Chapter 1

heres hank. Always watch out for the flying potato salad

这是汉克。一定要小心飞来飞去的土豆沙拉

CHAPTER 1 "Remember, everyone, tomorrow is Take Your Child to Work Day," Ms. Flowers said to us after recess. "Who's happy about that?" Before I even thought about it, my hand shot up in the air. "Would you like to tell us why, Hank?" she asked with that nice smile of hers. "I'm happy because it means that we won't have a spelling test," I answered. "Which is great for me because I'm having trouble with the word window. I can only remember the first three letters, which are W-I-N. Win." "That's a word that has nothing to do with you, Zipper Teeth," Nick McKelty snarled. "Because you are a total loser." "Nick!" Ms. Flowers said. "We don't insult one another in this class. Now, tell me what

第一章“大家记住，明天是带孩子上班日。” 课间休息后花对我们说。 “谁对此感到高兴？”我还没来得及想，我的手就举起来了。 “你能告诉我们为什么吗，汉克？”她带着她那可爱的微笑问道。 “我很高兴，因为这意味着我们不用进行拼写测试了，”我回答。 “这对我来说太好了，因为我对窗口这个词有困难。 我只记得前三个字母，即W-I-N。 赢了。”“这个词跟你一点关系都没有，拉链牙，”尼克·麦凯尔蒂咆哮道。 “因为你是个彻头彻尾的失败者。” “尼克!”弗劳尔斯说。“我们在课堂上不互相侮辱。 现在告诉我怎么了

your plans are for Friday." "My dad's taking me to work at his new bowling alley," McKelty said proudly. "Are they going to use your head to knock down the pins?" I asked. The class laughed. That felt good to me, but not to Ms. Flowers. "Hank, did you hear what I just said to Nick? We don't insult people in this class." "My brain knows that, but my tongue forgot," I explained. The class laughed out loud again. "Well, next time, have a talk with your tongue before you let it loose," she said. I have to admit, Ms. Flowers can be pretty funny herself. "Anyone else want to share what they're doing for Take Your Child to Work Day?" she asked. She was kind of looking at me when she asked that. Please don't call on me, I thought to myself. Call on anyone else but me. I don't have an

你的计划是星期五。” “我爸爸要带我去他新开的保龄球馆工作，”麦凯尔蒂自豪地说。 “他们会用你的头去敲木瓶吗？”我问。 全班都笑了。这对我来说很好，但对她来说却不是。 花。“汉克，你听到我刚才对尼克说的话了吗？” 我们不会在这门课上侮辱别人。” “我的大脑知道，但我的舌头忘记了，”我解释说。 全班同学又大声笑了起来。 “好吧，下次，在你放开舌头之前，先和你的舌头好好谈谈，”她说。 我得承认，弗劳尔斯女士也挺有趣的。 “还有谁想分享一下他们在‘带孩子上班日’做了什么吗？”她问道。 她问这个问题的时候看着我。 请不要来拜访我，我对自己说。 除了我，随便找谁都行。 我没有

answer to that question. "Hank," Ms. Flowers asked, "what are your plans?" The truth was, I didn't have any yet. I had tried to make plans. Actually, what I made was half a plan. I had asked my dad if I could go with him to work. He said that would be weird, since he works at the dining-room table, which is only about twenty steps from my bedroom. I wouldn't even have to get out of my pajamas. So then I decided that I would ask my mom if I could go work at her deli, the Crunchy Pickle. But then, as always, my brain forgot to ask her the question. Ms. Flowers was still standing there, waiting for my answer. "My plans are a surprise," I said. What I didn't say was that they were going to be a surprise even to me! "Oh, surprises are such fun," she said. "I can't wait to hear all about it." You and me both, I thought.

回答这个问题。“汉克”,女士。 花儿问：“你有什么计划？”事实是，我还没有。 我曾试着制定计划。 事实上，我只做了一半计划。 我问过爸爸我能不能和他一起去上班。 他说那会很奇怪，因为他在餐桌旁工作，离我的卧室只有20步左右。 我都不用脱睡衣了。 于是我决定问我妈我能不能去她的熟食店“脆皮泡菜”工作。 但是，像往常一样，我的大脑忘记了问她这个问题。 弗劳尔斯女士仍然站在那里，等着我的回答。 “我的计划是一个惊喜，”我说。 我没有说的是，即使对我来说，他们也会是一个惊喜！“哦，惊喜太有趣了，”她说。 “我迫不及待地想听听这一切。” 你和我都是，我想。

As usual, my best friend Frankie Townsend jumped in to save me. "I'm going uptown with my dad to Columbia University," he said. "He's a professor there, and he's going to let me teach something to his class." "How wonderful," Ms. Flowers said. "What are you going to teach?" "I've decided to show them how to pull a bunny out of a hat, except I don't have a bunny, so I'm going to use a washcloth." Everyone laughed, me being the loudest. Frankie always cracks me up. "And I'm going to the hospital with my mom," my other best friend Ashley Wong chimed in. "She's going to operate on someone." "I hope she's a doctor," Katie Sperling said. "Otherwise it would be gross."

像往常一样，我最好的朋友弗兰基·汤森跳进来救了我。 “我要和爸爸一起去上城区的哥伦比亚大学，”他说。 “他是那里的教授，他会让我教他的课。” “太棒了，”弗劳尔斯说。 “你打算教什么？”“我决定教他们如何从帽子里变出一只兔子，但我没有兔子，所以我要用毛巾。” 大家都笑了，我的声音最大。 弗兰基总是逗我笑。 “我要和我妈妈一起去医院，”我另一个最好的朋友阿什利·王（Ashley Wong）插嘴说。 “她要给某人动手术了。” “我希望她是个医生，”凯蒂·斯珀林说。 “否则就太恶心了。”

"Of course she's a doctor," Ashley said. "If I watched an operation, I would faint all over the place," Katie said. "I'm not going to watch," Ashley explained. "They don't let kids in the operating room. I'm going to hang out at the nurses' station and help them deliver lunch trays to the patients." As everyone shared their plans, my mind was racing to figure out what I could do. Why didn't I ask my mom if I could go with her for Take Your Child to Work Day in the first place? It was such an easy question, but it just slipped out of my mind. My mind doesn't always remember little things. Actually, it has a hard time remembering big things, too. I'm lucky I remember where I live. "I have a special day planned, too," Ms. Flowers said, leaning back against her desk

“她当然是个医生，"艾希礼说。 “如果我观看手术，我就会昏倒在地，”凯蒂说。 “我不会看的，"艾希礼解释说。 “他们不让孩子进手术室。 我要去护士站闲逛，帮她们给病人送午餐。” 当每个人都在分享他们的计划时，我的脑子在飞快地想我能做些什么。 我为什么不一开始就问我妈妈我能不能和她一起去参加带孩子上班日呢？ 这是一个很简单的问题，但是我突然忘记了。 我的大脑不总是记得小事。 事实上，它也很难记住大事。 我很幸运还记得我住在哪里。 “我也计划了一个特别的日子。” 弗劳尔斯靠在书桌上说