04 The Mood Sapphire

The Mood Sapphire On Saturday, Judy taped a British flag on her door. "The queen flies a flag when she's in the palace. So if you see this flag, Stink, it means I'm in my room." The doorbell rang. "Judy!" Mom called up the stairs. "Grandma Lou's here." Judy took down the flag and ran downstairs. "Grandma Lou," said Judy. "What are you doing here?" She gave her grandma a great big fat hug. "Ouch!" Judy cried, pulling away to see what felt scratchy. Judy could not believe her royal green eyes. Her royal mouth fell open. Grandma Lou was wearing a long fuzzy sweater. On the front of her royal purple sweater was a peacock. Not just any old peacock. A peacock with all the colors of the ocean and a tail made of jewels.

星期六，朱迪在她的门上贴了一面英国国旗。 “女王在宫殿里的时候会悬挂一面旗帜。 所以如果你看到这面旗帜，臭小子，这意味着我在我的房间里。” 门铃响了。“朱迪!”妈妈朝楼上喊道。 “卢奶奶来了。”朱迪取下旗子跑下楼。 “卢奶奶，”朱迪说。“你在这儿干什么？”她给了奶奶一个大大的拥抱。 “哎哟!”朱迪叫道，把车开到一边去看什么东西痒了。 朱迪简直不敢相信自己那双高贵的绿眼睛。 她高贵的嘴巴张得大大的。 卢奶奶穿着一件毛茸茸的长毛衣。 在她高贵的紫色毛衣前面是一只孔雀。 不是普通的老孔雀。一只孔雀拥有海洋的所有颜色，尾巴是由珠宝做成的。

And there, right in the center of the peacock's tail, was the brightest, shiningest, sparklingest jewel Judy had ever seen. It was as blue as the Star of India. It was as green as the Patricia Emerald. It was as sparkly as the Hope Diamond. The crown jewel of the Royal House of Moody, right here in her very own living room.

就在那里，就在孔雀尾巴的中央，是朱迪见过的最明亮、最闪亮、最闪闪发光的珠宝。 它像印度之星一样蓝。 它和帕特里夏翡翠一样绿。 它像希望之钻一样闪闪发光。 穆迪王室皇冠上的宝石，就在她自己的客厅里。

Un-believe-a-bling! "What is it, Jelly Bean?" asked Grandma Lou. "Your peacock pin," said Judy. "It's like those fancy jewels in the queen's crown. Shouldn't it be in a museum or something?" Grandma Lou laughed. "This old thing? I came across it when I was looking for the Moody crest to help you with your family tree project." She took it off and held it out for Judy to see. "It's just junk jewelry. I think I got it at a bazaar when I was in the Peace Corps in India." "It's like those world-famous jewels Stink and I saw in that hall of rocks. At the Museum of Natural History." Stink bounced down the stairs. "Let me see!" He wormed his way past Judy. "Whoa," he said in a hush. "It looks like a star that fell right out of the sky," said Judy. "Did you know the Star of India is the world's largest star sapphire?" said Stink. "It's like two billion years old. No lie." "Interesting," said Grandma Lou. "And the Patricia Emerald is this big green stone

Un-believe-a-bling !“这是什么，软糖？”卢奶奶问。 “你的孔雀别针，”朱迪说。 “就像女王王冠上那些华丽的珠宝。 难道它不应该放在博物馆之类的地方吗？”卢奶奶笑了。 “这个旧东西？”我是在找穆迪徽章帮你做家谱计划的时候偶然发现的。” 她把帽子摘下来，拿出来给朱迪看。 “只是些垃圾珠宝。我想这是我在印度和平队时在集市上买的。” “就像我和臭臭在岩石大厅里看到的那些举世闻名的珠宝一样。 在自然历史博物馆。” 臭气从楼梯上弹了下来。 “让我看看！”他从朱迪身边挤过。 “哇，”他安静地说。 “它看起来就像一颗从天上掉下来的星星，”朱迪说。 “你知道印度之星是世界上最大的星形蓝宝石吗？” “它好像有20亿年的历史。 没有说谎。”“有意思，”卢奶奶说。 “帕特丽夏翡翠是一块巨大的绿色石头

and it has twelve sides and it was named for a girl." "I'd sure like to see that someday," said Grandma Lou. She handed Judy a folder. "I just stopped by to drop off these pictures of the Moody family crest. It might give you some ideas." "Aren't you going to stay?" asked Judy. "Not today, Jelly Bean. I'm taking Pugsy to a playdate at the park." Grandma Lou pinned the peacock on Judy's hoodie. "I hereby bequeath this gem upon you, Your Royal Highness, Judy the Great." "For real? Wait till Tori hears about this!" Judy and Stink studied the peacock pin up close. "Sapphires, emeralds, and a diamond for the peacock's eye. It must be a billion years old," said Stink. Judy shined a flashlight on the largest stone. "Look at the way it changes color in the light. Like my mood ring!" "It's a mood sapphire," said Stink. "The Royal Moody Sapphire! It's gem-brilliant! Queens are way into peacocks, you know. Peacocks

