7 Seven Total Cars

CHAPTER SEVEN SEVEN TOTAL CARS WE WASHED MYRTLE'S car as she stood at the side of the driveway. She liked the way Simon and I gave Rosie a boost so she could reach the roof of the car. We were starting on the hubcaps when Myrtle called me over. "Can you help me with this?" she asked and held her cell phone out to me. "I want to call my friend Joe. He lives at the Breezy Acres retirement home too."

第七章一共七辆车桃金娘站在车道边上，我们给她洗车。 她喜欢我和西蒙帮罗茜一把这样她就能到车顶了。 我们刚开始做轮毂盖，默特尔叫我过去。 “你能帮我一下吗？”她问道，并把手机递给了我。 “我想打电话给我的朋友乔。 他也住在Breezy Acres养老院。”

"And you want to call him?" "Yes, I do! Got something important to tell him," Myrtle said. "But I don't know how to use this doggone phone. My daughter got it for me. She put Joe's number in there somewhere. It's supposed to make life easier. Hogwash! That's what I say! It's like this hearing aid thingamajig. Sounds like buzzing! Like mosquitoes! Did I tell you that?" "You did, yes." "My name's Myrtle—rhymes with turtle," she told me again. Then she got a funny look on her face. She stared at the top of my head for a few seconds. "You remind me of my cat. Her name is Frenchie. Your hair reminds me of her fur. It has a wonderful sheen to it." "Umm, thanks," I replied, because I didn't know

“你想给他打电话吗？”“是的，我喜欢！”我有重要的事要告诉他。”桃金娘说。 “但是我不知道怎么用这个该死的电话。 我女儿给我买的。 她把乔的电话放了进去。 它应该让生活更轻松。 废话!我就是这么说的！就像这个助听器一样。 听起来像嗡嗡声！像蚊子!我告诉过你吗？”“是的，你说了。” “我的名字叫桃金娘——和乌龟押韵，”她又告诉我一遍。 然后她脸上露出了奇怪的表情。 她盯着我的头顶看了几秒钟。 “你让我想起了我的猫。她的名字叫Frenchie。 你的头发让我想起了她的皮毛。 它有一种奇妙的光泽。” “嗯，谢谢，”我回答，因为我不知道

what else to say. Nobody had ever, you know, compared me to a cat before. I showed Myrtle how to use the home button to activate her phone. I found Joe's name on her Favorites screen and told her to touch it. "Why should I touch his name?" Myrtle asked. "That's how you call him." "But where are the numbers?" she asked. She wasn't quite getting it yet. "You need numbers to call somebody! Everybody knows that!" "The phone knows the number," I said. "Your daughter put it in there." Myrtle touched Joe's name and I motioned for her to put the phone up to her ear. "It's ringing!" she exclaimed. "By golly, it's ringing!"

还有什么好说的。以前从来没有人把我比作猫。 我教默特尔怎么用home键激活她的手机。 我在她的“收藏夹”屏幕上找到了乔的名字，让她点一下。 “我为什么要碰他的名字？”桃金娘问道。 “你就是这么叫他的。” “但是数字在哪里？”她问。 她还没完全明白。 “你需要号码才能打电话！”大家都知道！”“电话知道号码，”我说。 “是你女儿放进去的。” 默特尔摸了摸乔的名字，我示意她把电话放到耳边。 “电话铃响了！”她叫道。 “天哪，电话铃响了！”

Then I went to help Simon and Rosie with the hubcaps. I knew Myrtle wanted those hubcaps shiny. We could hear her talk to her friend Joe as we worked. "Joe, it's Myrtle!" she said loudly. "Listen, I'm getting a car wash on Maple Avenue. Where the old soybean farm was. They cleaned the roof even though they can't reach it. You should have seen it! Bring your car over! It's filthy. Tell everybody at Breezy Acres!"

然后我去帮西蒙和罗西修理轮毂盖。 我知道默特尔想让轮毂盖闪闪发亮。 我们干活时能听到她和她的朋友乔说话。 “乔，是桃金娘！”她大声说。 "听着，我要去枫树大道洗车。 老大豆农场在哪里。 尽管够不到屋顶，他们还是把它打扫了。 你真该看看！把你的车开过来！它是肮脏的。 告诉Breezy Acres的每一个人！”