10. The Big Surprise Ending

10 The Big Surprise Ending

10大惊喜结局

I grabbed the pencil out of Andrea's hand and quickly wrote my answer on the paper. That dumb Jeopardy! song ended. "Okay, pencils down," said Mr. Porky. "Dirk, you go first. I'll repeat the question. My birthday was January seventeenth. My wife was named Deborah. I played the violin, the harp, and the guitar. I was a slave owner. I died when I was eighty-four years old. Who am I?" Morgan Brocklebank held up her piece of paper. It said ANDREW JOHNSON on it. "No, sorry," said Mr. Porky. "That is incorrect." "Ohhhhhhhh," groaned the Dirk half of the audience. Morgan pounded the table with her fist. "Dirk still wins if the Ella Mentry team gets it wrong," said Mr. Porky. "Ella Mentry, what is your answer?"

我从安德里亚手中夺过铅笔，迅速地在纸上写下了我的答案。 那愚蠢的Jeopardy！歌曲结束。 “好了，放下铅笔，”波奇先生说。 “德克，你先来。我重复一下问题。 我的生日是1月17日。 我的妻子名叫黛博拉。 我拉小提琴，弹竖琴，弹吉他。 我是一个奴隶主。我84岁时就去世了。 我是谁？”摩根·布罗克班克举起她的那张纸。 上面写着安德鲁·约翰逊。 “不，对不起，”猪先生说。 “这是不正确的。”“哦——哦——”占观众一半的德克呻吟道。 摩根用拳头敲打着桌子。 “如果艾拉·门特里队出错了，德克仍然会赢，”波基说。 “艾拉·门特里，你的答案是什么？”

Everybody in the audience was glued to their seats. Well, not really. That would be weird. Why would anybody glue themselves to a seat? How would they get the glue off their pants? But everyone was looking at me. I held up my piece of paper. It said BENJAMIN FRANKLIN on it. "Benjamin Franklin wasn't a president, dumbhead!" Andrea yelled at me. She was furious. "I can't believe it! How could you make that same mistake again?"

每个观众都全神贯注地坐在座位上。 嗯，不完全是。那会很奇怪。 为什么会有人把自己粘在座位上？ 他们怎么把裤子上的胶水弄掉？ 但每个人都在看着我。 我举起那张纸。 上面写着本杰明·富兰克林。 “本杰明·富兰克林不是总统，笨蛋！”安德里亚对我大喊大叫。 她怒不可遏。“我真不敢相信！你怎么能再犯同样的错误呢？”

"BENJAMIN FRANKLIN IS CORRECT!" shouted Mr. Porky. "It was a trick question! I never said the person was a president! Ella Mentry School is the winner!" Everybody in the all-porpoise room started yelling and screaming and hooting and hollering and freaking out. All my friends rushed up onstage to give me high fives. Andrea said she was sorry for calling me a dumbhead. It was the greatest moment of my life.* I looked over at Morgan Brocklebank. She was furious. "We only studied the presidents!" she shouted. "It's not fair!" She looked like she was going to cry. I almost felt sorry for her. I went over to her and said these five immortal words... "Nah-nah-nah boo-boo!"

“本杰明·富兰克林是对的！”猪先生喊道。 “这是个刁钻的问题！”我从没说过那个人是总统！艾拉门特里学校是赢家！”海豚房间里的每个人都开始大喊大叫，尖叫，尖叫，尖叫，吓坏了。 我所有的朋友都冲上台和我击掌。 安德里亚说她很抱歉叫我笨蛋。 那是我一生中最伟大的时刻。我看了看Morgan Brocklebank。 她怒不可遏。“我们只研究总统！”她喊道。 “这不公平！”她看起来好像要哭了。 我几乎为她感到难过。 我走过去对她说了这五个不朽的字…… “Nah-nah-nah愚蠢!”