5 May

5 May I ate chocolate custard on May 3. Do you know why? Because May 3 is National Chocolate Custard Day, of course! But that's not my favorite holiday in May. Two days later, Mrs. Roopy was waiting for us when we walked into the media center.

我可以在5月3日吃巧克力蛋奶冻吗？ 你知道为什么吗？当然，因为5月3日是国家巧克力蛋奶冻日！但那不是我最喜欢的五月假期。 两天后，当我们走进媒体中心时，鲁比太太在等着我们。

"What are we celebrating today, Mrs. Roopy?" asked Neil. "Oh, it's a very special holiday," she replied. "Today is International—"* But she didn't have the chance to finish her sentence. Our principal, Mrs. Stoker, walked into the media center. "Good morning!" she said. "I just wanted to see how you kids were making out." Ugh! Gross! "While I'm here," said Mrs. Stoker, "do you know how to fix a broken tuba?" "How?" we shouted. "With a tuba glue!" said Mrs. Stoker. Mrs. Stoker just can't resist telling jokes. "Hey," she said, "what do you call an orchestra with just one tuba?" "What?" we shouted. "A one-ba!" said Mrs. Stoker. "Get it? Oneba? Tuba? Say, did you hear about the guy who swallowed a kazoo?" "No," we shouted. "Lucky he wasn't a tuba player!" said Mrs. Stoker. "But seriously, which musical instrument can you find in a bathroom?"

“鲁比太太，我们今天庆祝什么呢？”尼尔问。 “哦，这是一个非常特殊的节日，”她回答说。 “今天是国际日——”*但她没有机会把话说完。 我们的校长斯托克夫人走进了媒体中心。 “早上好！”她说。“我只是想看看你们这些孩子相处得怎么样。” 啊!恶心!“既然我在这儿，”斯托克太太说，“你知道怎么修坏了的大号吗？”“怎么做？”我们喊道。 “用大号胶水！”斯托克太太说。 斯托克太太就是忍不住讲笑话。 “嘿，”她说，“只有一个大号的管弦乐队叫什么？”“什么？”我们喊道。 “一巴！”斯托克太太说。 “明白了吗?Oneba吗?大号?喂，你听说过那个吞卡祖笛的家伙吗？”“不，”我们喊道。 “幸好他不是吹大号的！”斯托克太太说。 “但说真的，你能在浴室里找到什么乐器？”

"Which?" we shouted. "A tuba toothpaste!" said Mrs. Stoker. "Well, you've been a wonderful audience. I've got to go to a meeting now." Then she left. That was weird. "Why was Mrs. Stoker telling us tuba jokes?" Ryan asked Mrs. Roopy. "Because today is International Tuba Day!" she said excitedly. "On the first Friday in May, we honor tuba players." "Let's celebrate!" we all shouted. We went to the computers to research International Tuba Day. It was started in 1979 by a high school student in Pennsylvania. He was tired of his classmates making fun of him for playing the tuba in the school band. So he started a holiday for tuba players. The idea spread, and now International Tuba Day is celebrated all over the world. We learned lots of stuff about tubas. It was invented in 1835 in Germany. Do you know why a tuba is called a tuba? "Tuba" is the Latin word for "tube." And one tuba has up to eighteen feet of tubing.

“哪个？”我们喊道。“大号牙膏！”斯托克太太说。 “嗯，你们是很棒的听众。 我现在得去开会了。” 然后她离开了。这很奇怪。 “斯托克太太为什么要给我们讲大号的笑话？”瑞恩问鲁比太太。 “因为今天是国际大号日！”她兴奋地说。 “在五月的第一个星期五，我们向大号演奏家致敬。” “让我们庆祝一下吧！” 我们去电脑上研究国际大号日。 它于1979年由宾夕法尼亚州的一名高中生创立。 他受够了同学们取笑他在学校乐队里吹大号。 于是他开始为大号手们放假。 这个想法传播开来，现在世界各地都在庆祝国际大号日。 我们学到了很多关于大号的知识。 它是1835年在德国发明的。 你知道大号为什么叫大号吗？ “Tuba”在拉丁语中是“管子”的意思。 一个大号有18英尺长的管子。

"I have a surprise for you," said Mrs. Roopy. "Follow me!" She took us to the media center storage room, where she keeps extra books and broken computers. And you'll never believe what was in the storage room. It was a bunch of tubas, of course! "WOW," we all said, which is "MOM" upside down. "Where do you think Mrs. Roopy got all those tubas?" Alexia asked me. "From Rent-A-Tuba," I told her. "You can rent anything." Mrs. Roopy said we could play the tubas. So each of us picked one up. Or tried to. A tuba weighs about a million hundred pounds. Finally, I was able to pick one up. Tubas are hard to play. You have to vibrate your lips and blow into this mouthpiece thing. With a little practice, I was able to make something like a tuba sound. "Let's have a parade!" Mrs. Roopy said. We marched out of the media center playing the tubas. Then we marched down the hall, out the front door, and down the street. It sounded

“我有一个惊喜给你，”鲁比太太说。 “跟我来!”她把我们带到媒体中心的储藏室，她在那里放着多余的书和坏掉的电脑。 你绝对不会相信储藏室里有什么。 当然是一堆大号！“哇，”我们都说，这是“妈妈”的上下颠倒。 “你以为鲁比太太从哪儿弄来这么多大号的？”亚历克西娅问我。 “从租号店买的，”我告诉她。 “你可以租任何东西。”鲁皮太太说我们可以吹大号。 所以我们每人都拿了一个。 或者尝试过。大号重约100万磅。 最后，我终于捡到了一个。 大号很难弹。你得振动你的嘴唇，然后对着这个吹嘴吹气。 稍加练习，我就能发出类似大号的声音了。 “我们来游行吧！”鲁比太太说。 我们吹着大号走出媒体中心。 然后我们穿过大厅，走出前门，沿着街道走去。 这听起来

horrible, and we were all tired from carrying around the tubas, but it was fun. May is another great month for weird holidays. On May 3, we also celebrated National Two Different

太可怕了，我们都累得带着大号到处跑，但很有趣。 五月又是一个奇异节日的好月份。 在5月3日，我们也庆祝两国不同

Colored Shoes Day and National Lumpy Rug Day. On May 8, we celebrated No Socks Day. On May 14, we celebrated National Dance Like a Chicken Day. On May 18, we celebrated No Dirty Dishes Day. On May 23, we celebrated World Turtle Day and National Taffy Day. On May 26, we celebrated National Paper Airplane Day. On May 27, we celebrated Cellophane Tape Day and National Sunscreen Day. As Mrs. Roopy says, there's always something to celebrate.

有色鞋日和国家地毯日。 5月8日，我们庆祝无袜日。 5月14日，我们庆祝了“像鸡一样跳舞日”。 5月18日，我们庆祝了“无脏盘子日”。 5月23日，我们庆祝了世界海龟日和太妃糖日。 5月26日，我们庆祝了国家纸飞机日。 5月27日，我们庆祝了透明胶带日和全国防晒霜日。 就像鲁比太太说的，总有值得庆祝的事情。