8 Thursday

CHAPTER 8 Thursday School wasn't so much fun on Thursday. At snack, the only person who talked to me was Lucy. And at lunch, Talisa and Evie said they were going to have a Spit Tournament. Spit is our favorite card game. I don't know why it's called that, because it actually doesn't have anything to do with saliva. "Can I play winner?" Lucy asked. "No, Arielle gets to," Talisa said. "And after that?"

第8章 星期四 星期四上学可一点都不好玩。 吃点心的时候，只有露西跟我说话。 午餐时，塔莉莎和伊维说她们要办一场“吐口水锦标赛”。 “吐口水”是我们最爱的纸牌游戏。 我不知道它为啥叫这个名字，因为其实它跟口水一点关系都没有。 “赢了能带我玩吗？ 露西问道。 “不行，雅丽儿先玩”，塔莉莎说。 “那打完之后呢？”

Talisa shook her head. "We're only doing two rounds for the tournament," she said. "I think they're mad at us," I told Lucy. "Because of the PB." "You can't tell them," Lucy said. "I know," I said. But I hadn't realized people would get upset, back when I'd told Lucy I'd keep it a secret. The thing is, once you promise to keep a secret, you can't go back on it. "Do you have your article ready for later?" Lucy asked me. "Yes, I do. But I can't tell you what it's about." "Hold up," Lucy said. "You're allowed to tell me your PB." "I can't tell you this," I said. "I promised. You'll find out tomorrow with everyone else." "Then I'm not going to tell you what

塔莉莎摇了摇头。 “我们锦标赛只设两轮”，她说。 “我觉得她们在生我们的气”，我对露西说。 “都怪那个PB项目。” “你不能告诉她们的”，露西说。 “我知道”，我说。 可当初我答应露西要保密的时候，压根没想到大家会这么不开心。 道理很简单，一旦你承诺保守秘密，就不能反悔。 “你准备好待会要用的文章了吗？” 露西问我。 “准备好了， 但我不能告诉你我写了什么。” “等等呀”，露西说。 “你可以告诉我你的PB项目内容呀。” “我这次真不能说”，我说。 “我答应过别人了， 你明天跟大家一起就知道了。” “那我也不告诉你我的

mine is about," she said. "Fine." "Fine. Only your dad will know both, because he's doing the typing. And I'll make sure he doesn't tell you, either." After school we went outside to the flagpole, where Dad was waiting for us. Penny was going home with Zoey—the kindergarteners get out five minutes earlier than the rest of us, so she wasn't even there. Evie, who usually carpools with us, had a playdate with Arielle. I had plans with Lucy, which is different from a playdate. She came in the car with Dad and me. We told him the deal we'd made: that when he was typing up Lucy's article, I would help Stuart behind the register. And when he was typing up my article, Lucy would help Stuart.

写了什么”，她说。 “行吧。” “行吧， 只有你爸爸会知道两篇的内容，因为打字的是他， 而且我也会让他不告诉你的。” 放学后我们走到外面的旗杆旁，爸爸已经在那儿等我们了。 潘妮跟佐伊回家了——幼儿园比我们早放学五分钟，所以她根本不在这儿。 平常跟我们拼车的伊维，今天要和雅丽儿参加玩伴聚会。 我跟露西有约，我们的约定和玩伴聚会不一样。 她跟着我和爸爸上了车。 我们跟爸爸说好了约定：他打露西的文章时，我去柜台后面帮斯图尔特。 他打我的文章时，就换露西去帮斯图尔特。

"Just one kink in the plan," said Dad. "Stuart's going to do the typing because I'll be upstairs working on—" "Please don't tell Lucy what that is," I interrupted Dad. "We're not sharing articles." "Gotcha," he said. "Hold up, Mr. Batts," Lucy said. "We need you to help us make the newspaper." "I will," Dad said. "Stuart will just do the typing." "And we can trust him with what our articles are about, and he won't tell anyone?" "He won't tell a soul," Dad promised. "Stuart's the most trustworthy guy I know." Dad pulled the car into the parking lot. It was pretty crowded, which meant we had to park farther away, which Dad says is good exercise, even though I like parking close. That way we can get into the store—and to

“这个计划有一点小问题”，爸爸说。 “斯图尔特来打字，因为我要上楼忙——” “求你别告诉露西那是什么”，我打断了爸爸。 “我们说好不互相看文章的。” “明白啦”，他说。 “等等，巴茨先生”，露西说。 “我们需要你帮我们做报纸呀。” “我会帮忙的”，爸爸说。 “只是让斯图尔特来打字而已。” “那我们能信得过他吗，他真的不会把我们文章的内容告诉任何人吧？” “他半个字都不会漏的”，爸爸保证道。 “斯图尔特是我认识的最靠谱的人了。” 爸爸把车开进了停车场。 停车场人很多，我们只能停得远一点，爸爸说这样刚好锻炼，可我就想停近点。 这样我们就能快点进店里——快点去到

the candy—even faster. We did Rock, Paper, Scissors to see who would go first, and Lucy won. She and Stuart went downstairs to type up her article. Dad went upstairs to check out the painting of the walls of the you-know-what. Jess was working at the fudge counter, and she said I could help her. I love working at

糖果区呀。 我们玩石头剪刀布决定谁先去，露西赢了。 她和斯图尔特下楼打她的文章去了。 爸爸上楼去检查那个你懂的地方的墙面粉刷了。 杰斯在软糖柜台当班，她说我可以给她帮忙。 我超喜欢在