10 Small Enough, Big Enough

CHAPTER 10 Small Enough, Big Enough I know you're supposed to talk after someone introduces herself. You're supposed to say, "It's nice to meet you, too." Or something like that. But my cheeks were burning hot as Red Hots candies, and it felt like there wasn't air left in my lungs and there wasn't spit left in my mouth. Even though I'd been waiting almost my whole entire life to meet Superstar Sam, when she was actually standing in the same

第十章 够小，够大 我知道，别人介绍完自己之后，我该开口说话的 我应该说：“我也很高兴认识你。” 或是说点类似的话 可我的脸颊烫得就像是红辣糖，肺里像没了空气，嘴里干得一点口水都挤不出来 哪怕我这辈子几乎都在盼着见到超级明星萨姆，可当她真的站在同一个

room as me, I couldn't speak at all. Then the other lady introduced herself. "I'm Oshyn," she said. "It's pronounced like "ocean," but spelled O-S-H-Y-N. A bit of creativity on my parents" part, don't you think?" I knew what she doing. She was trying to distract me, the way Dad sometimes tried to distract Penny. In fact he did it when I walked in the room and he said, "Look, Penny! Your sister is here to see you!" Because she was crying, and he wanted to distract her. But I couldn't be distracted. I couldn't focus on Penny's crying. And I couldn't focus on Oshyn explaining her name. There was only one person I could focus on. I was staring at her. I knew it wasn't nice to stare, but I couldn't help myself.

房间里，我却一个字都说不出来 接着另一位女士做了自我介绍 “我叫奥辛，”她说 “发音和‘海洋’一样，不过拼写是O-S-H-Y-N。我父母添了点小创意，你觉得呢？” 我明白她在做什么 她是想转移我的注意力，就像爸爸有时候哄彭妮转移注意力那样 有一次我走进房间，他就是这么做的，他说：“快看呀彭妮！ “你姐姐来看你啦！” 因为那时候彭妮在哭，爸爸想哄她分心 可我根本分不了心 我没法把注意力放在彭妮的哭声上 也没法分心去听奥辛讲她名字的由来 我的注意力只能放在一个人身上 我直勾勾盯着她 我知道盯着人看很不礼貌，可我就是控制不住自己

"You're Stella, right?" I heard Superstar Sam say. She was speaking slowly, like she was afraid I wouldn't understand. "I've heard so much about you." "You have?" I managed to choke out. "Yeah, your sister was telling me all about you," she said. "I was telling her that you were supposed to be the one in the show, not me!" Penny said. "Because I'm too little, like you said! I can't do it!" "Of course you can do it," Dad told her. "You can do anything you want to do." Penny covered her face with her hands. She was sniffling a lot. The worst part about crying is all the gross snot that comes along with it. Superstar Sam plucked a couple tissues from a box on a shelf by the makeup mirror.

“你是斯特拉，对不对？” 我听见超级明星萨姆开口说话 她说得很慢，就好像怕我听不懂似的 “我听过好多关于你的事” “真的吗？” 我好不容易才从嗓子里挤出来这三个字 “对呀，你妹妹跟我讲了好多你的事，”她说 “是我告诉她，本来该你来演这个角色，不是我！” 彭妮说 “因为就像你说的，我太小了！ 我做不来！” “你当然可以做到，”爸爸对她说 “你想做什么都能做到” 彭妮用双手捂住了脸 她一个劲地抽鼻子 哭最讨厌的地方就是会带出好多黏糊糊的鼻涕 超级明星萨姆从化妆镜旁架子上的纸巾盒里抽出了几张纸巾

"Hey, Penny," she said. "I was just as scared as you, the first time I was on TV. It's perfectly normal. Don't you think, Stella?" Oh my goodness! Superstar Sam was talking to me again! "I've never been on TV," I admitted. Which was sort of embarrassing since I was the older sister. I should've done things

“嗨，彭妮，”她说 “我第一次上电视的时候，也和你一样害怕 这太正常了 你说对不对，斯特拉？” 我的天哪！ 超级明星萨姆又跟我说话啦！ “我从来没上过电视，”我老实承认 这有点难为情，毕竟我是姐姐呀 我本来应该先做这些事

before Penny. Now my first conversation— probably my only conversation—with Superstar Sam was about the things I hadn't done. I wanted to tell her I'd written seven books and I was working on my eighth! But it didn't seem like the right time, with Penny crying. Superstar Sam went on about how excited she was to work with Penny. I knew she was trying to make Penny feel better. But it actually sounded like she really meant it. "You're so lucky," I told my sister. "Everybody wants to meet Superstar—I mean Thalia." I always thought of her as Superstar Sam. It was hard to remember to use her real name. "You're meeting her now, too," Penny pointed out. "And you don't have to be on TV." "That's true," I said. "But if you're on

在彭妮之前 这下我和超级明星萨姆的第一次聊天——搞不好也是唯一一次聊天——聊的居然全是我没做过的事 我多想告诉她，我已经写了七本书，现在正在写第八本！ 可现在不是时候，彭妮还在哭呢 接着超级明星萨姆说，她特别期待和彭妮一起合作 我知道她是想让彭妮好受一点 可听起来她是真心这么想的 “你太幸运了，”我对妹妹说 “所有人都想见超级明星——我是说塔莉亚” 我一直都把她叫做超级明星萨姆 我很难记住要叫她的真名 “你不也见到她了吗，”彭妮提醒我 “而且你还不用上电视” “没错，”我说 “可如果你和她一起上