4 A Tall Tree and Tater Tots

CHAPTER FOUR A TALL TREE AND TATER TOTS MR. WILLOW WASN'T talking about Max Brutus being super mad that Simon got his ball stuck in a tree. He was talking about himself being super mad because we were talking. In class. Again. He stood behind our table. He looked really tall standing over us like that. "Rosie," he said. "Can you look at the whiteboard and tell me what number three says on today's schedule?" "It says 'Silent reading time.'" "And Molly," he said, turning his head to stare at

第四章一棵大树和马铃薯。 威洛说的不是马克斯·布鲁图斯因为西蒙把球卡在树上而大发雷霆。 他说他非常生气因为我们在聊天。 在课堂上。再一次。他站在我们的桌子后面。 他像那样站在我们面前看起来很高。 “罗西，”他说。“你能看一下白板，告诉我今天的日程安排是什么吗？”“上面写着‘默读时间’。’”“还有莫莉，”他说着，转过头来盯着

me. "Are the three of you silent?"

我。“你们三个不说话吗？”

"No, sir." "And Simon," Mr. Willow said, glaring at him now. "Are the three of you reading?" "Not exactly." He pointed at each of us and then at our books. Then he growled. It wasn't a funny, playful growl. It was more like an I-better-not-have-to-tell-you- again growl. So we didn't talk—until lunch. We found a table to ourselves. For lunch, we had a grilled cheese sandwich, tater tots, an orange, and a brownie. It was a really good lunch for me. That's because the grilled cheese sandwich was cut in two— and I only eat things in even numbers. And there were eight tater tots, so I didn't have to give any to Simon or Rosie—it was already an even number. And Simon's favorite dessert is brownies. So I looked forward to giving him mine. "So you kicked Max's special World Cup soccer ball into a tree?" Rosie asked, reminding us where we were in the conversation.

“不,先生。”“还有西蒙，”威洛先生瞪着他说。 “你们三个在看书吗？”“不完全是。” 他指了指我们每个人，又指了指我们的书。 然后他咆哮起来。那不是一种有趣、好玩的咆哮。 那更像是一种“我最好不要再告诉你”的咆哮。 所以我们没说话，直到吃午饭。 我们自己找了一张桌子。 午餐时，我们吃了一个烤奶酪三明治、土豆泥、一个橘子和一个布朗尼。 对我来说，这真是一顿丰盛的午餐。 那是因为烤奶酪三明治被切成了两半，而我只吃偶数的东西。 有8个小土豆，所以我不需要给西蒙或罗西任何一个——这已经是偶数了。 西蒙最喜欢的甜点是布朗尼。 所以我期待着给他我的。 “所以你把麦克斯的世界杯专用足球踢到了树上？”罗茜问，提醒我们说到哪里了。

"Not just any tree," Simon said. "The tallest tree in Picasso Park." "And that's how you got sap on your hands?" I asked. "You tried to climb the tree?" "I did climb it this morning," Simon said, tossing three tater tots in his mouth. "I thought about it all night. But this morning I couldn't climb high enough. That dumb ball is almost at the top. I got as high as I could, but I could feel the tree trunk start to bend with my weight. I got kind of scared and had to stop." "Simon!" Rosie exclaimed. "I know that tree! You can't climb that high. It's totally dangerous!" "Yeah," Simon said and squeezed his little paper cup of ketchup into his mouth. "But it'sh not as dangeroush ash not giving Max hish ball back."

“不是一般的树，”西蒙说。 “毕加索公园里最高的树。” “你就是这样把树液弄到手上的？”我问。 “你想爬上那棵树？”“我今天早上确实爬上去了，”西蒙说着，把三个马铃薯扔进嘴里。 “我整晚都在想这件事。 但是今天早上我爬得不够高。 那个傻蛋快到顶端了。 我爬得越高越好，但我能感觉到树干开始被我的体重压弯了。 我有点害怕，不得不停下来。” “西蒙!”罗西喊道。“我认识那棵树！”你爬不了那么高。 这太危险了！”“是啊，”西蒙说着，把一小杯番茄酱塞进嘴里。 “但这比不把马克斯的球还给他危险得多。”

"Wait," Rosie said, shaking her head. "Did you just put your tater tots in your mouth and then the ketchup after?" Simon nodded. "You don't dip them in the ketchup and then eat them?" I asked. "Not anymore," Simon said. He had swallowed it all now. "Smart, right?" Rosie asked, "How is it smart?"

“等等，”罗茜摇着头说。 “你是把薯片放进嘴里，然后再放进番茄酱吗？”西蒙点点头。 “你不会把它们蘸上番茄酱再吃吧？”我问。 “不再是了，”西蒙说。 他现在把它全吞了下去。 “聪明,对吧?”罗茜问：“它怎么聪明？”