09 Dayus Horribilus

Dayus Horribilus Judy hopped off the bus and waved goodbye to Rocky and Frank. "Don't forget my party tomorrow. Saturday. T. P. tent. Four o'clock sharp. Look for the bouncy castle!" Jessica Finch walked home with Judy. She had taken over as Judy's party planner. After all, Jessica had been to a real high tea at an actual castle. Judy had only spied on one. "So here's the thing," said Judy. "I promised my friends a bouncy castle. But Mom and Dad won't let me." "Queens don't bounce anyway," Jessica pointed out. "They don't even break a sweat. Especially not at a tea party." "What do they do?" asked Judy. "Drink tea and eat finger sandwiches and pink

朱迪跳下公共汽车，向洛奇和弗兰克挥手告别。 “别忘了我明天的聚会。 星期六。帐篷。四点整。 找那个充气城堡！”杰西卡·芬奇和朱迪一起走回家。 她已经接任朱迪的派对策划人。 毕竟，杰西卡在一座真正的城堡里参加了真正的下午茶。 朱迪只监视过一个。 “事情是这样的，”朱迪说。 “我答应过我的朋友一个充气城堡。 但是爸爸妈妈不让。” “反正女王也不会跳，”杰西卡指出。 “他们甚至不费吹灰之力。 尤其是在茶话会上。” “他们是做什么的？”朱迪问。 “喝茶，吃手指三明治和粉色

foods like salmon mousse." "Moose? Where am I going to get a moose? I can't even get a bouncy castle." "Mousse is a food. Like pudding. Only it's made of fish." Fish pudding! That sounded awful fishy to Judy. "I think my friends would rather jump in a castle than eat a moose." "I have an idea," said Jessica. "Leave it to me." "This is it!" said Judy when they got to the Toad Pee tent out back. "Party Central." Jessica looked around, thinking. "Make a list." Judy picked up her Grouchy pencil. "We need a table

比如三文鱼慕斯。” “麋鹿吗?我上哪儿去弄驼鹿？ 我连充气城堡都搞不到。” 慕斯是一种食物。像布丁。 只不过它是用鱼做的。”鱼布丁!朱迪觉得这听起来很可疑。 “我想我的朋友们宁愿跳进城堡也不愿吃驼鹿。” “我有个主意，”杰西卡说。 “交给我吧。”“就是这里了！”当他们来到后面的蟾蜍尿帐篷时，朱迪说。 “中央”。杰西卡环顾四周，沉思着。 “列个清单。”朱迪拿起她的格鲁希铅笔。 “我们需要一张桌子

for the tea. Teapot. Tablecloth. Doilies. Napkins." "Nappies, check," said Judy. "Not nappies!" said Jessica. "Napkins. Nappies are diapers!" Judy crossed nappies off the list. She added real dishes. Jessica was waffling on. "We'll make name cards so everybody knows where to sit. And we'll have three different kinds of tea. Peppermint, Earl Grey..." "Earl who?" "Are you writing this down?" asked Jessica. Jessica Finch sure was bossy when it came to tea parties. "We'll have tea first, then the crowning." "How about party favors?" Judy asked. "Everyone will get a tea bag and an egg cup to take home." Tea bags? Egg cups? Judy wasn't so sure her friends were going to like this. But then she pictured herself on a velvet pillow sipping high tea and wearing the Royal Moody Sapphire and getting crowned Queen of Queens.

为了喝茶。茶壶。桌布。 桌布。餐巾。”“尿布，检查一下，”朱迪说。 “不是尿布！”杰西卡说。 “餐巾纸。尿布就是尿布！”朱迪把尿布从清单上划掉了。 她添加了真正的菜肴。杰西卡在絮絮叨叨。 “我们会制作名片，这样每个人都知道坐在哪里。 我们要三种不同的茶。 薄荷糖，伯爵茶……”“伯爵?”“你在记下来吗？”杰西卡问。 杰西卡·芬奇在茶话会上真是专横。 “我们先喝茶，然后再加冕。” “派对礼物怎么样？”朱迪问。 “每个人都会得到一个茶包和一个鸡蛋杯带回家。” 茶包吗?蛋杯?朱迪不太确定她的朋友们是否会喜欢这个。 但后来她想象自己躺在天鹅绒枕头上喝着下午茶，戴着皇家穆迪蓝宝石，被加冕为女王中的女王。

At last it was Saturday, the day of the right royal tea party. The T. P. tent was hung with twinkly lights and pink bunting (aka paper streamers). The table was set. The place cards were placed. The napkins were folded into swans. The tea was ready to be poured. The Toad Pee tent looked more like the Total Princess tent. Even the sugar cubes were pink. Judy sure hoped her friends liked it. All there was to do now was wait. Wait for four o'clock. Judy chewed her Grouchy pencil. She chewed her fingernail. She chewed the end of her once-purple hair hunk.

终于到了星期六，这是皇家茶话会举行的日子。 帐篷里挂着闪烁的灯光和粉红色的彩带（又名纸带）。 桌子摆好了。座位牌放好了。 餐巾被折成天鹅状。 茶已经沏好了，可以倒了。 蟾蜍尿帐篷看起来更像公主帐篷。 连方糖都是粉红色的。 朱迪当然希望她的朋友们喜欢它。 现在唯一要做的就是等待。 等四点钟。朱迪嚼着她的铅笔。 她咬指甲。 她咬着曾经紫色的头发末端。

Four o'clock came. And went. Nobody was on time. 4:03: Judy checked her watch. 4:05: Judy checked her watch again. 4:07: Judy twisted her swan napkin into a tornado. "Maybe they got the time wrong," said Judy. "The invitation said four o'clock sharp," said Jessica. "But it was in secret code," said Judy. 4:11: Judy folded an origami peacock with her doily. "It's bad manners to be late," said Jessica. "So rude." She checked and double-checked the sugar bowl. 4:15: Judy folded an origami polar bear with Rocky's doily. "It's bad manners to keep a queen waiting," said Jessica. She smoothed the tablecloth. She fluffed the

四点钟到了。了又走了。 没有人准时。4:03：朱迪看了看表。 4:05：朱迪又看了看表。 4:07：朱迪把她的天鹅餐巾扭成龙卷风。 “也许他们记错时间了，”朱迪说。 “请柬上写着四点整，”杰西卡说。 “但那是用密码写的，”朱迪说。 4:11：朱迪用她的小桌布折了一只孔雀。 “迟到是不礼貌的，”杰西卡说。 “那么粗鲁。”她反复检查糖碗。 4:15：朱迪用洛奇的桌巾折了一只北极熊。 “让女王久等是不礼貌的，”杰西卡说。 她把桌布弄平了。 她弄松了。