12 The Moment of Truth

Chapter 12 The Moment of Truth As soon as I got to Mr. Granite's class the next morning, there was an announcement over the loudspeaker. "Please send A.J. to Mr. Klutz's office." Everybody looked at me. We all knew what was about to happen. I was going to find out whether or not they would send me to Dork School. Everybody got up to shake my hand, even Mr. Granite. "It's been nice knowing you, A.J.," said Ryan. "Good luck, dude," Michael said. "I hope we'll still be friends." "We'll miss you," said Neil the nude kid. Andrea came over. I thought she was going to hug me or kiss me or do some other disgusting thing.

第二天早上，我刚到格拉尼特先生的教室，扩音器里就传来了通告。 “请让aj去克鲁茨先生的办公室” 每个人都看着我。我们都知道将要发生什么。 我想知道他们是否会送我去达克学校。 每个人都站起来和我握手，连格拉尼特先生也不例外。 “很高兴认识你，aj，”Ryan说。 “祝你好运，伙计，”迈克尔说。 “我希望我们还是朋友。” “我们会想你的，”裸体小孩尼尔说。 安德烈走了过来。我以为她会抱我，亲我，或者做其他恶心的事。

"I've been thinking about it, Arlo," Andrea said. "Maybe it would be good if you went to Dirk. It might be better for both of us if we went to different schools." "Yeah, maybe you're right," I agreed. I walked down the hall more slowly than I had ever walked down any hall. A glacier could have beat me to Mr. Klutz's office.* But finally, I got there. It was the moment of truth. I put my hand on the doorknob. I turned the doorknob. I opened the door. And you'll never believe in a million hundred years who was sitting there. It was Dr. Brad. And he was crying. Big tears were rolling down his face. "It vuz all my fault," he blubbered. "If Andrea had fallen off the roof, I don't know vut I vould have done."

“我一直在想这件事，阿乐，”安德烈说。 “也许你去德克会更好。 如果我们去不同的学校可能对我们俩都更好。” “是啊，也许你是对的。”我同意了。 我在大厅里走得比以往任何时候都慢。 冰川都能比我先到克鲁茨先生的办公室。但最后，我到达了那里。 这是关键时刻。 我把手放在门把手上。 我转动门把手。我打开门。 你永远也不会相信谁坐在那里。 是布拉德医生。他哭了。 大颗的眼泪从他脸上滚落下来。 “都是我的错，”他抽泣着说。 “如果安德里亚从屋顶上掉下来，我不知道我会怎么做。”

"There, there," said Mr. Klutz and Ms. Coco as they patted Dr. Brad on his back. "Everything turned out fine." They were trying to comfort him, but it was no use. Dr. Brad fell to the floor and started weeping like a baby. "Wahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" Sheesh, get a grip! "Dr. Brad has gone mad," Ms. Coco told

“好了，好了。” 可可一边说，一边拍拍布拉德医生的背。 “一切都很好。” 他们试图安慰他，但没有用。 布拉德医生倒在地上，像个婴儿一样哭了起来。 “Wahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh !”嘿，控制一下！”博士。 布拉德已经疯了，”可可说

me. "We don't know what to do." "We thought you might be able to help, A.J.," said Mr. Klutz. "You seem to be good at this sort of thing." "Maybe Dr. Brad isn't a counselor at all," I told them. "Did you ever think of that? Maybe he kidnapped our real counselor and stuffed him in the trunk of his car. Stuff like that happens all the time, you know." "I don't think that's it, A.J.," said Mr. Klutz. I tried really hard to think of a way to make Dr. Brad snap out of it. I thought so hard I was afraid my head was gonna explode. And then I came up with the greatest idea in the history of the world. "We must resort to drastic measures!" I shouted. I rushed out of Mr. Klutz's office and ran down the hall to Room 104. The Ping-Pong

我。“我们不知道该怎么办。” “我们觉得你也许能帮上忙，aj，”克鲁茨说。 “你似乎很擅长这种事。” “也许布拉德医生根本就不是咨询师，”我告诉他们。 “你想过吗？” 也许他绑架了我们真正的律师然后把他塞进了他的车后备箱。 你知道，这样的事情经常发生。” “我不这么认为，aj，”克鲁茨说。 我很努力地想办法让。 布拉德突然振作起来。我想了很久，我怕我的头会爆炸。 然后我想到了世界历史上最伟大的想法。 “我们必须采取严厉措施！”我叫道。 我冲出克鲁茨先生的办公室，沿着走廊跑到104房间。 的乒乓球

paddles were still on Dr. Brad's desk. I scooped them up and ran back to Mr. Klutz's office. Dr. Brad was still on the floor, freaking out. "Are you going to give me electric shocks?" he asked. "No, no, no," I told him. "We're gonna play Ping-Pong!" We helped Dr. Brad up and gave him a paddle. Mr. Klutz and Ms. Coco picked up paddles and went to the other side of the table. "Volley for serve," I said. I hit the ball to Mr. Klutz. Mr. Klutz hit the ball to Dr. Brad. Dr. Brad hit the ball to Ms. Coco. Ms. Coco hit the ball to me. "I feel better already!" said Dr. Brad. "Ping-Pong is great for getting rid of stress," said Mr. Klutz.

冲浪板还在布拉德医生的桌子上。 我把它们捡起来，跑回克鲁茨先生的办公室。 布拉德医生还躺在地上，吓坏了。 “你要电击我吗？”他问。 “不，不，不，”我告诉他。“我们要打乒乓球！”我们帮助博士。 布拉德起身打了他一巴掌。 克鲁茨先生和可可女士拿起桨，走到桌子的另一边。 “发球截击，”我说。 我把球打给了克鲁茨先生。 克鲁茨先生把球传给了。 布莱德。布拉德医生把球打给了史密斯女士。 椰子树。可可小姐把球打给了我。 “我已经感觉好多了！” 布莱德。“乒乓是消除压力的好方法，”克鲁茨说。

The four of us had a blast! Instead of learning boring stuff like math, science, and social studies, I got to play Ping-Pong all morning with Dr. Brad, Mr. Klutz, and Ms. Coco. It was the greatest day of my life! Well, that's pretty much what happened. Maybe Dr. Brad will get better. Maybe he'll comb his hair and stop looking up my nose with a magnifying glass. Maybe he'll remove my brain and replace it with a monkey brain. Maybe I'll have to pee into a

我们四个玩得很开心！我没有去学数学、科学和社会研究等无聊的东西，而是整个上午都在和李博士打乒乓球。 布拉德，克鲁茨先生，可可女士。 这是我一生中最美好的一天！嗯，事情就是这样发生的。 也许布莱德医生会好起来。 也许他会梳头，不再拿放大镜盯着我的鼻子看。 也许他会切除我的大脑，换上猴子的大脑。 也许我得往