Book 2 Charly's New Year's Revolution

Shirley's New Year's Revolution, written by J .F. Blaine, illustrated by Joel Snyder.

《雪莉的新年计划》，J·F·布莱恩 著，乔尔·斯奈德 绘

In part one, ten -year -old Charlie made a New Year's resolution to turn over a new leaf, as her dad suggested. But he didn't mean for Charlie to take his advice literally. That old saying, an apple a day keeps the doctor away, really works. I know, because I made a point to eat an apple for breakfast every day when I was less mature, or nine

第一部里，十岁的查理听爸爸的建议，立下新年决心要改过自新。 可爸爸没让查理按字面意思理解他的话呀。 那句老话说“一天一苹果，医生远离我”，真的很管用。 我知道这事，因为我没那么成熟的时候，也就是九岁那年，我每天早餐都特意吃一个苹果。

I ate an apple on all the other days, and I didn't have to go to the doctor. Well, except for that other time. It was during a hot spell in the summer. I cooled off by eating watermelon. All that juice was refreshing. Mmm. I wanted even more watermelon, but we ran out. Then I remembered what Gattie—that's what I call my great Aunt Tess—said. Charlie, don't swallow watermelon seeds or watermelons will grow in your stomach.

其他日子我也天天吃苹果，根本就不用看医生。 嗯，只有那么一次例外。 那是夏天一段持续高温的日子。 我靠吃西瓜解暑降温。 满肚子西瓜汁别提多清爽了。 嗯～ 我还想吃，可是家里的西瓜吃完了。 然后我想起加蒂——这是我对姨太奶奶苔丝的称呼——说过的话。 查理，别吞西瓜籽，不然你的肚子里会长出西瓜哦。

Perfect! I thought if a watermelon grew in my stomach, I'd have my own supply inside me to keep me cool. I wouldn't have to eat watermelon to cool off. So I ate a watermelon seed. Nothing happened. So I ate another watermelon seed. And another. And about twenty more. Finally something happened. I didn't feel so good. Gaddy rushed me to the doctor. He made me drink this stuff that made me—well, it wouldn't be mature of me to tell you. Let's just say the watermelon seeds were no longer in my stomach.

太棒了！ 我想，如果西瓜能在我肚子里长，我就随时有西瓜吃，一直凉快啦。 我都不用额外吃西瓜就能解暑了。 所以我吞了一颗西瓜籽。 什么事都没发生。 所以我又吞了一颗。 再来一颗。 前前后后一共吞了二十多颗。 终于，出事了。 我感觉非常不舒服。 加蒂赶紧把我送去看医生。 医生让我喝了一种东西，那反应……嗯，我现在成熟了，就不细说了。 这么说吧，最后西瓜籽都离开我的肚子了。

Well, I did that back when I was a lot younger, when I was nine. Now I am ten and more mature, as Gattie would say. And since the New Year, I have tried to make some changes in my behavior. Dad calls it turning over new leaves. My Aunt Dee, who is my mother's sister and takes care of me sometimes, said I should go sow some wild oats and have fun. I think she meant sew as in planting stuff to grow, not sew as in putting a button on a shirt.

这些都是我年纪更小的时候，也就是九岁干的事了。 现在我十岁了，按加蒂的话说，我更成熟了。 新年开始后，我试着改变自己的行为习惯。 爸爸称这是"翻开新叶子"（改过自新）。 我的迪姨是妈妈的姐姐，她偶尔会照顾我，她说我应该去"种野燕麦"，好好玩乐。 我觉得她说的是种植作物的"种"，不是缝扣子的"缝"哦。

1. Keep my room neater so great aunt Tess won't nag me. 2. Not talk in class so much unless Mrs. Arroyo calls on me. 3. Try not to have so many talks in dad's study. 4. Create something beautiful that puts a smile on people's faces. Since I love my dad and my aunt, I figured I should do what both of them say. Plus, I wanted to do something for everyone else, which was one of my New Year's Revolutions. A New Year's Revolution is when you write down a list of things you want to do in the coming year to make yourself and the world better. One of my revolutions was to create something beautiful that puts a smile on people's faces.

1. 把房间收拾得更整洁，这样苔丝姨太奶奶就不会唠叨我了。 2. 上课少说话，除非阿罗约老师点我发言。 3. 尽量少去爸爸的书房挨训。 4. 做一件美好的事，让大家都露出笑脸。 因为我爱爸爸和迪姨，所以我觉得应该两个人的话都听。 另外，我也想为大家做点什么，这本来就是我的新年计划之一。 新年计划就是你写下一串新年要做的事，让自己和世界都变得更好。 我的计划之一就是做一件美好的事，让大家都露出笑脸。