2 After School

CHAPTER 2 After School As soon as the bell rang at the end of the day, I ran outside to find Penny. The kindergarteners get out of school five minutes before everyone else, so I knew she'd be waiting for me. I always meet Penny, her friend Zoey, and whoever is picking us up that day right by the flagpole next to the parking lot. Evie raced to catch up with me—she's part of our carpool too, but she couldn't run as fast because she was in silver sparkly shoes

第二章 放学啦：这天放学铃刚一响，我就冲到校外找彭妮。 幼儿园的小朋友比其他年级早五分钟放学，所以我知道她肯定在等我。 我总在停车场旁边的旗杆那儿和彭妮、她的朋友佐伊，还有那天来接我们的人碰面。 埃维小跑着追上来——她也是我们拼车小分队的一员，可她跑不快，因为她穿了双闪着银亮珠光的鞋子

instead of sneakers. For clothes she had on a pink plaid skirt and a white blouse. It wasn't school picture day or anything. That's how Evie always dresses. I don't think she even owns any clothes that aren't fancy. When we got to the usual meeting spot, Penny wasn't there. "Penny's in trouble!" Zoey called out. Then she filled Evie and me in on what happened. There's a new boy in Penny's kindergarten class. At lunchtime, he asked Penny to trade her candy for his celery. She didn't want to. Obviously. Who would want celery instead of candy? Not me! But the new boy got mad and called Penny a baby. That's when Penny stomped on his foot. REALLY hard. Then Miss Griffin sent Penny to Mr. O'Neil's office. Miss Griffin is Penny's kindergarten

不是运动鞋。 她穿了条粉色格纹短裙，配一件白衬衫。 今天又不是拍校园照的日子。 埃维平时就总这么穿。 我觉得她连一件不精致的衣服都没有。 我们走到平时碰面的地方，彭妮不在那儿。 “彭妮闯祸啦！” 佐伊喊出声。 接着她把事情的来龙去脉告诉了我和埃维。 彭妮的幼儿园班上来了个新男生。 午饭的时候，他要彭妮用糖果换他的芹菜。 彭妮不愿意。 那还用说嘛。 谁会放着糖果不要，要芹菜啊？ 反正我不会！ 可那个新生生气了，骂彭妮是小屁孩。 彭妮当时就踩了他的脚。 用了特别大的力气。 然后格里芬小姐就把彭妮送到奥尼尔先生的办公室去了。 格里芬小姐是彭妮的幼儿园

teacher. I had her too, but she never sent me to the principal's office. In fact, NO ONE has ever sent me to the principal. I don't even know what his office looks like! "Where is Penny now?" I asked Zoey. "Still with Mr. O'Neil?" "No. But he called her parents."

老师。 我以前也是她的学生，可她从来没把我送到校长办公室去过。 说真的，从来没人把我送去校长那儿过。 我连校长办公室长什么样都不知道！ “彭妮现在在哪儿呀？” 我问佐伊。 “还和奥尼尔先生待在一起吗？” “不是。 不过他打电话给她爸妈了。”

"They're also my parents," I reminded her. "Right. And her dad—" "He's also my dad." "Yeah, yeah, I know. He came to pick her up as soon as school was over. He said she couldn't come over because she's not allowed to have a play date after she stomps on someone's foot. Penny said it wasn't fair." That's exactly what Penny would say about something like that. It's not fair is the sentence she says the most out of all the sentences in the world. "Really it's not fair to me," Zoey continued. "Because I didn't stomp on anyone's foot and now I don't get a play date. It's all Bruce's fault!" "Now, now, Zoey," Mrs. Benson said. Mrs. Benson is Zoey's mom, and also the Monday carpool driver. My best friend Willa's

“他们也是我的爸妈呀。”我提醒她。 “对哦。 还有她爸爸——”“他也是我爸爸。” “知道啦知道啦，我晓得。 他刚一放学就来接她走了。 他说彭妮不能来玩了，因为她踩了别人的脚，不许她参加今天的玩耍局。 彭妮说这不公平。” 这种时候彭妮肯定会说这种话。 “这不公平”是全世界所有话里，她最常说的一句。 “其实对我才不公平呢。”佐伊接着说。 “我又没踩别人的脚，现在我也没法去玩了。 全都是布鲁斯的错！” “好啦好啦，佐伊。”本森太太说。 本森太太是佐伊的妈妈，也是周一拼车的司机。 我最好的朋友薇拉的

dad used to drive carpool on Mondays. But Willa's family moved to Pennsylvania and the whole schedule got switched around. "But it's true!" Zoey insisted. "It's not fair!" We pulled up outside Evie's house a few minutes later. Actually, Evie doesn't live in a house. She lives in an apartment. Except she doesn't say apartment. She says flat. Here are some more things she says: 1. Chips instead of French fries 2. Lift instead of elevator 3. Loo instead of bathroom It's because she's from England. She has a really cool accent, too. But get this— she thinks I'm the one with an accent! An American accent! Anyway, back to the story.

爸爸以前周一负责开拼车。 可薇拉一家搬到宾夕法尼亚州去了，整个接送 schedule 就全改了。 “可这是真的呀！” 佐伊不服气地说。 “这不公平！” 几分钟后，我们的车开到了埃维家楼下。 其实埃维不住在独栋房子里。 她住公寓。 可她不说“公寓”。 她叫“寓所”。 她还有好多别的不一样的说法哦：1. “薯 chips”代替“炸薯条” 2. “升降机”代替“电梯” 3. “loo”代替“洗手间” 因为她是从英国来的。 她的口音也特别酷。 可有意思的是——她觉得有口音的是我！ 说我有美国口音！ 好啦，说回刚才的事。