3 The Golden Ticket Idea

CHAPTER THREE THE GOLDEN TICKET IDEA ROSIE, SIMON, AND I sat at the table farthest away from the food—and farthest away from everybody else. Lunch was grilled cheese, tater tots, apple slices, and a chocolate chip cookie. I counted my tater tots. There were eleven. So I gave Simon three. I like to eat warm things in even numbers—and never double digits. So, for tater tots, I could eat two, four, six, or eight. And I was hungry, so I chose eight.

第三章金票的主意罗茜、西蒙和我坐在离食物最远的桌子旁，也离其他人最远。 午餐是烤奶酪、土豆泥、苹果片和一块巧克力饼干。 我数了数我的土豆。有十一个。 所以我给了西蒙三个。我喜欢吃偶数的热的东西——从不吃两位数的。 所以，我可以吃两个，四个，六个，或者八个。 我很饿，所以我选了8。

I eat even numbers for cold things too. But double digits doesn't matter for cold things. I had seven apple slices and I gave one to Rosie. I had been putting some of my food on Rosie's and Simon's trays for a couple of years now, so they barely even noticed. "Anybody come up with a plan to count the Skittles?" I asked in a low voice. It wasn't quite a whisper. There wasn't anyone around us. "Not yet," Rosie answered. "I thought of something," Simon said. "It's kind of a bad idea though, I think." "There are no bad ideas," Rosie said. "Okay, here goes," Simon said after that

冷的东西我也吃偶数。 但是对于冷的东西来说，两位数并不重要。 我吃了七片苹果，给了罗茜一片。 我已经把我的一些食物放在罗西和西蒙的盘子里好几年了，所以他们几乎没有注意到。 “有人想出一个数彩虹糖的计划吗？”我低声问。 那不是耳语。 我们周围一个人也没有。 “还没有，”罗茜回答。 “我想到了一件事，”西蒙说。 “不过，我认为这是个坏主意。” “没有坏主意，”罗西说。 “好吧，开始吧，”西蒙接着说

encouragement. When Simon talks about something he's excited about, it can be kind of strange. He tilts his head a bit to the left and gets this glazed look in his eyes. Once he gets going, he talks faster and faster—and it's hard for him to stop. "We need to get Principal Shelton out of her office," Simon began after tilting his head and getting that look in his eyes. "And I was thinking there must be a reason why she has all those Skittles on her desk. She must love Skittles. I mean, she doesn't have Tootsie Rolls or Nerds or Sour Patch Kids on her desk, right?" "Right," Rosie said slowly. She sounded a little

鼓励。当西蒙谈论他感兴趣的事情时，可能会有点奇怪。 他的头稍微向左倾斜，眼神呆滞。 一旦他开始说话，他就会说得越来越快，而且很难停下来。 “我们得把谢尔顿校长赶出她的办公室，”西蒙歪着头开始说，眼睛里露出了那种神情。 “我在想，她桌上那么多彩虹糖肯定是有原因的。 她一定很喜欢彩虹糖。我的意思是，她的桌子上没有Tootsie Rolls、Nerds或Sour Patch Kids，对吧？”“好的，”罗茜慢慢地说。 她听起来有点

suspicious. "She loves Skittles," Simon repeated. "So, we go to the store after school and buy a pack of Skittles. Then we tear it open real careful like. When we get the pack open, we slip in a golden ticket. You know, like in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. We can design it on my mom's computer and print it out. We have a color printer. After we insert the ticket, we glue the Skittles packet back up and then put it on her desk the next day."

可疑的。“她喜欢彩虹糖，”西蒙重复道。 于是，我们放学后去商店买了一包彩虹糖。 然后小心地撕开它，就像。 当我们打开包装时，我们会塞进一张金奖券。 就像《查理和巧克力工厂》里那样。 我们可以在我妈妈的电脑上设计，然后打印出来。 我们有一台彩色打印机。我们把彩票塞进去后，把彩虹糖包粘起来，第二天再放在她的桌子上。”

"What's the ticket say?" I asked. Simon told us proudly. CONGRATULATIONS! YOU'VE WON A FREE TRIP TO THE SKITTLES FACTORY IN MIAMI, FLORIDA! MUST LEAVE NOW! "Then when she leaves, the hard part's done," he said. "With her office empty, Molly just needs to sneak in. You know, through the window or the heating vents or whatever. Dump out the Skittles and start counting. Easy stuff."

“车票上写了什么？”我问。 西蒙自豪地告诉我们。恭喜你!你赢得了去佛罗里达州迈阿密的彩虹糖工厂的免费旅行！现在必须离开！“等她走了，最难的部分就完成了，”他说。 她的办公室没人，莫莉只需要偷偷溜进去。 你知道，从窗户或者暖气通风口之类的。 把彩虹糖倒出来，开始数数。 容易的事情。”