6. A Knock on the Gate

6 A Knock on the Gate All the grown-ups rushed over to break up the fight between the two clowns. That's when the weirdest thing in the history of the world happened. There was another knock on the gate. I thought it was going to be the pizza guy, or maybe another clown. But

所有的成年人都冲过去制止两个小丑之间的打斗。 就在那时，世界历史上最奇怪的事情发生了。 门上又响起了敲门声。 我以为会是那个送披萨的，或者是另一个小丑。 但

it wasn't the pizza guy or another clown. I opened the gate, and there were two truck drivers standing there. "To what do we owe the pleasure of your company?" I asked. That's how grown-ups say "What are you doing here?" "We're here to deliver the giant inflatable bouncy castle," one of the truck drivers said. I looked behind them. There was a truck parked in the driveway with one of those giant inflatable bouncy castles on it. It was already inflated. "HUH?" I said, which is also "HUH" backward. "We didn't order a giant inflatable bouncy castle."

不是送披萨的，也不是别的小丑。 我打开大门，有两个卡车司机站在那里。 “什么风把您吹来了？”我问。 大人们就这么说“你在这儿干什么”“我们是来运送巨型充气城堡的，”其中一名卡车司机说。 我看了看他们背后。车道上停着一辆卡车，上面有一个巨大的充气充气城堡。 它已经膨胀了。“嗯?”我说，这也是“HUH”的反调。 “我们没有订购一个巨大的充气城堡。”

"Well, I got an email from Mr. Marty telling us to deliver a giant inflatable bouncy castle to this address," the guy said. "There must be some mistake," I said in my best talking-to-grown-ups voice. "Hey, that ain't my problem, kid," said the other truck driver. "We just make the deliveries. Where do you want it?" "Put it over there," I said, pointing to

“嗯，我收到马蒂先生的一封电子邮件，让我们把一个巨大的充气城堡送到这个地址，”那人说。 “一定是搞错了，”我用最好的成人语气说。 “嘿，那不是我的问题，孩子，”另一个卡车司机说。 “我们只是送货。 你想把它放在哪里？”“把它放在那边，”我说，指着

the corner of the backyard. They carried in the giant inflatable bouncy castle. All the kids ran over and jumped on it. "Whee!" shouted Alexia. "Bouncy castles are cool!" The truck drivers left, and a few minutes later there was another knock on the gate. I ran over to open it. There was a guy pulling a big suitcase on wheels. He was wearing a backward baseball cap and sunglasses. "I'm DJ Jazzy Jim," he told me. "I work for Musical Munchkins. Where should I set up my stuff?" "We didn't hire a DJ," I told him. "Why not?" he said. "You can't have a party without music." "Okay," I told him. "You can set your stuff up in that corner over there."

后院的角落。 他们搬进了巨大的充气城堡。 所有的孩子都跑过去跳了上去。 “呼！”“充气城堡太酷了！”卡车司机离开了，几分钟后又有人敲门。 我跑过去打开它。有个人拖着一个带轮子的大箱子。 他戴着一顶反着的棒球帽和一副太阳镜。 “我是DJ爵士吉姆，”他告诉我。 “我为音乐剧芒奇金人工作。 我应该把东西放在哪里？”“我们没有请DJ，”我告诉他。 “为什么不？”他说。“聚会不能没有音乐。” “好吧，”我告诉他。“你可以把你的东西放在那边的角落里。”

A few minutes later, there was another knock on the gate. I opened it, and a lady with pigtails was doing jumping jacks. "Hi!" she said. "I'm Miss Tumbles from KinderGym. Is this the gymnastics party?" "It is now," I told her. "Come on in." When my dad saw DJ Jazzy Jim and Miss Tumbles come into the backyard, he marched over to Mr. Marty. "What's going on?" my dad demanded. "We didn't invite these people to the party." "Uhhhhhh," Mini-Marty said as Mr. Marty looked at his smartphone, "I seem to have made a little mistake. I think I may have emailed everyone on my client list by accident." "WHAT?!" my dad shouted. "You

几分钟后，又有人敲门。 我打开门，一个扎着小辫儿的女士在做开合跳。 “嗨！”她说。“我是KinderGym的Tumbles老师。 这是体操晚会吗？”“现在是，”我告诉她。 “进来吧。”当我爸爸看到DJ爵士吉姆和汤博斯小姐走进后院时，他大步走向马蒂先生。 “发生什么事了？”爸爸问。 “我们没有邀请这些人来参加派对。” “啊啊啊啊，”马蒂先生看着他的智能手机说，“我好像犯了个小错误。 我想我可能不小心给客户名单上的每个人都发了邮件。” “什么？！”我爸爸喊道。“你

made a little mistake? How much is this going to cost me?" "You said money was no object," Mini-Marty replied. I looked over at the gate. There were a bunch of other people lined up there. Some of them were wearing costumes. "Who are you?" I asked them. "Is this the dance party?" said a lady

犯了个小错误？这要花我多少钱？”“你说钱不是问题，”迷你马蒂回答。 我朝大门望去。 还有很多人在那里排队。 他们中有些人穿着戏服。 “你是谁？”我问他们。 “这是舞会吗？”一位女士说