Spare the Turkey

Spare the Turkey, written by Jennifer McStots, illustrated by Nicholas Jackson.

《饶过火鸡》，作者：詹妮弗·麦克斯托茨， 绘者：尼古拉斯·杰克逊。

Daryl was excited about having Thanksgiving at his friend Jessica's house. Then his mom said the word vegetarian while they were stopped at a red light. There what? Daryl asked.

达里尔特别开心要去朋友杰西卡家过感恩节。 后来等红灯的时候，妈妈突然说出了「素食主义者」这个词。 啥？达里尔疑惑地问。

Vegetarian, dear. It means they don't eat meat, his mom replied. I know what it means, Darrell snapped. This is a potluck, though, right? So someone else will bring the turkey? I doubt it, his mom said. They asked everyone to bring vegetarian dishes. Having no turkey on Thanksgiving is just crazy. How are they going to make stuffing? Darrell moaned. I'm going to starve. You might be surprised, his mom said with a wink. But Darrell didn't believe her. I need more than rabbit food for Thanksgiving, he muttered.

「素食主义者呀宝贝。」 「意思就是他们不吃肉。」妈妈回答。 「我知道是什么意思！」达里尔没好气地说。 「不过这是百乐餐对吧？」 「那总会有别人带火鸡吧？」 「我看悬哦。」妈妈说。 他们要求所有人都带素食菜品。 感恩节居然不吃火鸡，这也太离谱了。 他们要怎么做火鸡填馅啊？ 达里尔哀嚎道。 我要饿肚子了。 「说不定会有惊喜哦。」妈妈眨了眨眼说。 可达里尔根本不信。 「感恩节总不能只吃兔子吃的草吧。」他小声咕哝道。

His mom laughed as they pulled into the driveway of Jessica's house. Jessica burst out of the front door, looking excited to see them. She gave Daryl and his mom big welcome hugs before taking them inside. She introduced them to her parents and the other guests. In Daryl's mind, her parents looked a little too well -fed to be vegetarians.

车子开进杰西卡家的车道时，妈妈忍不住笑了。 杰西卡猛地冲出前门，见到他们特别兴奋。 她给了达里尔和他妈妈大大的欢迎拥抱，才把他们领进屋。 她把两人介绍给了自己的父母和其他客人。 在达里尔看来，她父母气色好得过头了，根本不像素食主义者。

I want to show you the dining room, Jessica said. Mom let me decorate it this year, and I made the salad. The dining room was fully decorated. Chains of different colored construction paper hung from everything, including around all the chairs. Jessica had even woven multicolored placemats for each place at the table.

「我带你去看看餐厅吧！」杰西卡说。 今年妈妈让我布置的哦，沙拉也是我亲手做的。 餐厅布置得满满当当的。 各种颜色的彩纸链挂得到处都是，连所有椅子上都绕了一圈。 杰西卡甚至还给餐桌上的每个座位都编了彩色的餐垫。

How are we supposed to sit down?" Daryl asked. I hadn't thought of that, Jessica laughed. I guess we'll just have to break the chain.

「那我们要怎么坐啊？」达里尔问。 「我还没想过这个呢！」杰西卡笑出了声，「看来我们得把链子扯断啦。」