10 The Birthday Mix-up

The birthday Mix-up

生日大乌龙

Chapter One Billie B Brown has ten invitations, two packets of balloons and one box of coloured pencils. Do you know what the B in Billie B Brown stands for? Birthday. Soon it will be Billie B Brown's birthday. Isn't that exciting?

第一章 比莉·B·布朗准备了十张邀请函、两袋气球，还有一盒彩铅。 你知道比莉·B·布朗里的B代表什么吗？ 生日。 比莉·B·布朗的生日马上就要到啦。 是不是超让人开心的？

Billie is allowed to invite ten friends to her birthday party. This is very hard for Billie. There are twenty-one people in her class.

比莉可以邀请十个朋友来参加她的生日派对。 这可把比莉难住了。 她班里一共有二十一个同学呢。

Billie wants to invite everyone, but her mum and dad say no, no and NO. They say ten noisy kids is plenty! Billie is writing out her invitations. Jack is helping her decide who to invite to her party. Jack is Billie's best friend. He lives next door. "I know!" Billie says, counting on her fingers. "There are exactly ten girls in our class, not including me. I will just invite the girls."

比莉想把所有人都请来，可爸爸妈妈一直说不行，不行，绝对不行。 他们说十个吵吵闹闹的小朋友就足够啦！ 比莉正在写邀请函。 杰克在旁边帮她决定要邀请谁来派对。 杰克是比莉最好的朋友。 他家就住在隔壁。 “有办法啦！” 比莉掰着手指头数，嘴里说着。 “我们班不算我的话，刚好有十个女生。 我就邀请所有女生好了。”

Jack frowns. "What about me?" he says. "Oh," says Billie. "Of course." Billie can't have a party without Jack! "Well, maybe I won't invite Lola. She can be very annoying," Billie says. "How about nine girls and one boy?" "Then Lola will be the only girl not invited," says Jack. "She won't like that. You'll hurt

杰克皱起了眉头。 “那我呢？”他问。 “哦，”比莉说。 “当然要邀请你呀。” 比莉的派对可不能少了杰克！ “嗯，不然我就不邀请洛拉了吧。 她有时候真的很烦人，”比莉说。 “九个女生加一个男生，这样好不好？” “那洛拉就是唯一一个没被邀请的女生啦，”杰克说。 她肯定会不高兴的。 你会伤到

her feelings. And then she will be cross." "You're right," says Billie. "Maybe you should invite five girls and five boys?" Jack says. "That's fair." "Good idea," says Billie. But it's still no good. Billie can only think of four boys she would like to invite. The other boys are just too loud and silly. Oh dear. What a headache! In the end, Billie decides to invite four boys and six girls. Billie's mum writes everything on a piece of paper for Billie to copy. Her mum has to write quickly because Billie's baby brother Noah is hungry.

她的自尊心的。 而且她还会生气的。” “你说得对，”比莉说。 “不然你邀请五个女生和五个男生怎么样？” 杰克说。 这样很公平呀。” “好主意，”比莉说。 可这还是不行。 比莉想来想去，只想邀请四个男生。 其他的男生实在太吵、太调皮了。 哎呀，这可怎么办呀。 真是太头疼了！ 最后，比莉决定邀请四个男生和六个女生。 比莉的妈妈把要邀请的名字都写在一张纸上，让比莉照着抄。 妈妈得写快一点，因为比莉的小弟弟诺亚饿了。