9 Mr. Madden’s Magic

CHAPTER 9 Mr. Madden's Magic I woke up on Sunday and my hair was sticking out all over my head. That never happened when my hair was long. I had to put water on it to make it stay down. I missed my old hair so much. "This is the worst weekend of my life," I said at breakfast. "Mine too," Penny said. Belinda was still missing. Dad said it was going to be Mom's Day Off, which meant

第九章 马登先生的魔法 周日我醒来的时候，头发炸得满头都是。 我以前留长发的时候从来不会这样。 我只能往头上泼点水，好让头发乖乖贴下来。 我太想念我以前的头发了。 “这是我这辈子最糟糕的周末，”我吃早餐的时候念叨着。 “我也是，”佩妮说。 贝琳达还是没有消息。 爸爸说今天是“妈妈休息日”，意思就是

she was going to have the whole day to be by herself and do whatever she wanted. "We have a few errands to run and then we're going to the store," Dad said. "I'm too sad to go on errands," Penny told him. "And I'm too sad for the store." "I promise you'll get cheered up," Dad said. "Something really special is happening at Batts Confections today." "What?" Penny asked. "You'll find out when we get there," Dad told her. He was probably just saying that because he wanted to distract Penny from thinking about Belinda too much. So when Penny went to get dressed, I whispered to Dad, "What's the special thing that's happening?" "I told you, it's a surprise," Dad whispered back.

她可以一整天都自己待着，想做什么就做什么。 “我们要先办几件小事，然后去店里，”爸爸说。 “我太难过了，不想跑腿办事，”佩妮对他说。 “我也难过，不想去店里。” “我保证你们会开心起来的，”爸爸说。 “今天巴茨糖果店有特别的活动哦。” “什么活动？”佩妮问。 “等我们到了你就知道啦，”爸爸告诉她。 他这么说大概率就是想哄佩妮，让她别总想着贝琳达的事太伤心。 所以等佩妮去换衣服的时候，我悄悄问爸爸：“到底是什么特别的事呀？” “我都说啦，是惊喜，”爸爸也小声回答我。

"You should tell me in case I don't want to go," I said. "Trust me," Dad said, "you're going to want to. Besides, we're giving Mom the day off, and that means we all have to get out of the house." We headed out to the car a little while later. Our first errand was going to the plant store, because Mom wanted Dad to order some special kind of flowers. Our second errand was to drop off a candy basket that someone had ordered. After that we got back in the car to drive to Batts Confections. Dad parked in the parking lot and we all got out. Someone shouted, "Stella, over here!" I looked up, and there was Willa a few car rows over from us. "Hi!" I shouted back. Dad walked Penny and me over to

“你得告诉我呀，万一我不想去呢？”我说。 “相信我，”爸爸说，“你肯定想去的。 再说了，我们要给妈妈放一天假，也就是说咱们全都得出门哦。” 过了一小会儿，我们就出发去坐车了。 我们第一站是去绿植店，因为妈妈让爸爸订一些特别的花。 第二件事是去送一个别人预订的糖果篮。 之后我们就回到车上，开车去巴茨糖果店。 爸爸把车停在停车场，我们都下了车。 有人喊：“斯特拉，这边！” 我抬头一看，薇拉就站在离我们几排车远的地方。 “嗨！” 我也喊着回应她。 爸爸带着我和佩妮走到

Willa's mom's car. He said Willa was going to be spending the day with us. "That's a really good surprise," I said. "It's not the only one," Dad said. "Is Zoey coming too?" Penny asked. "No, Zoey was busy today," Dad said. "It's not fair!" Penny said. "You can play with us," Willa offered. Willa is always nice to Penny. "Bye girls. Have fun," Willa's mom said. We walked into Batts Confections. The store had just opened but there was already a bunch of people there. Willa, Penny, and I got on line by the chocolate waterfall. Really we could skip the line if we wanted because my parents own the store, but that wouldn't be nice to the other kids. We each took a marshmallow on a stick to dip into the chocolate.

薇拉妈妈的车旁边。 他说薇拉今天要跟我们一起玩。 “这个惊喜太棒啦，”我说。 “这可不是唯一的惊喜哦，”爸爸说。 “佐伊也来吗？” 佩妮问。 “不了，佐伊今天有事，”爸爸说。 “这不公平！” 佩妮说。 “你可以和我们一起玩呀，”薇拉主动邀请她。 薇拉对佩妮一直都很好。 “再见啦姑娘们。 玩得开心点，”薇拉的妈妈说。 我们走进了巴茨糖果店。 店刚开门，可里面已经有好多人了。 我、佩妮和薇拉在巧克力瀑布旁边排队。 其实我们要是想的话不用排队，因为店是我爸妈开的，但那样对别的小朋友不好。 我们每人拿了一根串着棉花糖的小棍，准备去蘸巧克力。

"Just one piece," Dad said. "I don't want you to fill up because you'll be getting a special treat." "When is the treat?" Penny asked. "In about fifteen minutes," Dad said. He and Penny went down to his office, but Willa and I stayed upstairs with Stuart, who was working behind the register. He let Willa and me help out, which is a really fun thing to do. When people give you money,

“只能吃一块哦，”爸爸说。 “别吃这个吃饱了，你们还有特别的点心要吃呢。” “什么时候能吃点心呀？” 佩妮问。 “大概再过十五分钟，”爸爸说。 他带着佩妮去楼下他的办公室了，我和薇拉留在楼上陪着斯图尔特，他正在收银台后面工作。 他让我和薇拉帮忙，这事可有意思了。 客人付钱的时候，