10 The Real April Fools’ Day

10 The Real April Fools' Day Finally, it was the real Friday—April Fools' Day. The Prank War was just about over. The teachers were winning by the score of 15–9. It was hopeless. They would get a hot tub, but we wouldn't be getting a candy party. Bummer in the summer!

最后，这是真正的星期五——愚人节。 恶作剧之战就要结束了。 老师们以15比9的比分获胜。 这是没有希望的。他们会有热水浴缸，但我们不会有糖果派对。 夏天的流浪者！

All of us were sad. One by one, we trudged into the classroom. "Congratulations," I grumbled to Miss Banks. "I guess you teachers won The Prank War. Happy April Fools' Day." "Oh, today isn't April Fools' Day," she replied. "Today is March thirty-second." WHAT?! "I didn't know March had thirty-two days," Ryan said as he sat down. "Oh yes, absolutely," said Miss Banks. At that moment, our science teacher, Mr. Docker, walked by the room. "Oh, Mr. Docker!" shouted Miss Banks. "How many days are in March?" "Thirty-two, of course," he replied. "You see, due to the earth's rotation and the pull of gravity at the equator, we have to add an extra leap day every four years to adjust for the blah blah blah blah..." I had no idea what he was talking about. But Mr. Docker knows about science stuff, so he must be right. "If there are thirty-two days in March," I said, "that means we have one more day left in The

我们都很伤心。我们一个接一个地拖着沉重的步子走进教室。 “恭喜你，”我嘟囔着对班克斯小姐说。 “我猜你们老师赢了恶作剧大战。 愚人节快乐。”“哦，今天不是愚人节，”她回答说。 “今天是3月32日。” 什么? !“我不知道3月还有32天，”瑞安坐下说。 “哦，是的，当然，”班克斯小姐说。 就在这时，我们的科学老师多克先生从教室旁边走过。 “啊，多克先生！”班克斯小姐喊道。 “三月份有多少天？”“当然是三十二岁了，”他回答。 “你看，由于地球的自转和赤道的引力作用，我们必须每四年增加一个额外的闰日来调整……” 我不知道他在说什么。 但多克先生懂科学，所以他一定是对的。 “如果三月份有三十二天，”我说，“那就意味着我们还剩一天。

Prank War! We can still catch up with the teachers and win a candy party!" "YAY," everybody shouted, which is also YAY backward. We were all high-fiving each other. The only one who didn't look happy was Andrea. "Wait a minute!" she said. "I remember the poem we learned in third grade: Thirty days has September, April, June, and November. All the rest have thirty-one, except February which has—" "March doesn't have thirty-two days!" shouted Neil. "Miss Banks is pranking us again!" "That means today isn't the thirty-second day of March," yelled Alexia. "It's the first day of April—April Fools' Day!" "Ha-ha-ha!" laughed Miss Banks. "Got you again!" "We pranked you good!" said Mr. Docker. "Score another point for the teachers!" Grrrrrrr.

恶作剧战争!我们还可以赶上老师，赢得糖果派对！”“YAY，”每个人都喊道，这也是向后的YAY。 我们都在互相击掌。 唯一看起来不高兴的是安德里亚。 “等一下！”她说。 “我记得我们三年级学过的诗：三十天有九月、四月、六月和十一月。 其他月份都是31天，除了2月份——”“3月份没有32天！”尼尔喊道。 “班克斯小姐又在捉弄我们了！”“那就是说今天不是三月的第三十二天。” “今天是四月的第一天——愚人节！”“哈哈哈！”班克斯小姐笑着说。 “又抓到你了！”“我们好好捉弄了你！”多克先生说。 “老师们又得一分了！”Grrrrrrr。

At that moment, an announcement came over the loudspeaker. "All fourth-grade classes, report to the allporpoise room." We lined up in single file. When we got to the all-porpoise room, Mrs. Stoker was up on the stage. Next to her was the scoreboard: Teachers 16–Students 9. They had beaten us fair and square.

就在这时，扩音器里传来了一则通告。 所有四年级的学生，请到海豚教室报到 我们排成一个纵队。 当我们来到全是海豚的房间时，斯托克太太已经站在舞台上了。 她旁边是记分牌：教师16分，学生9分。 他们光明正大地打败了我们。

What a humiliation! No candy party for us. This was the worst thing to happen since National Poetry Month. We were the saddest group of kids in the history of the world.

多么丢脸啊！我们没有糖果派对。 这是自全国诗歌月以来最糟糕的事情。 我们是世界历史上最悲伤的一群孩子。

"Well," said Mrs. Stoker, "The Prank War is over, and the winner is... of course... the teachers!" "YAY!" shouted all the teachers. "BOO!" shouted all the kids. The teachers were hooting and hollering and high-fiving each other like they had just won the Super Bowl. "Teachers rule, kids drool!" shouted Miss Banks, cupping her hands around her mouth. "Nah-nah-nah boo-boo on you!" "HOT TUB! HOT TUB! HOT TUB!" the teachers started chanting. "Teachers can be so immature," said Andrea. "Okay, simmer down," said Mrs. Stoker. "I have an announcement to make." Everybody simmered down. "All of you did a great job in The Prank War," said Mrs. Stoker, "so I made a decision. Even though the students lost, we're going to have a candy party anyway!" WHAT?! "YAY!" "I was going to give you kids a candy party no matter who won The Prank War," said Mrs.

“好了，”斯托克太太说，“恶作剧大战结束了，获胜者是…… 当然……老师们!”“耶！”所有的老师都喊道。 “嘘！”所有的孩子都喊了起来。 老师们大声欢呼，互相击掌，就像他们刚刚赢得了超级碗一样。 “老师说了算，孩子流口水！”班克斯小姐用手捂着嘴喊道。 “不——不——不——你！”“热水浴缸!热水浴缸!热浴盆！”老师们开始高喊。 “老师有时候很不成熟，”安德里亚说。 “好吧，冷静点，”斯托克太太说。 “我要宣布一件事。” 每个人都冷静下来。“你们所有人在《恶作剧之战》中的表现都很棒，”斯托克太太说，“所以我做了一个决定。 即使学生们输了，我们还是要开一个糖果派对！”什么? !“耶!”“不管谁赢了恶作剧大战，我都要给你们举办一个糖果派对。”