2 The Genius

Chapter 2 The Genius I knew you'd keep reading! When I opened the door to Mr. Klutz's office, Mr. Klutz was in there. Well, duh! Who else would be in Mr. Klutz's office? But that's not the amazing part. The amazing part is what Mr. Klutz was doing in his office. He was playing Ping-Pong with himself! Mr. Klutz had a Ping-Pong table in his office. He would hit the ball, and then he would run around the table to the other side and hit it back. Then he would run around the table and hit it back again to himself. Mr. Klutz is nuts. "Hello A.J.!" Mr. Klutz said when he noticed I was standing there. "Ping-Pong is great for getting rid of stress. Have a seat."

我就知道你会一直读下去的！当我打开克鲁茨先生办公室的门时，克鲁茨先生在里面。 嗯,咄!还有谁会在克鲁茨先生的办公室？ 但这还不是最神奇的部分。 最神奇的是克鲁茨先生在他办公室里做的事。 他在和自己打乒乓球！克鲁茨先生的办公室里有一张乒乓球桌。 他会击球，然后绕着桌子跑到另一边，再把球打回去。 然后他会绕着桌子跑一圈，再把桌子打回去。 克鲁茨先生是个疯子。“你好A.J. !”克鲁茨先生注意到我站在那里时说。 “乒乓球是很好的减压方式。 请坐。”

"Where did you get a Ping-Pong table?" I asked. "From Rent-A-Ping-Pong-Table," Mr. Klutz replied. "You can rent anything." Mr. Klutz was all out of breath from running around the Ping-Pong table. He sat down and asked me about the weather and what I ate for breakfast and other stuff that nobody would ever care about. Principals always make chitchat before they tell you the horrible thing that you did. Nobody knows why. There was a knock on the door, and Ms. Coco came in. She's in charge of the gifted and talented program at Ella Mentry School. I didn't want to be in the G and T program, but she forced me. Ms. Coco made some chitchat with Mr. Klutz before she sat down. "A.J., we need to talk to you about something," said Mr. Klutz.

“你从哪儿弄来的乒乓球桌？”我问。 “在Rent-A-Ping-Pong-Table，”克鲁茨回答。 “你可以租任何东西。”克鲁茨先生绕着乒乓球桌跑得上气不接下气。 他坐下来，问我天气怎么样，早餐吃什么，还有其他一些没人会关心的事情。 校长们在告诉你你做了什么可怕的事情之前总是会闲聊一番。 没人知道为什么。有人敲门。 可可走了进来。她负责艾拉门特里学校的天才项目。 我并不想参加G和T项目，但她强迫我。 可可在坐下之前和克鲁茨闲聊了几句。 “aj，我们需要和你谈谈，”克鲁茨说。

Uh-oh. Here it comes. "I'm sorry I put the worm in Emily's sneaker," I told them. "You put a worm in Emily's sneaker?!" asked Mr. Klutz. "Of course not!" I replied. "Whatever gave you that idea?" "A.J., I called you down here because Ms. Coco showed me some of the poems you wrote," Mr. Klutz said. "They are very interesting." "Interesting" is an interesting word. It could mean something is really good, or it could mean something is really bad. You never know. So if you're not sure if something is good or bad, just say it's interesting. Ms. Coco handed Mr. Klutz a sheet of paper. He read it out loud. Tomorrow's Window People

哦。它来了。“对不起，我把虫子放进了艾米丽的运动鞋里，”我告诉他们。 “你在艾米丽的运动鞋里放了条虫子？！” “当然不会！”我回答说。 “是什么让你有这个想法的？”" aj，我叫你来是因为。 可可给我看了一些你写的诗，”克鲁茨说。 “它们非常有趣。” “Interesting”是一个有趣的词。 它可以表示某事非常好，也可以表示某事非常糟糕。 谁知道呢。所以如果你不确定某件事是好是坏，就说它很有趣。 可可递给克鲁茨一张纸。 他大声读了出来。明天的橱窗顾客

By Arlo Jervis Someone only fired should soft become hammer, Imagination! Because awkward autumn sudden neighbor remain, Fishhook! Glow shadow oatmeal tomorrow window people. When he finished reading, the weirdest thing in the history of the world happened. Mr. Klutz and Ms. Coco started crying! I mean, tears were running down their faces. What a pair of crybabies. They're worse than Emily! "That's the most beautiful thing I ever heard!" Ms. Coco said. The two of them were sobbing and blowing their noses into tissues. Well, they blew the snot from their noses into the

只有被解雇的人才能成为锤子，想象力！因为尴尬的秋天突然邻居留下，鱼钩！辉影燕麦明日窗人。 当他读完时，世界历史上最奇怪的事情发生了。 克鲁茨先生和可可小姐哭了起来！我是说，泪水从他们的脸上流下来。 真是一对爱哭鬼。他们比艾米丽还坏！“这是我听过的最美的话！”Ms。 可可说。他们俩一边抽泣，一边用纸巾擤鼻涕。 他们把鼻子里的鼻涕吹到

tissues, not the noses themselves. If they blew their noses into tissues, their noses would fall off. That would be weird. The truth is, I didn't even write that dumb poem. My grandma got me some flash cards so I could practice spelling words. We had an assignment to write poetry, and I didn't know what to write. So I threw the flash cards up in the air, scooped them up, and wrote down the words. It was a lot easier than writing real poems.

纸巾，而不是鼻子本身。 如果他们把鼻子吹成纸巾，他们的鼻子就会掉下来。 那会很奇怪。事实上，那首蠢诗根本不是我写的。 我奶奶给我买了一些卡片，这样我就可以练习拼写单词了。 我们有一个写诗的作业，我不知道该写什么。 于是我把卡片扔到空中，把它们捡起来，写下单词。 这比写真正的诗容易多了。

"We think your poetry is brilliant, A.J.," Mr. Klutz said. "We want to have you tested," said Ms. Coco. What?! Tested? "Do I have to pee into a cup?" I asked. "No, nothing like that," Ms. Coco said. "A.J., we always knew you were gifted.

“我们认为你的诗很精彩，aj，”克鲁茨说。 “我们想让你检查一下，”她说。 椰子树。什么? !测试?“我一定要往杯子里撒尿吗？”我问。 “不，不是那样的。” 可可说。" aj，我们一直都知道你很有天赋。