Chapter 12

Chapter twelve, I asked my mom to make sure she was home at exactly six thirty. I invited Papa Pete, Frankie, and Ashley over, too. They all arrived on time. I asked everyone to sit on the living-room floor in a big circle. I didn't even object when Emily brought Katherine. I wanted all my family and friends there. After the whole group was gathered, I went into my room to get Cheerio. I picked him up and put him on my pillow. Then I carried him into the living room and placed the pillow in the center of the circle. "I have gathered everyone together here to

第十二章，我让妈妈确保她六点半准时回家。 我还邀请了皮特爸爸、弗兰基和艾希礼。 他们都准时到了。我请大家围成一个大圈坐在客厅的地板上。 艾米丽带凯瑟琳来的时候我都没反对 我希望我所有的家人和朋友都能来。 当所有人都聚集在一起后，我走进我的房间去买麦圈。 我把他抱起来放在我的枕头上。 然后我把他抱进客厅，把枕头放在圆圈的中心。 “我把大家召集到这里来

welcome Cheerio into our family," I announced. Then I picked up the piece of paper I had decorated while I was waiting for everyone to come over. It was Cheerio's official birth certificate. I cleared my throat and read aloud. "This paper says that Cheerio finally has a last name," I read. "From this day forth, he shall be known as Cheerio S. Zipzer." "What's the S for?" Emily asked. "Superdog," I answered. "Cool name!" Frankie nodded. "Now all he needs is a Superdog cape," Papa Pete said. "With rhinestones," Ashley added. My mom laughed, and everyone else joined in. I think I saw my dad almost smile. We celebrated with milk and cookies. While I was finishing my favorite black-and-white cookie, my dad picked up Cheerio's birth certificate. "Hank," he pointed out, "you've spelled Cheerio wrong. There are two Es in his name. You'll have to rewrite this."

欢迎麦圈加入我们的家庭，”我宣布。 然后我拿起我在等大家过来的时候装饰好的那张纸。 那是麦圈的官方出生证明。 我清了清嗓子，大声朗读起来。 “报纸上说麦圈终于有了姓，”我读道。 "从今天起，他的名字叫麦圈S。 Zipzer。”“S是什么意思？”艾米丽问。 “超级狗，”我回答。“酷”的名字!弗兰基点点头。 “现在他只需要一件超级狗斗篷，”皮特爸爸说。 “镶着水钻的，”艾希礼补充说。 妈妈笑了，其他人也跟着笑了。 我想我看到我爸爸几乎笑了。 我们用牛奶和饼干庆祝。 当我吃完我最喜欢的黑白饼干时，我爸爸拿起了Cheerio的出生证明。 “汉克，”他指出，“你把Cheerio拼错了。 他的名字里有两个e。 你得重写一遍。”

He handed the paper back to me. "Sorry, Cheerio," I said. "I'm not the best speller in the world." He didn't care. He snatched the paper out of my hand and took a big bite out of it. Then with everyone watching, he did his crazy spin. I'm pretty sure he was telling us all how happy he was to be a Zipzer. "That dog is crazy," Emily said. "Crazy happy," I answered. "Just like me."

他把报纸还给了我。 “对不起，麦圈，”我说。“我不是世界上最好的拼写者。” 他不在乎。他从我手里抢过报纸，咬了一大口。 然后在所有人的注视下，他做了一个疯狂的旋转。 我很确定他在告诉我们他有多高兴能成为Zipzer的一员。 “那只狗疯了，”艾米丽说。 “高兴得发疯。”我回答。 “就像我一样。”