2. The Why Game

2 The Why Game My older sister, Amy, was already downstairs. She was all dolled up in her pink dress, white shoes, and a frilly Easter bonnet. My mom was dressed up fancy too. It looked like we were all going to a funeral. "Okay, let's go!" my dad said. "Do I have to go?" I asked. "Yes, you have to go, A.J.," said my mom. "Why?" I asked. "Because it's Easter, and this is what we do on Easter," said my dad. "Why?" I asked again. If you don't want to do something, try playing The Why Game. It's fun! Here's how you play: no matter what your mom or dad

我的姐姐艾米已经在楼下了。 她穿着粉红色的连衣裙，白色的鞋子，戴着一顶镶褶边的复活节帽子，打扮得漂漂亮亮。 我妈妈也打扮得很华丽。 看起来我们都要去参加葬礼。 “好吧，我们走吧！”爸爸说。 “我一定要去吗？”我问。 “是的，你必须去，aj，”我妈妈说。 “为什么?”我问。“因为今天是复活节，这就是我们在复活节要做的事情，”爸爸说。 “为什么?”我又问。如果你不想做某件事，试着玩“为什么”游戏。 很有趣!你是这样玩的：不管你爸爸妈妈怎么玩

says, just keep asking "Why?" It drives grown-ups crazy. Sometimes The Why Game can go on for hours. "We have to go because it's a family tradition," said my mom. "Why?" I asked. "It just is," said my dad. "Why?"

他说，只要不停地问“为什么？”这让成年人抓狂。 有时候“为什么”的游戏可以持续几个小时。 “我们必须去，因为这是家庭传统，”我妈妈说。 “为什么?”我问。“就是这样，”爸爸说。 “为什么?”

"Because I said so," my dad barked. "That's not fair "I whined. The Why Game always ends with the grown-up barking "Because I said so," and then you have to whine, "That's not fair." Nobody knows why. "I'll take care of this," Amy announced. She pulled me to the side. "It's Easter, dumbhead!" Amy whispered in my ear. "Don't you know what that means?" "It means I have to wear a tie?" "No!" Amy whispered. "It means you get to eat lots of candy." Oh, yeaaaaahhhhh! I forgot about that. Now she was talking my language. "They're going to have tons of chocolate," Amy whispered. "And marshmallows! And Peeps!" PEEPS?

“因为是我说的，”爸爸吼道。 “这不公平。”我抱怨道。 “为什么”游戏总是以大人的吼叫结束，“因为我这么说过”，然后你不得不呜咽，“这不公平。” 没人知道为什么。“我来处理这件事，”艾米宣布。 她把我拉到一边。 “今天是复活节，笨蛋！”艾米在我耳边低语。 “你不知道那是什么意思吗？”“意思是我必须打领带？”“不!”艾米低声说。 “这意味着你可以吃很多糖果。” 哦,yeaaaaahhhhh !我都忘了。 现在她说的是我的语言。 “他们会有很多巧克力，”艾米低声说。 “和棉花糖!和人!”人吗?

Did she say Peeps? My name is A.J. and I love Peeps! In case you live in a cave where they don't sell Peeps, they are these delicious marshmallow candies shaped like chicks and bunnies. They're coated with sugar, which is my favorite food. You can put sugar on just about anything to make it taste good. I bet that if you covered a clump of dirt with sugar, it would probably taste good. Not that I'm going to eat dirt or anything. But I bet my friend Ryan would eat a sugar-coated dirt clump. He'll eat anything, even stuff that isn't food.

她是说偷看吗？我叫A.J. 我喜欢Peeps！如果你住在一个不卖Peeps的山洞里，那就是这些美味的棉花糖，形状像小鸡和兔子。 它们外面裹着糖，这是我最喜欢的食物。 你可以在任何东西上放糖，这样味道会更好。 我敢打赌，如果你用糖覆盖一团泥土，味道可能会很好。 不是说我要吃土什么的。 但我打赌我的朋友瑞恩会吃糖衣污垢块。 他什么都吃，甚至不是食物的东西。

Marshmallows are already made of sugar, so they taste great. But then they put even more sugar on them to turn them into Peeps, and that makes them taste even better than a plain marshmallow. I bet that if you took a Peep and sprinkled even more sugar on it, it would taste even better than a

棉花糖本来就是用糖做的，所以味道很好。 但后来他们在棉花糖上加了更多的糖，把它们变成了Peeps，这让它们的味道比普通的棉花糖还要好。 我敢打赌，如果你再吃一点，撒上更多的糖，它的味道会比

plain Peep. I should try that sometime. The point is that Peeps are the greatest invention in the history of the world.* The person who invented Peeps should get the Nobel Prize. That's a prize they give out to people who don't have bells. And the best part is that on Easter you can eat all the Peeps you want—no questions asked. I have learned a lot about life in my eight years. Sometimes you have to take the bad with the good. If you want to get really great at skateboarding, you have to spend hours and hours practicing. If you want to get great grades in school, you have to spend hours and hours studying. And if you want to eat Peeps, you have to wear a dumb string around your neck for hours and hours. "Let's go!" I said, charging out the door. This was going to be the best day of my life!

普通的窥视。有时间我也应该试试。 重点是，窥视者是世界历史上最伟大的发明。发明Peeps的人应该获得诺贝尔奖。 那是他们发给没有铃铛的人的奖品。 最棒的是，在复活节你可以吃所有你想吃的Peeps -没有问题。 在我的八年里，我学到了很多关于生活的东西。 有时候你必须接受好的和坏的。 如果你想在滑板上做得很好，你必须花很多时间练习。 如果你想在学校取得好成绩，你必须花很多时间学习。 如果你想吃Peeps，你就得在脖子上戴一根愚蠢的绳子好几个小时。 “我们走吧!”我说着冲出门去。 这将是我一生中最美好的一天！