Chapter 10

Chapter ten, All the next day, we rehearsed very hard. The best part about it was that we got to skip math and spelling. Any day I can skip math is a good day for my brain. And not having to take a spelling test is like a mini vacation. By the end of school, everyone seemed ready. Since I didn't have any lines, my rehearsal time was shorter than everyone else's. So Ms. Flowers had me work on my bookmark costume. I stapled lots of sheets of construction paper together, and then cut some fringe at the top and the bottom. To make it look really cool, I took a black crayon and wrote the word BOKMARK right down the middle. "Hey, Zip," Frankie whispered to me on one

第十章，第二天一整天，我们都在努力排练。 最棒的是我们可以跳过数学和拼写。 我能跳过数学的任何一天都对我的大脑有好处。 不用参加拼写测试就像一个迷你假期。 到学校结束时，每个人似乎都准备好了。 因为我没有台词，所以我的排练时间比其他人都短。 弗劳尔斯老师让我做书签戏服。 我把很多张建筑纸钉在一起，然后在顶部和底部剪一些流苏。 为了让它看起来很酷，我拿了一支黑色的蜡笔，在中间写了“mark”这个词。 “嘿，齐普，”弗兰基在电话里小声对我说

of his breaks. "Hand me that black crayon." "How come?" "You left out one of the Os in book," he said. "It has two Os." I handed him the crayon, and he added a very skinny O to make it look like it had always been there. I'm so lucky to have a friend like Frankie. He always saves me from being really embarrassed. The next day was the big performance. All our moms and dads were coming to see us. We were so excited. Everyone got there early. We helped Ms. Flowers arrange the chairs for the parents around the edge of the classroom. Lots of us brought snacks for the

他的休息时间。“把那支黑色蜡笔递给我。” “怎么?”“你在书里漏写了一个o，”他说。 “它有两个o。”我把蜡笔递给他，他加了一个很细的O，让它看起来好像一直在那里。 我很幸运有弗兰基这样的朋友。 他总是把我从尴尬中解救出来。 第二天是盛大的演出。 我们所有的爸爸妈妈都来看我们。 我们都很兴奋。每个人都到得很早。 我们帮弗劳尔斯老师在教室边上为家长们摆好椅子。 我们很多人都带了零食

treat table. Frankie's mom made her famous brownies without walnuts, in case any kids were allergic to nuts. Katie Sperling brought rice- crispy treats that she decorated with M&M's. My mom, of course, had to be different. She sent in a deli tray with nothing on it that even looked like food. Well, there was one thing that could have been tuna fish, but nobody was willing to taste it and find out for sure. Ms. Flowers had us wait in the hall while the parents filed in and took their seats. Once they were in the room, we put on our costumes. Frankie wore just a sweatshirt and jeans. Ashley had a zombie wig with fake blood dripping off it. The top of my costume went up over my face, so I had to cut out holes for my eyes and mouth. Just before the play was about to start, Ms. Flowers came out into the hall to check our costumes and give us a pep talk.

治疗表。弗兰基的妈妈做了她著名的不加核桃的布朗尼蛋糕，以防有孩子对坚果过敏。 凯蒂·斯珀林带来了用M&M巧克力豆装饰的脆米点心。 当然，我妈妈必须与众不同。 她送来了一个熟食托盘，上面什么都没有，看起来像食物。 嗯，有一种东西可能是金枪鱼，但没人愿意尝一尝来确定。 弗劳尔斯女士让我们在大厅里等着，让家长们鱼贯而入并就座。 他们一进房间，我们就穿上戏服。 弗兰基只穿了一件运动衫和牛仔裤。 阿什莉戴着僵尸假发，上面还滴着假血。 我的服装的顶部遮住了我的脸，所以我不得不为我的眼睛和嘴巴剪出一些洞。 就在戏剧即将开演之前。 鲜花来到大厅检查我们的服装，并给我们打气。

"Is everyone ready?" she asked. "Everyone but Nick McKelty," Ashley answered. "He went to the bathroom." "I always pee a lot when I'm nervous, too," Luke Whitman said. "Before my oral report on Thomas Edison, I must have gone to the bathroom twenty times." "That's something we really don't need to know," Katie Sperling said.

“大家都准备好了吗？”她问。 “除了尼克·麦凯尔蒂，谁都去，"艾希礼回答。 “他去洗手间了。” “我紧张的时候也会尿很多，”卢克·惠特曼说。 “在我做关于托马斯·爱迪生的口头报告之前，我至少去了20次洗手间。” “这是我们真的不需要知道的事情，”凯蒂·斯珀林说。

"As soon as Nick returns, I'll introduce you," Ms. Flowers said. "There's no reason to be nervous. You all know your lines. If you just concentrate and work together, nothing will go wrong." Just then, Nick McKelty ran down the hall. Well, he was half running and half hopping, trying to tie his Aqua Fly wings back on. "Are you ready, Nick?" Ms. Flowers asked. "You should have heard me practicing in the bathroom," he bragged. "I crushed it." "How do you know?" I said to him. "Did all the sinks applaud?" "That's so funny I forgot to laugh," he snarled. "That's enough, boys," Ms. Flowers said. "Remember, keep your mind on the play and enjoy yourselves." She went into the classroom. "Welcome to Children's Reading Week," we heard Ms. Flowers say to the parents. "And now, allow me to present the Room Four Players, starring in A Night at the Library."

“尼克一回来，我就把你介绍给大家。” 花说。“没有理由紧张。 你们都知道自己的台词。如果你们集中精力一起工作，就不会出错。” 就在这时，尼克·麦凯尔蒂从大厅跑了下来。 嗯，他半跑半跳，试图把他的水蝇翅膀绑回去。 “你准备好了吗，尼克？”Ms。 花问。“你应该听听我在浴室里练习的声音，”他吹嘘道。 “我成功了。”“你怎么知道的？”我对他说。 “所有的水槽都在鼓掌吗？”“太好笑了，我都忘了笑了。”他咆哮道。 “够了，孩子们。” 花说。“记住，专心看戏，玩得开心。” 她走进教室。 “欢迎来到儿童阅读周。” 花对父母说。 “现在，请允许我介绍《图书馆之夜》中主演的《四人房间》。”

The parents clapped as we all filed in and took our places. I looked out and saw a sea of flashing lights, some from real cameras and some from cell phones. My mom and dad were there, and so was Papa Pete. It was easy to pick him out because he was wearing his favorite bright red running suit. It makes him look like a ripe strawberry.

当我们鱼贯而入，各就各位时，家长们鼓掌。 我向外望去，看到一片闪光的海洋，有些来自真实的相机，有些来自手机。 我爸爸妈妈和皮特爸爸也在那里。 很容易认出他来，因为他穿着他最喜欢的鲜红色运动服。 这让他看起来像个成熟的草莓。