05 The Sleeping Speller

The Sleeping Speller That night, Judy met Frank at the library to study for the spelling test. "Hey! You got your mood ring back from Mr. Todd," said Frank when Judy arrived. "Yes!" said Judy, holding up her hand to admire it. She would never, ever, not ever take her mood ring off again until it turned positively purple. Except at school, of course. Mr. Todd said no more mood rings at school. While she was at school, she would be sure to keep it safe. Hidden in her extra-special babytooth box. "Speaking of Mr. Todd, have you seen the

睡觉的拼字者那天晚上，朱迪和弗兰克在图书馆一起准备拼写考试。 “嘿!你从托德先生那里拿回了你的情绪戒指，”朱迪回来后弗兰克说。 “是的!”朱迪说，举起手来欣赏它。 她再也不会，再也不会，再也不会摘下她的情绪戒指，直到它变成紫色。 当然，除了在学校。 托德先生说学校里不再有情绪戒指了。 当她在学校的时候，她一定会把它保管好。 藏在她特别的牙盒里。 说到托德先生，你有没有看过

spelling words?" asked Frank. "They are hard, as in D-I-F-F-I-C-U-L-T!" Judy looked at the list. "Woodbine! What in the world's a woodbine?" "Who knows?" asked Frank. Frank went to get the big dictionary. He came back carrying it like it weighed a hundred pounds. They opened it on the table. "'Wood-bine,' Judy read out loud. "'A vine that wraps around trees.'" "'Also called Virginia creeper,'" read Frank. "RARE!" said Judy. "Creepy!" said Frank. "I'm tired of studying," said Judy. "Tired?! We only learned one word!" said Frank.

拼写单词?”弗兰克问。 “它们很硬，就像D-I-F-F-I-C-U-L-T!”朱迪看了看名单。 “英国人!梧桐树到底是什么?”“谁知道呢?”弗兰克问。 弗兰克去拿那本大字典。 他回来时拿着它，好像它有一百磅重。 他们把它放在桌上打开。 “‘木茎，’朱迪大声念出来。 “‘缠绕树木的藤蔓。'" "'也叫维吉尼亚蔓藤，'"弗兰克念道。 “罕见!”朱迪说。“令人毛骨悚然!”弗兰克说。 “我厌倦了学习，”朱迪说。 “累了吗? !我们只学了一个单词!”弗兰克说。

"Let's look at books," said Judy. Frank followed Judy down a long row of high shelves. "Ooh. What books are these? It's all dark and dusty." "I hope there aren't any Virginia-creepy vines around here," said Judy in a spooky voice. Frank found a book with pictures of bones and the creepy insides of stuff. "Body parts!" he said. Judy went to find the librarian. "What did you get?" Frank asked when she came back. "Predict Your Head Off!" said Judy. "It's all about people who predicted stuff about the future. Lynn helped me find it. She's the cool librarian with the fork-and-pie earrings. Not the mad-face librarian."

“我们来看书吧，”朱迪说。 弗兰克跟着朱迪走下一长排高架子。 “哦。这些是什么书? 那里又黑又满是灰尘。”“我希望这附近没有任何令人毛骨悚然的弗吉尼亚藤蔓，”朱迪用一种令人毛骨悚然的声音说。 弗兰克找到了一本书，里面有骨头的图片和令人毛骨悚然的内部结构。 “身体部位!”他说。朱迪去找图书管理员。 “你得到了什么?”她回来时弗兰克问。 “预测你的脑袋掉下来!”朱迪说。 “这一切都是关于那些预测未来的人。 林恩帮我找到的。她是戴着叉子和馅饼耳环的酷图书管理员。 而不是那个疯脸图书管理员。”

"Hey! It's a Big Head book. I love those. How come they draw the people with such big heads, anyway?" Frank asked. "Maybe it's to hold all those big ideas about the future. Look, see?" said Judy, pointing to her book. "These people predicted earthquakes and fires and babies being born." "Nobody can predict the future," said Frank. "Can they?" "Ya-huh!" said Judy. "It says right here. Books don't lie."

“嘿!这是一本大头书。 我喜欢这些。他们怎么会画这么大脑袋的人呢?”弗兰克问。 “也许是为了保留所有关于未来的伟大想法。 看，看到了吗?”朱迪指着她的书说。 “这些人预测地震、火灾和婴儿出生。” “没有人能预测未来，”弗兰克说。 “可以吗?”“是啊!”朱迪说。 “这里写着呢。书不会说谎。”

"Let me see," said Frank. "See? Jeane Dixon, Famous American Fortuneteller. She was some lady in Washington, D.C., who stared into her eggs one morning and predicted that President Kennedy would be shot. And she predicted an earthquake in Alaska." "It also says she predicted that Martians would come to Earth and take away teenagers. I wish that would happen to my big sister." "If only Stink were a teenager," said Judy. "Look! It says here that that Jeane Dixon lady saw stuff in whipped cream!" said Frank. "I've seen stuff in whipped cream, too," said Judy. "Lots of times." "Like what?"

“让我看看，”弗兰克说。“看到了吗? Jeane Dixon，美国著名的算命师。 她是华盛顿特区的一位女士，一天早上，她盯着自己的鸡蛋，预测肯尼迪总统会被枪杀。 她预测阿拉斯加会发生地震。” 书中还说，她预测火星人会来到地球，带走青少年。 我希望我的姐姐也能这样。” “要是臭臭是个十几岁的孩子就好了，”朱迪说。 “看!这里说那个叫珍妮·狄克逊的女士在鲜奶油里看到了东西!”弗兰克说。 “我也在鲜奶油里见过这种东西，”朱迪说。 “很多次。”“像什么?”