1 Things Get Stuck in My Head

CHAPTER ONE THINGS GET STUCK IN MY HEAD I'M MOLLY. I get things stuck in my head sometimes. I'll give you a few examples. This morning, I had Froot Loops for breakfast. Froot Loops come in six different colors—red, orange, yellow, green, purple, and blue. When I poured the dry cereal into my bowl, I took the purple and green ones out. That's because purple and green remind me of grapes.

第一章有些事在我脑海里挥之不去我是莫莉。 有时候我脑子里会有一些东西。 我给你们举几个例子。 今天早上，我早餐吃了果脆圈。 果脆圈有六种不同的颜色——红色、橙色、黄色、绿色、紫色和蓝色。 当我把干麦片倒进碗里时，我把紫色和绿色的拿了出来。 那是因为紫色和绿色让我想起葡萄。

And I don't like grapes because they come in big bunches and it's hard to tell how many are in a bunch. I like to know how many things there are. That's just me. So, I only had red, blue, orange, and yellow Froot Loops in my bowl. I ate all the blue ones first. It's kind of hard to get only blue Froot Loops on your spoon, but it's worth it. When I only had red, orange, and yellow Froot Loops left, I just ate them all. They could be mixed up. That's because red and yellow make orange, so those Froot Loops are allowed to be together. See what I mean? Oh, I also couldn't be done until I knew all the Froot Loops were gone.

我不喜欢葡萄，因为它们是一大串的，很难分辨一串有多少。 我想知道有多少东西。 这就是我。所以，我的碗里只有红色、蓝色、橙色和黄色的果脆圈。 我先吃了所有蓝色的。 勺子上只有蓝色的果脆圈有点难，但这是值得的。 当我只剩下红色、橙色和黄色的果脆圈时，我就把它们都吃了。 它们可能会混在一起。这是因为红色和黄色会变成橙色，所以这些果脆圈可以在一起。 明白我的意思了吗？还有，在我确定所有果脆圈都没了之前，我是做不完的。

I needed to know that there wasn't one hiding beneath the milk at the bottom of the bowl. I sort of splashed my spoon in the milk to make sure there wasn't one left. My dad asked, "Molly, what are you doing?" "I'm making sure there aren't any more Froot Loops in my bowl," I answered. "It's important."

我需要知道没有一只藏在碗底的牛奶下面。 我把勺子往牛奶里泼了一下，确保牛奶没有剩下。 爸爸问：“莫莉，你在做什么？”“我要确保碗里没有果脆圈了，”我回答。 “这很重要。”

This made perfectly good sense to my dad. Both my parents understand me very well. So do Rosie and Simon. They are my two best friends. Here are a few more quick examples. The socks in my sock drawer are folded flat. They're not rolled up in balls. Flat things are not supposed to be rolled up.

这对我父亲来说很有意义。 我的父母都很理解我。 罗西和西蒙也是。他们是我最好的两个朋友。 下面是一些简单的例子。 我放袜子的抽屉里的袜子叠平了。 他们没有卷成球。 扁平的东西不应该卷起来。

Also, if I start a book, I can't read anything else until I finish that book. I can't read a different book. Or a magazine. Or a comic book. I have to finish that book first. And my pillows need to be in a certain order before I get into bed. They need to be like this: RED ON THE BOTTOM ON TOP PINK WHITE RECTANGLE RED SQUISHY PINK SQUARE It's just who I am. Now I'm going to tell you about something that got stuck in my head last week at school. Mr. Willow asked me to take the absentee slip to the main office. It's the piece of paper he fills out after taking attendance in the morning. I went to the office and turned the slip in to Mrs. Beyersdoerfer. We just call her Mrs. B.

而且，如果我开始读一本书，我就不能再读别的书了，直到我读完那本书。 我不能读不同的书。 或者一本杂志。或者是漫画书。 我得先看完那本书。 在我上床睡觉之前，我的枕头要按一定的顺序排列。 它们应该是这样的：红色在底部在顶部粉红色白色矩形红色软软的粉红色正方形这就是我。 现在我要告诉你上周在学校里我脑子里的一件事。 威罗先生让我把旷工单拿到总办公室去。 这是他早上签到后填写的一张纸。 我去了办公室，把纸条交给了拜尔斯多弗太太。 我们就叫她B太太。