Chapter 10

CHAPTER 10 By three o'clock that afternoon, I was so tired, all I wanted was to lie down and take a nap. I snuck over to one of the empty booths and flopped down. I was all curled up on the leather, ready to drop off into dreamland, when I felt someone shaking my shoulder. It was Frankie and Ashley. "Hey, what are you guys doing here?" I yawned. "My dad dropped us off so we could see how your day is going," Frankie said. "We could even help out, if you want, and then all walk home together." "Looks like you could use some help," Ashley said. "You look pooped." "I worked hard," I said. "How about you guys?"

第十章那天下午三点，我太累了，只想躺下睡个午觉。 我偷偷溜到其中一个空隔间，扑通一声坐了下来。 我蜷缩在皮革上，准备进入梦乡，这时我感到有人在摇我的肩膀。 是弗兰基和艾希礼。 “嘿，你们在这里做什么？”我打了个哈欠。 “我爸爸让我们下车，想看看你今天过得怎么样，”弗兰基说。 “如果你愿意，我们甚至可以帮忙，然后大家一起走回家。” “看来你需要一些帮助，"艾希礼说。 “你看起来累坏了。”“我很努力，”我说。 “你们呢？”

"I had such a fun day," Frankie said. "I did a magic trick for my dad's students." "Did you pull a washcloth out of the top hat?" I asked him. "Yes I did. But the biggest hit of the day was when I pulled a scarf out of my nose." "Eww, that sounds painful," Ashley said. We all cracked up. "My day was really fun, too," Ashley told us. "I passed out lunch trays and apple juice to so many nice people. Mrs. Ruiz in Room 227 taught me how to make a red-and-white fairy wand out of a plastic straw. I hope she gets better soon." "Me too," I said. "Now can I go back to sleep?" "No you can't," a voice said. It was my mom, who had come out from the kitchen. "I really need your help, Hank," she went on. "And I'm glad you two showed up, too. We're going to need all the help we can get to finish the platters in time so your teachers can have a good dinner."

“我今天过得很开心，”弗兰基说。 “我为我爸爸的学生表演了一个魔术。” “你有没有从大礼帽里拿出一块毛巾？”我问他。 “是的。但那天最受打击的是我从鼻子里掏出一条围巾。” “哎呀，听起来很痛苦，"艾希礼说。 我们都笑了。“我的一天也很有趣，”阿什利告诉我们。 “我把午餐托盘和苹果汁分发给了很多好人。 227房间的鲁伊斯太太教我如何用塑料吸管做一根红白相间的仙女棒。 我希望她快点好起来。” “我也是，”我说。“现在我可以回去睡觉了吗？”“不，你不能。”一个声音说。 是我妈妈，她刚从厨房出来。 “我真的需要你的帮助，汉克，”她接着说。 “我也很高兴你们俩来了。 我们需要所有人的帮助，才能及时把盘子做好，这样你们的老师才能吃上一顿丰盛的晚餐。”

"That sounds exciting," Ashley said. "I'm in," Frankie agreed. "Great. Go into my office and call your parents. Tell them Papa Pete will bring you home after we drop off the food at school. Hank, let's get you busy with the potato salad." "I'm on it, Mom. Just one thing. I have no idea how to make potato salad." "It's already made," she said. "You just have to scoop it into a big bowl and sprinkle some parsley on top." "I'm on it, Mom. Oh, by the way, what's parsley?" My mom sighed.

“听起来很令人兴奋，"艾希礼说。 “我加入，”弗兰基同意了。“好了。 到我办公室给你父母打电话。 告诉他们我们把食物送到学校后，皮特爸爸会送你回家。 汉克，你去做土豆沙拉吧。” “我这就去，妈妈。只有一件事。 我不知道怎么做土豆沙拉。” “已经做好了，”她说。 “你只需要把它舀进一个大碗里，在上面撒上一些欧芹。” “我这就去，妈妈。哦，顺便问一下，欧芹是什么？”妈妈叹了口气。

"Come on, let's go find Papa Pete in the back room," she said. "He'll explain it all to you." The back room was as busy as a beehive. Everybody was working as fast as they could. Papa Pete was stacking the meat platters. Vlady was in charge of the cheese. Carlos was arranging different kinds of bread in a circle on the tray. "Papa Pete," my mom called out. "Please show Hank how to add the finishing touches to the potato salad. Frankie and Ashley will be in to help as soon as they're off the phone. I'll take

“来吧，我们到里屋去找皮特爸爸，”她说。 “他会给你解释的。” 后面的房间忙得不可开交。 每个人都在尽可能快地工作。 皮特爸爸在叠肉盘。 弗莱蒂负责奶酪。 卡洛斯在托盘上把不同种类的面包排成一圈。 “皮特爸爸，”妈妈叫道。 “请教汉克如何给土豆沙拉做最后的修饰。 弗兰基和阿什莉打完电话就会过来帮忙。 我要

care of any customers out front while you guys load the minivan." Papa Pete gave me an ice-cream scooper. "This is what we use to scoop the potato salad into the serving bowl," he explained. "Make sure the bowl is nice and full, then sprinkle some chopped parsley on top. That's the green stuff in this baggie." I looked at the baggie and saw little bunches of a leafy green thing. I recognized it right away. "Ohhhhhh, so that's parsley," I said. "I thought it was just called 'the green stuff on the side of the plate that no one eats.'" Papa Pete burst out laughing and gave me a big hug. "That's my Hankie," he said. "You always see things your own way!" Frankie and Ashley hurried in and got busy. Ashley put the pickles around the meat platter. She loves

你们去装小货车的时候照顾一下外面的顾客。” 皮特爸爸给了我一个冰淇淋勺。 他解释说：“这是我们用来把土豆沙拉舀进碗里的东西。” “确保碗里的水饱满，然后在上面撒一些切碎的欧芹。 这就是这个袋子里的绿色东西。” 我看了看袋子，看到了一束束绿叶的东西。 我马上就认出来了。 “哦，那是欧芹，”我说。 “我以为它只是被称为‘盘子旁边没人吃的绿色东西’。’”皮特爸爸大笑起来，给了我一个大大的拥抱。 “那是我的手帕，”他说。 “你总是以自己的方式看事情！”弗兰基和艾希礼匆匆进来，忙了起来。 阿什利把泡菜放在肉盘周围。 她喜欢

to do art projects, so she arranged the pickles to look like the meat was wearing a skirt. Frankie was put in charge of squirting mustard and ketchup from big bottles into smaller serving bowls. Every time he squirted one of the bottles, it made a farting sound. And every time it did that, we burst out laughing. "Hey, people," Carlos said. "One day you'll learn that laughing at fart sounds is definitely uncool." "But it's so funny," we told him. "Maybe when you're nine," he said. "But you better grow out of that, or you're going to have trouble getting a date on Saturday nights."

为了做艺术项目，她把泡菜布置成肉穿裙子的样子。 弗兰基负责把芥末和番茄酱从大瓶子里喷到小碗里。 每次他喷一个瓶子，它就会发出放屁的声音。 每次它这样做的时候，我们都会大笑起来。 “大家好，”卡洛斯说。 “总有一天你会明白，笑屁的声音绝对不酷。” “但这太有趣了，”我们告诉他。 “也许等你九岁的时候，”他说。 “但你最好改掉这个毛病，否则周六晚上你就找不到约会对象了。”