11 A Happy Ending

Chapter 11 A Happy Ending When we got home, the phone was ringing. My mom picked it up. She talked with somebody for a long time. When she hung up, she said, "I just got some more bad news, A.J." "Your nose isn't that bad," I told her. "Mr. Klutz is very angry about what happened," she told me. "He says he's not going to pay us for all that tomato sauce, cheese, and crust The Six Moms bought to make the pizza." "So?" I said. "So my company is bankrupt," Mom told me sadly. "The Six Moms is out of business." "Wait a minute," I said. "If The Six Moms is out of business, that means..." "It means I have to take you out of the

当我们回到家时，电话响了。 我妈妈把它捡起来。她和某人谈了很长时间。 挂断电话后，她说：“我又有个坏消息，a。j。” “你的鼻子没那么糟，”我告诉她。 “克鲁茨先生对发生的事情非常生气，”她告诉我。 “他说他不会付我们六个妈妈买的番茄酱、奶酪和披萨饼的钱。” “所以?”我说。“所以我的公司破产了，”妈妈悲伤地告诉我。 “六个妈妈关门了。” “等一下，”我说。“如果‘六个妈妈’倒闭了，那就意味着……” “意思是我得把你从

after-school program," she told me. "Hooray!" I yelled. "I can watch TV again! Yippee!" I was running around and jumping and going crazy. It was the greatest moment of my life. I ran to the TV like I was in the Olympics. It had been so long since I watched TV that I almost forgot which remote control turned it on. Finally, I got the TV working. There was a man and a lady on

课外活动，”她告诉我。 “万岁!”我喊道。“我又可以看电视了！”好啊! !”我跑来跑去，跳来跳去，快疯了。 那是我一生中最伟大的时刻。 我跑到电视机前，就像在看奥运会一样。 我已经很久没看电视了，几乎忘了是哪个遥控器开的。 终于，我把电视修好了。 电视上有一男一女

the screen. Below their faces it said BREAKING NEWS! I turned up the volume. "This just in," the news lady said. "A crazy man in an ape costume jumped out of an airplane today over Ella Mentry School. He landed in an enormous pizza that was in the playground. It turns out the man was Mr. Klutz, the principal of the school. Can you believe anybody would do such a crazy thing?" "I guess this Mr. Klutz is nuts!" said the newsman sitting next to her. "He's just another pathetic person trying to get famous. Like that guy who said his son was in a hot-air balloon. It's just so sad that people want to be famous so badly."

屏幕上。他们的脸下面写着“突发新闻”！我把音量调大了。 “刚收到消息，”女记者说。 “今天在艾拉门特里学校上空，一个穿着猿人服装的疯子从飞机上跳了下来。 他落在操场上的一个巨大的披萨上。 原来那个人是学校的校长克鲁茨先生。 你能相信有人会做出这么疯狂的事吗？”坐在她旁边的记者说：“我猜这位克鲁茨先生是疯了！” “他只是另一个想出名的可怜人。 就像那个说他儿子在热气球里的人。 人们如此渴望成名，真是太可悲了。”

"This story has a happy ending though," the news lady said. "The crazy principal was rescued by Mr. Tony, the after-school program director of Ella Mentry School. He dived right into the pizza and pulled Mr. Klutz out before that nutty principal drowned in tomato sauce." "Mr. Tony is a real hero," the newsman said, "like that pilot who landed the plane on the river in New York City. Mr. Tony is the one who deserves to be famous, not that crazy principal." "In fact," the news lady said, "we understand that Mr. Tony will be writing a

“不过这个故事有一个幸福的结局，”女记者说。 这位疯狂的校长被艾拉·门特瑞学校的课后项目主任托尼先生救了出来。 他一头扎进披萨，把克鲁茨先生拉了出来，然后那个疯子校长就淹死在番茄酱里了。” “托尼先生是一个真正的英雄，”新闻记者说，“就像那个把飞机降落在纽约市河上的飞行员。 托尼先生才是那个应该出名的人，而不是那个疯狂的校长。” “事实上，”女记者说，“我们知道托尼先生将会写一篇

book about his life story that will be made into a movie. So I guess he will be famous when this is all over." Well, that's pretty much what happened. Maybe I'll start liking asparagus. Maybe me and the guys will count some chickens before they hatch. Maybe my mom will get a new job as a brain surgeon. Maybe somebody will invent a homework machine. Maybe Mr. Klutz will grow some hair on his head. Maybe we'll tunnel out of the school. Maybe pogo-juggling, egg-jogging, and pizza-wrestling will become Olympic sports. Maybe Mr. Tony will stop smoking chains. Maybe we'll figure out why army guys say "Ten-hut." Maybe Mr. Tony will take us boating. Maybe the sequel to Halloween will become a real holiday. Maybe Mr. Tony will break some other record to get into The Guinness Book of World Records. But it won't be easy!

关于他的人生故事的书将被拍成电影。 所以我想这一切结束后他会出名的。” 嗯，事情就是这样发生的。 也许我会开始喜欢芦笋。 也许我和伙计们会在小鸡孵出来之前数一数小鸡。 也许我妈妈会找到一份脑外科医生的新工作。 也许有人会发明一个家庭作业机。 也许克鲁茨先生会长出头发来。 也许我们可以挖地道出学校。 也许弹簧腿杂耍、鸡蛋慢跑和披萨摔跤会成为奥运会项目。 也许托尼先生会戒烟。 也许我们能弄明白为什么军队里的人说“十屋” 也许托尼先生会带我们去划船。 也许万圣节的续集会成为一个真正的节日。 也许托尼先生会打破其他一些记录，进入吉尼斯世界纪录。 但这并不容易！