9 Problems

CHAPTER 9 Problems The next day, we stood by Lucy's desk during snack time, talking about new names. Other kids wanted to change their names, too. Maddie said she would be Candace, since Candy was a good nickname for Candace. And Asher said he would be Mike, like Mike and Ike candies. Even Joshua wanted to change his name. He said he wanted to be Richard. "You can't change your name to Richard because it's not a candy," Lucy told him.

第九章 小麻烦 第二天点心时间，我们围在露西的课桌旁，讨论着新名字。 其他小朋友也想改名字。 麦迪说她要叫坎迪斯，因为“坎迪”是坎迪斯很好的昵称。 亚瑟说他要叫迈克，就像迈克&艾克糖里的迈克。 就连约书亚也想改名字。 他说他想叫理查德。 “你不能叫理查德，因为这不是糖果的名字。”露西告诉他。

"So what?" he said. "Sherry isn't a candy either." "It could be short for Sherbet," I said, even though that wasn't my name. I just didn't want Joshua to get the name he wanted, because he was always so mean to us—except that he hadn't called me Smella since I'd changed my name. "That's right," Lucy said. "And sherbet is practically a candy." "I don't care," Joshua said. "From now on, I'm Richard." "He probably only wants to be Richard because it has the word "rich" in it," Lucy told the rest of us. Clark was sitting at his desk, two seats down, on the other side of Willa. "Can I change my name too?" he asked. "Sure you can," Willa said.

“那又怎么样？”他说。 “雪莉也不是糖果名啊。” “它可以是雪葩的缩写呀。”我说道，哪怕那根本不是我的名字。 我只是不想让约书亚如愿得到他想要的名字，因为他以前一直对我们很凶——不过自从我改了名字，他就没再叫过我“臭臭拉”了。 “没错。”露西说。 “雪葩基本上就算是糖果呀。” “我才不管。”约书亚说。 “从现在起，我就是理查德。” “他想叫理查德，估计就是因为名字里有个‘富’字吧。”露西悄悄对我们其他人说。 克拉克坐在他的课桌前，隔了两个位子，就在薇拉的另一边。 “我也能改名字吗？” 他问。 “当然可以呀。”薇拉说。

"But your name is already a candy," Lucy pointed out. "You know, like a Clark Bar." "Actually I really like the name Zach," Clark said. "I know that name!" Talisa said. "My mom's friend just had a baby named Zach. They live in Florida." "Sherry and I are going to Florida to swim with dolphins," Willa said. Once on this show we love, Superstar Sam, the main girl named Sam and her friends went to a place in Florida called The Dolphin Sanctuary. They got into the water with the dolphins and held onto their fins. Then the dolphins started swimming fast and pulled the kids along. Willa and I decided one day we would go there, too. It wasn't right for her to talk about going without me. She knows how much I

“可你的名字本来就是糖果名呀。”露西指出。 “你知道的，就是克拉克巧克力棒呀。” “其实我特别喜欢扎克这个名字。”克拉克说。 “我知道这个名字！” 塔莉莎说。 “我妈妈的朋友刚生了个宝宝，就叫扎克。 他们住在佛罗里达。” “我和雪莉要去佛罗里达和海豚一起游泳。”薇拉说。 之前我们超爱的节目《超级明星山姆》里，主角山姆女孩和她的朋友去了佛罗里达一个叫“海豚保护区”的地方。 她们下水和海豚待在一起，还抓着海豚的鳍。 然后海豚游得飞快，拉着小朋友们往前冲。 我和薇拉早就决定以后也要去那里。 她居然说要去却不带上我，这太不对了。 她明明知道我有多

love dolphins. It was strange, because she's not a meanie. "But I thought I was going to go to Florida with you," I said. "You ARE coming with me. YOU'RE Sherry," Willa reminded me. "How could you forget your new name when it was your idea?" Talisa asked.

喜欢海豚。 这太奇怪了，因为她根本不是小气的人。 “可我以为我要和你一起去佛罗里达的呀。”我说。 “你当然要和我一起去呀。 你就是雪莉呀。”薇拉提醒我。 “这名字还是你想出来的，你怎么能忘了呢？” 塔莉莎问道。

"I thought it was Truffle's idea," Clark said. "Nope, it was Sherry's," Willa said. "But I made the announcement," Lucy reminded everyone. Then Mrs. Finkel clapped her hands, so we had to go back to our desks. It was raining outside that day, which

“我还以为是松露想出来的呢。”克拉克说。 “才不是，是雪莉想的。”薇拉说。 “但宣布这件事的人是我哦。”露西提醒大家。 这时候芬克尔太太拍了拍手，我们只好回到自己的座位上。 那天外面在下雨，所以