1 Stomping

A LITTLE BIT LOLA Too Small to Be a Giant

小不点萝拉：当巨人我还太小啦

CHAPTER 1 STOMPING Lola's big brother, Max, and her big sister, Emma, were eating lunch. They were going to the water slides soon. Lola was not eating her lunch, because she was not going to the water slides — even though she wanted to go more than anything in the whole world.

第一章 跺跺脚 萝拉的哥哥马克斯和姐姐艾玛正在吃午饭。 他们很快就要去玩水上滑梯了。 萝拉没在吃午饭，因为她去不了水上滑梯——尽管这是她全世界最最想做的事。

Lola loved water more than Emma loved books. She loved slides more than Max loved his new soccer ball. Lola had never actually been on a water slide. Still, she knew that she would love them most of all. But Dad said she wasn't big enough to go to the water park yet.

萝拉爱水的程度，比艾玛爱看书还要深。 她爱滑梯的程度，比马克斯爱他的新足球还要深。 其实萝拉从来没玩过水上滑梯。 但她确定自己肯定会比谁都喜欢水上滑梯。 可是爸爸说她还不够大，还不能去水上乐园。

Lola was never big enough for anything fun. She wasn't allowed to get books off the highest shelf. She couldn't go on roller-coasters, even when she wore her thickest socks. And she always missed out on the best things at the playground. Now she was missing out on the water slides! Being the smallest in her family was the worst.

有意思的事，萝拉从来都因为不够大没份参与。 她不准够最高那层架子上的书。 哪怕她穿上最厚的袜子垫高，也不能坐过山车。 游乐场里最好玩的项目，她总也玩不上。 现在她连水上滑梯都去不成啦！ 当家里最小的孩子真的太糟糕了。

"I wish," said Lola, poking her sandwich, "that I was as tall as our house? "No-one is as tall as our house," said Max. "Except maybe a giant." A giant? That was a great idea! If Lola was a giant, she'd definitely be big enough for the water slides. "Okay, said Lola, pushing away her plate and jumping to her feet. "I will be a giant!"

“我希望，”萝拉戳着手里的三明治说，“我能和咱们家房子一样高？” “没人能和咱们家房子一样高呀，”马克斯说。 “说不定巨人可以。” 巨人？ 这主意太棒了！ 如果萝拉是巨人的话，她肯定够高，能去玩水上滑梯了。 “好呀，”萝拉推开盘子，一下子跳起来说。 “我要当巨人！”

Max shoved his last crust into his mouth. "But giants are so big that when they stomp, the ground shakes. And when they yell, the trees tremble. They're so big that they munch on trees like they're broccoli. You are too small to be a giant, Lola." "Maybe," said Lola. "But probably not."

马克斯把最后一块面包皮塞进嘴里。 “可是巨人特别特别大，他们一跺脚，地都会晃。 他们一吼叫，树都会抖。 他们那么大，啃树就像啃西蓝花一样轻松。 你太小啦，当不了巨人的，萝拉。” “说不定呢，”萝拉说。 “但我觉得我可以。”