2 Stuck

CHAPTER TWO STUCK SIMON WAS STILL at his first table. He hadn't handed out a single quiz. He was standing in front of Lizzy Jacobsen at Table 7. Simon had one of the math quizzes in his right hand. And he was sort of shaking it at her. Not in a mean way. It was more like in a frustrated way—like he couldn't let go of it or something. He shook his hand harder, but the quiz stayed stuck there. Finally, he used his left hand to peel the quiz loose and hand it to Lizzy. Lizzy looked at it and said, "Gross."

西蒙仍然坐在他的第一张桌子旁。 他一次测验也没发。 他站在7号桌莉兹·雅各布森的前面。 西蒙的右手拿着一份数学测验。 他好像在对着她摇晃。 不是用刻薄的方式。更像是一种沮丧的感觉——他放不下那东西什么的。 他更用力地握了握手，但测验还是卡在那里。 最后，他用左手把考卷剥开，递给了莉兹。 丽萃看了看，说：“恶心。”

Mr. Willow had not noticed any of this. His back was turned as he wrote today's schedule on the whiteboard. TODAY'S SCHEDULE 1. MATH QUIZ (FUN, FUN, FUN!) 2. SCIENCE- PHOTOSYNTHESIS (HERE COMES THE SUN!) 3. SILENT READING TIME (YOU CHOOSE THE BOOK!) 4. LUNCH (MUNCH!) 5. RECESS (GO WILD!) 6. COMPOSITION (WRITE ON!) 7. ART (WHAT WILL YOU MAKE?!) 8. DISMISSAL Once Lizzy had her paper, Simon handed a quiz to Billy Price. I should say he tried to hand a quiz to Billy Price. It didn't work out very well. The same thing happened. Billy's quiz was stuck to Simon's right hand. He shook it at him, but it didn't come loose. He shook it harder and the paper rustled loudly. "What is he doing?" I whispered to Rosie. We

威罗先生没有注意到这一切。 他背过身去，在白板上写下今天的日程安排。 今天的日程安排。数学测验（有趣，有趣，有趣！）2. 科学——光合作用（太阳来了！）3. 默读时间（你选书！）4. 午餐(咀嚼!)5. 课间休息（疯狂！）6. 作文（写上去！）7. 艺术（你会做什么？！）8. 下课：丽萃一拿到卷子，西蒙就给比利·普莱斯发了一个小测验。 我应该说他想让比利·普莱斯做个小测验。 结果不太好。 同样的事情发生了。比利的测验卡在西蒙的右手上了。 他朝他摇了摇，但没松。 他更用力地摇晃着，那张纸沙沙作响。 “他在干什么？”我低声对罗茜说。 我们

were back at Table 5 now. "Is he doing that on purpose?" "I don't think so." Simon shook it harder—and it rustled even louder. This got Mr. Willow's attention. He turned around. "Uh-oh," Rosie said. Simon shoved his right hand and the quiz toward Billy. "Just take it," Simon said. I think he knew that Mr. Willow was looking now. Everybody was looking. Billy grabbed the edge of the paper and pulled. Riiiiiip! Billy got half of his quiz.

我们现在回到5号桌了。“他是故意这样做的吗？”“我不这么认为。” 西蒙摇晃得更用力了——沙沙声更响了。 这引起了威罗先生的注意。 他转过身来。“哦哦，”罗茜说。 西蒙把他的右手和试卷推给比利。 “拿着吧，”西蒙说。 我想他知道威罗先生正在看他。 每个人都在看。比利抓住纸的边缘拉了起来。 Riiiiiip !比利考了一半。

The other half was still stuck to Simon's hand. "Simon, what is going on?" Mr. Willow asked loudly. It wasn't a mean voice, but it sure wasn't friendly either. Simon didn't answer. He just held his hand palm out toward Mr. Willow, showing him that one-half of Billy's math quiz was stuck there. And now we could all see that there were splotches of brown stuff on Simon's hand. "What is that?" Mr. Willow asked. "On your hand?" "Sap." "Sap?" "Yeah," Simon answered and pushed his hand closer so Mr. Willow could see better. "Like from a tree."

另一半还粘在西蒙的手上。 “西蒙，发生什么事了？”威罗先生大声问道。 这不是一个刻薄的声音，但肯定也不友好。 西蒙没有回答。他只是向威罗先生伸出手掌，让他看看比利的数学测验有一半卡在那里了。 现在我们都能看到西蒙手上有褐色的斑点。 “那是什么？”威罗先生问。 “在你手上？”“Sap。”“Sap ?”“是的，”西蒙回答道，并把手伸得更近一些，好让威罗先生看得更清楚。 “像是从树上下来的。”

"I know what sap is, Simon," Mr. Willow said and closed his eyes for two seconds. "I'm just wondering why it's on your hands. And, more importantly, why it's tearing my quizzes."

“我知道树汁是什么，西蒙，”威洛先生说着闭上了眼睛两秒钟。 “我只是想知道为什么它会在你的手上。 更重要的是，为什么它会破坏我的测试。”

"It's a long story," Simon answered and tried to peel the rest of the paper off with his other hand. "See, this morning I was at Picasso Park and—" "Stop," Mr. Willow said and shook his head. He wasn't mad or anything. It just looked like he wanted to get the school day started. "Go wash your hands." "It's super sticky," Simon said. "I washed them, like, a million times already." "Try a million more," Mr. Willow said as he took the quizzes from Simon and began to pass the rest of them out.

“说来话长，”西蒙回答说，并试图用另一只手把剩下的纸撕掉。 “你看，今天早上我在毕加索公园，然后——”“别说了，”威罗先生说着摇了摇头。 他没有生气什么的。 看起来他只是想开始上课而已。 “去洗手吧。”“它超级粘，”西蒙说。 “我已经洗了一百万次了。” “再试一百万次，”威洛先生一边说一边从西蒙手里接过试卷，开始分发剩下的试卷。