9 Inside the Principal’s Office

CHAPTER NINE INSIDE THE PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE PRINCIPAL SHELTON STOOD before me, leaning back against the front of her desk. I sat awkwardly in a chair. Some of the toilet paper had torn as I sat down. She didn't look real mad, to be honest. She wasn't happy, that was for sure. She looked kind of angry and amused all mixed up together. She stared down, examining me from my mummy feet to my mummy head. I think she was trying to figure out who I was. Whenever I got the chance, I peeked around the side of her and eyeballed that big

第九章在校长办公室里谢尔顿校长站在我面前，背靠着她的课桌。 我尴尬地坐在椅子上。 当我坐下时，一些卫生纸已经撕破了。 老实说，她看上去并没有真的疯掉。 她不开心，这是肯定的。 她看上去又生气又开心，这一切都交织在一起。 她低头看着我，从我的木乃伊脚一直检查到我的木乃伊头。 我想她是想弄清楚我是谁。 一有机会，我就从她身边偷看，眼睛瞪得那么大

jar of Skittles. It was right where I saw it the first time. I couldn't wait to count those things. "You know, you're not a very frightening mummy," Principal Shelton said. "I know," I answered. "And I don't think mummies typically wear backpacks." I nodded my mummy head again. She walked behind her desk, retrieved a trash can, and placed it next to my chair. As she did, I heard the main office door open and close. I heard Rosie cough a little. I think she was trying to signal me. Rosie wanted me to know that she and Simon were there. "All right," Principal Shelton said. "Let's find out

一罐彩虹糖。就在我第一次看到它的地方。 我等不及要数这些东西了。 “你知道吗，你并不是一个可怕的木乃伊，”谢尔顿校长说。 “我知道，”我回答。“而且我认为木乃伊通常不会背背包。” 我再次向妈妈点了点头。 她走到桌子后面，拿起一个垃圾桶，放在我的椅子旁边。 她走的时候，我听见办公室的门开了又关。 我听到罗茜咳嗽了一下。 我觉得她是在给我发信号。 罗茜想让我知道她和西蒙在那里。 “好吧，”谢尔顿校长说。 “让我们来看看

who you are, Mummy." I started to tear at the toilet paper around my head first. "Molly!" Principal Shelton cried. She was obviously surprised. "Molly Dyson?!" I nodded my non-mummy head at her. I took my backpack off and put it on the floor. I needed it to be easy to reach when the time came. And the time was coming soon. I could hear Simon and Rosie talking with Mrs. B. They seemed to be stalling for time. They asked Mrs. B. about her dog, Bingo. Bingo is a beagle and Mrs. B. really likes to talk about him.

妈妈，你是谁？”我先开始撕我头上的卫生纸。 “莫莉!”谢尔顿校长叫道。 她显然很惊讶。 “莫莉戴森? !”我朝她点了点头。 我把背包拿下来放在地板上。 我需要它在需要的时候很容易拿到。 时间很快就到了。 我能听到西蒙和罗茜在和B夫人谈话。 他们似乎在拖延时间。 他们向b太太问起她的狗宾果。 宾果是一只小猎犬和B太太。 真的很喜欢谈论他。

She has pictures of Bingo taped up all around her computer screen.

她的电脑屏幕上贴满了宾果游戏的照片。

I tore off the toilet paper from around my arms and stomach, dumping the shreds into the trash can. Principal Shelton just stood there above me. She didn't say anything. I was just getting to the toilet paper on my legs when I heard Rosie ask Mrs. B. if she could borrow some masking tape. "Owww!" Simon screamed from the main office. "Oh, man! That hurts so much!"

我从胳膊和肚子上撕下卫生纸，把碎片扔进垃圾桶。 谢尔顿校长就站在我上面。 她什么也没说。我刚要把卫生纸盖在腿上，就听到罗茜问B太太。 如果她能借些胶带。 “噢!”西蒙从办公室里尖叫起来。 “哦,男人!好疼啊！”

Principal Shelton snapped her head toward the door. Simon had initiated step two—getting Principal Shelton out of her office. "Keep working on it, Molly," she said. "I'll be back in a minute."

谢尔顿校长啪的一声把头朝门口走去。 西蒙开始了第二步把谢尔顿校长赶出她的办公室。 “继续努力吧，莫利，”她说。 “我马上就回来。”