9 Everyone Finds Out

CHAPTER 9 Everyone Finds Out "AHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Penny screamed. Oh no! Was she hurt? Was she in trouble? My heart was already thump-thumping in my chest from the scariest dream. I felt wide awake, and I jumped out of bed and started to run down the hall. "Penny, I'm coming!" I called. She was standing in the hallway, just by the front door. Mom was next to her. Dad was there, too. He was bent down, with Marco in

第九章 大家都知道了 “啊啊啊啊啊啊啊！” 佩妮尖叫起来。 哦糟了！ 她受伤了吗？ 她遇到麻烦了吗？ 我刚做了个超吓人的梦，心脏本来还在怦怦直跳。 我一下子彻底醒了，跳下床就往走廊跑。 “佩妮，我来了！” 我喊道。 她就站在走廊里，前门旁边。 妈妈在她旁边。 爸爸也在那儿。 他弯着腰，一只胳膊抱着马可，另一只手

one arm, gathering up a bunch of papers on the floor with his free hand. When Dad stood up, I could see Marco making his getting-ready-to-cry face. Soon he started wailing. I'm pretty sure he thinks it's a rule that if someone else is crying, he's supposed to cry, too. Mom held a tissue up to Penny. "Take a deep breath. Blow your nose and wipe your face. It's going to be okay." "What happened?" I asked. "She knows about the fish," Dad said. He'd put the papers on the hall table, and now he was jiggling Marco up and down in his arms. Marco stopped crying and started hiccupping. "How?" I asked. "I read it!" Penny said. "In the newspaper!" "There was an article about Penny's fish

在捡散在地上的一摞纸。 爸爸站起来的时候，我看见马可摆出了他准备要哭的表情。 没一会儿他就哇哇大哭起来。 我敢说他肯定觉得有个规矩是别人哭的话，他也得跟着哭。 妈妈给佩妮递了张纸巾。 “深吸一口气。 擤擤鼻子，擦擦脸。 没事的。” “发生什么事啦？” 我问。 “她知道鱼的事了。”爸爸说。 他刚才把纸放到了玄关的桌子上，现在正把马可抱在怀里上下晃着哄。 马可不哭了，开始打起嗝来。 “她怎么知道的？”我问。 “我看到的！” 佩妮说。 “报纸上写的！” “有篇关于佩妮的鱼的报道

in the newspaper? And Penny read it? But she can't even read." Penny sniffled loudly. "I can so read!" she said. "I've been practicing lots and lots! But now I'm never going to read ever again!" "Now, now, Pen," Mom said. "It was in your newspaper," Dad explained. He nodded toward the pile of papers on the hall table. "I left the envelope on the counter and Penny opened it up." I stepped over and saw the headline at the top of the page: How Penny Jr. Died and It Affected My Life. So that was what Lucy's article was about! "But I thought you put it in an envelope and sealed it up and wrote "PB" on it." "Those are my initials," Penny said. "It was supposed to stand for Private Business, not Penny Batts," I said. "That meant

登在报纸上？ 佩妮还读了？ 可她都还不认字呀。” 佩妮用力吸了吸鼻子。 “我当然会认字啦！” 她说。 “我练了好多好多次呢！ 可现在我再也不想认字了！” “好了好了，小佩，”妈妈说。 “是登在你的报纸上。”爸爸解释道。 他朝玄关桌上那摞纸点了点头。 “我把信封放在台面上，佩妮把它拆开了。” 我走过去，看到页面顶端的标题是：小佩妮的死对我的影响。 原来露西写的文章是这个内容啊！ “可我以为你把它装进信封封好了，还在上面写了‘PB’呢。” “那是我的名字首字母呀。”佩妮说。 “那本来是‘私事’的缩写，不是佩妮·巴茨的意思。”我说。 “意思就是

none of your beeswax." "Stella," Dad said. "Now is not the time for that kind of behavior. Do you have anything to say to your sister?" "Sorry, Penny," I said. "We should have picked a different code." "I don't think that's what matters right now," Mom said. "What matters is that Penny is sad about her fish." "How come everyone knew what happened except for me, and she was all mine?! I should've known what happened to her!" "You're right, Penny," Dad said. "We shouldn't have kept this from you. From now on, we won't have any secrets when it comes to your fish. I promise." "I promise too," Mom told her. "The truth is, Penny Jr. died a few days ago. That's

不关你的事。” “斯特拉，”爸爸开口了。 “现在不是说这种话的时候。 你没什么要跟妹妹说的吗？” “对不起，佩妮。”我说。 “我们当初该选个别的暗号的。” “我觉得现在重点不是这个。”妈妈说。 “重点是佩妮为她的鱼难过。” “为什么所有人都知道发生了什么，就我不知道？那鱼明明是我的！ 我本该知道她出了什么事的！” “你说得对，佩妮。”爸爸说。 “我们不该瞒着你这件事的。 以后关于你的鱼的事，我们再也不藏着掖着了。 我保证。” “我也保证。”妈妈对她说。 “事实是，小佩妮几天前就死了。 所以

when your dad and I—and Stella—decided to get you a new fish." "That part wasn't in Lucy's article?" I asked. "I didn't read too far," Penny said, crying again. "It was too hard and too sad." Marco started to cry again too, even though Dad was doing a lot of jiggling. "I think we should feed this little guy," Dad said. "And I think we should feed you girls," Mom said. She took Penny's hand. "I know it's really sad when something you love dies. Penny Jr. was a good little fish and we'll always remember her. But there's a new fish in the kitchen that you've been loving all week long, and still needs your love and attention." "Its name is Penny Jr. Jr.," I added. "And it looks so much like the first Penny Jr., we think they were probably twins, or at least cousins."

我和你爸爸，还有斯特拉，决定给你买一条新的鱼。” “这部分露西的文章里没写吗？” 我问。 “我没往下读多少。”佩妮说着又哭了起来。 “太难受了，太让人伤心了。” 马可也又开始哭了，尽管爸爸已经很用力地晃着哄他了。 “我觉得我们该给这个小家伙喂点吃的了。”爸爸说。 “我觉得我们该给你们两个小姑娘喂点吃的。”妈妈说。 她牵起佩妮的手。 “我知道自己喜欢的小东西走了会特别难过。 小佩妮是条好小鱼，我们会永远记得她的。 不过厨房里现在有一条新的小鱼，你这一周都很喜欢它，它还需要你的爱和照顾呢。” “它的名字叫小小佩妮。”我补充道。 “它长得和原来的小佩妮特别像，我们觉得它们说不定是双胞胎，至少也是表亲。”