1. Tomorrow Isn’t Now

1 Tomorrow Isn't Now My name is A.J., and I hate October 30. If you ask me, October 30 is the worst day of the year. You know why? Because I'm not allowed to eat any candy on that day. We have these giant bags of candy all over the house, and my mom won't let me touch them. "No candy, A.J.!" she always says on October 30. "That candy is for the trick-ortreaters." "Oh, come on, Mom! Can I have just one piece?" "No! You can have all the candy you want tomorrow." "Yeah, but tomorrow isn't now!" I hate tomorrow. Tomorrow is the worst day of the week, because it isn't here yet.

明天不是现在我叫a.j.，我讨厌10月30日。 要我说，10月30日是一年中最糟糕的一天。 你知道为什么吗？因为那天我不能吃任何糖果。 我们家到处都是大袋子的糖果，我妈妈不让我碰它们。 “不要吃糖，A.J.!”她总是在10月30日说。 “那些糖果是给不给糖就捣蛋的人的。” “哦，别这样，妈妈！”我可以只吃一块吗？”“不!明天你想要多少糖果都可以。” “是啊，但明天不是现在！”我讨厌明天。 明天是一周中最糟糕的一天，因为它还没有到来。

Waiting for tomorrow feels like forever. The good thing is, tomorrow is also the best day of the week, because the day after the worst day of the year is the best day of the year: Halloween! You can eat all the candy you want, and nobody can stop you! The other reason I don't like October 30 is because it's Mischief Night. Teenagers in our town go around throwing eggs, soaping up windows, ringing doorbells, and doing other mean stuff. At seven o'clock I went to peek out the front window to make sure our house was safe. And you'll never believe in a million hundred years what I saw outside. Our trees were covered with toilet paper! Somebody TP'd our house! Can you believe that? What a mean thing to do! And I knew exactly who did it, too. Andrea Young.

等待明天就像等待永远。 好消息是，明天也是一周中最好的一天，因为一年中最糟糕的一天的第二天就是一年中最好的一天：万圣节！你想吃多少糖果就吃多少，没人能阻止你！我不喜欢10月30日的另一个原因是它是恶作剧之夜。 我们镇上的青少年到处乱扔鸡蛋，用肥皂擦窗户，按门铃，干其他下流的事。 七点钟的时候，我从前面的窗户往外偷看，以确保我们的房子是安全的。 你永远也不会相信我在外面看到了什么。 我们的树被厕纸覆盖了！有人在我们家用厕纸！你能相信吗？ 这是多么卑鄙的事啊！我也知道是谁干的。 安德里亚年轻。

She is this girl with curly brown hair in my class at school.* It had to be Andrea! She hates me. Last year me and the guys TP'd her house. Now she was getting me back.

她就是我们班那个棕色卷发的女孩。一定是安德里亚！她讨厌我。 去年我和我的人给她家施了TP。 现在她把我找回来了。

Well, two can play at that game, Andrea. Revenge will be mine, and revenge will be sweet.

这游戏可以两个人玩，安德里亚。 复仇是我的，复仇是甜蜜的。