5 Good Things Come in Small Packages

CHAPTER 5 Good Things Come in Small Packages Evie lives in a part of Somers called Hilltop Acres. It's just five blocks from our house, so Dad and I walked—just like Penny can walk to Zoey's because she lives so close. On the way over, I changed my mind about the whole thing. I like dogs just fine, but a HUMAN would be my first choice for a best friend. Maybe Evie would be the right human new best friend for me. Hilltop Acres has a bunch of really

第五章 好事藏于小包装 伊维住在萨默斯镇一个叫山顶庄园的地方。 她家离我们家只隔五个街区，所以我和爸爸走路过去——就像潘妮能走路去佐伊家一样，因为住得太近了。 路上，我对整件事改了主意。 我本来就挺喜欢狗，但要说最好的朋友，人类才是我的首选。 说不定伊维就是我最合适的人类新好友呢。 山顶庄园有好多特别

loooooong buildings, and each one has twelve front doors—I counted—twelve different homes. Dad told me they're called garden apartments. We walked up to apartment 307. I pressed the button to ring the doorbell. "Coming," a lady's voice called from the other side. I was excited and nervous all at the same time and I reached for Dad's hand. He took it and squeezed my hand back. But holding my dad's hand seemed a little babyish, so I pretended all I wanted was the squeeze and I let go right before the door swung open. I recognized the lady on the other side right away. She was the one who had been at Man's Best Friend, who had the daughter with an accent. "Hello Dave," she said in a no- accent kind of voice. She turned to me. "And you must be Stella. I'm Julie King. It's nice to

长长的楼房，每栋都有十二个正门——我数过了——一共十二户人家。 爸爸告诉我这叫花园公寓。 我们走到了307号公寓门口。 我按下了门铃按钮。 “来了，”门那头传来一位女士的声音。 我既兴奋又紧张，伸手拉住了爸爸的手。 他握住我的手，也回捏了我一下。 可我觉得牵爸爸的手有点孩子气，所以我假装只是想要那一下捏，就在门打开前松开了手。 我一下子就认出了门后的这位女士。 她就是那天在“人类挚友”宠物店，那个带口音女儿的妈妈。 “你好，戴夫，”她说话的时候没有口音。 她转向我。 “你一定就是斯特拉。 我是朱莉·金。 很高兴

meet you." Dad nudged me in the side just the eensy weensiest bit. "Nice to meet you too," I said. "Come on in, and please excuse the mess." She held the door open wider. We stepped inside and I saw there were tons of boxes. They all had writing on the sides, like "J. Sweaters," "E. Books," "H. Papers," and "Bathroom." "Evie!" Mrs. King shouted. The girl with the accent came when Mrs. King called, just like I knew she would. "This is my daughter, Evie," Mrs. King said. "We just moved here from England, and she's going to be in Mrs. Finkel's third-grade class on Monday." "Stella's in Mrs. Finkel's class too," Dad said.

认识你。” 爸爸用胳膊肘轻轻碰了碰我的腰，就碰了一丢丢。 “我也很高兴认识你，”我说。 “快进来吧，不好意思家里有点乱。” 她把门开得更大了些。 我们走进去，我看到到处都是箱子。 箱子侧面都写了字，比如“金的毛衣”“伊维的书”“休的文件”还有“浴室用品”。 “伊维！” 金太太喊道。 那个带口音的女孩一喊就出来了，和我预想的一样。 “这是我女儿伊维，”金太太说。 “我们刚从英格兰搬过来，周一她就要去芬克尔太太的三年级班上课了。” “斯特拉也在芬克尔太太的班，”爸爸说。

It was hard to believe Evie was in my grade. She was even taller than I remembered. Like if you stacked two Batts bars the long way on top of my head, that's how tall she was. She was wearing a red plaid skirt, a white shirt, and a vest that was the same red plaid as the skirt. I felt like I wasn't dressed up enough to play with her. "Wonderful," Mrs. King said. "I don't think Evie's unpacked all her games yet, but you'll have a lot to talk about." "Do you have a deck of cards?" I asked. I turned to Evie. "I could teach you to play Spit." "That's gross," she said. "It's not really spit," I started to explain. "No thank you," she said. "Well, I'm sure you girls will work something out," Dad said. "So, Stel, I'll pick

真不敢相信伊维和我同一年级。 她比我印象里还要高。 高得就像把两块巴特能量棒竖着叠在我头顶上，有那么高。 她穿了一条红格裙、一件白衬衫，还有一件和裙子同色红格的背心。 我觉得我穿得太随意，配不上和她玩。 “太好了，”金太太说。 “伊维的东西还没收拾完，但你们肯定有很多话可聊。” “你们有扑克牌吗？” 我问道。 我转向伊维。 “我可以教你玩“吐 spit”牌。” “那好恶心，”她说。 “不是真的吐口水啦，”我开始解释。 “不用了，谢谢，”她说。 “好吧，我相信你们俩肯定能找到一起玩的东西，”爸爸说。 那，斯特拉，我过

you up in a couple of hours, okay?" I started to say, "Okay." "Hold on," Evie said. "We're supposed to play for a couple of HOURS?" "Evie!" Mrs. King said. "What?" she said. "I've got a lot of unpacking to do. And I promised Tesa I'd ring her, too." Ring? Did she mean call? It didn't matter what she meant. This girl was NOT going to be my new best friend. "You're being rude," Mrs. King told her. She turned to Dad and me. "Tesa is a friend from London," she explained. "I grew up here in Somers, but Evie is having some trouble adjusting." "I'm not having trouble adjusting," Evie said. "I just have other stuff to do and I don't want to play with her."

几个小时后来接你，好吗？” 我刚要说“好的”。 “等一下，”伊维说。 “我们要玩好几个小时？” “伊维！” 金太太说。 “怎么了？”她说。 我还有好多箱子要拆。 而且我答应了泰莎 我要给她打电话的。” 打电话？ 她是想说打电话吗？ 她到底什么意思已经不重要了。 这个女孩绝对不可能成为我的新好友。 “你太没礼貌了，”金太太对她说。 她转向我和爸爸。 “泰莎是她在伦敦的朋友，”她解释道。 “我是在萨默斯长大的，但伊维还不太适应这里。” “我才没有不适应，”伊维说。 我只是还有别的事要做，我不想和她玩。”