11 Reunions

CHAPTER 11 Reunions The next thing I knew, it was morning and Penny was shaking me awake. "She's here! She's here!" Sure enough, there in Penny's arms was a squirming little ball of marshmallow puppy fluff, with a fudge smudge on her ear. Penny handed Bella over. I've never been so excited to see someone (I mean, see some dog) ever in my whole entire life. I didn't want to put Bella down, but I had to, because it was time to get ready for school.

第十一章 重逢 我恢复意识的时候，天已经亮了，佩妮正晃着我叫我起床。 “她来了！ 她来了！” 果不其然，佩妮怀里抱着个扭来扭去的小团子，活像棉花糖做的小狗毛球，耳朵上还沾着块软糖似的深棕色印记。 佩妮把贝拉递了过来。 我长这么大，从来没因为见到谁（哦不对，是见到哪只狗狗）这么激动过。 我舍不得把贝拉放下，可又不得不放，因为该准备去上学了。

"Maybe I should stay home and watch her until Evie gets home," I told Mom. Her plane was landing at noon. Mom shook her head. "I'll watch Bella today." "But you don't even like her. So what if you stop watching her and she runs away again?" "I'll take good care of her, Stella," Mom said. "I promise." "Pinky swear?" Penny asked. "Pinky swear," Mom said with a smile, and the three of us hooked pinkies. Then we all shook hands on it, because that made it even more official. It was Dad's day to drive the carpool. Penny and I waved good-bye to Mom and Marco—and Bella. We got to Somers Elementary School a few minutes early, which meant I had time to tell the other

“不然我留在家里陪她，等伊薇回来好不好？”我跟妈妈说。 伊薇的飞机中午就降落了。 妈妈摇了摇头。 “今天我来照看贝拉。” “可你本来都不喜欢她呀。 要是你看着看着不想管了，她又跑丢了怎么办？” “斯特拉，我会好好照顾她的。”妈妈说。 “我保证。” “拉钩约定？” 佩妮问道。 “拉钩约定。”妈妈笑着说，我们三个的小拇指勾在了一起。 之后我们还握了握手，因为这样约定就更作数啦。 今天轮到爸爸开车送大家上学。 我和佩妮跟妈妈、马可——还有贝拉挥手道别。 我们提前几分钟到了萨默斯小学，也就是说我有时间告诉其他

kids that Bella had been found. Lucy said, "Hooray!" and the other kids cheered. Then Mrs. Finkel started clapping, but not because she was cheering too. It's just what she does when she means: Be quiet. "What's going on?" she asked. "Smella—I mean Stella—found Evie's dog," Joshua filled her in. "Too bad she lost her in the first place." Of course, he didn't use his inside voice either. Maybe he doesn't even have one. For once Mrs. Finkel didn't get mad. "Well that's wonderful news, Stella," she said. "Evan will be happy to hear it, too." She smiled and for a second, it was like she was my friend instead of my teacher. But then she got her teacher-ish look back on her face, and the first lesson began. After that, it was just an ordinary day.

小朋友，贝拉已经被找到了。 露西喊：“太棒啦！” 其他小朋友也跟着欢呼起来。 这时候芬克尔老师开始拍手，不过她可不是跟着一起开心哦。 她拍手的意思就是：安静下来。 “怎么啦？”她问道。 “臭拉——我是说斯特拉——找到伊薇的狗啦。”约书亚跟老师解释。 “要不是她一开始把狗弄丢就好了。” 当然咯，他说这话也没放低音量。 说不定他根本就不会小声说话呢。 没想到芬克尔老师这次没生气。 “斯特拉，这可真是个好消息呀。”她说。 “埃文听到了也会很高兴的。” 她笑了一下，那一瞬间她不像是我的老师，倒像是我的朋友。 可紧接着她又变回了平时老师的表情，第一节课就开始了。 那之后，这天就跟平常没什么两样了。

School, then snack, then more school, then lunch. I'm not going to write down all the details. Except that we had a Spit Tournament at recess and I came in second place. Talisa won. Dad had said we'd head over to Evie's when school was out—she'd definitely be home from the airport by then. But when I got to the flagpole, it was Penny, Zoey, and Mom instead of Dad! Mom was holding Bella's leash! Penny and Zoey were crunched down, petting Bella. "Don't you have to be home with Marco?" I asked. "That's what I thought," Penny said from below. "I felt like being with the girls today," Mom said. "So Dad came home from work early."

上课，吃点心，再上课，然后是午饭。 我就不把所有细节都写下来啦。 不过要说个例外：课间休息的时候我们办了个吐唾沫比赛，我拿了第二名。 塔莉莎赢了。 爸爸之前说过，放学了我们就去伊薇家——那时候她肯定已经从机场回到家了。 可我走到旗杆那儿的时候，等着我的不是爸爸，是佩妮、佐伊和妈妈！ 妈妈手里还牵着贝拉的牵引绳！ 佩妮和佐伊蹲在地上，正摸着贝拉呢。 “你不用在家陪马可吗？” 我问。 “我本来也以为要陪他的。”佩妮蹲在地上抬头说。 “我今天就想跟小姑娘们待在一块儿。”妈妈说。 “所以爸爸提前下班回家啦。”

Suddenly there was a big crowd around us—a bunch of kids from my class wanting to say hi to Bella. Bella herself looked a little shaky from all the attention. I picked her up so she wouldn't be too scared, and let everyone pet her while she was in my arms. "Tell Evie I'll call her later," Lucy said. "Don't tell Evie what happened when you talk to her, okay?" "I won't," Lucy promised.

忽然我们身边围了好大一群人——我们班好几个小朋友都过来想跟贝拉打招呼。 被这么多人关注，贝拉自己看起来有点慌慌的。 我把她抱了起来，这样她就不会太害怕了，大家也可以伸手摸我怀里的她。 “记得跟伊薇说我晚点会打电话给她哦。”露西说。 “你跟伊薇说话的时候，别把之前发生的事告诉她，好不好？” “我不会说的。”露西答应了。