7 Why Is There a Square on My Head

Chapter 7 Why Is There a Square on My Head? There was only one bad thing about the last day of school. We had to come back after dinner for graduation! Bummer in the summer!* My mom made me wear a tie. What's up with that? Why do boys have to wear this thing around their necks? Whoever thought up that idea should get the No Brain Award. That's an award they give out to people who don't have brains. My dad helped me tie my tie while my mom combed my hair. "You look so handsome!" my mom gushed, and she got all sniffly the way girls do.

第七章为什么我的头上有个方形？ 学校最后一天只有一件不好的事。 晚饭后我们还得回来参加毕业典礼！夏天的流浪者！我妈妈让我打领带。 这是怎么回事？为什么男生要在脖子上戴这个？ 想出这个主意的人应该得无脑奖。 那是他们颁发给没脑子的人的奖项。 爸爸帮我打领带，妈妈帮我梳头。 “你看起来真帅！”我妈妈滔滔不绝地说，她像女孩子一样抽泣起来。

"I expect you to be on your best behavior tonight, A.J.," my dad warned. "Nothing must go wrong." I didn't even do anything wrong yet and already I was getting blamed! What could possibly go wrong, anyway? It was just a graduation. We drove to school. Dad parked the car and we walked to the playground. Mrs. Dole and Andrea's mom were standing at the gate, greeting everyone. As soon as we got inside the playground, I knew this was not going to be a normal graduation. There was a big stage set up with lights and a long banner that said CONGRATULATIONS, GRADUATES! Balloons were all over the place. And behind the stage was something really weird—a petting zoo, with goats and chickens and cows and bales of hay.

“我希望你今晚好好表现，aj，”爸爸警告说。 “一定不能出错。”我甚至还没做错什么，就已经开始受到指责了！到底有什么可能出错呢? 那只是个毕业典礼。我们开车去学校。 爸爸把车停好，我们走向操场。 多尔太太和安德里亚的妈妈站在门口，向大家问好。 我们一走进操场，我就知道这不会是一场普通的毕业典礼。 那里有一个大舞台，上面挂着灯光和一条长长的横幅，上面写着“祝贺毕业生！”气球到处都是。 舞台后面是一个非常奇怪的东西——一个宠物动物园，里面有山羊、鸡、牛和一捆捆的干草。

"Is all this really necessary?" my mom asked Mrs. Dole. "With all due respect, what does a petting zoo have to do with graduating?" "It represents the diversity of life on our fragile planet," Mrs. Dole replied. "As they grow up, children need to respect our animal friends." I didn't know what she was talking about, but it was cool to see goats and chickens and cows in the playground. Andrea's mom rolled her eyes. The teachers were sitting in the front row. I waved hello to Ms. Hannah, Mr. Docker, Mrs. Roopy, Miss Small, Ms. Coco, and all

“这一切真的有必要吗？”妈妈问多尔夫人。 “恕我直言，宠物动物园和毕业有什么关系？”“它代表了我们这个脆弱星球上生命的多样性，”多尔回答说。 “随着孩子们长大，他们需要尊重我们的动物朋友。” 我不知道她在说什么，但在操场上看到山羊、鸡和奶牛很酷。 安德莉亚的妈妈翻了个白眼。 老师们坐在前排。 我向汉娜女士、多克先生、鲁比太太、斯莫尔小姐、史密斯女士挥手问好。 可可和所有人

the others. Some of them were already sniffly and blowing their noses in tissues. Mrs. Dole told the parents to sit down and the kids to go to the gym. When I got there, the guys had on ties, just like me. The girls had on party dresses. We had to put on the paper caps we made, and gowns too. I didn't want to wear a dumb gown. Gowns are for girls. But everybody else was putting one on, so I guess it was okay. "Where did your mom get all those farm animals?" I asked Ryan. "You can rent anything," Ryan said. "I guess she went to Rent-a-Farm-Animal." After a million hundred hours, Mr. Loring started playing the graduation song on the accordion. Mrs. Dole told us it was time to march out to the playground.

别人。他们中的一些人已经开始抽鼻子，用纸巾擤鼻涕了。 多尔夫人让家长们坐下来，让孩子们去健身房。 当我到那里的时候，他们和我一样都打了领带。 女孩们穿着舞会礼服。 我们必须戴上自己做的纸帽，还要穿上长袍。 我不想穿一件愚蠢的礼服。 长袍是给女孩穿的。但其他人都戴上了，所以我想还好。 “你妈妈从哪儿弄来这么多家畜的？”我问瑞恩。 “你可以租任何东西，”瑞恩说。 “我猜她去动物农场租了。” 一百多个小时后，洛林先生开始用手风琴演奏毕业曲。 多尔太太告诉我们是时候到操场上去了。

I'm gra-ad-u-a-ting, There's a square on my head…. It was windy outside. I had to hold on to my cap so it wouldn't blow away. As we marched into the playground, our parents started clapping and taking pictures like we were movie stars. I sat between Michael and Ryan. "I hope my mom doesn't go overboard," Ryan whispered. I didn't think that would happen, because there weren't any boats around. Mrs. Dole walked onto the stage. There was a big bowl in front of her. It was about the

我在gra-ad-u-a-ting，我头上有个正方形.... 外面刮风了。我不得不紧紧抓住帽子，以免它被风吹走。 当我们走进操场时，我们的父母开始鼓掌，像电影明星一样给我们拍照。 我坐在迈克尔和瑞安之间。 “我希望我妈妈不要太过火，”瑞恩低声说。 我没想到会发生这种事，因为附近没有船。 多尔夫人走上舞台。 她面前有一个大碗。 这是关于

size of a garbage can cover, and it was on a little stand. "Welcome parents, teachers, and students!" Mrs. Dole announced. "Let's begin the ceremony by lighting the eternal flame." She took a lighter out of her pocket and lit something in the bowl in front of her. Flames shot up in the air. "This flame represents the eternal quest for knowledge that will forever burn within you," Mrs. Dole told us. I didn't know what she was talking about, but fire is cool. Maybe we would get to toast marshmallows later.

垃圾桶盖大小，放在一个小架子上。 “欢迎家长、老师、同学们！”多尔夫人宣布。 “让我们以点燃永恒之火开始仪式吧。” 她从口袋里拿出打火机，在她面前的碗里点上了什么东西。 火焰直冲云霄。 多尔夫人告诉我们：“这束火焰代表着对知识的永恒追求，它将永远燃烧在你心中。” 我不知道她在说什么，但火很酷。 也许我们以后可以烤棉花糖。