6. Getting Dirt on Dr. Snow

6 Getting Dirt on Dr. Snow Mrs. Mentry was really mad when all those eggs landed on her. We tried to pick the shells out of her clothes, but she was a gooey mess. I guess the yolk was on her! It looked like she was going to totally freak out, but you'll never believe who came running out of the school at that moment. It was Mr. Klutz, our principal! He has no

当所有的鸡蛋落在门特里夫人身上时，她真的很生气。 我们试着把她衣服上的贝壳捡出来，但她已经粘得一塌糊涂了。 我猜蛋黄落在她身上了！看起来她简直要崩溃了，但你绝对不会相信在那一刻谁从学校里跑了出来。 是克鲁茨先生，我们的校长！他没有

hair at all. I mean none. If they gave out prizes to people who have the least amount of hair, Mr. Klutz would win. "I am soooooo sorry!" Mr. Klutz said to Ella Mentry. "I want my money back," she barked as she brushed more eggshells off her dress. "I slipped on maple syrup and was attacked by flying eggs! Take my name off the front of the building! You owe me a million dollars! You're lucky I don't sue!" "Now, now, Mrs. Mentry," said Mr. Klutz. "There, there." Grown-ups always say "now now" and "there there" when they want to calm down an angry person. Nobody knows why. But I guess it must have worked, because Mrs. Mentry calmed down. An ambulance came to take her to the hospital. Before it drove away, Mr. Klutz promised her that she would never get attacked by flying food

没有头发。我是说没有。如果他们给头发最少的人发奖品，克鲁茨先生会赢。 “我真的很抱歉！”克鲁茨先生对艾拉·门特里说。 “我想要回我的钱，”她一边叫一边掸去衣服上的更多蛋壳。 “我在枫糖浆上滑倒了，还被飞蛋袭击了！”把我的名字从大楼前面拿掉！你欠我一百万美元！我不起诉你算你走运！”“好了，好了，门特里太太，”克鲁兹先生说。 “好了,好了。”当大人们想让生气的人平静下来时，他们总是说“现在现在”和“那里那里”。 没人知道为什么。但我想一定起作用了，因为门特里夫人平静下来了。 一辆救护车来把她送到医院。 在它开走之前，克鲁茨向她保证，她永远不会被飞行的食物袭击

again. He also invited her to be his special guest at the science fair. "Please don't make us give back the million dollars," begged Mr. Klutz. "We need that money. It's for... the children." He was making a sad puppy dog face, so we knew he was really desperate.* "I'll think about it," Mrs. Mentry said.

再一次。他还邀请她作为他在科学博览会上的特别嘉宾。 “请不要让我们把那100万美元还回去，”克鲁茨恳求道。 “我们需要这笔钱。这是…… 孩子们。”他做了一个悲伤的小狗脸，所以我们知道他真的很绝望。“我会考虑的，”门特里太太说。

She was still mad. After that, we went inside for lunch. Everybody felt bad about what happened to Mrs. Mentry. I felt worse than anyone because I'm the one who hit her in the head with a box of Honey Sugar Bongos. I wanted to go to Antarctica and live with the penguins. Nobody was talking much while we ate our peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. It was quiet in the vomitorium. After lunch, we went out for recess, but nobody was in the mood to play.

她还在生气。之后，我们进去吃午饭。 每个人都为门特里夫人的遭遇感到难过。 我比任何人都难受因为是我用一盒蜜糖手鼓打了她的头。 我想去南极洲和企鹅住在一起。 我们吃花生酱和果冻三明治时，没有人说话。 体育馆里很安静。 午饭后，我们出去休息，但没有人有心情玩。

"What do you want to do?" Ryan asked. "I don't know," said Michael. "What do you want to do?" "Let's play Talk Like a Grown-up," I suggested. Talk Like a Grown-up is one of my favorite games. All you have to do is talk like a grown-up, so it has the perfect name. "You start, A.J.," said Alexia. "Nice weather we're having," I said. "It's lovely," said Alexia. "They say it may rain on Friday."

“你想做什么？”瑞恩问道。 “我不知道，”迈克尔说。 “你想做什么？”“我们来玩像大人一样说话的游戏吧，”我建议道。 《像成年人一样说话》是我最喜欢的游戏之一。 你所要做的就是像个大人一样说话，所以它有一个完美的名字。 “你开始吧，a.j.。”阿列克谢说。 “天气真好，”我说。 “很可爱。”亚历克西娅说。 “他们说星期五可能下雨。”

"How is your lawn?" asked Neil. "Mine needs watering." "I want more money," I said. "You're fired!" said Alexia. "I need to lose ten pounds," said Ryan, "and my hair is falling out." "If I don't get coffee, I'll die," said Michael. "Do you want to play golf?" asked Alexia. "Not now," I said. "I have to read the newspaper." "My back hurts," said Neil. "My feet hurt," said Michael. "Everything hurts," said Alexia. "I need to trim my nose hair," I said. Man, talking like a grown-up is boring. I hope I never grow up to be a grown-up. Little Miss Perfect and her crybaby friend, Emily, must have been listening, because they came over to annoy us, as usual.

“你的草坪怎么样了？”尼尔问。 “我的需要浇水了。”“我要更多的钱，”我说。 “你被解雇了！” “我需要减掉10磅，”瑞恩说，“而且我的头发正在脱落。” “如果我不喝咖啡，我会死的，”迈克尔说。 “你想打高尔夫球吗？”亚历克西娅问。 “现在不行，”我说。“我得看报纸。” “我的背疼，”尼尔说。 “我的脚疼，”迈克尔说。 “哪里都疼。”阿列克谢说。 “我需要修剪一下鼻毛，”我说。 老兄，像个大人一样说话太无聊了。 我希望我永远不会长大成人。 完美小姐和她爱哭的朋友爱米丽一定听到了，因为她们像往常一样过来烦我们。