10. One-Woman Band

10 One-Woman Band What did straws have to do with anything? And why are grown-ups always running out of them? Can't they just buy a new box of straws before the old box is empty? It was really sad that Mrs. Bacon got fired. It made for a sad ending to this

10女子乐队吸管和任何事情有什么关系？ 为什么大人们总是用不完呢？ 他们就不能在旧盒子空之前买一盒新吸管吗？ 培根夫人被解雇了，真是令人难过。 这是一个悲惨的结局

story. But hey, who decided that stories have to have a happy ending, anyway? Actually, the next day the weirdest thing in the history of the world happened. The guys and I were going to get ice-cream cones after school when we saw Mrs. Bacon standing on the corner all by herself. She had a drum strapped to her back, a trumpet and a kazoo in front of her face, a cymbal on her head, a tambourine on her knee, and a violin in her hands. Oh, and she had the biggest smile on her face. And you'll never believe what song she was playing.

的故事。但是，是谁决定了故事必须有一个圆满的结局呢？ 事实上，第二天发生了世界历史上最奇怪的事情。 我和小伙伴们放学后要去买蛋筒冰激凌，这时我们看见培根太太一个人站在街角。 她背上绑着鼓，脸上放着小号和卡祖笛，头上顶着铙钹，膝盖上放着小手鼓，手里拿着小提琴。 她脸上挂着灿烂的笑容。 你绝对不会相信她弹的是什么歌。

"Hot Cross Buns"!* Well, that's pretty much what happened. Maybe Mrs. Bacon will get her job back. Maybe I'll earn my black belt. Maybe they'll have music on Uranus. Maybe I'll play the tuba with my ears. Maybe musicians will stop

“热十字面包”！嗯，事情就是这样发生的。 也许培根夫人会回来工作。 也许我能拿到黑带。 也许天王星上会有音乐。 也许我会用耳朵吹大号。 也许音乐家们会停下来

emptying their spit valves all over the floor. Maybe Officer Spence will shoot that lamb with a tranquilizer dart. Maybe Mrs. Bacon will go get Chinese food. Maybe I can talk somebody into putting ridorkulous in the dictionary. But it won't be easy!

把他们的吐痰阀吐得满地都是。 也许斯宾塞警官会用麻醉枪射死那只小羊。 也许培根夫人会去买中国菜。 也许我可以说服某人把ridorulous放进字典。 但这并不容易！