Secrets

chapter 11 Secrets The next morning I put on my hat. " How will you get past Mom and Dad without them asking any questions, Clyde?" Claudia asked. " Like this, " I said. I ran downstairs and grabbed a banana off the breakfast table. Then I raced out the front door.

第11章秘密 第二天早上我戴上了帽子。 “克莱德，你怎么能不引起爸妈的疑问就过去呢?”克劳迪娅问。 “像这样，”我说。我跑下楼，从早餐桌上抓起一根香蕉。然后我冲出了前门。

Claudia ran after me. " It worked, " she said when she caught up. I grinned. Then I dashed to school and onto the playground. Some kids said, “ Nice hat, Clyde. " But most didn't seem to notice. Or care. Of course, Roz would have noticed. She would have knocked me down and taken my hat. Then, when she would have seen my monkey ears, she would have laughed. And laughed. And laughed. I'm glad Roz wasn't around.

克劳迪娅追上了我。“这招管用了，”她赶上来时说。 我咧嘴笑了。然后我冲向学校，跑进了操场。 有些孩子说:“帽子不错，克莱德。”但大多数人似乎没有注意到。或者不在乎。 当然，罗兹会注意到的。 她会把我撞倒，抢走我的帽子。 然后，当她看到我的猴子耳朵时，她会笑个不停。笑啊笑。笑啊笑。 我很高兴罗兹不在附近。

But I still had to tell Principal Murphy the truth: Roz wasn't the purse thief. " I'll tell her at the end of the day, " I said to myself as I walked to my classroom. Miss Plum was happy to see I was walking, not running. But she asked why I was wearing the hat. I didn't know what to say. But Claudia did. “ Wearing the hat keeps Clyde from getting too excited and causing trouble, " she told Miss Plum.

但我还是得告诉墨菲校长真相:罗兹不是那个偷钱包的小偷。 “我会在一天结束时告诉她，”我自言自语地走向教室。 普拉姆小姐看到我是在走路而不是跑动，她很高兴。但她问我为什么戴着帽子。 我不知道该说什么。 但克劳迪娅知道。“戴帽子可以防止克莱德太兴奋，避免惹麻烦，”她告诉普拉姆小姐。

Miss Plum grinned a little. Then she said I could keep the hat on . . . as long as I stayed calm and behaved. I said I would. I didn't want anyone to see my monkey ears. And I hoped if I stayed calm, they would shrink back to human size. But at the end of the school day, my ears were still super large. So I wore my hat as I walked with Claudia to the principal's office. Principal Murphy was sitting at her big desk. Next to the desk was her new purse.

普拉姆小姐微微一笑。然后她说我可以继续戴着帽子……只要我保持冷静和规矩。 我说我会的。 我不想让任何人看到我的猴子耳朵。我也希望如果我保持冷静，它们会缩回到人类的尺寸。 但在放学时，我的耳朵还是超级大。所以我戴着帽子和克劳迪娅一起去了校长办公室。 墨菲校长坐在她宽大的桌子后面。桌子旁边是她的新钱包。

I told Principal Murphy that Roz didn't steal her other purse. " But I saw her with the purse, " Principal Murphy said. " No, you didn't, " I said. " You saw a ghost with your purse. " " And Roz was dressed in a ghost costume! " Principal Murphy said. " There were two ghosts in the hallway yesterday, " I said. " It was the tall ghost, not Roz, who stole your purse. " " How do you know, Clyde?" Principal Murphy asked.

我告诉墨菲校长罗兹没有偷她的另一个钱包。 “但我看到她拿着那个钱包，”墨菲校长说。 “不，你没有，”我说。“你看到的是一个幽灵拿着你的钱包。” “而罗兹穿着幽灵服装!”墨菲校长说。 “昨天走廊里有两个幽灵，”我说。“是那个高个子幽灵，不是罗兹，偷了你的钱包。” “你怎么知道，克莱德?”墨菲校长问。

" I saw the whole thing, " I said. The principal looked at me like she thought I was making up a story. I knew she probably wouldn't believe me, unless someone caught the ghost thief. " But it really is true! " I said. " Roz didn't take your purse! " Principal Murphy leaned across her desk. She looked at me closely. Then she told me to take off my hat.

“我看到了整个过程，”我说。 校长看着我，好像她认为我在编故事。 我知道她可能不会相信我，除非有人抓住了那个幽灵小偷。 “但这确实是真的!”我说。“罗兹没有拿你的钱包!” 墨菲校长倾身越过她的办公桌。她仔细地看着我。然后她让我摘下帽子。