6. The Tooth Fairy

6 The Tooth Fairy A few minutes later, Dr. Floss came back in the room. She wasn't dressed up like Captain Plaque anymore. "I'd like to introduce a surprise guest who is going to read you a story," she told us. "Please give a warm welcome to my good friend... the Tooth Fairy!" Some big lady came dancing into the

六、牙仙子几分钟后，史密斯医生来了。 弗洛斯回到了房间。 她不再打扮成斑船长了。 “我想介绍一位惊喜嘉宾，他将给你们读一个故事，”她告诉我们。 “请热烈欢迎我的好朋友…… 牙仙子！”有个大女人跳着舞进来

room. She was wearing a yellow tutu, wings, high heels, and a crown on top of her long blond hair. In her hand was a magic wand with a star at the end of it. Well, I thought she was a lady, anyway. She looked a lot like our principal, Mr. Klutz. But he has no hair at all. I mean none. Mr. Klutz would look good with long blond hair. "Hi boys and girls!" the Tooth Fairy said.

房间。她穿着黄色的芭蕾舞裙，翅膀，高跟鞋，金色的长发上戴着一顶皇冠。 她手里拿着一根末端有一颗星星的魔杖。 反正我觉得她是个淑女。 她长得很像我们的校长，克鲁茨先生。 但是他根本没有头发。 我是说没有。克鲁茨先生要是有一头金色的长发会很好看。 “嗨，孩子们！”牙仙子说。

The Tooth Fairy sounded a lot like Mr. Klutz too. "You have a pretty low voice for a fairy," I said. "Are you sure you're not Mr. Klutz in disguise?" "Klutz?" said the Tooth Fairy, adjusting her hair. "Never heard of him. I'm the Tooth Fairy." "I'm so glad you could join us on National Dessert Day," said Dr. Floss. "Please tell the kids what you do." "Well," said the Tooth Fairy, "when a kid loses one of their baby teeth and leaves it under their pillow at night, I sneak into their bedroom and replace the lost tooth with money." I wasn't buying any of that. Neither was anybody else. "How do you sneak into people's houses?" asked Neil. "I ...uh... climb in through the

牙仙听起来也很像克鲁茨先生。 “作为一个仙女，你的声音很低。”我说。 “你确定你不是克鲁茨先生的伪装吗？”“笨手笨脚？”牙仙说着，整理了一下头发。 “从来没听说过他。我是牙仙。” “我很高兴你能加入我们的国家甜点日，”博士说。 牙线。“请告诉孩子们你是做什么的。” “嗯，”牙仙子说，“当一个孩子掉了一颗乳牙，晚上把它放在枕头下面时，我就溜进他们的卧室，用钱把掉掉的牙换掉。” 我一点也不相信。 其他人也没有。尼尔问：“你是怎么溜进别人家里的？” “我…嗯…爬进

chimney," said the Tooth Fairy. "Like Santa Claus. Hey, would you kids like to hear a story?" "Don't you get dirty climbing through people's chimneys?" asked Ryan. "What if somebody lives in an apartment building?" asked Michael. "This is a really fun story," said the Tooth Fairy, taking out a book. "Isn't it illegal to break into people's houses without permission?" asked Alexia. "I... uh.... never thought about it," admitted the Tooth Fairy. She rubbed her forehead. "Did anyone ever call the cops on you?" I asked. "Did you ever go to jail?" "No!" replied the Tooth Fairy. "I just give money to kids when their baby teeth fall out! And by the way, if your tooth is a perfect tooth, I'll give you a dollar. If your tooth is all decayed, I'll only give you a

“烟囱。”牙仙说。 “就像圣诞老人。嘿，孩子们想听个故事吗？”“你爬别人的烟囱不会弄脏吗？”瑞恩问。 “如果有人住在公寓楼里呢？”迈克尔问。 “这真是一个有趣的故事，”牙仙说着，拿出一本书。 “未经允许擅自闯入别人的房子不是违法的吗？”亚历克西娅问。 “我……嗯…我从来没有想过。”牙仙承认。 她揉了揉额头。“有人报警抓过你吗？”我问。 “你进过监狱吗？”“不！”牙仙回答。 “我只是在孩子们乳牙掉了的时候给他们钱！”顺便说一下，如果你的牙齿很好，我会给你一美元。 如果你的牙全蛀了，我只给你一颗

nickel. So take good care of your baby teeth." Everybody started buzzing, but not really, because we're not bees. "A nickel?" "That's it?" "The Tooth Fairy is cheap!" "Hey, the more teeth fall out, the more money I pay," said the Tooth Fairy. "I might as well knock all my teeth out at once," said Ryan. "Ka-ching!" "Look, do you kids want to hear the story, or not?" asked the Tooth Fairy. I was still pretty sure the Tooth Fairy was Mr. Klutz. He started to read us a picture book.... "Once upon a time, there was a little boy who was afraid of going to the dentist and blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah..."*

镍。所以要好好照顾你的乳牙。” 每个人都开始嗡嗡作响，但不是真的，因为我们不是蜜蜂。 “一分钱吗?”“就这样?”“牙仙很便宜！”“嘿，掉的牙越多，我付的钱就越多。”牙仙说。 “我还不如一下子把我所有的牙齿都打掉，”瑞恩说。 “咔!”“听着，孩子们想不想听这个故事？”牙仙问。 我还是很确定牙仙就是克鲁茨先生。 他开始给我们读一本图画书.... “从前，有个小男孩很害怕去看牙医，然后就没完没了，没完没了，没完没了……”＊

What a snoozefest. That story went on for a hundred million minutes. I thought I was gonna die from old age. It was about some kid who was afraid of going to the dentist, and on the last page of the story he suddenly gets confident and he's not afraid of going to the dentist anymore. Gee, what a surprise! Like we couldn't predict that was going to happen. "Hey, I heard that Emily lost a baby tooth today," said the Tooth Fairy. "Emily, will you come up here?" Emily ran up to the front of the room. The Tooth Fairy leaned forward to give Emily a dollar bill. But that's when the weirdest thing in the history of the world happened. The Tooth Fairy's long blond hair fell off! The Tooth Fairy was completely bald!

真是个懒虫。这个故事持续了一亿分钟。 我以为我要老死了。 故事讲的是一个害怕去看牙医的孩子，在故事的最后一页，他突然变得自信起来，不再害怕去看牙医了。 哇，真是个惊喜！就像我们无法预测会发生什么一样。 “嘿，我听说艾米丽今天掉了一颗乳牙，”牙仙女说。 “艾米丽，你能上来一下吗？”爱米丽跑到房间前面。 牙仙子倾身递给艾米丽一张一美元的钞票。 但就在那时，世界历史上最奇怪的事情发生了。 牙仙子的金色长发掉了！牙仙子完全秃顶了！