Chapter 1

Here's hank stop that frog

汉克来了，拦住那只青蛙

Chapter 1 "Today is a very special Wednesday," Ms. Flowers said to our class. "Can anyone tell me why?" My hand shot up high in the air. "Because I changed my underpants this morning!" I shouted out proudly, without even waiting to be called on. The whole class burst out laughing. "As you can see, Hank," Ms. Flowers said, "we are all very pleased for you. But your underpants are not exactly what I had in mind." Before she could call on anyone else, our classroom door swung open, and Principal Love came in. He was carrying a tall glass tank with a bunch of leafy green plants at the

“今天是一个非常特殊的星期三。” 花儿对我们班说。 “有谁能告诉我为什么吗？”我的手高高举起。 “因为我今天早上换了内裤！”我连招呼都没等，我就骄傲地喊了出来。 全班大笑起来。 “你也看到了，汉克。” 花儿说：“我们都为你感到高兴。 但你的内裤和我想要的不太一样。” 她还没来得及叫别人，教室的门就开了，洛夫校长走了进来。 他提着一个高高的玻璃罐，里面放着一堆绿叶植物

bottom. As usual, he was wearing his Velcro sneakers, which squeaked when he walked in. "Class, everyone say hello to Principal Love," Ms. Flowers said. "Good morning, Principal Love," we all said at the same time. "And don't forget to say good morning to Fred," he answered, pointing to the tank. "Fred's a little sleepyhead in the morning, aren't you, buddy?" I squinted my eyes and looked at the tank. Who or what was Fred? Suddenly, a green blob with a pinkish belly and white spots on its back sprang out from behind a plastic log and attached itself to the side of the glass.

底部。像往常一样，他穿着他的魔术贴球鞋，当他走进来时，球鞋吱吱作响。 “同学们，大家向爱校长问好。” 花说。“早上好，洛夫校长。”我们异口同声地说。 “别忘了向弗雷德问好。”他指着水箱回答。 “弗雷德早上有点犯困，是不是，伙计？”我眯起眼睛看着那个水箱。 弗雷德是谁？突然，一个肚子粉红、背上有白点的绿色斑点从一根塑料圆木后面跳出来，贴在玻璃的侧面。

"There you are, you little froggy," Principal Love said. Then, turning to us, he added, "He wants to say hello because he's going to be a member of your class until next Monday." "Does he know that we have a big spelling test this Friday?" my best friend Ashley Wong asked. "Yeah, it's full of hard words like 'beautiful,'" my other best friend Frankie Townsend added. "That's not a hard word for him," Principal Love said, "because he is such a beautiful frog." "You call that thing beautiful?" Nick McKelty snickered. "It's all green and bumpy."

“你在这儿啊，小青蛙，”洛夫校长说。 然后，他转向我们，补充说：“他想跟我们打个招呼，因为他要成为你们班的一员，直到下周一。” 我最好的朋友阿什利·王问道：“他知道我们这周五有一场重要的拼写测试吗？” 我的另一个好朋友弗兰基·汤森补充道：“是的，里面都是像‘美丽’这样的难词。” “这对他来说并不难，”洛夫校长说，“因为他是一只如此美丽的青蛙。” “你说那东西漂亮？”尼克·麦凯尔蒂窃笑着说。 “到处都是绿色的，凹凸不平。”

"Green is my favorite color," Katie Sperling said. "And besides, I think frogs are cute." "I like to watch them suck bugs right out of the air and swallow them whole," Luke Whitman said. That didn't surprise me, because Luke likes everything gross. The grosser the better. "Well, my pal Fred here likes to dine on crickets," Principal Love said. Reaching into his pocket, he pulled out a plastic container that had a whole bunch of crickets hopping around inside. "Since I'm going to be away at a conference, Ms. Flowers has kindly agreed to have Fred stay in your classroom until I return. So I've brought him enough dinner to keep his tummy nice and full while I'm gone." "Eeuuwww," Katie Sperling said. "I can't believe he wants to eat those gross things." "He probably thinks cheeseburgers are gross," Ashley pointed out to her.

“绿色是我最喜欢的颜色，”凯蒂·斯珀林说。 “而且，我觉得青蛙很可爱。” “我喜欢看它们把虫子从空气中吸出来，然后整个吞下去，”卢克·惠特曼说。 这并不令我惊讶，因为卢克喜欢所有恶心的东西。 越粗俗越好。“嗯，我的朋友弗雷德喜欢吃蟋蟀，”洛夫校长说。 他把手伸进口袋，掏出一个塑料容器，里面有一大堆蟋蟀在跳来跳去。 “既然我要去参加一个会议，我希望你能来。” 弗劳尔斯好心地同意让弗雷德待在你的教室里，直到我回来。 所以我给他带了足够的晚餐，让他在我不在的时候饱饱的。” “呃，”凯蒂·斯珀林说。 “我真不敢相信他想吃那些恶心的东西。” “他可能觉得芝士汉堡很恶心，”阿什利向她指出。

Everyone laughed. It was going to be fun to have a frog in our class. I especially liked having him there because it meant that I wasn't going to be the slowest reader anymore. I'm not very good at reading, but even I can read better than a frog. "I promised Principal Love that we would all take very good care of Fred," Ms. Flowers said. "He is my special pet, a White's tree frog," the principal explained. "I've had him for eight years." "That makes him exactly our age," Frankie said. "When's his birthday?" Ashley asked. "We could bake him cricket cupcakes." "Yeah, with worm frosting," Luke Whitman added. "I'll eat one of those." Principal Love was not amused. In fact, he seemed angry. The muscles in his face started to twitch, which made the mole on his cheek that looks like the Statue of Liberty without the torch seem like it was doing the hula.

每个人都笑了。我们班有一只青蛙会很有趣。 我特别喜欢他在那里，因为这意味着我不再是最慢的读者了。 我不太擅长阅读，但即使是我也能比青蛙读得好。 “我向洛夫校长保证，我们都会好好照顾弗雷德。” 花说。“他是我的特殊宠物，一只白树蛙，”校长解释说。 “我养了它八年了。” “这使他和我们年龄相仿，”弗兰基说。 “他的生日是什么时候？”阿什利问道。 “我们可以给他烤板球小蛋糕。” “是的，加了虫虫糖霜，”卢克·惠特曼补充道。 “我要吃一个。”勒夫校长并不觉得好笑。 事实上，他似乎很生气。他脸上的肌肉开始抽搐，这让他脸上看起来像没有火炬的自由女神像的痣看起来像是在跳草裙舞。