6 Myrtle—Rhymes with Turtle

CHAPTER SIX MYRTLE- RHYMES WITH TURTLE SIMON PUT THE bucket down and the three of us walked toward her. We didn't know what to say. We didn't know who she was—or why she was there. It didn't matter. She spoke first. "How much?" she asked real loud. "Excuse me?" Rosie asked. "I said, 'How much?'" "Umm, I'm not sure what you mean," Rosie said slowly. "Can we help you with something?"

第六章桃金娘——与乌龟押韵西蒙放下水桶，我们三个向她走去。 我们不知道该说什么。 我们不知道她是谁，也不知道她为什么在那里。 没关系。她先开口了。 “多少钱？”她大声问道。 “对不起?”罗西问道。“我说，‘多少钱？“嗯，我不太明白你的意思，”罗茜慢慢地说。 “我们能帮你什么忙吗？”

"You have to speak up, missy!" the old woman called and brought her hand up to her ear. "I can't hear a doggone thing anymore. They gave me this dumb gadget to help me hear better! I'll tell you what I hear now. Buzzing! That's right: buzzing! Like there are mosquitoes having a party in my ear!" "Umm," Rosie said. "I don't have all day, kiddies," the woman said. "Can't you tell I'm as old as the hills? I remember when this whole area was a soybean farm. Soybeans! You know who eats soybeans? Cows and pigs and chickens! And then we eat the cows and pigs and chickens. Seems to me we ought to just eat the soybeans. Don't you think?"

“你得大声点，小姐！”老妇人把手举到耳边喊道。 “我什么都听不见了。 他们给了我这个蠢玩意儿来帮我听清楚！我现在就告诉你我听到了什么。 嗡嗡声!没错：嗡嗡声！就像有蚊子在我耳朵里开派对一样！”“嗯，”罗西说。 “我没有一整天的时间，孩子们，”女人说。 “你看不出我老得像山一样吗？” 我记得以前这整个地区都是大豆农场。 大豆!你知道谁吃大豆吗？ 牛、猪和鸡！然后我们吃牛、猪和鸡。 在我看来，我们应该只吃大豆。 你不这样认为吗？”

"Yes," I said. "What?" she yelled. "What did you say? I can't

“是的，”我说。“什么？”她喊道。 “你说什么？”我不能

hear too good! Did I tell you that? Buzzing! Gosh- darned mosquitoes—that's what it sounds like!" "Yes!" I repeated a lot louder. "Eating the soybeans first would make more sense. That would make the cows and pigs and chickens a lot happier too." "Now you're talking! I like you three already!" the woman called. She waved her hand at the clean blue Toyota Camry and then at her own red one. "My name is Myrtle. Rhymes with turtle. So, how much?" Rosie figured it out first. She usually does. "I think she wants us to wash her car," Rosie whispered. It made sense to me and Simon then too. "You want us to wash your car, ma'am? Umm, Myrtle?" Simon asked. He was talking loudly now too. We all were. It was kind of funny. "Well, what do you think?" she yelled. "Why else would I be here? To buy groceries? Get gas? Harvest

听的太好了！我告诉过你吗？ 嗡嗡声!该死的蚊子——听起来就是这样！”“是的!”我大声重复了一遍。 “先吃大豆会更有意义。 这也会让牛、猪和鸡更快乐。” “你说对了！”我已经喜欢上你们三个了！”女人喊道。 她向那辆干净的蓝色丰田凯美瑞挥了挥手，然后又向她自己的红色凯美瑞挥了挥手。 “我叫桃金娘。与turtle押韵。 那么，多少钱？”罗西先发现的。 她通常都是这样。“我想她想让我们帮她洗车，”罗茜低声说。 当时我和西蒙都觉得很合理。 “你要我们帮你洗车吗，夫人？” 嗯,桃金娘?”西蒙问。 他现在也在大声说话。 我们都是。这有点好笑。 “嗯，你觉得怎么样？”她喊道。 “不然我为什么会在这里？” 去买杂货？得到气体? 收获

soybeans? Of course I want a car wash! That's why you're here, isn't it?" "Umm, sure," Rosie answered loudly. Then in a lower voice she said to me and Simon, "I think we better just wash her car." Simon and I both nodded. "Okay, but we need to hurry up. Dad's getting closer every minute," Simon whispered to us. Then, in a louder voice, he said to Myrtle, "You don't need to pay us."

大豆吗?我当然要洗车了！这就是你来这里的原因，不是吗？”“嗯，当然，”罗茜大声回答。 然后她用更低的声音对我和西蒙说：“我想我们最好给她洗车。” 西蒙和我都点了点头。“好吧，但我们得快点了。 爸爸每分每秒都在靠近我们，”西蒙低声对我们说。 然后，他用更大的声音对桃金娘说：“你不需要付我们钱。”