7 Something Blue

CHAPTER 7 Something Blue It was dark for a second, but then Lia flicked a light switch, and the room got bright. "Room" was the wrong word for where we were. It was more like a closet. Not the kind you keep coats in, but the kind with a bunch of shelves, and all sorts of supplies. On one side, there were buckets and mops and cleaning things, as well as cans with weird labels, like "pellets" and "bloodworms." Bloodworms?! EWWWWW!

第七章 蓝色的东西 天黑了一秒钟，不过莉娅随即按开了开关，房间一下子亮了起来。 说我们待的这儿是“房间”可不对。 它更像个储藏柜。 不是那种放外套的柜子，而是摆着好多架子、塞满各种杂物的储藏间。 一边放着水桶、拖把还有清洁用品，还有印着奇怪标签的罐子，比如“鱼食颗粒”和“红虫”。 红虫？！ 咦——好恶心啊！

"I don't like this place," Penny said, her voice shaky. She couldn't even read well enough to see the word "Bloodworms." If she did, she'd like it even less. "This isn't fancy. This isn't even a bathroom. I need to get out of here." That's how I felt, too. Penny turned around to reach for the door. "Hold up," Lia told her. "I'll let you in on a secret. This is our hideout. Our secret hideout." "What is this place really?" I asked. "It's where they keep the food and supplies for the fish," Lia said. "We should find a different secret hideout," Penny said. "One that smells better than this one. But we can't do it right now, because right now it's time to go back and be in the wedding."

“我不喜欢这个地方。”佩妮说，声音都在抖。 她认字还不多，都没看见“红虫”那两个字。 要是看见了，她只会更讨厌这儿。 “这儿一点都不好看。 连个卫生间都算不上。 我要离开这儿。” 我心里也是这么想的。 佩妮转过身想去开门。 “等一下。”莉娅叫住她。 “我跟你说个秘密哦。 这是我们的秘密基地。 专属我们的秘密藏身地。” “这地方到底是干嘛的呀？” 我问道。 “这里是存放喂鱼的饲料和用品的地方。”莉娅说。 “我们该找个别的秘密基地。”佩妮说。 “找个比这儿味道好闻的。 不过现在不行哦，因为现在得回去参加婚礼啦。”

"That's just it," Lia said. "If we stay in here, in our secret hideout, we don't have to be in the wedding." "But I want to be in the wedding!" Penny said. "I'm in my special dress, and I have my special flowers—well, Grandma is holding them for me, but they're mine." Penny looked at me. "She has yours, too. Remember we get to sprinkle the petals down the aisle before Aunt Laura walks down?" "Yeah, I remember," I said. "And we promised!" "I didn't promise anything," Lia said. "Stella, did you?" "Not exactly," I said. "Yes, you did," Penny said stubbornly. "Because you never told Aunt Laura or Mom that you wouldn't. We've been practicing all morning, and you never told them you were

“问题就在这儿呀。”莉娅说。 “只要我们待在这儿，待在我们的秘密基地里，就不用去参加婚礼啦。” “可是我想去参加婚礼呀！” 佩妮说。 “我穿了专门的小裙子，还有专属的小花——哦，奶奶帮我拿着呢，不过那是我的花呀。” 佩妮看向我。 “你的花也在奶奶那儿呢。 你忘了吗？劳拉姑姑走之前，我们要沿着过道撒花瓣呀？” “嗯，我记得。”我说。 “而且我们都答应过的呀！” “我可什么都没答应。”莉娅说。 “斯特拉，你答应了吗？” “不算明确答应吧。”我说。 “你明明答应了的！”佩妮倔犟地说。 “因为你从来没跟劳拉姑姑或者妈妈说你不想参加呀。 我们整个上午都在练习，你也从来没说过你要

going to run away. That's almost exactly the same thing as breaking a promise. And it's not nice to break a promise, Stella—especially when the person is getting married on that same day." Penny spoke the last sentence in a voice like I was the younger sister, and she was the older one, trying to teach me the right thing to do. But I wasn't sure about the right thing. If I kept doing things to ruin the wedding, maybe I shouldn't be in it. Maybe that was the best present to get for Aunt Laura. Still, Penny should be allowed. She didn't ruin anything, and it's what she wanted to do. Lia had moved to stand between Penny and the door, so Penny couldn't get out. Penny looked like she was about to cry. I felt bad for her. Even though she's always copying me

偷偷跑掉。 这和违背诺言根本就是一回事呀。 说话不算数可不乖哦，斯特拉——尤其是人家今天就要办婚礼的情况下。” 佩妮说最后那句话的时候，语气倒像是她是姐姐，我是妹妹，正试图教我怎么做才是对的。 可我也不确定怎么做才是对的。 要是我一直搞砸婚礼的事，或许我确实不该参加。 说不定这就是我能送给劳拉姑姑最好的礼物了。 不过佩妮应该去参加的。 她什么都没搞砸，而且她那么想参加婚礼。 莉娅已经走到佩妮和门中间站着了，佩妮根本出不去。 佩妮看起来马上就要哭了。 我觉得对不起她。 虽然她总爱学我

and it makes me annoyed, I felt bad that she copied me this time and now she was missing out on something she wanted to do. "She wants to go," I said. "Let her go." "Okay, fine," Lia said, stepping aside. "But if you leave, you have to promise not to tell anyone where Stella and I are, okay?" Penny shook her head. I thought she was saying, no, she couldn't make that promise. I wasn't that surprised. Little sisters can be big tattletales sometimes. But that wasn't it. "I can't find my way back to the ballroom by myself," Penny said. "We took too many turns, and went down stairs, and then there were more turns. You didn't tell me I had to pay close attention and now I don't remember how to go. You have to take me!" "Okay, I will," I said.

还总惹我生气，可这次她学我跟着跑出来，现在没法参加自己期待的婚礼，我真的很过意不去。 “她想回去，”我说， “让她走吧。” “好吧，行啊。”莉娅说着让到了一边。 “不过你要是走了，得保证不告诉任何人我和斯特拉在这儿，行吗？” 佩妮摇了摇头。 我以为她是说不行，她没法保证。 我倒也没多惊讶。 小妹妹有时候确实最爱打小报告了。 可根本不是这么回事。 “我自己找不到回宴会厅的路呀。”佩妮说。 我们转了好多弯，还下了楼梯，之后又转了好多弯。 你们没告诉我要记路呀，我现在根本不记得怎么走了。 你们得送我回去！” “好，我送你。”我说。