5 That’s Not My Grandma

CHAPTER FIVE THAT'S NOT MY GRANDMA SIMON FOUND A bucket with sponges and soap on one of the garage shelves and we washed the car. I would like to tell you that something super interesting happened while we washed the car. You know, like it became a big water fight or something. But nothing like that happened. We just, you know, washed the car. We couldn't reach the roof, but Rosie figured it out. Simon and I made cups out of our hands by

第五章那不是我的奶奶西蒙在车库的一个架子上找到了一个装满海绵和肥皂的桶，我们开始洗车。 我想告诉你，我们洗车时发生了一件非常有趣的事。 你知道，就好像我们打了一场水战什么的。 但这样的事情并没有发生。 我们只是，你知道，洗了车。 我们到不了屋顶，但罗西发现了。 西蒙和我用我们的手做了杯子

interlocking our fingers. And Rosie put her left foot into my hands and her right foot into Simon's hands. Then we gave her a boost. She washed the car roof that way. "I'm going to get a monster truck when I'm old enough to drive," Simon said as we dried the car with a couple of old towels. "It will be bright orange. That's my favorite color. I'll drive it all over town." "You can't drive a monster truck on the streets," Rosie said as she dried off a headlight. "You'll get arrested."

我们的手指交叉在一起。罗茜把她的左脚放在我的手里，右脚放在西蒙的手里。 然后我们给了她一把。她那样洗车顶。 当我们用几条旧毛巾擦干汽车时，西蒙说：“等我长大了能开车的时候，我要买一辆怪物卡车。” “它将是明亮的橙色。 那是我最喜欢的颜色。我要开着它满城跑。” “你不能在街上开怪物卡车，”罗西一边擦干前灯一边说。 “你会被逮捕的。”

"I'll just drive it up mountains and stuff then," Simon said. "You know, bash into things on purpose. Roll it over. That kind of thing." "You're crazy," Rosie said and threw her towel at Simon. "That's how you broke your bike!" "That's true," Simon admitted. "But you can't break a monster truck. They're totally unbreakable!" I threw my towel at him too. With the car washed, he dropped them both in the bucket. We were done with that part of the job. Wait.

“那我就把它开到山上去吧，”西蒙说。 “你知道，故意撞东西。 把它翻过来。诸如此类的事情。” “你疯了，”罗茜一边说一边把毛巾扔向西蒙。 “你的自行车就是这样摔坏的！”“没错，”西蒙承认。 “但是你不能弄坏一辆怪物卡车。 它们绝对牢不可破！”我也把毛巾扔向他。 洗车后，他把他俩都扔进了桶里。 我们已经完成了那部分工作。 等待。

No, we weren't. Just as Simon took the bucket, soap, sponges, and towels back toward the garage, a car pulled into the driveway. It was another Toyota Camry, but this one was older and it was dark red. The car stopped and the driver turned it off. It was an old woman. It took her a little while to get out of the car. She had to swing both her legs out the door and set her feet on the driveway before standing up. "Hey, Simon," Rosie called. He was almost to the garage. "Your grandma's here." Simon turned around quickly with a huge smile on his face. You could tell he was really excited to see his grandma. And then the smile disappeared completely. Simon took a few steps back toward us.

不，我们没有。正当西蒙拿着水桶、肥皂、海绵和毛巾回到车库时，一辆汽车开进了车道。 那是另一辆丰田凯美瑞，但这辆车比较旧，是深红色的。 汽车停了下来，司机把它关掉了。 那是一位老妇人。她花了好一会儿才下了车。 她不得不把双腿甩出门外，把脚放在车道上，然后才站起来。 “嘿，西蒙，”罗茜叫道。 他快到车库了。 “你奶奶来了。”西蒙迅速转过身来，脸上挂着灿烂的笑容。 看得出来，他见到奶奶很兴奋。 然后笑容完全消失了。 西蒙向我们后退了几步。

"That's not my grandma," he said in a quiet voice. It wasn't a whisper, but it was soft enough that only Rosie and I could hear him. "I've never seen that woman before in my life." WHOOSH! YOU'VE ALREADY READ FIVE CHAPTERS. HOW MANY MORE CHAPTERS WILL YOU READ BEFORE YOU REST?

“那不是我奶奶，”他轻声说。 那不是窃窃私语，但声音很轻，只有我和罗茜能听见。 “我这辈子从来没见过那个女人。” 嗖!你已经读了五章了。 在你休息之前你还要读多少章？