5. I Asked for Watermelons!

5 I Asked for Watermelons! While the commercial was playing on the screen, stagehands ran around with brooms and garbage bags cleaning up the confetti that Uncle Fred had thrown all over the place. Mrs. Crump, the lady who was the head of the TV network, came out to talk to us

我要的是西瓜！当广告在屏幕上播放时，舞台工作人员拿着扫帚和垃圾袋跑来跑去，清理弗雷德叔叔扔得到处都是的五彩纸屑。 克朗普夫人，那个电视网的头头，出来和我们谈话

again. "Hey, kids, isn't Uncle Fred great?" she asked with way too much enthusiasm. "YEAH!" we all shouted. "I love Uncle Fred!" some kid yelled. "Are you kids having a good time?" asked Mrs. Crump. "YEAH!" "I-CAN'T-HEAR-YOU!" Sheesh. That lady really needs to get her hearing checked. "YEAH!" we shouted louder. "Are you ready for more Uncle Fred?" "YEAH!" Uncle Fred got up from his chair. He wasn't crying anymore. "Okay, we're back," he said. "Everybody get up on your feet!" We all stood up. "You kids spend too much time staring at video game screens," Uncle Fred said. "Let's all do some jumping jacks!" Ugh, I hate jumping jacks. But we had

再一次。“嘿，孩子们，弗雷德叔叔是不是很棒？”她问得太热情了。 “耶！”我们都喊道。“我爱弗雷德叔叔！”一个孩子喊道。 “你们孩子玩得开心吗？”克朗普太太问。 “是啊!”“我听不见你说什么!”震惊或印象深刻。 那位女士真该去检查一下听力了。 “耶！”我们喊得更大声了。 “弗雷德叔叔，你准备好再来一次了吗？”“是啊!”弗雷德叔叔从椅子上站起来。 他不再哭了。“好吧，我们回来了，”他说。 “大家都站起来！”我们都站了起来。 “你们这些孩子盯着电子游戏屏幕的时间太长了，”弗雷德叔叔说。 “让我们一起做开合跳吧！”我讨厌开合跳。 但是我们有

to do a million hundred of them with Uncle Fred. That guy has way too much energy for a grown-up. I almost fell off the bleachers again. I thought I was gonna die. "Okay, on to the funny stuff," said Uncle Fred. "It's time to sing a song with Mr. Dill, the singing pickle!" Uncle Fred played the piano while this pickle puppet sang on the video screen. I'd be tickled if I had a nickel for every pickle I ever ate! I'd ride my bicycle, I'd pedal very quickle past all the icicles, and I'd never be late! "I've been playing piano for ten years," Uncle Fred said when the song ended. "And I'm really tired! I'll tell you, it's really hard to play the piano while you're taking a shower."

和弗雷德叔叔一起做无数次 那家伙对一个成年人来说太有活力了。 我又差点从看台上摔下来。 我以为我要死了。 “好了，说点有趣的吧。”弗雷德叔叔说。 “是时候和迪尔先生唱歌了，那个会唱歌的笨蛋！”弗雷德叔叔弹钢琴，而这个泡菜木偶在电视屏幕上唱歌。 如果我每吃一次泡菜能得到五分钱，我会很高兴的！我会骑我的自行车，我骑得很快，穿过所有的冰柱，我从来没有迟到过！“我弹钢琴已经十年了，”弗雷德叔叔在歌曲结束时说。 “我真的很累！”我告诉你，在洗澡的时候弹钢琴真的很难。”

A picture appeared on the screen of Uncle Fred playing a piano in the shower. The cue card guy held up a sign that said LAUGH. We all laughed. "Get lost, buster!" Uncle Fred shouted. After that, Uncle Fred played an accordion. Then he interviewed a goat as if it was a person. Then we all played Simon Says. There was a tug-of-war contest too. Finally, some kids raced to see which one could blow up a balloon and then pop the balloon by sitting on it. It was exhausting just to watch Uncle Fred do his show. "Hey, Alexia!" he shouted. "How are you making out with the Magic Treasure Chest?" "No luck yet," she replied. "Keep working at it!" said Uncle Fred. "Next, we're going to drop watermelons off the roof of the building and shoot a video of them as they hit the ground and explode. Doesn't that sound like fun?"* "YEAH!"

屏幕上出现了弗雷德叔叔在洗澡时弹钢琴的画面。 提示卡的人举着一个牌子，上面写着“笑”。 我们都笑了。“滚开，小鬼！”弗雷德叔叔喊道。 在那之后，弗雷德叔叔拉手风琴。 然后他把一只山羊当作人来采访。 然后我们一起玩《西蒙说》。 还有一场拔河比赛。 最后，一些孩子赛跑看谁能吹起一个气球，然后坐在气球上把它吹破。 光是看弗雷德叔叔表演就累坏了。 “嘿，亚历克西娅！” “魔法宝箱弄得怎么样了？”“还没找到，”她回答。 “继续努力！”弗雷德叔叔说。 “接下来，我们要把西瓜从屋顶上扔下来，拍下它们落地爆炸的视频。 听起来是不是很有趣？“*”是啊!”

"Follow me, kids!" We were about to get up and follow Uncle Fred to the roof. But that's when the weirdest thing in the history of the world happened. One of the stagehands came over to Uncle Fred. "Uh... Uncle Fred," he said quietly, "we couldn't get the watermelons." "What?" replied Uncle Fred. The stagehand looked like he was trembling with fear. "We, uh, went shopping, and they were all out of watermelons." Uncle Fred looked really mad. "ARE. YOU. SERIOUS?" he asked, raising his voice.

“跟我来，孩子们！”我们正准备起身跟着弗雷德叔叔上屋顶。 但就在那时，世界历史上最奇怪的事情发生了。 一个舞台管理人员走到弗雷德叔叔跟前。 “嗯…弗雷德叔叔，”他平静地说，“我们拿不到西瓜。” “什么？”弗雷德叔叔问。 舞台管理人员看上去吓得发抖。 “我们，嗯，去购物，他们的西瓜都卖光了。” 弗雷德叔叔看上去真的很生气。 ”。你。真的吗？”他提高声音问道。

"I'm really sorry, Uncle Fred," said the stagehand. "We went to three supermarkets. They had cantaloupes, but they were all out of watermelons. Do you want us to—" "I ASKED FOR WATERMELONS!" Uncle Fred shouted at him. "IT DOESN'T WORK WITH CANTALOUPES! THIS IS UN-BE-LIEV-A-BLE! I WANT WATERMELONS! I

“我真的很抱歉，弗雷德叔叔，”舞台管理人员说。 “我们去了三家超市。 他们有哈密瓜，但是没有西瓜了。 你想让我们——”“我要的是西瓜！”弗雷德叔叔对他大喊大叫。 “这对哈密瓜没用！”这是不可思议的！我要西瓜！我