作的地方。 或者，更确切地说，在过去的一年里，这是我们没有完成大部分工作的地方。 但这个问题可能很快就会得到解决。 我想特里的画夹里会有一些有趣的草图让我们开始。 这只是一个简单的问题，抓住最好的，加上几个词，嘿，转眼之间，我们的新书就出来了。 不费力，不担心。毕竟我们是专业的作家。 我是说，你看到我们成堆的

books. THis is WHAT iT LooKED LIKE "Okay," I said, "let's see what you've got!" Terry opened his drawing folder and laid it flat on the table. "You're going to love this," he said. In front of me was a picture of a finger.

书。“好吧，”我说，“让我们看看你有什么！”特里打开他的画夹，把它平放在桌子上。 “你会喜欢这个的，”他说。 在我面前是一张手指的照片。

SELF PORTRAIT OF FINGER Shadow finger "This is just a picture of a finger," I said. "Yes," said Terry proudly. "But not just any finger...it's my finger." "Uh-huh," I said. "What else have you got?" "I've got a close-up picture of my finger," said Terry. "And it's labeled."

“这只是一张手指的照片，”我说。 “是的，”特里骄傲地说。 “但不是随便一根手指……是我的手指。” “嗯哼，”我说。“你还有什么？”“我有一张我手指的特写照片，”特里说。 “而且还贴了标签。”

I stared at it. "Well?" said Terry, a big grin on his face. "What do you think? Lice picks, get it? Not ice picks...lice picks!" "Yeah, I get it," I said. I turned the pages, looking for more pictures, but all I saw was this...

我盯着它看。“怎么样？”特里说，脸上露出灿烂的笑容。 “你觉得怎么样？”虱子，明白吗？ 不是冰锥……虱子挑选!”“是的，我明白了，”我说。 我翻动书页，想找更多的照片，但我看到的只有这个……

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