6 More Trouble

CHAPTER 6 More Trouble Mom made us grilled-cheese sandwiches for lunch. Here are some things that are important to know so you can make grilled cheese the right way: 1. Cheddar cheese is the best kind of cheese—way better than American. If you don't have cheddar cheese in the house, you can use Monterey Jack or mozzarella, but never ever use Swiss. It doesn't taste good when it's melted.

第6章 更多麻烦 妈妈中午给我们做了烤芝士三明治。 想要做好烤芝士，这些要点一定要记住：1. 切达奶酪是最好吃的奶酪——比美式奶酪好吃太多啦。 家里没有切达奶酪的话，可以用蒙特利杰克奶酪或者马苏里拉奶酪，但绝对绝对不能用瑞士奶酪。 瑞士奶酪融化后一点都不好吃。

2. Don't make the grilled cheese too fancy. For example, don't add tomatoes the way they sometimes do in restaurants, because then it gets too drippy. 3. You should cut the crusts off because the cheese doesn't always melt all the way up to the crust, and bread tastes better when there's cheese on it. My mom knows all these things about

2. 别把烤芝士做得花里胡哨。 比如说，别像餐厅有时候那样加番茄，不然会湿乎乎流得到处都是。 3. 要把面包边切掉，因为奶酪不一定能融化到面包边，沾着奶酪的面包才更好吃。 这些做烤芝士的知识我妈妈都懂

grilled cheese, so ours came out just right. Then Penny and I each got to have candy for dessert. After we finished, Penny asked if I would play with her in the backyard. I was waiting for Willa, and I told Penny I could be with her until Willa got there. We were outside for just a couple minutes when we heard Maverick call out, "Hey Stella! Hey Penny!" Maverick is six-and-a-half years old, which is right in between Penny and me, since she's five and I'm eight. There's a fence that separates his backyard from our backyard, and there's a hole in the middle of the fence that's too small for adults to go through, but kids can fit. Penny yelled back, "Come play with us!" and Maverick came through the hole. "You cut your hair," he told me. "Yeah."

所以我们的烤芝士做得刚刚好。 之后我和佩妮每人都吃到了糖果当甜点。 吃完后，佩妮问我能不能陪她去后院玩。 我那时候正在等薇拉，就告诉佩妮，薇拉来之前我都可以陪她玩。 我们才出门几分钟，就听见马弗里克喊：‘嘿，斯特拉！’ 嘿，佩妮！’ 马弗里克六岁半，年纪刚好在我和佩妮中间——佩妮五岁，我八岁。 我们家和他家后院中间隔了一道篱笆，篱笆中间有个小洞，大人钻不过去，小孩刚好能过。 佩妮大声回喊：‘快来跟我们一起玩！’ 然后马弗里克就钻过洞来了。 ‘你剪头发啦，’他对我说。 ‘对呀。’

"It looks cool." "I might cut my hair too," Penny said. "And also we have magic gum. Do you want some?" "Sure," Maverick said. Penny went into the house to get it. She had a whole new pack that Dad gave her when they were at Batts Confections, and she and Maverick each took a piece. I said I didn't want any. "It glows in the dark," Penny said. "And it does other kinds of magic too." "Like could I turn you into a toad?" Maverick asked. "Probably," Penny said. "You have to chew your gum up good and make a wish for it, but you can't say it out loud or it won't come true." Maverick chewed so hard I could hear his teeth clinking inside his mouth. "Okay, I just made my wish," he said.

‘看起来超酷。’ ‘我也想去剪头发，’佩妮说。 ‘对啦，我们有魔法口香糖。 你要不要来一块？’ ‘好呀，’马弗里克说。 佩妮进屋去拿口香糖了。 那是一整盒全新的口香糖，是爸爸带佩妮去巴茨糖果店的时候给她的，她和马弗里克各拿了一块。 我说我不要。 ‘它在黑暗里会发光哦，’佩妮说。 ‘它还会施展别的魔法呢。’ ‘比如说，我能把你变成癞蛤蟆吗？’ 马弗里克问道。 ‘应该可以哦，’佩妮说。 ‘你得好好嚼口香糖，然后许愿，但是不能说出来，说出来愿望就不灵了。’ 马弗里克嚼得特别用力，我都能听见他的牙齿在嘴里嘎吱响。 ‘好了，我刚许完愿，’他说。

Penny squatted down and started jumping. "Ribbit, ribbit," she said. "You know you're not really a toad," I told her. "That's not even what toads say." "They do too," she said. "No," I said. "Frogs say ribbit." "Actually I think they both speak the same language," Maverick said. Penny hopped around for a few more minutes, and then she said, "Okay, you can turn me back into a girl now." "Abracadabra," Maverick said. Really he should have closed his eyes to make a wish, but since Penny was just pretending, I knew it didn't matter. "Hooray, now I'm a girl again," Penny said. "Let's play hopscotch." "We don't have any chalk left," I reminded her. Penny and her friend Zoey and I had

佩妮蹲下来，开始蹦蹦跳跳。 ‘呱呱，呱呱，’她说。 ‘你知道你又不是真的癞蛤蟆啦，’我对她说。 ‘癞蛤蟆都不是这么叫的。’ ‘癞蛤蟆就是这么叫的，’她说。 ‘才不是，’我说。 ‘青蛙才呱呱叫。’ ‘其实我觉得他俩说的是同一种语言，’马弗里克说。 佩妮又蹦了好几分钟，然后她说：‘好了，你现在可以把我变回小女孩了。’ ‘阿布拉卡达布拉，’马弗里克说。 其实他本该闭上眼睛许愿的，不过佩妮本来就是玩假装游戏，我知道没关系的。 ‘万岁，我又变回小女孩啦，’佩妮说。 ‘我们来玩跳房子吧。’ ‘我们已经没有粉笔了呀，’我提醒她。 我和佩妮还有她的朋友佐伊