9. Freaky Fund-Raiser

FREAKY FUND-RAISER 9 It was Tuesday morning. Sam and Antonio sat against their lockers. They rolled the empty glass jar back and forth. Seconds later, Lucy arrived carrying a poster board. And she was wearing a big hat with flowers on it. "Um, nice hat...," Sam said. "I think? Actually, what's with the hat, Lucy?"

这是一个星期二的早晨。 萨姆和安东尼奥靠着他们的储物柜坐着。 他们把空玻璃瓶来回滚动。 几秒钟后，露西拿着一块公告板来了。 她戴着一顶戴着花的大帽子。 “嗯，帽子不错……萨姆说。 “我认为?说实在的，露西，这顶帽子是怎么回事？”

Lucy smiled and turned the poster board around. Sam and Antonio didn't understand. Lucy groaned. "It's simple! We need one hundred dollars. So we're going to have our own fund-raiser to raise the money!" "But what are we selling?" Sam asked. "We're selling our outfits!" Lucy said. "No way!" Antonio exclaimed. "I like these pants!" "Not the outfits we're wearing," Lucy said, laughing. "Listen. Every student or teacher who puts one dollar in the jar gets to write down a silly costume idea. They drop their entry into this hat. Once we reach our goal of one hundred dollars, Mr. Nekobi will pick one silly costume entry from the hat. That's what we wear on Friday!"

露西笑了笑，把布告板转过来。 山姆和安东尼奥不明白。 露西呻吟着。“很简单!我们需要100美元。 所以我们要举办自己的募捐活动来筹集资金！”“但我们卖的是什么？”山姆问。 “我们在卖我们的服装！”露西说。 “不可能!”安东尼奥喊道。 “我喜欢这条裤子！”“不是我们穿的衣服。”露茜笑着说。 “听着。每个往罐子里放一美元的学生或老师都可以写下一个愚蠢的服装创意。 他们进入这顶帽子。 一旦我们达到100美元的目标，Nekobi先生将从帽子中挑选一件愚蠢的服装。 我们周五就这么穿！”

Suddenly, Ms. Winter walked by. She spotted the sign and said, "What a clever idea! So creative!" Sam instantly stopped thinking about Lucy's fund-raising plan. He saw that Ms. Winter was carrying something large, wrapped in brown paper. Sam realized what it was. A corner of the paper had come undone... It was Orson Eerie's painting. And Orson Eerie was staring at Sam! He seemed to be watching Sam's every move.

突然，温特女士走过。 她看到了这个牌子，说：“多聪明的主意！所以创意!”萨姆立刻不再考虑露西的筹款计划。 他看到温特女士拿着一个用牛皮纸包着的大东西。 山姆意识到那是什么。纸的一角松了下来。 这是奥森·怪诞的画。 奥森·怪诞正盯着山姆！他似乎在注视着萨姆的一举一动。

Ms. Winter turned the corner, and the hall monitors set up their fund-raising table. They had their jar, their sign, and Lucy's wacky hat. And they only had three days to raise one hundred dollars— Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Their classmates and other students loved their fund-raiser! They tried to outdo one another with ridiculous costume ideas. Even Principal Winik paid a dollar to join in on the fun. He wanted the hall monitors to dress up as clowns! Sam really hoped Mr. Winik's entry wouldn't be picked.

温特拐了个弯，大厅的监督员们摆好了筹款桌。 他们带着罐子，牌子，还有露西那顶古怪的帽子。 他们只有三天的时间来筹集100美元——周二、周三和周四。 他们的同学和其他学生都很喜欢他们的筹款活动！他们试图用可笑的服装创意胜过别人。 就连温尼克校长也花了一美元加入其中。 他想让大厅的监督员打扮成小丑！山姆真心希望温尼克先生的参赛作品不会被选中。

At the end of the day on Wednesday, Lucy counted the money from the jar. There were stacks of coins in front of her. "We've almost hit our goal," she said. "We have eighty-two dollars." Just then, Ms. Winter's voice came over the loudspeaker. "Students, a reminder! Tomorrow is your last day to finish your art projects. All students must have a finished piece for the art show! Oh no! I've been so busy raising money for Orson's painting, I totally forgot about my project, Sam thought. I have to get to work!

星期三一天结束时，露西数了数罐子里的钱。 她面前有一堆堆硬币。 “我们几乎达到了目标，”她说。 “我们有82美元。” 就在这时，扩音器里传来了温特女士的声音。 “同学们，提醒一下！明天是你们完成艺术项目的最后一天。 所有学生都必须有一件完成的作品参加艺术展！噢,不!我一直忙着为奥森的画筹款，我完全忘记了我的项目，山姆想。 我得去上班了！