03 Antarctica or Bust

Antarctica or Bust Judy misted Mouse with her purr-fect cat spray. (Water plus oil-spill-approved dish soap.) She crossed Invent something off her bucket list. Her eyes fell on the words Go to Antarctica. Judy poked her head into Stink's room. "Hey, Stink, how much do you think it costs to go to Antarctica?" "I don't know. One flunked spelling test? Two not-turned-in homeworks? Three times interrupting Mr. Todd when he's talking?" "Not that Antarctica." Stink thought she was talking about the desk in the back of Class 3T where you had to go to Chill Out. "The real

朱迪给老鼠喷上了她那完美的猫喷雾。 （水加防油肥皂。）她划掉了遗愿清单上的发明。 她的目光落在“去南极洲”这几个字上。 朱迪把头伸进臭臭的房间。 “嘿，臭臭，你觉得去南极洲要花多少钱？”“我不知道。 一次拼写考试不及格？ 两份没交的作业？ 托德先生说话的时候三次打断他？”“不是那个南极洲。” 臭臭以为她说的是3T班后面的那张桌子，你必须去那里放松一下。 “真正的

one." "Oh. Let's see. More than you have in your piggy bank." "Ha! I bet you didn't know I have thirty-three dollars and forty-one cents saved up." "It costs thirty-three gazillion dollars to go to Antarctica. You'd need forty-one winter coats, too." The air went out of Judy. She slumped onto Stink's bed like a sock monkey that had lost its stuffing. "It's super far away, you know. Farther than it is to go to Santa's house at the North Pole." Stink spun his light-up globe and pointed to a continent at the bottom of the world that was shaped like a heart with one wing. "It's all the way down here at the South Pole." Judy searched her wildest imagination. "So

一个。”“哦。让我们看看。比你存钱罐里的钱还多。” “哈!我敢打赌你不知道我存了33美元41美分。” “去南极洲要花费33亿美元。 你还需要41件冬衣。” 朱迪的气都掉了。她瘫倒在臭臭的床上，就像一只丢了填充物的猴子。 “你知道，那里非常遥远。 比去北极的圣诞老人家还远。” 臭臭旋转着他那发光的地球仪，指着世界底部的一块大陆，那块大陆的形状像一颗长着一只翅膀的心。 “一直到南极。” 朱迪绞尽脑汁。 “所以

maybe five hundred dollars?" "More." "Seven hundred?" "More. Because they just found a giant squid down there that weighs seven-hundred seventy pounds and is as big as a minibus. Tons of people are going to want to go see it, so it will probably cost more now."

也许五百美元？”“更多”。 “七百年?”“更多。因为他们刚刚在海底发现了一只重达七百七十磅的巨型鱿鱼，和一辆小巴一样大。 很多人都想去看它，所以现在可能会花更多的钱。”

"A thousand?" said Judy. Stink nodded. Sheesh! One thousand dollars. That was a lot of scratch. Bones. Bread. Dough. Moola! She'd better get started right away if she had even a slim chance of raising that many dead presidents by the fourth grade! That night after dinner, Judy called everybody back to the couch. Emergency Family Meeting time. Stink looked around for another mystery lump under a dish towel. But he didn't see any Judy inventions. "What is it this time?" he asked. "The Ouchless Band-Aid? The De-Electrifying Toothbrush?" "Ha-ha. Very funny, Stink. I called you all here to ask for a raise in my allowance." "No," said Mom and Dad. "No," said Stink.

“一千？”朱迪说。臭点了点头。 天哪!一千美元。 那是很多擦伤。 骨头。面包。面团。金钱!如果她在四年级的时候有那么一点机会唤醒那么多死去的总统，她最好马上开始行动！那天晚饭后，朱迪叫大家回到沙发上。 紧急家庭会议时间到了。 臭臭环顾四周，在洗碗巾下面寻找另一个神秘的肿块。 但是他没有看到任何朱迪的发明。 “这次又是怎么回事？”他问。 “无痛创可贴？”去电牙刷？”“哈哈。 很有趣，臭臭。我叫你们来是想要求给我的零用钱加薪的。” “不，”爸爸妈妈说。“不，”臭臭说。

"Not you, Stink." Judy gave him the not-ouchless hairy eyeball stare. "You haven't even heard my reasons. I have a whole speech and everything." "You just got a raise, Jelly Bean," said Dad. Judy hated it when Dad said no and called her Jelly Bean at the same time. It was so not fair. "She already got fifty more cents last month," said Stink. "Thanks a lot, Stinkbug," said Judy. For a little brother, Stink sure had a big mouth. "You may be excused, Stink, if you want to go to your room." "I'm fine here," said Stink. Plan B. "Okay, what if I did some chores for some extra money. I could unload the dishwasher sometimes. Or I could maybe put away my own laundry pile without anybody

“不是你，臭臭。”朱迪瞪了他一眼。 “你还没听到我的理由呢。 我有一个完整的演讲和所有的事情。” “你刚加薪了，软糖，”爸爸说。 朱迪讨厌爸爸一边说不，一边叫她软糖。 这太不公平了。“她上个月已经多拿了50美分，”臭臭说。 “谢谢你，臭虫，”朱迪说。 作为一个小弟弟，臭臭可真是个大嘴巴。 “臭臭，如果你想回你的房间去，可以原谅你。” “我在这里很好，”臭臭说。 B计划。“好吧，如果我做些家务赚点外快怎么样？” 有时候我可以把洗碗机里的东西卸下来。 或者我可以一个人把我的一堆衣服收起来