10 I Believe in Magic

CHAPTER 10 I Believe in Magic (But Only Sort Of) Mom found Belinda in one of the kitchen cabinets! Isn't that the craziest place for a stuffed duck-billed platypus? When Mom told us, Penny remembered what had happened. She brought the gum back into the kitchen after she gave some to Maverick. Belinda was on the kitchen table, and Penny decided to hide her in the cabinet. That way if the gum really was magic jumping gum, Belinda would be totally safe.

第十章 我相信魔法（不过只信一点点哦）妈妈在厨房的一个橱柜里找到贝琳达啦！ 把毛绒鸭嘴兽放在这种地方，是不是也太离谱啦？ 妈妈告诉我们这件事的时候，佩妮想起来是怎么回事了。 她给了马弗里克一些口香糖之后，就把剩下的拿回了厨房。 贝琳达当时在餐桌上，佩妮决定把她藏到橱柜里。 这样的话，要是那个口香糖真的是会跳的魔法口香糖，贝琳达也会完完全全安全的。

"My pudding potion worked!" Penny said, dancing around the room with Belinda. "Belinda is back!" I wondered if my potion would work. Maybe when Mrs. Getter came to pick up Willa, she'd announce that they decided not to move after all. Willa and I went to my room to play because her mom wouldn't be there for another half hour. "What do you want to play?" Willa asked. "How about Spit?" I asked. Willa said okay, and I got the cards and shuffled them up. Dad can do this cool thing when he shuffles cards, and then bends them like a bridge. It's hard for me to do because my hands are too small. Usually I just spread the cards out and mix them up, and then put them back together again.

“我的布丁魔药起效啦！” 佩妮抱着贝琳达，在房间里转着圈跳舞。 “贝琳达回来啦！” 我忍不住想，我的魔药会不会也有用呢。 说不定盖特太太来接薇拉的时候，会宣布她们最后决定不搬家了。 我和薇拉去我房间玩，因为她妈妈还要半个小时才能到。 “你想玩什么呀？” 薇拉问。 “玩‘吐牌’游戏怎么样？” 我问她。 薇拉说好，我就拿出扑克牌开始洗牌。 爸爸洗牌的时候会超酷的一招，洗完能把牌弯成桥的样子。 我做不来，因为我的手太小啦。 我通常就是把牌摊开混在一起，再拢成一摞。

Then I dealt the cards. We each got half the deck, and we made our piles like we're supposed to. Willa said, "One, two, three, spit!" and we both turned a card over and started playing. It's really hard to explain how the game goes, but I'll try. You have to pile cards on top of each other in order, but it doesn't matter if the numbers go up or down. If a 5 card is

然后我就开始发牌。 我们每个人拿半副牌，按照规则摆好自己的牌堆。 薇拉数着：“一，二，三，吐！” 我们俩都翻开一张牌，开始玩起来。 这个游戏的规则很难讲清楚，不过我试试看吧。 你得按顺序把牌摞在一起，不过数字往上数或者往下数都可以。 要是现在亮出来的牌是5，你就可以在上面放一张4或者6。

showing, you can put a 4 or a 6 on top of it. And you keep going until all your cards are gone. We're both really good at Spit, which makes the game last longer. You win when you're totally out of cards. I wonder how long the longest game of Spit ever lasted. Sometimes I think maybe Willa and I will get the world record. That day we played until Penny came in to say Willa's mom had just driven up. Willa was winning, but the game still wasn't over. "I can leave the cards out, and then when you come over again, we can finish," I said. "But it's kind of messy," Willa said. See what I mean about how neat and clean she is? "We should finish right now." "Your mom won't mind?" I asked. Willa shook her head and we went back

亮出来的是5的话，你可以在上面放4或者6。 你就一直出牌，直到手里的牌都出完为止。 我们俩都特别擅长玩吐牌，所以游戏玩好久都结束不了。 谁先把手里的牌全出完，谁就赢了。 我好想知道史上最长的吐牌游戏玩了多久呀。 有时候我觉得说不定我和薇拉能拿到世界纪录呢。 那天我们一直玩到佩妮进来，说薇拉的妈妈刚开车到门口。 当时薇拉快要赢了，不过游戏还没结束。 “我可以把牌就放在这儿，等你下次来我们再接着玩完。”我说。 “可是这样乱乱的呀。”薇拉说。 你懂吧？我之前就说她特别爱干净整齐的。 “我们现在就把它玩完吧。” “你妈妈不会介意吗？” 我问。 薇拉摇摇头，我们就又回去玩游戏了。

to playing. Penny sat on my bed and watched us. My mom and Willa's mom came into my room and Willa's mom said, "Honey, we have to get going." "I don't want to," Willa said. "I know, hon," Mrs. Getter said. "But I have to get the boys." Willa stood up but she didn't go over to her mom. "No," she said. "I don't want to." "Willa," Mrs. Getter said. "Spencer and Jackson are waiting." "I don't want to leave!" Willa shouted. "And I don't want to move to Pennsylvania!" I've never seen Willa be bad before. She stamped her feet and the cards got all messed up. "Uh-oh," Penny said. Mrs. Getter bent down to clean them up, and Mom told her not to worry about it.

接着玩。 佩妮坐在我的床上看着我们玩。 我妈妈和薇拉的妈妈走进我房间，薇拉的妈妈说：“宝贝，我们得走啦。” “我不想走。”薇拉说。 “我知道，宝贝。”盖特太太说。 “可是我还得去接哥哥们呀。” 薇拉站了起来，但是没走到她妈妈身边去。 “不。”她说。 “我不想走。” “薇拉。”盖特太太说。 “斯宾塞和杰克逊还在等着呢。” “我不想离开！” 薇拉大喊起来。 “而且我不想搬到宾夕法尼亚去！” 我以前从来没见过薇拉闹脾气。 她跺着脚，把牌都踩得乱七八糟的。 “哎呀。”佩妮说。 盖特太太弯下腰要去捡牌，妈妈让她别担心，不用管。