9 Stella Superhero (Again)

CHAPTER 9 Stella Superhero (Again) My heart was pounding in my chest like THUMP THUMP THUMP. It was worse than the time when the mean lunch aide Mr. Moyers took my writing notebook away. Worse than when the magic gum got caught in my hair. Worse than when I had to climb through a tiny window in the back of Evie's dad's truck and rescue the keys.

第九章 超人斯特拉（又出马了） 我的心在胸口狂跳，咚咚咚！ 比坏脾气帮厨莫耶斯先生拿走我写字本那次还要糟 比魔法口香糖粘住我头发那次还要糟 比我不得不钻过伊维爸爸卡车尾的小窗户捡钥匙那次还要糟

Worse than when I was worried Willa wouldn't want to talk to me again. Okay, actually maybe not worse than that last one. But it was at least a tie, because this time there were two things to worry about: 1. I had to go to a party that I wasn't invited to AND 2. The reason I had to go was because I'd lost the order form. I didn't do it on purpose, but I still felt like such a meanie. As soon as we walked into the store, Claire and Jess rushed over to us. They're two other workers at Batts Confections. "Stuart!" Jess called. "Oh, Stuart! Thank goodness you're here. We had no idea this was happening, until twenty-five kids showed up!"

比我担心薇拉不想再理我那次还要糟 好吧，其实可能还是没那次糟 但至少不相上下，这次我有两件烦心事：1. 我得去没邀请我的派对 还有 2. 我不得不去，就是因为我把订单表弄丢了 我不是故意的，但我还是觉得自己好糟糕 我们刚进店，克莱尔和杰斯就冲了过来 她们俩是巴茨糖果店的另外两名店员 “斯图尔特！” 杰斯喊道 “噢，斯图尔特！ 谢天谢地你可来了 我们之前完全不知道这事，直到二十五个孩子都来了！”

"Where is everyone?" Stuart asked. "In the party room. We placed an order for pizza, but we don't have an activity to entertain them." "How about cookie decorating?" Stuart suggested. I made a batch of cookies last night." "I suggested that," Claire said. "The birthday boy said he did that already on a class trip." That's right, he did. The last time my whole entire class was at the store. But that time, I was invited too. "His mother is not happy," Jess added. "It's all right," Stuart said. "I'll go talk to the mother and try to smooth things over. We'll figure something out. Stella, Penny, why don't you girls come with me? It may help to have some real Batts family representatives

“大家都在哪儿呀？” 斯图尔特问 “都在派对室呢。 我们订了披萨，但没准备活动招待他们呀。” “要不玩曲奇装饰？” 斯图尔特提议 “我昨晚烤了一盘曲奇。” “我提过这个主意了，”克莱尔说 “小寿星说他班级出游已经做过这个了。” 没错，他确实做过 上次我们全班一起来店里的时候 不过那一次，我也收到邀请了 “他妈妈很不高兴，”杰斯补充道 “没关系的，”斯图尔特说 “我去跟他妈妈聊聊，想办法稳住局面。 我们总能想到办法的。 斯特拉、佩妮，你们俩跟我一起来好不好？ 有我们巴茨家族的家人在场会更管用

with me." Go with Stuart? Into the party room where Joshua was? I knew exactly what he would say when he saw me: Smella, what are you doing here? I didn't invite YOU. What if he could tell by looking at me that the whole thing was my fault? There was no way I was going upstairs to that party room. But I didn't want to stay where I was, either. If someone from Mrs. Finkel's class came down to use the bathroom, they'd know I was the girl who wasn't invited, and I was only there because there was a mess-up at the store. "Ready?" Stuart asked. I shook my head. "I'm going to go to my dad's office, if that's all right," I said. "Oh no, I'm not going down there," Penny said. "That's where they put the giant clown."

跟我过来。” 跟斯图尔特走？ 进约书亚在的那个派对室？ 我太清楚他看见我会说什么：臭斯特拉，你来干嘛？ 我又没邀请你 万一他一眼就看出来，整件事都是我的错怎么办？ 我绝对不要上楼去那个派对室 可我也不想待在原地 要是芬克尔老师班上的同学下来上厕所，就会知道我是没被邀请的那个，我来这儿只是因为店里出乱子了 “准备好了吗？” 斯图尔特问道 我摇了摇头 “我去爸爸的办公室待着，可以吗？”我说 “哦，我才不去那儿，”佩妮说 那个大小丑就放在那儿。”

There's supposed to be a clown mannequin in the candy circus display when you walk into the store. But Penny was really scared of it, so Stuart moved it down to the basement. Now the clown is leaning up against the back corner in Dad's office. I barely even noticed it. That's how not scared of it I was. "You don't have to come with me," I said. "I'll go by myself—I'm allowed to." I added that last part so Stuart would know that letting me go to the office on my own was not the same as leaving me home on my own. "And I'll go upstairs with you," Penny told Stuart.

进店的糖果马戏团展架上，本来应该放着一个小丑模特 但佩妮特别怕它，所以斯图尔特把它搬到地下室了 现在那个小丑就靠在爸爸办公室的后墙角 我几乎都注意不到它 我才不怕它呢 “你不用跟我一起去，”我说 “我自己去就行——我可以去的。” 我加了这句话，好让斯图尔特放心，让我一个人去办公室不等于让我一个人待在家 “那我跟斯图尔特上楼，”佩妮对斯图尔特说