10 The Sanderpiece

Chapter 10 The Sanderpiece The next morning me and the guys saw a sign on the boardwalk that said SAND CASTLE JUDGING TODAY! It said that a judge would be coming down the beach to choose the best sand castle. The winner would get a trip to France. "Hey, what's that?" Neil asked, pointing up at the sky. "Somebody is parasailing," I said, and I told the guys what parasailing was. "That is cool!" they all agreed. We went down to the beach. A bunch of kids were looking at Mr. Sunny's sand castle through the fence. It was amazing. It looked just like a real castle. "I must have silence as I put the finishing touches on my sanderpiece," Mr.

第10章沙堆第二天早上，我和伙伴们在木板路上看到一块牌子，上面写着“今日沙堡审判”！它说一位法官将来到海滩上选出最好的沙堡。 获胜者将获得去法国旅游的机会。 “嘿，那是什么？”尼尔指着天空问道。 “有人在玩滑翔伞，”我说，然后告诉他们什么是滑翔伞。 “太酷了！”他们一致同意。 我们去了海滩。 一群孩子隔着栅栏在看桑尼先生的沙堡。 太神奇了。它看起来就像一座真正的城堡。 “我必须保持安静，因为我正在对我的沙砾进行最后的润色。”

Sunny said. "It must be perfect so I can win the trip to France." Mr. Sunny had hooked up an electric toothbrush to his solar-powered baseball cap. He was crawling around on the ground, using the toothbrush to brush away the last tiny specks of loose sand.

阳光说。“它必须完美，这样我才能赢得去法国的旅行。” 桑尼先生在他的太阳能棒球帽上挂了一把电动牙刷。 他在地上爬来爬去，用牙刷刷去最后一点松散的沙子。

"Your sand castle rocks, Mr. Sunny!" Michael said. "It's gonna blow the doors off all those other sand castles" I told him "You're sure, to win the contest." Mr. Sunny got up and stepped back from his castle. "That's it!" he announced. "Voilà! Fini!* My sanderpiece is complete!" "WOW!" everybody said, which is "MOM" upside down. I spotted Andrea down by the water, so me and the guys went over there to pester her. Pestering girls is fun. Especially Andrea. She was eating a piece of pizza and reading one of her Shakespeare books. "Are you still upset about Mr. Sunny?" I asked her. "'What's done, is done,'" Andrea said sadly. "'They do not love that do not show

“你的沙石城堡，桑尼先生！”迈克尔说。 “它会把其他所有的沙堡都炸飞的，”我告诉他，“你肯定能赢得比赛。” 桑尼先生站起身来，从他的城堡里退了出来。 “就是这样！”他宣布。 “瞧!菲尼!我的沙堆完成了！”“哇！”每个人都说，这是“妈妈”的上下颠倒。 我看到安德里亚在水边，所以我和其他人就过去缠着她。 纠缠女孩很有趣。尤其是安德里亚。 她正在吃一块披萨，读一本莎士比亚的书。 “你还在为桑尼先生的事生气吗？”我问她。 “‘过去的事就过去了，’”安德烈伤心地说。 “‘不表现出来的，就没有爱

their love.' 'Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs.' 'Fair is foul and foul is fair.'" I didn't know that Shakespeare guy wrote about baseball. "Stop moping around," I told Andrea. "You should take my advice and pretend to drown." "Yeah," said Neil the nude kid, "it's the only way to get Mr. Sunny to notice you." "And this is the perfect time," Ryan added. "He just finished his sand castle. He's got nothing to do until the judge shows up." "But what if pretending to drown doesn't work?" Andrea asked, dabbing her eye with a tissue. "There's only one way to find out," said Michael. Andrea thought it over. Then she stood up.

他们的爱。爱情是叹息的烟雾。“公平就是犯规，犯规就是公平。”我不知道那个莎士比亚写的是棒球。 “别闷闷不乐了，”我对安德里亚说。 “你应该接受我的建议，假装淹死。” “是啊，”裸体小孩尼尔说，“这是唯一能让桑尼先生注意到你的方法。” “这是一个完美的时机，”瑞安补充说。 “他刚刚完成了他的沙堡。 法官来之前，他无事可做。” “但如果假装溺水不管用呢？”安德烈问，用纸巾擦了擦眼睛。 “只有一个办法能弄清楚，”迈克尔说。 安德烈想了想。然后她站了起来。

"Okay," she said, handing me her book, "I'll do it!" Andrea went running out into the ocean. "Don't forget to yell 'help' and 'glub, glub,'" I hollered at her. "This is gonna be cool," said Ryan. We all watched as Andrea dived into a wave and swam out into the deep water. That's when the strangest thing in the history of the world happened. "Shark!" somebody suddenly screamed. "There's a shark out there!" We all squinted to see. Sure enough, there was a fin moving back and forth. It was on the other side of the beach from where Andrea was swimming.

“好吧，”她说着，把她的书递给我，“我来！”安德里亚跑到海里。 “别忘了喊‘救命’和‘咕咕，咕咕’。”我对她吼道。 “这一定很酷，”瑞恩说。 我们都看着安德里亚跳进波浪里，游到深水里。 就在那时，世界历史上最奇怪的事情发生了。 “鲨鱼！”有人突然尖叫起来。 “外面有条鲨鱼！”我们都眯着眼睛看。 果然，有一个鳍在前后移动。 它在安德里亚游泳的海滩的另一边。

"It's probably that crazy guy Mr. Granite," Michael said. "He must be swimming back to Australia." But it wasn't that crazy guy Mr. Granite. And it wasn't a kid. And it wasn't a lifeguard. And it wasn't my mom or dad or sister. You'll never believe in a million hundred years who it was. I'm not gonna tell you. Okay, okay, I'll tell you. But you have to read the next chapter, so nah-nah-nah boo-boo on you!

“可能是那个疯子花岗岩先生，”迈克尔说。 “他一定是游回澳大利亚去了。” 但不是那个疯子花岗岩先生。 而且那不是一个孩子。而且也不是救生员。 也不是我的爸爸妈妈或者姐姐。 你永远也不会相信那是谁。 我不会告诉你的。好吧，好吧，我告诉你。 但你得读下一章，所以，不，不，不，你去吧！