8. Make a Wish!

8 Make a Wish! Everybody was having a great time bouncing on the bouncy castle, sword fighting, painting pottery, doing gymnastics, learning how to speak French, and stuffing their faces with M&M's. That's when I heard somebody start to sing "Happy Birthday." I looked

许个愿吧！每个人都玩得很开心，蹦蹦跳跳，斗剑，画陶器，做体操，学法语，吃M&M巧克力豆。 就在这时，我听到有人开始唱“生日快乐”。 我看

over and saw my parents coming out of the kitchen with a birthday cake. It was huge, and there were nine candles stuck in it. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday, dear A.J. Happy birthday to you. "Make a wish, sweetie!" shouted my mom. Hmmmm, a wish. Choosing a wish is hard. There were so many things I could wish for. I tried to think. If I could have anything in the world, what would I want? I could wish that school would be declared illegal. That would be a good wish. I could wish for a new football. I could wish for a million hundred dollars

过来，看到我的父母拿着生日蛋糕从厨房出来。 它很大，里面插着九根蜡烛。 祝你生日快乐。祝你生日快乐。 生日快乐，亲爱的A.J.祝你生日快乐。 “许个愿吧，宝贝！”妈妈喊道。 嗯，一个愿望。选择一个愿望很难。 我有很多东西可以许愿。 我试着思考。如果我能拥有世界上的任何东西，我想要什么？ 我真希望那所学校被宣布为非法学校。 这将是一个很好的愿望。 我希望有一个新足球。 我想要一百万美元

so I could buy anything in the world. I could wish for more wishes, of course.

这样我就可以买世界上任何东西了。 当然，我可以许更多的愿望。

I was faced with the hardest decision of my life. I was concentrating so hard that my brain hurt. "Just one wish, A.J!" shouted my dad. Everybody laughed. "Yeah, save a few wishes for next year," shouted my grandma. Hmmmm. I could wish for a new skateboard. I could wish for a new video game. I could wish for Andrea to have a truck full of elephants fall on her head. Nah, I decided to wish for school to be declared illegal. That would make me the happiest. I took a deep breath and blew out all nine candles on the cake. That's when the weirdest thing in the history of the world happened.*

我面临着一生中最艰难的决定。 我太专注了，以至于大脑受伤了。 “就一个愿望，aj !” 每个人都笑了。“是啊，留几个愿望到明年再许吧，”奶奶喊道。 嗯。我真希望有一个新的滑板。 我希望有一个新的电子游戏。 我真希望一卡车的大象砸在安德里亚的头上。 不，我决定许愿学校被宣布为非法。 那会是我最幸福的事。 我深吸一口气，吹灭了蛋糕上的九根蜡烛。 这就是世界历史上最奇怪的事情发生的时候