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Stella Batts Scaredy Cat

斯特拉·巴茨 胆小鬼

CHAPTER 1 Checklist "Do you have everything you need for school?" Dad asked me on Saturday afternoon. You're probably wondering why my dad was asking about school on a weekend. Well, I'll tell you: The kids in Mrs. Finkel's third- grade class were having a Somers Elementary School Library Sleepover! Which meant I was having a library sleepover because I'm in Mrs. Finkel's class! It was the greatest thing that had

第一章 清单 “你上学需要的东西都备齐了吗？” 爸爸在周六下午问我。 你肯定好奇，为什么爸爸周末就问上学的事。 那我来告诉你：芬克尔老师三年级班要举办萨默斯小学图书馆夜宿活动！ 那就是说我要去参加夜宿啦，因为我就是芬克尔老师班的学生呀！ 这可是我长这么大遇到过最棒的

happened to me in my whole entire life! Okay, fine. Maybe not the greatest thing... getting to meet the star of my favorite TV show was greater. And being a big sister is sometimes greater. And having parents who own a candy store is always really REALLY great. But a library sleepover was one of the greatest things. Anyway, back to my conversation with Dad. He was sitting on my bed with my baby brother, Marco, in his lap. Marco likes to be bounced up and down, so that's what Dad was doing. Marco giggled every time. Bounce. Bounce. Bounce. Giggle. Giggle. Giggle. "Yup, I've got everything I need," I said. "You like that?" Dad asked Marco. And then he answered for him because Marco is too little to talk for himself. "Yes, you do. Yes,

好事了！ 好吧，其实呢。 说不定不是最最棒的……见到我最爱的电视剧主角更棒。 当姐姐有时候也更棒。 有一对开糖果店的爸爸妈妈，永远真的真的超棒。 但图书馆夜宿绝对是顶棒的事之一。 好了，说回我和爸爸的对话。 他坐在我的床上，腿上抱着我的小弟弟马尔科。 马尔科喜欢被颠上颠下，所以爸爸就一直颠他。 每颠一下马尔科就咯咯笑。 颠一下。 颠一下。 颠一下。 咯咯笑。 咯咯笑。 咯咯笑。 “对呀，我要带的东西都准备好了”我说。 “你喜欢这样对不对？” 爸爸问马尔科。 然后他替马尔科回答了，因为马尔科太小，还不会自己说话。 “对呀，我喜欢。 对呀，

you do." "Dad, are you listening to me?" I asked. "What? Oh yes, Stella. I'm sorry." "Are you sorry you weren't listening to me?" Penny asked. Penny is my sister. She's five. She used to be the baby in the family— and sometimes she still wants to be. "You weren't talking," I reminded her. "I am now." "What do you want to tell me?" Dad asked her. "Um..." Penny said. "You didn't even have anything to say!" I said. "I have lots of things to say," Penny told me. "Like what?" "Like it's not fair that you get to have a sleepover at school!"

我喜欢。” “爸爸，你有没有在听我说话呀？” 我问道。 “什么？ 哦，有的，斯特拉。 对不起。” “你抱歉没认真听我说话对不对？” 彭妮问道。 彭妮是我的妹妹。 她今年五岁。 她以前是家里的小宝宝，有时候还想当小宝宝。 “你刚才根本没说话呀”我提醒她。 “我现在说了呀。” “你有什么想告诉我们呀？” 爸爸问她。 “嗯……”彭妮说。 “你根本就没话要说嘛！” 我说。 “我有好多话要说呀”彭妮对我说。 “比如说什么？” “比如说你能去学校参加夜宿，太不公平了！”

"Yes, it is," I said. "You heard what Mr. O'Neil said in assembly on Monday." Mr. O'Neil is the principal at our school, Somers Elementary School. "I forget," Penny said. "He said that Mr. Ramos counted up all the books in the library that every class had checked out to read. And Mrs. Finkel's class had checked out more books than anyone else had. So we won the library sleepover, and we get to go to school tonight and bring sleeping bags and have a campout in the library." (Mr. Ramos is our school librarian, in case you were wondering.) "It's not fair!" Penny said. "I didn't even know there was a contest! I would have checked out more books!" "We didn't know there was a contest either," I said. "Mr. O'Neil and Mr. Ramos and

“本来就公平呀”我说。 “你周一晨会的时候听奥尼尔校长说过的呀。” 奥尼尔先生是我们萨默斯小学的校长。 “我忘了”彭妮说。 “他说拉莫斯老师统计了每个班全班一共借了多少本书。 芬克尔老师班借的书比哪个班都多。 所以我们赢了图书馆夜宿，我们今晚要去学校，带睡袋，在图书馆露营。” （对了，拉莫斯老师是我们学校的图书管理员哦）“这不公平！” 彭妮说。 “我都不知道还有这个比赛！ 我要是知道，我肯定借更多书！” “我们之前也不知道有比赛呀”我说。 “奥尼尔先生、拉莫斯老师还有”