13 Mr. Willow’s Decision

CHAPTER THIRTEEN MR. WILLOW'S DECISION "WHAT IS IT, Simon?" Mr. Willow asked. "Can we turn the lights off for a few seconds?" Simon asked loudly. Mr. Willow tilted his head. He was curious. "Sure," he said. One of the parents flipped the light switch. Rosie and I snapped our heads to the left and looked outside.

第十三章威罗先生的决定“什么事，西蒙？”威罗先生问。 “我们能把灯关掉几秒钟吗？”西蒙大声问道。 威罗先生歪着头。 他很好奇。“当然，”他说。 其中一位家长打开了电灯开关。 罗茜和我把头扭向左边，向外看了看。

It took a couple of seconds for our eyes to adjust. When they did, we could see the greenhouse. It was glowing—and blinking. It wasn't, like, as bright as the sun or anything, but it was definitely glowing. "It worked!" Rosie whispered to me and squeezed my left hand. I squeezed hers back. And then Rosie pointed toward the window and in a louder voice said, "That's our science fair project!" Everybody hurried to the classroom windows. It was easy to spot the green-yellow glow in the dark night. "What is that?" Mr. Willow asked. "It's our Fantastic Firefly Fetcher!" Simon yelled. Simon, Rosie, and I led everybody outside to see

我们的眼睛花了几秒钟来适应。 当他们这样做的时候，我们可以看到温室。 它在发光——还在闪烁。 它不像太阳那样明亮，但它确实在发光。 “成功了!”罗茜小声对我说，捏了捏我的左手。 我捏了捏她的背。然后罗茜指着窗户，用更大的声音说：“那是我们的科学展览项目！”每个人都匆匆走到教室的窗前。 在黑夜中很容易辨认出黄绿色的光芒。 “那是什么？”威罗先生问。 “这是我们的神奇萤火虫接球手！”西蒙喊道。 西蒙，罗西和我带大家出去看看

it. We tried not to run, but we walked super fast across the playground to the greenhouse. It was covered in fireflies. Totally. There were fireflies on all the glass walls, the door, and on the screen roof. They were everywhere. And there were dozens— maybe hundreds—flying and blinking in the air around the greenhouse too.

它。我们尽量不跑，但我们走得非常快，穿过操场来到温室。 它被萤火虫覆盖着。 完全。所有的玻璃墙上、门上和幕顶上都有萤火虫。 他们无处不在。还有几十只——也许几百只——在温室周围的空中飞来飞去，眨着眼睛。

Rosie explained how we made the Fantastic Firefly Fetcher to everyone. Simon and I added some details. Simon was sure to tell everyone that he caught the most fireflies. He was proud of that. "Is that why you got yourselves into the greenhouse yesterday?" Mr. Willow asked. "Did you throw the Frisbee up onto the roof on purpose?" Rosie nodded. "We had to dig the holes." "You know, you didn't have to trick me," Mr. Willow said. "I would have just let you in if you'd told me what you were doing." "Where's the fun in that?" Simon asked. "Where's the adventure? Where's the pizzazz? Where's the chutzpah?!" "I don't know what I'm going to do with you three," Mr. Willow said and shook his head. "You're either going to have to stay after school next week for bending the rules... or you're going to get first place

罗西向大家解释了我们是如何制作《神奇萤火虫》的。 西蒙和我添加了一些细节。 西蒙肯定会告诉大家，他捉到的萤火虫最多。 他为此感到自豪。“这就是你们昨天进温室的原因吗？”威罗先生问。 “你是故意把飞盘扔到屋顶上的吗？”罗西点点头。 “我们必须挖洞。” “你知道，你没必要骗我，”威洛说。 “如果你告诉我你在做什么，我就会让你进来的。” “那有什么好玩的？”西蒙问。 “冒险在哪里？”活力在哪里？ 那个厚颜无耻的人在哪里？！”“我不知道该拿你们三个怎么办，”威洛先生说着摇了摇头。 “下星期放学后，你要不就因为违反校规留在学校…… 否则你就得第一名

in the science fair." He held his hand up under his chin and looked down at the three of us.

在科学展览会上。”他把手举到下巴下面，看着我们三个。

We looked up at him. Right then a firefly fluttered down and landed on his index finger. He held it up slowly in front of his eyes. It glowed bright yellow for a couple of seconds. And then Mr. Willow smiled.

我们抬头看着他。就在这时，一只萤火虫扑扇着翅膀飞下来，落在他的食指上。 他慢慢地把它举到眼前。 它发出亮黄色的光，持续了几秒钟。 然后威罗先生笑了。