2 TOUGH COOKIES

TOUGH COOKIES Bean flopped down on her front steps. Yikes. Even though it was still morning, the wood was already hot from the sun. Bean's head was sweating under her hair. She wished she hadn't popped her blow-up pool. Her mom had said that jumping around a blow-up swimming pool on a pogo stick would pop it. Bean had said it wouldn't. Her mom had been right. Bean had been wrong. Bean rested her chin in her hands and thought about that. She had popped her blowup pool. She had been a disgusting bug at breakfast. She had used up Nancy's yarn. And she had made her mom mad. What if I am a pain in the kazoo, she thought. What if that's just how I am? What if I'm worse than all the other people

硬汉憨豆扑通一声倒在她家门前的台阶上。 呵。虽然现在还是早晨，但树林已经被太阳晒得很热了。 比恩的头发下满头大汗。 她真希望自己没有打开充气泳池。 她妈妈曾经说过，在充气游泳池里用弹簧高跷蹦蹦跳跳会把她的肚子撑破。 比恩说过不会。 她妈妈是对的。比恩错了。 比恩双手托着下巴，想了想。 她爆破了她的充气游泳池。 她在早餐时是一只令人讨厌的虫子。 她把南希的毛线用完了。 她把她妈妈惹毛了。 如果我是卡祖笛里的一个讨厌鬼，她想。 如果我就是这样呢？ 如果我比其他人都差怎么办

in the world? Bean jumped up. She wanted to play with someone. Right this minute. She looked around Pancake Court. Mostly everyone was still inside, but there was one kid out. It was Katy, who was six years old and lived at the other end of Pancake Court. She was walking along, pushing a little pink doll stroller in front of her. "Hiya, Katy," called Bean. "You want to play?" Katy stopped in front of Bean's house. She looked at Bean. "I don't think so." "Why not?" asked Bean. "I have to stay clean." Katy was very clean. Her pink dress was clean, and even her white sandals were clean. "How come?" Bean asked. "We're going out for dinner tonight," said Katy.

在世界上？比恩跳了起来。 她想找个人玩。 就在此刻。她环视了一下煎饼阁。 大多数人都还在里面，只有一个孩子在外面。 那是六岁的凯蒂，她住在煎饼坊的另一端。 她向前走着，推着一辆粉红色的娃娃婴儿车。 “你好，凯蒂，”比恩叫道。 “你想玩吗？”凯蒂在比恩家门前停了下来。 她看着比恩。“我不这么认为。” “为什么不？”比恩问。“我必须保持清洁。” 凯蒂很干净。她的粉红色连衣裙是干净的，甚至她的白色凉鞋也是干净的。 “怎么?”豆问道。“我们今晚要出去吃饭，”凯蒂说。

"Your mom's making you wear your fancy stuff all day?" Bean's mom would never try that. "She's not making me," said Katy. "I like this dress because then we're twins." She pointed to her doll. It was true. The doll and Katy were wearing the same pink dress. Bean felt big and dirty. "We could play a clean game." Katy thought for a minute. "House?" Bean hated House. "What about

“你妈妈让你整天穿那些漂亮的衣服？”比恩的妈妈绝不会这么做。 “她没逼我，”凯蒂说。 “我喜欢这条裙子，因为我们是双胞胎。” 她指着她的洋娃娃。这是真的。 娃娃和凯蒂穿着同样的粉色连衣裙。 比恩觉得自己又大又脏。“我们可以玩一场干净的比赛。” 凯蒂想了一会儿。 “房子?”比恩讨厌豪斯。 “

Starving Orphans?" Katy folded her arms. "House." Boy, Katy was a tough cookie. "Fine. House." Katy was the mother. Her doll was the older sister. Bean was the baby. Katy was making cookies. The doll was doing her homework. "Now you eat the cookie dough, and I give you a time-out," said Katy to Bean. Fine. Bean lunged toward Katy and snatched her imaginary bowl of dough. "Gimme that!" she hollered and threw herself under the camellia bush to gobble it up.

饥饿的孤儿?”凯蒂双臂交叉。 “房子”。天啊，凯蒂真是个硬汉。 “很好。房子。”凯蒂是母亲。 她的娃娃是姐姐。 比恩是婴儿。凯蒂在做饼干。 娃娃在做作业。 凯蒂对比恩说：“现在你吃曲奇饼，我罚你暂停。” 很好。比恩扑向凯蒂，抢走了她想象中的那碗面团。 “给我！”她大叫着，扑到山茶花下面把它吞了下去。

"Oh, you're a bad girl!" scolded Katy. "You get a time-out!" "Now I'm barfing on your shoes because I ate all that cookie dough," said Bean, crawling toward Katy. "Eew, no!" squealed Katy, jumping away.

“哦，你是个坏女孩！”凯蒂责备道。 “你被罚暂停！”“现在我吐在你的鞋子上了，因为我吃了所有的曲奇饼，”比恩一边说，一边向凯蒂爬去。 “哎呀，不！”凯蒂尖叫着，跳开了。

"Okay," said Bean. "I'm barfing on my sister's homework." Katy grabbed the doll. "That's gross, Bean. I don't want to play that." "Okay, let's say I have to go to the hospital and get my stomach pumped." Bean made a sound like a siren. Katy looked down at Bean. "No," she said firmly. "You're not doing any of that. You're in a time-out." Bean looked up at Katy. This game was too much like life. When she and Ivy

“好吧，”比恩说。“我在吐我姐姐的作业。” 凯蒂抓住娃娃。“太恶心了，憨豆。 我不想玩那个。” “好吧，假设我要去医院洗胃。” 比恩发出了一声警笛似的声音。 凯蒂低头看着比恩。“不，”她坚定地说。 “你什么都没做。 你被暂停了。”比恩抬头看着凯蒂。 这场比赛太像生活了。 当她和艾薇