12 Table 5’s Turn

CHAPTER TWELVE TABLE 5'S TURN OUR PLAN WAS pretty simple. We had already asked Mr. Willow if we could be last—and he said yes. It was Simon's job to stand near the window and look out at the greenhouse every now and then. If it seemed to be getting brighter or glowing, then we'd know our firefly project had worked. And we could go outside and show it to Mr. Willow. If it didn't, then we would show our bogus backup solar system project. Rosie and I were super nervous. We wanted Mr. Willow to go slow to give more fireflies a chance to find the magnified light and be attracted to it.

第十二章轮到我们的计划很简单。 我们已经问过威罗先生我们能不能最后一个，他答应了。 西蒙的工作就是站在窗边，时不时地看看外面的温室。 如果它似乎变得更亮或发光，那么我们就知道我们的萤火虫项目成功了。 我们可以出去给威罗先生看看。 如果没有，那我们就展示我们虚假的备用太阳系计划。 罗西和我都超级紧张。 我们希望威罗先生慢慢来，让更多的萤火虫有机会发现放大的光，并被它吸引。

It took about thirty minutes for Mr. Willow to look at all the other tables. There was a model of a volcano, a Mentos and Diet Coke geyser, a daffodil that had turned blue, and some other cool projects. Mr. Willow said Katie's solar system model was pretty good. "I knew she'd copy us," Rosie whispered. I smiled and said, "But she didn't copy the right thing." We kept looking over at Simon as Mr. Willow got closer and closer to our table. Simon kept shrugging his shoulders. He came over once to say it was too far away to tell. He thought maybe the greenhouse was glowing a bit—but maybe not. It was so bright in the classroom, it was hard for Simon to see outside. Mr. Willow was about thirty seconds away from

威罗先生花了大约30分钟把其他的桌子都看了一遍。 有一个火山模型，一个曼妥思健怡可乐间歇泉，一个变蓝的水仙花，还有其他一些很酷的项目。 威洛先生说凯蒂的太阳系模型很好。 “我知道她会模仿我们，”罗茜低声说。 我笑着说：“但是她没有抄正确的东西。” 当威罗先生越来越靠近我们的桌子时，我们一直看着西蒙。 西蒙不停地耸耸肩。 他来过一次，说太远了，看不清。 他想温室可能有点发光——但也可能没有。 教室里太亮了，西蒙很难看到外面。 威罗先生还有三十秒就要

our table. We looked over at Simon one last time. He shrugged again. "What should we do?" I whispered to Rosie. "I don't think we should risk it," Rosie said. I could tell she was disappointed. "If we don't know it worked, we better just show

我们的表。我们最后看了西蒙一眼。 他又耸了耸肩。“我们该怎么办？”我低声对罗茜说。 “我认为我们不应该冒这个险，”罗西说。 我看得出来她很失望。 “如果我们不知道它是否有效，我们最好展示一下

our dumb solar system balls." "It might have worked," I whispered. "We can't risk it," Rosie whispered back. "It could have worked." "We can't." "Maybe it worked." "We don't know," Rosie whispered and grasped the poster board that covered our Styrofoam planets. Mr. Willow, our classmates, and all the parents gathered around Table 5. "Okay, Table 5," Mr. Willow announced. "I'm expecting big things here." Rosie looked down at the poster board. She knew what was behind it. I could see the frown on her face. She was embarrassed. She didn't want to lift it up— but Rosie knew she had to.

我们愚蠢的太阳系球。” “也许管用，”我低声说。 “我们不能冒险，”罗茜小声回答。 “它本可以成功的。”“我们不能。” “也许管用。”“我们不知道，”罗茜低声说，抓住了覆盖着我们的聚苯乙烯泡沫塑料星球的公告板。 威罗老师、我们的同学和所有的家长都聚集在5号桌。 “好的，5号桌。”威罗先生宣布。 “我对这里有很大的期待。” 罗茜低头看着布告板。 她知道这背后是什么。 我能看到她皱着眉头。 她感到很尴尬。她不想把它举起来——但罗茜知道她必须这么做。

And then Simon yelled, "Wait!"

然后西蒙喊道：“等等！”