04 The Bad-Luck Charm

The Bad-Luck Charm It was one week, two study buddies (Rocky plus Frank), and three practice bees later. Judy Moody shook her Magic 8 Ball. "Will I win the class spelling bee?" Reply hazy. "Will I finally get to go to Washington, D.C.?" Ask again later. Double drat! "Judy?" said Dad. "Your class bee is tomorrow, isn't it? Are you up to speed on all your spelling words?" "Berry, furry, merry, hurry, cherry, bunny, funny," said Judy.

一个星期后，两个学习伙伴（洛奇和弗兰克）和三只练习蜜蜂。 朱迪·穆迪摇了摇她的魔法球。 “我会赢得班级拼写比赛吗？”朦胧的回复。 “我最终能去华盛顿特区吗？”过会儿再问。 双见鬼!“朱迪？”爸爸说。 “明天是你的班蜂，对吗？” 你拼写单词的速度跟上了吗？”“浆果，毛茸茸的，快乐的，快点，樱桃，兔子，有趣的，”朱迪说。

"We mean past page one of your spelling packet," said Mom. Hello! Judy reached into her pocket and pulled out her lucky penny. She held it up for Mom and Dad to see. Mom came over and put an arm around her shoulder. "Honey, I know how much you like that lucky penny. And it's fine to carry it around— for fun." "But if you're serious about winning a spelling bee," said Dad, "you're going to have to work at it." Mom nodded. "You're not going to win the spelling bee based on one lucky penny." "In fact—" began Dad, but Judy did not want to hear it. She clomped upstairs to study before Mom and Dad could say any more bad stuff about good luck.

“我们指的是你拼写包的第一页，”妈妈说。 你好!朱迪把手伸进口袋，掏出她的幸运便士。 她举起来给爸爸妈妈看。 妈妈走过来，用胳膊搂住了她的肩膀。 “亲爱的，我知道你有多喜欢那枚幸运硬币。 带着它到处走也没关系——为了好玩。” “但如果你真想赢得拼字比赛，”爸爸说，“你就得下功夫。” 妈妈点了点头。“你不会因为一个幸运便士就赢得拼写比赛的。” “事实上——”爸爸开口说，但朱迪不想听。 妈妈和爸爸还没来得及说更多关于好运的坏话，她就噔噔地上楼去学习了。

She took out her spelling list. She turned to the hard page. As in D-I-F-F-I-C-U-L-T. Destiny. She closed her eyes. Des+tiny. D-E-ST-I-N-Y. It was her own tiny destiny to go to Washington, D.C. So far so good. Next word. Present. She closed her eyes again. P-R-E-S-I-D-E-N-T. The

她拿出了拼写表。 她翻到硬的那一页。 就像D-I-F-F-I-C-U-L-T。的命运。 她闭上了眼睛。Des +小。 D-E-ST-I-N-Y。去华盛顿特区是她自己小小的命运 到目前为止一切顺利。下一个词。 礼物。她又闭上了眼睛。 P-R-E-S-I-D-E-N-T。的

president lived in Washington, D.C. Just think. If she, Judy Moody, was lucky enough to go to D.C., she just-might-maybe see the president himself. Judy opened her eyes and stared at the word present-not-president. She'd practiced the wrong word. It was no use. She got out a fake-fur neon-pink rabbit'sfoot keychain, three acorns, two cat's-eye marbles, and one lucky stone. Seven more lucky charms! Her mother was probably right. One lucky

总统住在华盛顿特区 只是觉得。如果她，朱迪·穆迪，有幸去了华盛顿，她可能会看到总统本人。 朱迪睁开眼睛，盯着“礼物——不是总统”这个词。 她练错了单词。 这没有用。她拿出了一个霓虹色的假毛兔子脚钥匙链，三个橡子，两个猫眼弹珠和一个幸运石。 还有七个幸运符！她妈妈可能是对的。 一个幸运的

penny was not enough to win a spelling bee. She would fill the pockets of her cargo pants with tons of good-luck charms. Good luck times seven! Judy went to sleep sure that good luck was her destiny for the present. Unti... the next day. Spelling Bee day! On the bus, Judy reached into her right shorts pocket. Empty! Of all days to oversleep. How could she forget to wear her pants full of lucky charms? Seven extra-sure foolproof lucky charms were in the pockets of her cargo pants— at home on her bottom bunk. Bringing good luck to nobody, except maybe Mouse the cat. She reached into her left pocket. Phew!

佩妮不足以赢得拼字比赛。 她会在工装裤的口袋里装满无数的好运符。 祝你好运七倍！朱迪睡着了，确信好运是她目前的命运。 部件……第二天。拼字比赛日！在公共汽车上，朱迪把手伸进右边短裤口袋。 空!在所有的日子里睡过头。 她怎么能忘记穿满是幸运符的裤子呢？ 在她家下铺的工装裤口袋里，有七个特别可靠的万无一失的幸运符。 给谁都带来好运，除了那只猫老鼠。 她把手伸进左口袋。 唷!

Good thing she still had her lucky penny. All was not lost. "Third-graders!" said Mr. Todd when Judy got to school. "Are you ready?" "Yes!" "What are you ready for?" "Spelling Bee!" "Put away your study folders and form a line at the back of the room," said Mr. Todd. "May the best speller win!" Judy put her spelling folder away. She never did make it past the first few words on the hard page. All of a sudden, she did not feel so good. She was in a cherry-berry hurry-flurry to get out of the room. "Mr. Todd, may I please go to the restroom?" Judy asked.

还好她还有幸运硬币。 并不是一切都完了。“三年级！”当朱迪到达学校时，托德先生说。 “你准备好了吗？”“是的!”“你准备做什么？”“拼字比赛!”“把你们的学习文件夹收起来，在教室后面站成一排，”托德说。 “祝拼得最好的人获胜！”朱迪把她的拼写夹收起来。 她连硬纸板上的头几个字都没读过。 突然间，她感觉不那么好了。 她急不可待地要走出房间。 “托德先生，我能去一下洗手间吗？”朱迪问。