3 No Promises

CHAPTER 3 No Promises I was sad, even if Mom said I couldn't be. You can't help your feelings, after all. You just feel them. I was sad all that night, and the next morning, and the whole entire time I was at school. I was still sad after school. Mom was waiting at the flagpole by the parking lot, since it was her day to drive us home. Here's who was riding in our car:

第三章 没有承诺 我很难过，就算妈妈说我不该难过 毕竟，你没法左右自己的心情 该难过还是会难过呀 那一整晚我都很难过，第二天早上也不开心，上学整整一天都提不起劲 放了学我还是闷闷不乐 妈妈在停车场旁的旗杆那儿等我们，今天轮到她开车接我们回家 跟我们同车的人有：

1. Mom 2. Me 3. Penny 4. Evie 5. Penny's friend Zoey Penny was singing along with the radio. "You're such a good singer," Evie told her. "I'm not surprised you're going to be on TV." "It was MY singing that Hal Lewis noticed," I said. "And she's not even going to sing when she's on TV." "I'm a good actress, too," Penny said. "That's why I got the part." "Mom, I have a question," I said. I wanted to change the subject. "Is Marco with Dad or Mrs. Miller?" "Mrs. Miller," Mom said. "Mom, I have a question, too," Penny said. "Bruce in my class said I'm going to get

1. 妈妈 2. 我 3. 佩妮 4. 伊维 5. 佩妮的朋友佐伊 佩妮正跟着收音机唱歌 "你唱歌真好听，"伊维对她说 "你能上电视一点都不意外。" "哈尔·刘易斯看中的是我的歌声，"我说 "而且她上电视根本都不用唱歌。" "我演戏也很棒哦，"佩妮说 "所以这个角色才选了我呀。" "妈妈，我有个问题，"我说 我想换个话题 "马尔科是跟爸爸在一起还是跟米勒太太在一起？" "跟米勒太太在一起，"妈妈说 "妈妈，我也有个问题，"佩妮说 我们班布鲁斯说我会拿到

paid. Is that true?" "It is indeed," Mom told her. PAID?! I hadn't even thought of that. But of course she'd be paid, because being on TV is a job—the most fun job in the whole entire world—and people who have jobs get paid. "I know what I want to get with my money," Penny said. She began to tick things off her fingers. "A piano, some baseball stuff, a bike, and French lessons." "You're too young for French lessons," I told her. "I'm not even learning that yet." "I'm teaching you," Evie reminded me. That was true—Evie had learned French at her old school in London, so she'd taught me some words. But still, I was in third grade and Penny was just in kindergarten. "Besides I can do things even if you don't," Penny said.

薪水。 这是真的吗？" "没错呀，"妈妈告诉她 还能拿薪水？！ 我之前连想都没想过这件事 不过她当然能拿薪水，上电视本来就是份工作——这可是全世界最有意思的工作，工作了就会拿薪水呀 "我知道我想用这笔钱买什么，"佩妮说 她开始掰着手指头数 "一架钢琴，一些棒球用品，一辆自行车，还有法语课。" "你年纪太小，不用学法语课，"我对她说 "我都还没开始学呢。" "我都在教你呀，"伊维提醒我 这是真的——伊维之前在伦敦的旧学校学过法语，所以她教过我几个单词 可就算这样，我都上三年级了，佩妮才上幼儿园而已 "再说了，你不会做不代表我不能做呀，"佩妮说

I clicked my heels together three times, and wished the rule was: Older sisters get to do things before younger sisters do. "I want a princess crown," Penny went on. "Because I'm going to be a princess when I grow up. A princess, and a writer, and own a candy store and a hotel, and be an actress!" "Except you don't have to wait until you grow up to be an actress," Zoey said. "You already are one!" We got to Zoey's house, and Zoey got out of the car. So did Penny, since she was going there for a playdate. I was having a playdate too, with Evie. "So, girls," Mom said. "Since Mrs. Miller is with Marco, I was thinking we could go by the store for a while—you could play in the candy arcade, or help at the register." "Ooh, I've always wanted to work a cash

我把脚后跟并拢磕了三下，心里盼着规矩改成：姐姐得比妹妹先做想做的事 "我还想要一顶公主皇冠，"佩妮接着说 "因为我长大要当公主呀 当公主，当作家，还要开一家糖果店和一家酒店，还要当演员！" "不过你不用等到长大才当演员呀，"佐伊说 "你现在已经是演员啦！" 我们到佐伊家了，佐伊下了车 佩妮也下车了，她今天要去那儿参加玩伴聚会 我也有玩伴聚会，和伊维一起 "那，姑娘们，"妈妈说 "既然米勒太太陪着马尔科，我想着我们可以先去店里待一会儿——你们可以去糖果游乐区玩，也可以帮忙看收银台。" 哇哦，我一直都想试试收银

register," Evie said. "Does that sound good to you, Stel?" Mom asked. "Please, Stella," Evie asked. "All right," I said. My favorite worker at Batts Confections, Stuart, saw us walking up to the store and he held the front door wide open for us. Mom headed downstairs to the office she shares with Dad, but Evie and I stayed upstairs with Stuart. "So I hear your sister's going to be on TV," he said. "Yeah," I said. "Don't sound so glum, Stella," Stuart said. "I can't help it," I told him. "The casting director wanted to give me the part, but then he wasn't there at the audition, and the other people wanted Penny."

机，"伊维说 "你觉得这个安排好不好呀，斯黛尔？" 妈妈问道 "答应吧，斯特拉，"伊维央求我 "好吧，"我说 我在巴茨糖果店最喜欢的店员斯图尔特，看见我们朝店走来，早早把前门大大敞开给我们 妈妈下楼去她和爸爸共用的办公室，我和伊维留在楼上陪斯图尔特 "我听说你妹妹要上电视啦，"他说 "是啊，"我说 "别这么闷闷不乐啦，斯特拉，"斯图尔特说 "我控制不住呀，"我告诉他 "选角导演本来想把角色给我，可试镜的时候他没来，其他人选中了佩妮。"