9 Our New Teacher Will Be

9 Our New Teacher Will I have some good news and some bad news. The good news is that thanks to Lil Mouse, we had the greatest graduation in the history of graduations. It was the end of an era at Ella Mentry School. We were officially fourth graders.

我们的新老师我有一些好消息和一些坏消息。 好消息是，多亏了小老鼠，我们举办了史上最盛大的毕业典礼。 这是艾拉门特里学校一个时代的终结。 我们是正式的四年级学生。

And now for the bad news. The day after graduation, some new rapper named Big Mouse recorded a song in his bathroom, and an hour later it went viral. Suddenly, Lil Mouse was old news, and his career was over. Mrs. Stoker told us he's working at a car wash with Cray-Z. Hey, who said stories have to have a happy ending? Deal with it. Maybe Lil Mouse will write another

现在是坏消息。毕业后的第二天，一个名叫大老鼠的新说唱歌手在他的浴室里录了一首歌，一小时后就疯传了。 突然间，小老鼠成了旧闻，他的事业结束了。 斯托克太太告诉我们他和克雷z一起在洗车店工作。 谁说故事一定要有大团圆结局的？ 处理它。也许小老鼠会再写一首

hit song. Maybe we'll get a new math book in fourth grade. Maybe Teddy Roosevelt will bust some trusts, whatever they are. Maybe grown-ups will stop powdering their noses. Maybe I'll find out what people used before toilet paper was invented. Maybe Mr. Klutz will turn his head upside down. Maybe Ryan will stop wearing diapers. Maybe we'll find out why they changed the name of the library. Maybe people will stop walking into doors all the time. Maybe somebody will figure out why clams are so happy. But it won't be easy! Oh, I forgot to tell you. After we got our diplomas, Mr. Cooper gathered us all around him in the back of the all-porpoise room. "Well, this is it," he told us. "It has been my honor to be your third-grade teacher. I'm going to miss you kids." It looked like Mr. Cooper was going to start crying.*

首歌。也许我们会在四年级得到一本新的数学书。 也许泰迪·罗斯福会搞垮一些托拉斯，不管它们是什么。 也许大人们会停止在鼻子上扑粉。 也许我会发现在卫生纸发明之前人们用的是什么。 也许克鲁茨先生会把他的头倒过来。 也许瑞恩会不再穿尿布。 也许我们会知道他们为什么要改图书馆的名字。 也许人们将不再总是走进门里。 也许有人会弄明白为什么蛤蜊这么快乐。 但这并不容易！哦，我忘了告诉你。 我们拿到文凭后，库珀先生把我们都叫到他周围，在全是海豚的房间后面。 “好吧，就是这样，”他告诉我们。 “能成为你们三年级的老师是我的荣幸。 我会想念你们的，孩子们。” 库珀先生好像要哭了

"We'll miss you too," said Alexia. We group-hugged for a long time. "Who will be our teacher in fourth grade?" asked Andrea, who obviously wanted to know who she needed to suck up to. "I think the list of classroom teachers was just posted outside the front office," said Mr. Cooper. We all rushed to the front office. Mr. Cooper was right. There were a bunch of papers taped to the wall with the names of each teacher and all the kids in each class. We crowded around to see who our new teacher would be for fourth grade. There were a million hundred names on the wall. I searched all over to find the name of our new teacher. But Andrea, of course, found it first.

“我们也会想念你的。”阿列克谢说。 我们集体拥抱了很长时间。 “谁会是我们四年级的老师？”安德里亚问，她显然想知道她需要拍谁的马屁。 “我想任课教师的名单刚刚贴在了前厅外面，”库珀说。 我们都冲到前台。 库珀是对的。墙上贴着一堆纸，上面写着每个老师和每个班所有孩子的名字。 我们围在一起看谁是我们四年级的新老师。 墙上有成百上千的名字。 我到处寻找我们新老师的名字。 当然，是安德里亚先发现的。

"I'm so excited!" Andrea finally shouted. "It says our new teacher is going to be

“我太兴奋了！”安德烈终于喊道。 “它说我们的新老师将是