11 It’s Counting Time

CHAPTER ELEVEN IT'S COUNTING TIME ROSIE, SIMON, AND I stopped at Picasso Park on the walk home from school. We chose a picnic table to count the Skittles in Principal Shelton's jar. I was so happy. I was finally going to get those Skittles out of my head. Rosie and Simon started counting. "Stop," I said. Simon and Rosie stopped.

第十一章时间到了罗茜、西蒙和我放学回家的路上在毕加索公园停了下来。 我们选了一张野餐桌来数谢尔顿校长罐子里的彩虹糖。 我很高兴。我终于要把彩虹糖从我脑子里赶出去了。 罗茜和西蒙开始数数。 “停，”我说。西蒙和罗茜停下来。

"Can you guys do me a favor?" They both nodded. "Can we count them one color at a time?" I asked. They smiled at me and we began to separate the Skittles into five piles—orange, yellow, green, purple, and red. When we had them in separate color piles, Rosie asked, "Do we need to count the colors in a certain order?" "No," I said. "But that's really, really nice of you to ask." We counted. And counted. And counted.

“你们能帮我个忙吗？”他们都点了点头。 “我们能一次数一种颜色吗？”我问。 他们对我微笑，我们开始把彩虹糖分成五堆——橙色、黄色、绿色、紫色和红色。 当我们把它们分成不同的颜色堆时，罗茜问：“我们需要按一定的顺序数颜色吗？”“不，”我说。 “但你问这个问题真的非常非常好。” 我们计算。和计算。和计算。

I smiled at my two best friends. We finally knew how many Skittles were in Principal Shelton's jar. We filled the jar back up. Then Simon asked, "What do you want to do now?" "I think I have to go home and get in trouble now," I whispered. I was so, so, so happy to have the Skittles out of my head. But I really didn't want to face my parents.

我对我的两个最好的朋友微笑。 我们终于知道谢尔顿校长的罐子里有多少彩虹糖了。 我们又把罐子装满了。 西门说：“你现在要做什么？”“我想我现在得回家找点麻烦了。”我低声说。 把彩虹糖从脑子里拿出来，我真是太开心了。 但我真的不想面对父母。

"Oh, right," Rosie said. Simon asked, "What do you think they're going to do?" "I don't know," I answered. "I've never gotten into trouble at school before." Rosie and Simon came one step closer to me. "Do you want us to come with you?" Rosie asked. "We can," Simon added. "No," I said and shook my head. "Thanks though." And then I grabbed my backpack and went home.

“哦，对了，”罗茜说。西蒙问：“你觉得他们会怎么做？”“我不知道，”我回答。 “我以前从来没有在学校惹过麻烦。” 罗茜和西蒙向我走近了一步。 “你想让我们和你一起去吗？”罗西问道。 “我们可以，”西蒙补充道。“不，”我说着摇了摇头。 “谢谢。”然后我拿起背包回家了。