6 Stamp of Approval

CHAPTER 6 Stamp of Approval You can't just not invite someone to a party at their own store. That's a Ground Rule. Okay not an official ground rule, like No Disruptive Behavior. But it should be one. Penny had a play date after school—a makeup play date with Zoey because of what happened on Monday—but I didn't. My dad was the carpool driver. He said Mom was resting at home. After he dropped off Penny and Zoey, we headed to the store because he

第6章 认可印章 你总不能不邀请别人参加开在自家店里的派对呀 这可是一条基本规则 好吧，它不是那种明文规则，比如“不许扰乱秩序”那种 但它本该成为规则的 佩妮放学后有玩伴局——因为周一的事，是和佐伊补约的，我没约 今天我爸爸当拼车司机 他说妈妈在家休息 送完佩妮和佐伊后，我们就往店里去，因为爸爸

still had a bit of work to do. "Can you do me a favor?" I asked. "Certainly, darling," Dad said. As soon as Dad said those words, "Certainly, darling," I felt better. Everything was going to be just fine—Dad would make sure of it. "I need you to cancel Joshua's party at the store," I told him. "But didn't you and Evie have plans to go to that together?" "We did," I said. "But I didn't get to be invited. He invited everyone in my whole entire class except me!" "I'm sure he didn't invite everyone else," Dad said. "No, really," I insisted. "EVERYONE. That's what he said." "Oh, darling, I'm so sorry," Dad said.

还有一点活要干 "能帮我个忙吗？" 我问道 "当然啦，亲爱的，"爸爸说 爸爸刚说完“当然啦，亲爱的”，我就感觉好多了 一切都会顺顺利利的——爸爸肯定会搞定的 "我要你取消约书亚在店里办的派对，"我告诉他 "可是你不是和伊维约好一起去那儿的吗？" "本来是，"我说 "可我没收到邀请呀 他邀请了全班所有人，就漏了我！" "我肯定他没邀请所有人啦，"爸爸说 "不，真的，"我坚持说 "所有人。 他就是这么说的。" "哦，亲爱的，真对不起，"爸爸说

"That's why you have to cancel," I continued. "Leaving me out isn't allowed." "I'm afraid it doesn't work that way, Stel," Dad said. "Why not? It's OUR store." "That's true, but I promised Joshua's mom we'd host the party." "You made a promise to me too," I reminded him. "You said "certainly" when I asked for a favor." "Let me get this straight," Dad said. "This is Joshua, the boy in your class that you don't really like?" "Yes," I said. "And I'm not the only one who doesn't like him. He's the biggest meanie I've ever known." "If that's the case, then why do you want to go to the party?" I didn't answer. The truth was, I didn't

"所以你才一定要取消它呀，"我接着说 "把我排除在外是不对的。" "恐怕不能这么办哦，斯黛尔，"爸爸说 "为什么不行？ 这可是我们的店呀。" 这话没错，可我已经答应约书亚妈妈，我们店办这场派对了。" "你也答应过我呀，"我提醒他 我找你帮忙的时候你说“当然”了呀。" "我理清楚哦，"爸爸说 就是这个约书亚对吧，你班上那个你不太喜欢的男孩？" "对呀，"我说 而且不止我一个人不喜欢他 他是我见过最讨厌的坏蛋。" "既然这样，那你为什么想去他的派对呀？" 我没有回答 其实，我并不

really want to go. I just wanted to be invited. I didn't say anything for a couple of minutes. We stopped at a red light and Dad clicked the rearview mirror down so he could see me in the back seat. "What did you think about the fudge pop?" he asked. That's one of his Dad tricks—trying to change the subject whenever Penny and I are upset about something, so we stop thinking about it. It works on Penny, but I'm older so he can't distract me that easily. "It was okay," I said glumly, still thinking about Joshua. "Just okay?" I shrugged, but Dad didn't get to see my shrug because the light turned green and his eyes were back on the road. "Maybe today you can help Stuart make it great," he said.

真的想去 我只是想被邀请而已 我好几分钟都没说话 我们在红灯前停下，爸爸把后视镜往下拨，好看到后座的我 "你觉得那个软糖冰棒怎么样呀？"他问 这是爸爸的小妙招——只要我和佩妮因为什么事不开心，他就换话题，让我们别再想那件事 这招对佩妮有用，可我长大了，他没法这么容易转移我的注意力 "还凑合，"我闷闷不乐地说，脑子里还想着约书亚 "就只是还凑合？" 我耸了耸肩，可爸爸没看见，因为绿灯亮了，他的眼睛又回到马路上了 "说不定今天你可以帮斯图尔特把派对办好哦，"他说

When we got to the store, Dad and I took the elevator down to level C, which means cellar—another word for basement. He had a few things to do in his office. I sat at the desk, watching him sort through papers. "Where are last week's receipts? Oh here they are," Dad said. I knew he wasn't talking to me. He talks to himself when he's thinking about work stuff. "I think the new samples are upstairs. I'm going to head up." I spun around on his desk chair. "I think the new samples are upstairs. I'm going to head up," Dad repeated. Oh, he was talking to me this time. I stopped spinning. "How long will you be gone?" "Not long," he said. "Do you have homework to do?" I shook my head, no. The only homework

我们到店里之后，爸爸和我坐电梯下到C层，C就是酒窖，也就是地下室啦 他在办公室还有几件事要处理 我坐在办公桌边，看着他整理文件 "上周的收据放哪了？ 哦，在这儿呢，"爸爸说 我知道他不是跟我说话 他想工作上的事时就会自言自语 "我觉得新样品在楼上呢 我上去看看。" 我在他的办公椅上转圈圈玩 "我觉得新样品在楼上呢 我上去看看，"爸爸又说了一遍 哦，原来这次他是在跟我说 我停下不转了 "你要去多久呀？" "没多久，"他说 "你有作业要做吗？" 我摇了摇头，表示没有 今天唯一的作业