它有十二面，以一个女孩的名字命名。” “我真希望有一天能看到它，”卢奶奶说。 她递给朱迪一个文件夹。“我只是顺路来送几张穆迪家族徽章的照片。 它可能会给你一些启发。” “你不打算留下来吗？”朱迪问。 “今天不行，软糖。我要带哈巴狗去公园玩。” 卢奶奶把孔雀别在朱迪的连帽衫上。 “我在此将这颗宝石遗赠给您，伟大的朱迪殿下。” “真的吗?等着托丽听到这件事吧！”朱迪和臭臭仔细研究了孔雀别针。 “蓝宝石，绿宝石，孔雀眼用的钻石。 它一定有十亿年了。”臭臭说。 朱迪用手电筒照着最大的一块石头。 “看看它在光线下改变颜色的方式。 比如我的情绪戒指！”“这是心情蓝宝石，”臭臭说。 “皇家穆迪蓝宝石！”gem-brilliant !女王很喜欢孔雀，你知道的。 孔雀

are a symbol of royalty, Stink. Maybe it belonged to a queen." Stink's eyes sparkled like gemstones. "What if this was from Mudeye Moody's secret stash of pirate booty? Maybe he hid it on a desert island. Then when he escaped, he dug it up." "Yeah! Then he sailed around the world on the seven oceans and a pirate's monkey stole it and carried it off. But the monkey dropped it in the ocean and a fish swallowed it."

是皇室的象征，臭臭。 也许它是一位女王的。” 臭臭的眼睛像宝石一样闪闪发光。 “如果这是穆迪秘密藏匿的海盗战利品呢？ 也许他把它藏在荒岛上了。 然后他逃出来，把它挖了出来。” “是啊!然后他在七大洋上环游世界，一个海盗的猴子偷走了它并把它带走了。 但是猴子把它掉进了海里，被一条鱼吞了。”

"Then they found it inside the fish!" said Stink, clapping his hands. "So maybe that's how it made its way to a street fair in India, where Grandma Lou found it again after hundreds of years," Judy said. "Who knew when I started a family tree that we'd find Moody crown jewels?" The room got quiet. Gobsmacked quiet. "You know what this needs, Stink? A place of honor. A special safe place where we can admire it anytime we want." "Like a Moody museum?" "Exactly," said Judy. "Follow me, Stinker. I have a right-royal-rare idea." Judy led the way to the Toad Pee tent in the backyard. She pinned the crown jewel of the Royal House of Moody to a fancy pillow. She placed the pillow of honor in the center of the Toad Pee tent. "Behold the Royal Moody Sapphire." Judy and Stink stood in awe. They were starstruck, Star-of-India-struck, just gazing at the crown jewel of the Royal House of Moody. After they gazed at the bedazzling jewel for one whole minute— which felt like a fortnight— Judy

“然后他们在鱼肚子里找到了！”臭臭拍着手说。 朱迪说：“也许这就是它如何来到印度的街头集市，几百年后卢奶奶又在那里发现了它。” “我开始绘制家谱的时候，谁能想到我们会找到穆迪的皇冠珠宝呢？”房间里静了下来。 目瞪口呆的安静。“臭臭，你知道这需要什么吗？” 荣誉的地方。一个特别安全的地方，我们可以随时欣赏它。” “就像穆迪博物馆？”“没错，”朱迪说。 “跟我来，臭鼬。我有一个非常难得的主意。” 朱迪带路去后院的蟾蜍尿帐篷。 她把穆迪王室皇冠上的宝石别在一个别致的枕头上。 她把荣誉枕放在蟾蜍尿帐篷的中央。 “看，皇家穆迪蓝宝石。” 朱迪和臭臭敬畏地站在那里。 他们为星星着迷，为印度之星着迷，凝视着穆迪王室皇冠上的宝石。 他们盯着这颗令人眼花缭乱的宝石看了整整一分钟——感觉就像过了两周——朱迪