04 Fame Is the Pits

Fame Is the Pits Judy peeled a banana. "Can I have that?" asked Stink. Judy handed him the banana peel. "Not that!" said Stink. Judy took a monster bite, then handed Stink the banana. She picked up a cherry instead. "What are you writing?" she asked her dad, popping the cherry into her mouth. "Garage sale," said Dad. "I'm running an ad in the paper. It's time to get rid of all that old stuff out there." "Old stuff?" asked Judy, perking up. Old stuff got people in the newspaper. Really really old

朱迪削香蕉皮。 “我能要那个吗?”臭臭问。 朱迪递给他香蕉皮。 “不是那个!”臭臭说。朱迪狠狠地咬了一口，然后把香蕉递给臭臭。 她拿起了一颗樱桃。 “你在写什么?”她问她爸爸，把樱桃塞进嘴里。 “车库大甩卖，”爸爸说。“我在报纸上登了一则广告。 是时候扔掉那些旧东西了。” “旧东西?”朱迪问，精神起来了。 旧事能让人上报纸。 非常非常老

stuff even got people on TV. "What old stuff?" "Your old bike, Mom's books from college, Stink's baby clothes." "Don't we have any old-old stuff?" "There's Dad," said Stink. "Thanks a lot," said Dad. "No. I mean like Cleopatra's eyelash," said Judy. "Or a hammer used to build the Statue of Liberty. You know. Stuff old enough to be really worth something."

甚至有人上了电视。 “什么旧东西?”“你的旧自行车，妈妈大学时的书，臭臭的婴儿衣服。” “我们没有老东西吗?”“爸爸在那儿。”臭臭说。 “非常感谢，”爸爸说。“没有。 我是说像埃及艳后的睫毛，”朱迪说。 或者是用来建造自由女神像的锤子。 你知道的。这些东西足够老了，真的有价值。”

"Stuff you didn't know you had and you find out you're rich?" Stink grinned. "Like antiques from your great-great-great-grandmother? You go on TV and they tell you it's worth a bunch of money." "I'm afraid nobody's going to get rich around here. Our old stuff is junk," said Dad. "ROAR," said Judy. She pulled the stem off another cherry. If only she had something unusual. Really rare. Like maybe a broken plate from another century, or an old letter from the American Revolution. "So, what's happening in school these days?" Dad asked. Judy sat up. Had Dad heard about the white cards? "What do you mean?"

“那些你不知道自己拥有的东西，然后你发现自己很富有?”臭咧嘴一笑。 “比如你曾曾曾祖母的古董?” 你上电视，他们就会告诉你这很值一大笔钱。” “恐怕这里没人会发财。 我们的旧东西都是垃圾，”爸爸说。 “咆哮，”朱迪说。她把另一颗樱桃的梗拔了下来。 要是她有什么不寻常的东西就好了。 非常罕见。比如另一个世纪的碎盘子，或者美国革命时期的一封旧信。 “那么，最近学校里发生了什么?”爸爸问。 朱迪坐了起来。爸爸听说过白色卡片的事吗? “你是什么意思?”

"I mean, is anything interesting going on?" "Can I stay after school Friday?" asked Judy. "Mr. Todd says I can help clean the fish tank." "P-U," said Stink. "We'll see if Mom can pick you up. How about you, Stink?" Judy popped another cherry into her mouth. "We learned this funny story about George Washington," said Stink. "It's about not telling a lie." Judy chomped down on the cherry. "See, he chopped down this cherry tree. And when his dad asked who did it, Washington

“我的意思是，有什么有趣的事情发生吗?”“星期五放学后我能留下来吗?”朱迪问。 “托德先生说我可以帮忙清理鱼缸。” “P-U，”臭臭说。“我们看看妈妈能不能来接你。 你呢，臭小子?”朱迪又往嘴里塞了一颗樱桃。 “我们学了一个关于乔治·华盛顿的有趣故事，”臭臭说。 “关键是不要说谎。” 朱迪一口咬下樱桃。 “看，他砍倒了这棵樱桃树。 当他爸爸问是谁干的，华盛顿

said, 'I cannot tell a lie.' And he told on himself." Judy almost choked. She spit out her cherry pit. It went zinging across the table at Stink. "Hey," said Stink. "She spit at me." "It was an accident," said Judy. "Judy!" said Dad. "Okay. Okay. I cannot tell a lie. I coughed a

他说:“我不能说谎。”他就自告状了。” 朱迪几乎窒息了。她把樱桃核吐了出来。 它在臭臭的桌子上发出刺耳的声音。 “嘿，”臭臭说。“她朝我吐口水。” “那是个意外，”朱迪说。 “朱迪!”爸爸说。“好吧。好吧。 我不能说谎。我咳嗽了。