Book 3 Charly Dances 'til It Drops

Charlie Dances Till It Drops. Written by J .F. Blaine. Illustrated by Joel Snyder.

《查理跳舞跳不停》 J·F·布莱恩 著 乔尔·斯奈德 绘

In part two, ten -year -old Charlie dug up the leaf -covered flower beds in Brewster Hill Park to sow her wild oats. Now she has to find a way to make the oats grow in the middle of a drought. Another picture -perfect Saturday shined down on Brewster Hill. Not a cloud in sight, unfortunately. Normally, I would have joined the other kids at the park in a game of tag, but today I had work to do. Rain, rain, come and stay. Pour and soak the day away, I sang as Ethan Jordan, a boy in my class, came running by.

第二部分里，十岁的 查理刨开布鲁斯特山公园盖着落叶的花床，撒下了野燕麦种子。 如今她得想办法，让燕麦在这场旱灾里顺利生长。 又是一个完美晴朗的周六，阳光洒在布鲁斯特山上。 倒霉的是，天上万里无云。 换作平时，我早就去公园跟小朋友们玩捉人游戏了，可今天我有正事要做。 雨啊雨啊，快留下来。 浇透这一整天呀，我正唱着，同班男生伊森·乔丹从旁边跑了过去。

That's not how the song goes, Ethan said. You've got it backward. I know, I said. That's why I am standing on my head to say it. You sure are weird sometimes, Charlie, said Ethan. Or should I call you by your real name, Char the Pain? Did I mention that Ethan is also my number one enemy? It would be just like you to spoil everyone's fun, Ethan continued.

伊森说：“这首歌根本不是这么唱的。 你唱反啦。” 我说：“我知道呀。 所以我才倒立着唱呀。” 伊森说：“查理，你有时候真的怪怪的。 不然我该叫你的本名，麻烦鬼查理？” 我有没有说过，伊森还是我的头号天敌？ 伊森接着说：“也就你会干这种扫大家兴的事儿。”

I'm not trying to spoil anything. I just don't want Mr. Rooney to get that plaque, I explained. If Mr. Rooney got that plaque, it meant the special garden I planted on Brewster Hill didn't grow. It meant that my New Year's resolution to put a smile on everyone's face didn't happen. That's right, it's resolution or resolving to do something, not revolution or turning circles around something. Or so Gaddy explained, saying I was getting more mature and needed to know the difference. It meant that my Aunt Dee paid for two gardens, that plaque, and the new playground it went on. It meant that I did it again. But I didn't mean to do it. I didn't know I needed permission from Mr. Rooney, who is head of the Parks Department,

我才没打算扫谁的兴。 我解释道：“我只是不想让鲁尼先生拿到那块纪念牌匾。 如果鲁尼先生拿到牌匾，就说明我在布鲁斯特山种的特殊花园没能长起来。 就说明我想让每个人都开心的新年决心没能实现。 没错哦，是‘决心’，就是下决心做一件事，不是‘革命’，也不是绕圈圈哦。 加迪是这么跟我讲的，他说我长大了，得分清这两个词的区别。 那就说明迪阿姨出钱打造的两座花园、那块牌匾，还有安放牌匾的新游乐场，都白费功夫了。 那就说明我又闯祸了。 可我不是故意的呀。 我不知道我得经过鲁尼先生同意，他可是公园管理处的主管。

My only chance of undoing what I did was to get my garden of wild oats, watermelons, and apples to grow. But gardens need water, and it had not rained for two months. My town was on drought watch. It was against the law to use water on non -essential things, like gardens, lawns, and cars. I offered to give up showering, but my dad nixed that idea. My rain song wasn't working, plus my arms hurt from being used as legs, so I got off my hands and went to the library. I looked up clouds, which I knew I needed before I could get rain. I learned that clouds form when cold air smacks into warm air. Great! Now, where would I get cold air on a warm spring day?

我唯一弥补过错的机会，就是让我种的野燕麦、西瓜和苹果树都长起来。 可花园需要水，这儿已经两个月没下雨了。 我们镇已经进入干旱警戒状态。 给非必需的事物浇水是违法的，比如花园、草坪还有洗车。 我提出可以不洗澡省水，可爸爸否决了这个想法。 我的求雨歌不管用，倒立又撑得胳膊疼，所以我翻下身，去图书馆找办法了。 我查了云的资料，我知道要下雨先得有云。 我学到了，冷空气撞上暖空气就会形成云。 太棒了！ 可这么暖和的春日，我上哪儿找冷空气去呀？

I couldn't carry an air conditioner to the park, so I loaded up my old red wagon with ice cubes and a portable fan. On the way out, Dad stopped me. Uh -oh, did I do something again that I didn't know I did? I knew I had refilled the ice cube trays and put them back in the freezer.

我扛不动空调去公园，于是我在我的旧红色小拉车里装满冰块，还放上了一台便携风扇。 我刚出门，爸爸就拦住了我。 哎呀，我又不小心干了啥我不知道的错事吗？ 我明明记得我把冰格装满水，放回冷冻柜了呀。