A Late Night Chat with a Parakeet

A Late Night Chat with a Parakeet. A story from Hattie McGruder's Diary. Written by Stephen Cosgrove. Illustrated by Carolyn Laporte.

和虎皮鹦鹉的深夜闲聊 出自海蒂·麦格鲁德的日记 斯蒂芬·科斯格罗夫 撰文 卡罗琳·拉波特 绘图

My name is Hattie McGruder. I am queen and absolute leader of my third grade class, and I have a parakeet. He's not one of those little silly singing birds, but a real talking parakeet.

我叫海蒂·麦格鲁德 我是三年级说一不二的女王头儿，我养了一只虎皮鹦鹉 它才不是那种只会瞎叫的傻小鸟，是一只真真正正会说话的虎皮鹦鹉

He talks like there's no tomorrow. He talks about the weather and my friends and the stupid seeds he has to eat. He would much rather eat jelly or chili cheese fries. And he loves Britney Spears. I am telling the truth.

它说起话来停都停不住 它聊天气，聊我的朋友，还吐槽天天得吃的难吃种子 它其实更爱吃果冻和辣芝士薯条 它还喜欢布兰妮·斯皮尔斯 我说的全都是真话

There are others who are not telling the truth. Sybil and Sarah are liars and fibbers and tellers of untruth. They said that there never was a talking parakeet. They said the parakeet never even tasted a chili cheese fry. Mostly they said that parakeets don't talk. They said that I'd made it all up. That's why they are liars and fibbers and tellers of untruth. Because there really was what I said there was. There always is, and

其他人说的才不是真话 西比尔和萨拉就是爱扯谎的骗子，专说假话 她们说根本不存在会说话的虎皮鹦鹉 她们说这只鹦鹉连辣芝士薯条都没尝过 她们一口咬定鹦鹉根本不会说话 她们说这一切都是我编出来的 所以她们才是爱扯谎说瞎话的骗子 因为我说的一切都真真切切发生过 本来就都是真的，而且

Plus, I have absolute proof about the talking parakeet and all the other things that happen to me. The proof is in my diary. I'm going to let you read it exactly as I wrote it when the parakeet talked. That way you can read, first hand, the truth about this matter.

另外，我还有实打实的证据，证明这只会说话的鹦鹉，还有所有发生在我身上的事 证据就在我的日记里 我现在就让你看我原原本本写下的内容，就是鹦鹉说话那天我记的 这样你就能亲手读到这件事的真相了

Special note. I am only going to let you read the parts of my diary that are about the parakeet You won't get to read the stuff about me getting grounded for sassing my teacher, which I didn't do I swear somebody was playing ventriloquism tricks on me Mom was so mad that she had to see my teacher She wouldn't even let me buy the new Britney Spears CD. I had been saving up for

特别提醒 我只会给你看日记里和鹦鹉有关的内容，你看不到我跟老师顶嘴被禁足那件事，那件事真不是我的错！我发誓肯定是有人拿腹语整我，我妈妈当时气得不行，还去找了我的老师 她甚至都不让我买新出的布兰妮CD 我已经为此攒了好久钱了