9 At School and After That

CHAPTER 9 At School and After That Of course, my wish didn't work, so I had to ride in Mrs. Benson's car, to Somers Elementary School. Sometimes Mrs. Benson gets us to school late. Being late is usually NOT one of my favorite things. But today I didn't mind at all. I walked into my classroom just as Mrs. Finkel was clapping her hands. That meant it was time for everyone to be sitting at their desks, and for our first lesson of the day to begin.

第九章 在学校及之后 当然啦，我的愿望没实现，所以我不得不坐本森太太的车，前往萨默斯小学。 有时候本森太太送我们上学总会迟到。 迟到通常可不是我喜欢的事。 可今天我一点儿也不介意。 我走进教室的时候，芬克尔太太刚好正在拍手。 这说明大家该坐回自己的座位，一天的第一节课就要开始了。

Lucy caught my eye and mouthed, "Did you find her?" I pretended not to know what she was saying. It was bad enough that I'd lost Bella! I didn't want to have to talk about it! Instead, I concentrated on Mrs. Finkel's lessons. But soon it would be snack time. Maybe I'd go to the bathroom for the first half of snack, when we're allowed to stand up and stretch and talk to each other. I wouldn't come back until after the halfway point, when we have to be back at our own desks. Oh no, but what about lunch? We're allowed to talk to each other the whole entire period. I'd have to think of another plan. I could pretend to be sick and get to go home early. That happened once before, and Mom wasn't mad at all. Except I had a feeling

露西给我使了个眼色，用唇语问：“你找到她了吗？” 我假装没看懂她在说什么。 我把贝拉弄丢了，这已经够糟糕了！ 我根本不想提起这件事！ 所以我干脆集中注意力听芬克尔太太讲课。 不过点心时间很快就要到了。 说不定我可以在点心时间的前半段去厕所，那段时间我们可以站起来伸懒腰、互相聊天。 我等到后半段要回座位的时间再回去就好了。 哦糟糕，那午餐时间怎么办呢？ 午餐的一整段时间都允许我们互相聊天。 我得再想个别的办法才行。 我可以假装生病，早点回家。 之前发生过一次这种事，妈妈一点儿都没生气。 只不过我感觉

she'd be mad if I did it a second time. She'd already told me it was my job to be in school. When Mrs. Finkel clapped her hands to signal the beginning of snack, I was all set to ask to go to the bathroom. But before I could, Lucy raced up to my desk. "Did you find her?" she asked out loud. "Find who?" Joshua practically shouted, butting in as usual. "Inside voice, Joshua," Mrs. Finkel said. "It's none of your beeswax," Lucy said, her voice just a little above a whisper. Oh good, I thought. "But if she's still lost we need more people looking so I'll tell you. Evie's dog. Stella was watching her and she got away." "Ooh, Stella, you lost Evie's dog!" Joshua cried. "That's bad. That's really, REALLY bad." "Joshua!" Mrs. Finkel said.

我再这么做一次的话，她肯定会生气的。 她早就跟我说过，来上学是我的任务。 当芬克尔太太拍手宣布点心时间开始时，我都准备好请假去厕所了。 可我还没开口，露西就冲到了我的桌前。 “你找到她了吗？” 她大声问道。 “找谁啊？” 约书亚照例插嘴，几乎喊了出来。 “约书亚，小声点”，芬克尔太太说。 “这不关你的事”，露西说，声音只比悄悄话大一点点。 太好了，我心想。 “不过要是她还没找到，我们需要更多人帮忙找，所以我就说了， 伊维的小狗。 斯特拉看着她的时候，她跑掉了。” “哦，斯特拉，你把伊维的小狗弄丢了！” 约书亚大叫道。 “这太糟了。 真的，太糟太糟了。” “约书亚！” 芬克尔太太说。

"Sorry," he said, in a regular talky voice. But it was too late. Everyone had heard, and they were all looking at me. Talisa came

“对不起”，他用正常音量说道。 可已经来不及了。 所有人都听见了，全都看向了我。 塔莉莎走过来

to my side. "Maybe Stella found her already," she told Joshua. "Did you ever think of that?" "Did you find her?" Joshua asked. "No," I said. I looked straight down at my desk as I said it. "I'm sorry," Arielle said quietly. If marshmallow fluff had a voice, it would sound just like Arielle, comfy and soft. Joshua's voice is exactly the opposite. "Evie's going to be even MORE sorry," he said. I knew it was true. "But it's okay," Lucy said. "I have the perfect plan to get her back, and everyone can help. Hold on, I'll show you." She went back to her desk and came right back over, carrying a pile of paper as thick as the width of a Batts Confections candy bar. The top sheet said:

走到我身边。 “说不定斯特拉已经找到她了”，她对约书亚说。 “你就没想过这种可能吗？” “你找到她了吗？” 约书亚问。 “没有”，我说。 我说这话的时候，眼睛直直盯着自己的桌子。 “我很难过”，阿莉埃轻声说。 要是棉花糖能发出声音，肯定就跟阿莉埃的声音一样，舒服又软软的。 约书亚的声音刚好相反。 “伊维会更难过的”，他说。 我知道他说的是对的。 “没关系的”，露西说。 “我有个找回她的好办法，大家都能帮忙。 等一下，我拿给你们看。” 她回了自己座位，马上又走回来，抱着一叠纸，厚度跟巴茨糖果店的糖块一样宽。 最上面那张纸上写着：