6 Pardon Me

CHAPTER 6 Pardon Me Evie was going to be my new best friend! I was sure of it! On Monday, I was the most excited I'd ever been about going to school. Mom had Penny and me waiting by the front door at 7:55 a.m., the same as always. But Mrs. Benson didn't get there until 8:02. How could she be late when it was SO IMPORTANT for me to be on time, or even early?

第六章 不好意思哦 伊维要成为我的新好朋友啦！ 我百分百确定！ 周一那天，要去上学的我，比以往任何时候都要兴奋。 早上7点55分，妈妈就带着我和彭妮在 front door 边等着了，和往常一样。 可本森太太直到8点02分才到。 我得准时甚至提前到学校这么重要的事，她怎么能迟到呢？

Finally she pulled up and we ran out. "Sorry girls," Mrs. Benson said. "It's been one of those days. First I spilled coffee on myself, so I had to change my shirt. Then I couldn't find my keys." People sure were having a lot of problems with keys. "Buckle up," Mrs. Benson said. "We should still make it in time." There are a bunch of different ways to get to school from my house. Mom always turns down Parrot Avenue because it's shorter, and Mrs. Benson always drives up Tollridge Street because there aren't any traffic lights. So we drove down our street and made a right at the end of the block. Then we made a left on Tollridge. Suddenly, Mrs. Benson stopped the car. "Mo-om," Zoey whined.

她终于把车停好，我们赶紧跑了过去。 “抱歉啦姑娘们，”本森太太说。 “今天真是倒霉透了。 先是我把咖啡洒在了身上，不得不换衬衫。 然后又找不到钥匙了。” 大家最近好像都在找钥匙上出了好多问题呀。 “系好安全带哦，”本森太太说。 “咱们应该还是能准时到的。” 从我家去学校有好多条不同的路能走。 妈妈总爱走鹦鹉大道，因为那条路更近，而本森太太总开托尔里奇街，因为那条路上没有红绿灯。 所以我们沿着家门前的街开，到街区尽头的时候右转了。 然后我们在托尔里奇街左转了。 突然，本森太太把车停了下来。 “妈——妈，”佐伊拖长了声音抱怨道。

"It's not my fault, Zo," Mrs. Benson said. "There's a garbage truck ahead of us." I didn't say anything, even though it WAS kind of Mrs. Benson's fault. She was the one who spilled her coffee and lost her keys. If not, she would have left her house on time and picked us up on time. We would've gone down the street before the garbage truck even got there, and we'd be at school by now. I wanted to be at school BEFORE Evie got there. If it were my first day of school, I wouldn't want to be there all alone. Maybe from now on Evie could start carpooling with us too. She didn't live exactly on the way to school, but just a little bit out of the way is okay to drive. We have room in the car now since Willa moved away. I tried pushing myself up in my seat, which wasn't so easy since I was wearing a seat

“这不是我的错呀，小佐，”本森太太说。 “前面有辆垃圾车挡着路呢。” 我什么都没说，虽然这其实真的有点怪本森太太。 是她自己洒了咖啡，还丢了钥匙呀。 要是没出这些事，她肯定能准时从家里出发，也能准时来接我们。 我们就能在垃圾车开到这儿之前驶过这条街，现在都已经到学校了。 我想在伊维到学校之前就到那儿。 要是我是第一天上学，我肯定不想孤零零一个人待在那儿。 说不定以后伊维也能和我们一起拼车呢。 她家虽然不在去学校的必经路上，但稍微绕点路开车也没关系呀。 现在威拉搬走了，车里还有空位呢。 我试着在座位上往上挪了挪，这可不容易，因为我系着安全

belt. But I wanted to see the garbage truck. Why was it taking so long to load the garbage bags in? This had to be the dirtiest street in all of Somers! I clicked my heels together three times and wished for the garbage truck people to hurry up. By the time we got to school, Mrs. Finkel had already closed the classroom door. I hate walking into class after everyone else is already there. Actually I've never done it before, but whenever it happens to other kids, everyone turns to look at them. I pushed open the door and everyone looked at me. Mrs. Finkel looked at her watch. "Did you forget to set your alarm clock?" she asked. Mrs. Finkel is the mean third-grade teacher. The nice teacher, Mrs. Bower, would probably never say something like that. My face heated up, so I knew I was

带呢。 可我想看看那辆垃圾车。 把垃圾袋装上车怎么要花这么久啊？ 这肯定是整个萨默斯镇最脏的一条街了！ 我把脚后跟碰了三下，许愿垃圾车的工作人员能快点儿。 等我们到学校的时候，芬克尔太太已经把教室门关上了。 我特别讨厌在所有人都到齐之后才走进教室。 其实我从来没迟到过，但每次别的小朋友迟到的时候，大家都会转头看他们。 我推开门，所有人都看向了我。 芬克尔太太看了看她的手表。 “你是不是忘了设闹钟啦？” 她问道。 芬克尔太太是三年级的凶老师。 那位和善的鲍尔太太，肯定永远不会说这种话。 我的脸发烫，我知道自己正在